Chapter Summaries

Dugu Zixuan learned that Lin Heng had become the Immortal Alliance leader, while Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun set out to find him in Luopu Town. Zhao Wanqing helped Jiang Caiyan come to terms with her family troubles, and she joined the trip with Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun.

• Dugu Zixuan read Yu Tong's letter announcing that Lin Heng had become the Immortal Alliance leader and told Yun Yao he was in Luopu Town.
• Dugu Feng teased Dugu Zixuan about her favorite daughter-in-law, then Shen Yeting appeared behind him and caught him insulting her.
• Zhao Wanqing gave Jiang Caiyan new medicine for Black Robe and reassured her that she was not to blame for being harmed by family.
• Yun Yao invited Zhao Wanqing and Jiang Caiyan to go with her and Leng Qingyun to find Lin Heng, and both women agreed.

Qiu forced Ye Tian to join her expedition to a secret realm in the Southern Continent, while Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi planned a false location for the Immortal Alliance headquarters. That night, Lin Heng received a threatening demand from someone claiming to own the Immortal Eye, and he responded with killing intent.

• Qiu questioned Ye Tian about Lin Heng's use of Heavenly Tribulation and made him agree to accompany her to the Southern Continent in exchange for help repairing his eyes.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to help conceal the Immortal Alliance's true headquarters by presenting the Green Pavilion Sect as its location, and she agreed.
• After Lin Heng left, Jiang Jingyi realized the Rain Pavilion Master was his Master and felt angry about the woman's scent on him.
• Jiang Jingyi sent Murong Ziyan to supervise construction at Dragon Ridge Mountain and the setup of the Heaven-Deceiving Formation.
• Wu Chen ordered the Black Tortoise Hall to demand Lin Heng's Immortal Eye and threatened to dig it out himself if Lin Heng refused.
• Lin Heng received an anonymous letter and a crystal box demanding that he remove his eye and leave it at a designated location, and he grew furious.

Lin Heng prepared to answer the masked man who threatened him, while Yun Yao and her companions arrived in town and criticized the Immortal Alliance. Lin Heng caught Yun Yao insulting him and grabbed her by the neck, leaving their confrontation to continue.

• Lin Heng sent a marked box containing an icicle ball to the masked man who demanded his eyes, intending to track him.
• After the masked man returned a challenge to duel, Lin Heng refused to involve Murong Ziyan and decided to face him himself.
• Jiang Jingyi and Murong Ziyan learned about the threat and agreed to keep watch over Lin Heng.
• Yun Yao, Leng Qingyun, Jiang Caiyan, and Zhao Wanqing reached town and discussed the Immortal Alliance while eating at an inn.
• Lin Heng seized Yun Yao after overhearing her disparage him, and Yun Yao threatened to cripple him.

Lin Heng reunited with Yun Yao, Jiang Caiyan, Zhao Wanqing, and Leng Qingyun after disguising himself as an arrogant alliance leader in town. Jiang Caiyan shared her suspicion that a wider conspiracy was behind the attempts to take her and Zhao Wanqing’s hearts, and Lin Heng promised to protect them.

• Lin Heng pretended to abduct Yun Yao and threatened Zhao Wanqing and the others, but Yun Yao exposed him by removing his mask.
• Lin Heng kissed Yun Yao and Jiang Caiyan, then left the inn with the four women as the onlookers realized they knew one another.
• Lin Heng noticed Yun Yao had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and the group visited shops in town while he spoke privately with Jiang Caiyan.
• Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng she suspected Crippled Granny had been deceived and that the events leading to her heart being taken were part of a larger scheme.
• Lin Heng connected the plot against Jiang Caiyan to the people who had targeted Zhao Wanqing’s heart and vowed that those responsible would meet their end.

Lin Heng told Yun Yao, Leng Qingyun, Zhao Wanqing, and Jiang Caiyan about his plans to ambush a challenger, but an urgent errand to the village changed the timing. Wu Chen then learned Lin Heng had left town alone and led Black Tortoise Hall to attack him for the Immortal Eye.

• Lin Heng explained how he had become alliance leader and dismissed Jiang Caiyan's worries about becoming a target.
• Lin Heng showed the women a challenge letter and assigned them roles for an ambush in Curved Forest.
• A messenger reminded Lin Heng that the Meng Clan would collect the Cauldron of All Beings the next day, prompting him to say the battle would happen that night.
• Wu Chen learned that Lin Heng had left town alone and ordered Black Tortoise Hall to attack him and take the Immortal Eye.

Lin Heng stopped to confront Wu Chen, the arrogant young hall master of Black Tortoise Hall, who demanded the Immortal Eye and boasted of his hall’s Martial Saint. After they fought to a standstill, Lin Heng taunted Wu Chen by promising to let the Martial Saint come pay homage, provoking Wu Chen to threaten him.

• Lin Heng waited in the forest for Wu Chen and five subordinates, then questioned why they dared target him and whether they had powerful backing.
• Wu Chen dismissed Lin Heng’s status, demanded the Immortal Eye, and boasted that he feared no retaliation.
• Lin Heng attacked, injured one of Wu Chen’s men, and began trading powerful blows with Wu Chen.
• Yun Yao watched in surprise as Wu Chen matched Lin Heng’s physical strength, while Lin Heng judged that Wu Chen might still have a trump card.
• Lin Heng mocked Wu Chen and offered to let Black Tortoise Hall’s Martial Saint come pay homage, prompting Wu Chen to vow to kill him before morning.

Lin Heng tested his physical strength against Wu Chen, then defeated him with the Nine Heavens Sword and chased him into the fire. Wu Chen’s subordinates finally realized he was in real danger and intervened, while Yun Yao joined Lin Heng against them.

• Wu Chen used Martial Astral Divine Power and struck Lin Heng, whose Wood Element Body quickly healed his injured palm.
• Lin Heng copied Wu Chen’s form-intent fist with Immortal Eye, then drew the Nine Heavens Sword and wounded Wu Chen with supreme Sword Intent.
• Wu Chen fell into the burning forest, but his subordinates mistook his cries for help as another act and refused to intervene.
• After Lin Heng cut off Wu Chen’s hand, his five subordinates rushed in, with three blocking Lin Heng and two carrying Wu Chen away.
• Yun Yao joined the fight, and Lin Heng charged toward the two strongest opponents.

Lin Heng and Yun Yao defeated the attackers, while Jiang Jingyi watched and regretted losing a chance to help him. Wu Chen and his attendants fled into traps set by Leng Qingyun and Zhao Wanqing, then entered a mist where a mysterious woman confronted them.

• Lin Heng helped Yun Yao after they fought off two attackers, and they pursued the fleeing survivor.
• Jiang Jingyi and Murong Ziyan watched from hiding as Lin Heng and Yun Yao won the battle.
• Wu Chen laughed about outsmarting Lin Heng, but he and his attendants triggered Leng Qingyun and Zhao Wanqing's confinement array and an Exploding Star Stone.
• Lin Heng praised Leng Qingyun and Zhao Wanqing, then hurried ahead while Wu Chen and his attendants continued fleeing.
• Wu Chen dismissed the mist as a feint and led his attendants inside, where a mysterious woman killed one of them and ordered the remaining two to kneel or die.

Jiang Caiyan defeated Wu Chen with her Nether Qi-tempered Twin Blades, and Lin Heng took Wu Chen’s Origin Dao Eye. Lin Heng kept Wu Chen alive as a hostage, telling Black Tortoise Hall’s subordinate to warn the Hall Master not to retaliate against his family and loved ones.

• Jiang Caiyan confronted Wu Chen and his men, using her Order of the Dead to restrain them after demanding that they surrender.
• Wu Chen broke Jiang Caiyan’s Order Chains with his Sumeru Giant Palm, but her Twin Blades pierced his protective aura and left him gravely wounded.
• Lin Heng arrived and refused to kill Wu Chen, explaining that the kneeling subordinate’s life depended on his master living.
• After Yun Yao, Leng Qingyun, and Zhao Wanqing arrived, Lin Heng gouged out Wu Chen’s Origin Dao Eye and stored it away.
• Lin Heng kept the unconscious Wu Chen as a bargaining chip and ordered the surviving subordinate to warn Black Tortoise Hall’s Hall Master to behave.

Lin Heng left Wu Chen in the hands of Yun Yao, Zhao Wanqing, Jiang Caiyan, and Leng Qingyun, then hurried to Rain Pavilion when he realized Meng Yutong was facing the Meng Clan alone. He arrived as Meng Wudao threatened to sacrifice his master, defended her, and stood by her side.

• Leng Qingyun tied up Wu Chen, and Lin Heng explained that keeping the Black Tortoise Hall heir captive would protect his companions from retaliation.
• Lin Heng sent Yun Yao, Zhao Wanqing, Jiang Caiyan, and Leng Qingyun to escort Wu Chen away, then rushed off when he noticed daybreak.
• Meng Yutong received Meng Wudao and four young people from the Meng Clan, claiming the damaged Cauldron of All Beings had been repaired.
• Meng Wudao objected to the cauldron's three new missing corners and threatened to sacrifice the clan traitor who had damaged it.
• Lin Heng arrived, introduced himself as Meng Yutong's disciple, condemned the Meng Clan for blaming and threatening her, and stood beside his master.

Lin Heng defended Meng Yutong from Meng Wudao’s threats and helped her settle the cauldron deal, leaving the pair openly affectionate after provoking a feud with the Meng Clan. Shadow One arrived and interrupted their kiss.

• Meng Wudao accused Meng Yutong of selfishly abandoning her clan and threatened that she would still have to fulfill her duty from five hundred years ago.
• Lin Heng rebuked Meng Wudao, declared he would visit the Meng Clan with his master, and dismissed the clan’s threat to the Green Pavilion Sect.
• Meng Yutong handed over the Cauldron of All Beings and received the remaining payment of three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, which Lin Heng discovered was an empty pouch because she had transferred the stones to her ring.
• Lin Heng asked for a reward, and Meng Yutong kissed him in the clearing before Shadow One and an artificer master-and-disciple pair saw them.
• Shadow One interrupted the kiss and hurried to pull Lin Heng and Meng Yutong apart.

Lin Heng returned toward Fairy Cloud Peak with his companions and began asserting his new Alliance Leader role, while Wu Ba vowed revenge after learning his son Wu Chen had been captured. The chapter ended with Black Tortoise Hall threatening Lin Heng and his loved ones unless he returned Wu Chen and apologized.

• Lin Heng told Meng Yutong that the Immortal Alliance headquarters was secretly at Dragon Ridge Mountain and planned to return home with everyone the next day.
• Yun Yao, Zhao Wanqing, and Leng Qingyun joked and bickered about going home, with Yun Yao overpowering Leng Qingyun when she threatened to report her.
• The Cloud Boat departed at noon with Wu Chen as a prisoner, and Lin Heng surprised Jiang Caiyan in her cabin before making her dress as a maid.
• Wu Ba learned that Wu Chen had been defeated and captured by Lin Heng, then threatened to destroy Green Pavilion Sect and Lin Heng's family unless Wu Chen was returned and Lin Heng apologized.

Lin Heng returned to the Green Pavilion Sect, explained the assassination attempt and the conflict over his Origin Dao Eye, then entered seclusion to merge it. The completed Dao Eye pulled him bodily into the System Space, where he found the treasures and Dao Fruits he had stored there, but no other signs of life.

• Lin Heng returned to the Green Pavilion Sect with a captured assassin, and Dugu Zixuan and the others welcomed him and asked about Meng Yutong.
• Lin Heng told the group that Black Tortoise Hall had tried to kill him because of his Dao Eye, and revealed the Origin Dao Eye he had recovered.
• Lin Heng said he would merge the Origin Dao Eye and asked Dugu Zixuan and Uncle Prison to help with his plans later.
• Lin Heng cleansed the Origin Dao Eye and merged its origin into himself, completing his Dao Eye.
• Lin Heng found himself inside the System Space and discovered his stored Spirit Stones, treasures, and Humanity Fruits, then left a wisp of Green Lotus Dao Fire as a light source.

Lin Heng condensed two more strands of Dragon Qi, drawing the attention of the Dao, which wanted him dead. Jiang Jingyi intervened on his behalf, then visited him after the danger passed and teased him about becoming the Female Emperor's male pet.

• Lin Heng refined two strands of Dragon Qi, and the Dao's gaze struck him with killing intent as his divine sense shattered.
• Dugu Zixuan and the others gathered at Lin Heng's courtyard while Shi Yuanzhou mistook the black clouds for a tribulation.
• Jiang Jingyi confronted the Dao at Firmament Summit and argued that Lin Heng was helping the Immortal Realm and should not be killed.
• The Dao acknowledged it could not kill Lin Heng and disappeared after warning Jiang Jingyi not to let human fortune fall into outsiders' hands.
• Lin Heng completed his Dragon Qi refinement, and Jiang Jingyi arrived to see him.
• Lin Heng bragged about having the bearing of a true dragon Son of Heaven, and Jiang Jingyi said he had the bearing to be the Female Emperor's male pet.

After Lin Heng emerged from seclusion, he revealed that he had refined Dragon Qi and gained two portions of fortune, then received a threat from Wu Ba demanding Wu Chen’s return. Lin Heng warned his mother Dugu Zixuan that Wu Ba might be powerful enough to defeat her, leaving the family facing a dangerous ultimatum.

• Jiang Jingyi returned to the crowd after secretly speaking with Lin Heng and resolved to make him cry before revealing her identity.
• Lin Heng told his senior sisters that he had refined Dragon Qi and sealed away two portions of fortune, bringing his total to five strands.
• Yun Yao teased Mu Liuxi and the others by boasting about her closeness with Lin Heng, while Dugu Zixuan and Dugu Feng argued about the future complications of his many Dao companions.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that a message had arrived during his seclusion, and Dugu Zixuan handed him Wu Ba’s threat demanding Wu Chen’s return within three days.
• Dugu Zixuan offered to destroy Black Tortoise Hall, but Lin Heng warned her that Wu Ba might be a Martial Saint or even a Supreme with a Holy Artifact.

Lin Heng arranged to delay Black Tortoise Hall’s demand for Wu Chen while the sect treated the captive harshly, but the plan remained uncertain after Black Tortoise Hall decided to investigate. Later, Jiang Jingyi teased Lin Heng by sitting on his lap, only for his Master to arrive and accuse him of betrayal.

• Lin Heng persuaded Duan Shuyun to send Black Tortoise Hall a humble letter promising Wu Chen’s safe return in ten days, while secretly ordering the sect to keep beating him.
• Wu Ba laughed at the letter and planned to reclaim the Immortal Eyes, but the Second Hall Master warned him not to trust it and arranged an investigation.
• Lin Heng arrived at the main hall the next morning, and Jiang Jingyi questioned him about the wager between them.
• Jiang Jingyi sat on Lin Heng’s lap and teased him, but his Master entered and demanded to know what he was doing.
• Lin Heng called the situation a misunderstanding.

Lin Heng’s master, Meng Yutong, confronted Jiang Jingyi over her closeness to him, and their jealousy-driven argument ended with Meng sending Lin Heng flying. After Duan Shuyun rescued him, she showed him a vision created with the White Mystic Brush and revealed a mysterious heavenly gate.

• Meng Yutong pulled Lin Heng away from Jiang Jingyi and warned her to keep her distance because Lin Heng already had a household.
• Jiang Jingyi provoked Meng Yutong by praising Lin Heng and questioning how much help Meng could offer him, while Lin Heng watched the quarrel.
• Meng Yutong struck Lin Heng and sent him flying into a crooked-neck tree after he joined Jiang Jingyi’s argument.
• Duan Shuyun picked Lin Heng up, heard his explanation of the wager and quarrel, and then showed him a vision with the White Mystic Brush.
• Lin Heng saw scenes of peace and devastation divided by a colossal, ancient heavenly gate and asked what it was.

Duan Shuyun and Lin Heng discussed the clue revealed by the Literary Path artifacts before Wei Shouchen arrived with a coffin containing a withered tree trunk and soil he claimed came from the Eternal Mulberry. He also shared intelligence about the Immortal Dao Heart, and the chapter ended with Lin Heng asking the Jade Origin Vine whether the tree was truly the Eternal Mulberry.

• Duan Shuyun explained that the White Mystic Brush and Ink Rhino Box had revealed a location connected to Lin Ziqing and the others.
• Zhao Wanqing warned Lin Heng that Yun Yao and Jiang Caiyan were fighting a man named Wei Shouchen, so Lin Heng rushed to stop them.
• Wei Shouchen revealed that he had brought a withered trunk of the Eternal Mulberry and wasteland soil, and explained that the coffin had led Yun Yao and Jiang Caiyan to mistake him for an enemy.
• Wei Shouchen told Lin Heng that the Medical Path and Martial Path were working together on the Immortal Dao Heart to revive a terrifying figure with an enormous heart.
• Lin Heng inspected the trunk Wei Shouchen had stolen from the Wei Family Ancestral Land and asked the Jade Origin Vine whether it was really the Eternal Mulberry.

Lin Heng learned that the Eternal Mulberry had likely withered after exhausting and poisoning the soil, then reassured his Senior Sisters about the White Mystic Brush forgery and agreed to arrange positions for them at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters. Jiang Jingyi heard that Dragon Ridge Mountain Headquarters was ready and that Lin Heng’s forces had prepared traps, but Murong Ziyan’s warnings about his leadership seemed to find her distracted.

• Lin Heng questioned the Jade Origin Vine, which identified the withered branch as possibly the Eternal Mulberry and explained how it had drained and poisoned the earth.
• Lin Heng concluded that the Wei Family’s barren land might have been created by human hands and planned to ask Lady Yi and the others about the Calamity and its insects.
• Duan Shuyun warned Lin Heng that the Bai Family might expose their White Mystic Brush forgery, and Lin Heng suggested ways to redirect blame depending on how the Bai Family confronted them.
• Mu Liuxi and Bad Senior Sister asked Lin Heng to give them positions at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, and he agreed to discuss arrangements with them.
• Murong Ziyan told Jiang Jingyi that Dragon Ridge Mountain Headquarters was complete and Lin Heng’s forces had prepared traps in the Western Wasteland, then urged her to punish him if the plan failed.
• Jiang Jingyi gazed at the mountains and seemed lost in thought while Murong Ziyan spoke to her.

Lin Heng explained how he predicted the Black Bamboo Sacred Land’s route through the Western Wasteland, then wagered his alliance leader position against Murong Ziyan becoming Jiang Jingyi’s dowry maid. The chapter ended with Murong Ziyan accepting the bet as Jiang Jingyi watched them both.

• Jiang Jingyi and Murong Ziyan prepared to leave for Dragon Ridge Mountain, and Lin Heng joined them to discuss the Black Bamboo Sacred Land’s advance.
• Murong Ziyan showed Lin Heng the Star Chart, and he explained why the convoy would likely travel through Narrow Valley and rest at Cloud Sea Reef.
• Lin Heng teased Murong Ziyan until she drew her sword, prompting Jiang Jingyi to reprimand her.
• Lin Heng proposed a wager: if he lost, Murong Ziyan could decide his post after the war, but if he won, she had to become Jiang Jingyi’s dowry maid.
• Murong Ziyan accepted the wager despite Jiang Jingyi’s attempt to stop her.