Chapter Summaries

Leng Qingyun refused to leave Lin Heng and his companions as Leng Tianqiong warned that Prince Yu would retaliate. After Meng Yutong attacked the royal guards who arrived, Dugu Zixuan intervened and challenged Prince Yu to come to Immortal Island within three days, while Lin Heng revealed the Dugu Clan’s power.

• Leng Qingyun told Leng Tianqiong she had the Female Emperor as a backer, and Lin Heng mocked him as they waited for the royal guards.
• Lord Chen arrived with dozens of royal guards, treated Xu Zixian, and demanded to know who had injured him.
• Meng Yutong admitted she had attacked Xu Zixian, then killed two guards and used soul suppression to kill Lord Li.
• Dugu Zixuan ordered the surviving guards to tell Prince Yu to come to Immortal Island within three days or face her personally.
• Lin Heng identified Dugu Zixuan as an inheritor of the Dugu Clan and declared that even powerful aristocratic houses were ants beneath imperial power.

Dugu Zixuan drove Leng Tianqiong away after he threatened Leng Qingyun, while Leng Qingqiu urged the group to show their strength and leave Luoze Immortal Island. The group went to find food and lodging, unaware that the killing of Prince Yu’s subordinate had stirred the island’s factions into action.

• Leng Tianqiong dismissed Dugu Zixuan’s Eastern Continent origins and ordered Leng Qingyun to stay, but Dugu Zixuan knocked him back and sent him away.
• Leng Qingqiu teased Leng Qingyun for standing up to their father, then suggested they reveal their strength and leave the island.
• Lin Heng reflected on his senior sisters’ troubled family lives, while Meng Yutong, Yun Yao, and the Leng sisters reacted to his thoughts.
• Yun Yao searched the dead cultivators’ belongings, but Meng Yutong took the Storage Pouch and claimed the spoils.
• Dugu Zixuan urged the group to move elsewhere before Prince Yu’s people arrived, and they decided to visit a restaurant and find an inn.
• Onlookers discovered that the missing member of Prince Yu’s party was Director Xu, whose divine soul had been killed, and the island’s forces began watching Lin Heng and his companions.

Jiang Jingyi confronted Jiang Qian, Fan Yian, Yuan Yunliang, and Wu Jingyuan over their delayed response to her decree, while they explained that a spy may have tampered with its timing. Their discussion was interrupted by Fan Yian’s heir, who rushed in to report that his in-law and Commander Chen had been killed, then mistook Jiang Jingyi for a woman he could court.

• Jiang Jingyi questioned Jiang Qian and the others about failing to reach the Immortal Island Secret Realm as ordered, accusing them of risking the Dynasty’s collapse.
• Jiang Qian, Fan Yian, and Yuan Yunliang denied any intent to rebel and explained that spatial collapse and a decree with altered timing had delayed them.
• Jiang Jingyi warned the group that she still needed their service and began to tell them what she wanted them to do.
• Fan Yian’s heir barged into the hall with the Xu Family’s daughter and reported that her father and Commander Chen had been killed.
• Fan Yian’s heir snapped at Jiang Jingyi for addressing his father by name, then saw her and asked if she was betrothed.

Jiang Jingyi let Fan Ziyan explain why Prince Yu’s men had clashed with people on Luo ze Immortal Island, despite Fan Yian’s attempts to silence his son. Fan Ziyan revealed that the other side had demanded Prince Yu personally apologize, leaving Fan Yian furious and facing a public challenge to his standing.

• Jiang Qian confirmed that Jiang Jingyi belonged to the Jiang Family, and Fan Yian slapped Fan Ziyan for speaking disrespectfully to her.
• Fan Ziyan defied his father after Xu Susu urged him to seek justice for her father, whose limbs had been cut off.
• Jiang Jingyi stopped Fan Yian from silencing Fan Ziyan and ordered him to explain what had happened.
• Fan Ziyan claimed Xu Susu’s father and his own men had been killed by outsiders, then passed his father the jade slip describing the incident.
• Xu Susu said Island Master Leng had also confronted the outsiders but had remained unharmed, and Fan Ziyan added that they had threatened to destroy the Fan Family unless Fan Yian apologized in person.
• Fan Yian grew furious at the reported demand, realizing that the public insult required a response.

Jiang Jingyi disguised herself as a special envoy and appointed Fan Ziyan deputy chief of the Department of Internal Affairs, unaware of the job’s eunuch duties. After Fan Ziyan learned what the post entailed, Fan Yian gave him one last chance to resolve the trouble involving Luoze Immortal Island.

• Jiang Jingyi questioned Fan Yian about Lin Heng’s visit to Luoze Immortal Island and claimed she was a special envoy from the Murong Family.
• Jiang Jingyi praised Fan Ziyan and offered him the deputy chief position in Dingyang City’s Department of Internal Affairs, and Fan Ziyan eagerly accepted.
• Fan Yian stormed out after Jiang Jingyi confirmed the appointment, while Prince Ming warned Fan Ziyan to listen to his father.
• Jiang Jingyi privately ordered Jiang Qian to travel to Western Continent and meet Murong Ziyan, then considered going herself to see what was happening with Lin Heng.
• Fan Ziyan realized the Department of Internal Affairs would make him a eunuch and begged Fan Yian to save him.
• Fan Yian told Fan Ziyan to resolve the matter involving Luoze Immortal Island or lose his position as heir.

The Leng Family debated whether to disown Leng Qingqiu and Qingyun after their conflict with the Patrol Guard Office left Xu Zixian crippled. Leng Tianqiong refused to cast out his daughters, but his wife confronted him over his hesitation and challenged him to strike her.

• Fan Yian complained that Fan Ziyan had nearly provoked the Supreme One and feared the consequences of his son's recklessness.
• Leng Family members gathered to discuss Xu Zixian's injuries and the danger of Prince Yu's side demanding an explanation.
• Leng Ding urged Leng Tianqiong to sever ties with Leng Qingqiu and Qingyun, but Leng Tianqiong refused to decide before Prince Yu's people arrived.
• Members of the second branch mocked Leng Tianqiong for protecting his daughters after he left the ancestral hall.
• Leng Tianqiong's wife angrily accused him of failing their family and dared him to hit her.

Leng Tianqiong showed Liu Suwan their missing son Wu Shu’s diary, which revealed that reading had caused him increasing pain and confusion before he ran away. The diary and Leng Tianqiong’s suspicions pointed to a possible connection between Wu Shu’s condition and the family’s supposedly dead old master.

• Leng Tianqiong told Liu Suwan that the old master might still be alive because only Second Senior and Third Sister had seen the coffin’s contents.
• Leng Tianqiong showed Liu Suwan Wu Shu’s diary, and she read how his reading difficulties and unexplained lapses worsened as he grew older.
• Liu Suwan learned that Leng Tianqiong had found the diary three days after Wu Shu ran away and had kept it from her.
• Leng Tianqiong recalled hearing that the old master had suffered a similar aversion to reading when he was young.

Lin Heng overpowered Yun Yao while she begged him to stop, and later Meng Yutong worried about her position in the family after Dugu Zixuan suggested that having a child could secure it. The chapter left Meng Yutong feeling the pressure of competing for Lin Heng.

• Lin Heng refused to stop teasing Yun Yao, explaining that his powerful physique let him recover quickly even after Dual Cultivation with Meng Yutong.
• Yun Yao gave up trying to bargain with Lin Heng and vowed to fight him to the death.
• Meng Yutong spent the day touring Luoze Immortal Island with Dugu Zixuan while worrying about what Lin Heng and the others were doing.
• Dugu Zixuan told Meng Yutong that the household manager would need to lead the family and suggested that becoming pregnant first would secure her position.
• Meng Yutong rejected the idea of having a child for now, but Dugu Zixuan's suggestion left her aware of the pressure from Lin Heng's other admirers.

Fan Ziyan arrived at Xu Manor with Xu Susu and Xu Ming, intent on punishing Lin Heng’s group for Xu Zixian’s injuries. When Fan Ziyan confronted them at a temple, he dismissed their claims of powerful connections and threw away Lin Heng’s Imperial Token, leaving Lin Heng’s group stunned.

• Xu Susu and Fan Ziyan returned to the Xu Family, where Xu Ming told them that Lin Heng’s group had injured Xu Zixian.
• Fan Ziyan vowed to punish Lin Heng and followed Xu Ming to a temple where Lin Heng and his companions were waiting.
• Fan Ziyan entered the temple with Xu Susu and Guards, and Xu Ming identified Meng Yutong as the one who had crippled his father.
• Leng Qingyun claimed she was the Female Emperor’s appointed Right Pacification Guard, but Xu Ming insisted the office did not exist.
• Lin Heng named his father and the Dugu Clan as powerful connections, then handed Fan Ziyan an Imperial Token.
• Fan Ziyan dismissed the Imperial Token as a worthless gold token and threw it away, prompting Lin Heng to ask Meng Yutong for fish and get slapped.

Lin Heng and Meng Yutong captured Fan Ziyan and forced his men to withdraw, demanding that Prince Yu come in person. Xiao Lan then revealed her true form and frightened Fan Ziyan unconscious when she tried to eat him.

• Fan Ziyan ordered his men to seize Lin Heng, but Lin Heng swiftly captured him and evaded an attack from his hidden protector.
• Meng Yutong blocked the protector, broke Fan Ziyan's arm, and demanded that Prince Yu come in person.
• Old Su agreed to deliver the demand to Prince Yu, and Fan Ziyan's men and the Xu Family siblings withdrew from the temple.
• Fan Ziyan begged Lin Heng to spare him, then mistakenly encouraged Xiao Lan to eat him.
• Xiao Lan transformed into a giant blue snake, and Fan Ziyan fainted in terror.

Lin Heng’s group captured Fan Ziyan, prompting Prince Yu to mobilize a force against Luoze Immortal Island, while Jiang Jingyi arrived in secret and abducted Lin Heng for a private meeting. She warned him that Long San and the others had appeared in Eastern Continent, revealing a possible threat connected to Western Continent, and insisted that he return with her immediately.

• Lin Heng stopped Xiao Lan from eating Fan Ziyan, while Meng Yutong’s negotiation kept the captured heir alive as leverage against Prince Yu.
• Prince Yu learned that Fan Ziyan had been captured and ordered six Cloud Boats to attack Luoze Immortal Island and take revenge on the Leng Family.
• Jiang Jingyi arrived on Luoze Immortal Island in secret, investigated the incident, and learned that Fan Ziyan had discarded the Imperial Token.
• Jiang Jingyi had Lin Heng carried to her room and questioned why he was still in Southern Continent instead of returning to Western Continent.
• Jiang Jingyi told Lin Heng that Long San and the others had appeared in Eastern Continent and been detained by Prince Qi’s men, leading Lin Heng to suspect a connection to Western Continent.
• Jiang Jingyi ordered Lin Heng to return with her immediately, dismissing the usefulness of Dream Salted Fish and the others at his side.

Jiang Jingyi warned Lin Heng not to trust the Martial Path blindly, leading him to reconsider the history of its split from the Literary Path and its ties to the Medical Path. Meanwhile, Yun Yao told Dugu Feng about the threat from Prince Yu, and Dugu Feng went outside as Lin Heng faced Meng Yutong and Leng Tianqiong.

• Lin Heng declined Jiang Jingyi’s offer to take him away and discussed Long San’s arrival and Prince Qi’s capture of him and other Medical Alliance clan heads.
• Jiang Jingyi argued that the Martial Path’s decline stemmed from a deeper internal problem and questioned why the Literary Path had avoided the Medical Path’s disputes.
• Lin Heng concluded that the Literary and Martial Paths had been split apart later, and that factions within the Martial Path had acted in contradictory ways.
• Meng Yutong and the others realized Lin Heng was missing, while Yun Yao complained inside the System Space and discovered Dugu Feng and Shen Yeting there.
• Yun Yao told Dugu Feng about Prince Yu, prompting him to go outside, where he found Lin Heng being scolded by Meng Yutong as Leng Tianqiong urged Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun to return home.

Leng Qingqiu clashed with her parents before Prince Yu arrived on Luoze Immortal Island and confronted Dream Yutong. When Fan Yian countered her Imperial Token with his Imperial Scepter, Lin Heng stepped forward to challenge the deadlock.

• Leng Qingqiu rebuked Leng Tianqiong and Liu Suwan for blaming her and Leng Qingyun, then left with her sister after Liu Suwan slapped her.
• Fan Yian arrived with his Guards, located his captured son, Fan Ziyan, and demanded that Dream Yutong hand him over.
• Dream Yutong refused and demanded that Fan Yian punish the Xu Family and apologize to her disciples for their mistreatment.
• Fan Yian overwhelmed Dream Yutong with his pressure, but she raised an Imperial Token; he countered it by summoning the late emperor's Imperial Scepter.
• Lin Heng took the Imperial Token from Dream Yutong and told Fan Yian he was acting childish, while Dugu Zixuan backed him from behind.

Lin Heng used the Imperial Token and a clever argument about the late emperor to force Fan Yian to put away his ceremonial tally and pay one million Spirit Stones for Fan Ziyan. After Meng Yutong collected the ransom and Lin Heng released Fan Ziyan, Fan Yian stopped them as they tried to leave.

• Lin Heng challenged Fan Yian to say whether he could represent the late emperor, making Fan Yian realize that claiming to do so could offend the Female Emperor.
• Fan Yian put away his ceremonial tally but refused to apologize, so Lin Heng demanded compensation instead.
• Fan Yian’s steward advised him to pay first and seek revenge later, and Fan Yian agreed to give Lin Heng’s group one million Spirit Stones.
• Meng Yutong counted the five Storage Pouches and accepted the ransom, and Lin Heng released the bound Fan Ziyan.
• As Lin Heng and Meng Yutong turned to leave, Fan Yian called them to a halt and asked if he intended to go back on his word.

Prince Yu Fan Yian tried to seize Luoze Immortal Island and take Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun as maids, but Dugu Zixuan intervened and fought him with the frost law. Fan Yian was badly outmatched, while Lin Heng and Uncle Prison watched from the sidelines.

• Fan Yian demanded that Leng Tianqiong surrender Luoze Immortal Island, and Leng Tianqiong refused before Fan Yian slapped Liu Suwan aside.
• Leng Ding and Leng Ning betrayed the Main Branch, offering to serve Fan Yian and proposing that Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun become maids for the heir.
• Leng Qingqiu rebuked her second uncle, and Dugu Zixuan prepared to end the farce before Dugu Feng appeared and was immediately sent spinning away by Fan Yian.
• Dugu Zixuan revealed her strength and challenged Fan Yian on behalf of the Dugu Clan and Eight Desolations Hall.
• Dugu Zixuan fought Fan Yian with the frost law, and Fan Yian realized that continuing the battle would likely cost him his life.
• Lin Heng boasted that he would surpass his mother, and Uncle Prison reminded him how difficult it had been for Dugu Zixuan to master her laws.

Dugu Zixuan defeated Prince Yu Fan Yian and prepared to cripple him, but Jiang Jingyi intervened and secured an apology and compensation instead. Fan Yian apologized to Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun, while his son was reminded that he still had to serve in the Imperial Capital.

• Dugu Zixuan defeated Fan Yian in battle and severed his left arm when he threatened her with his royal status.
• Jiang Jingyi emerged from the shadows and asked Dugu Zixuan to spare Fan Yian, arguing that the crisis on Heaven-Chosen Continent made infighting dangerous.
• Dugu Zixuan agreed not to cripple Fan Yian after Jiang Jingyi promised an apology and compensation, and Fan Yian accepted.
• Lin Heng brought Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun forward, and Fan Yian apologized to them for his son's conduct.
• Fan Yian threatened to break his son's five legs, but someone pointed out that the son still had to serve as deputy chief steward of the Department of Internal Affairs.

After Fan Yian took Fan Ziyan away, Leng Qingqiu confronted her parents over their weakness and Liu Suwan urged Leng Tianqiong to oppose the second branch. Meanwhile, Lin Heng discussed the political fallout with Jiang Jingyi, who revealed Fan Ziyan would become deputy chief steward of the Eastern Continent’s Department of Internal Affairs and hinted that Lin Heng was being considered for chief steward.

• Fan Yian slapped Fan Ziyan again and took him away, while Meng Yutong questioned why Dugu Zixuan let him go.
• Leng Qingqiu rebuked Leng Tianqiong and Liu Suwan for their weakness and threatened to deal with the second branch herself.
• Liu Suwan told Leng Tianqiong she might leave him and urged him to act against the second branch, while he wondered whether their son would return if they did.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi about the consequences of killing Prince Yu, and she explained the political pressure it would have caused.
• Jiang Jingyi said Fan Ziyan would serve as deputy chief steward in the Eastern Continent, then hinted that Lin Heng might be appointed chief steward.

Lin Heng was caught between Jiang Jingyi and Meng Yutong after Jiang provoked his master by revealing he had spent the night with her. Meng Yutong dragged Lin Heng away to inspect him, while Yun Yao emerged from seclusion and stumbled upon her Master and Junior Brother in a compromising situation.

• Lin Heng told Jiang Jingyi he had not meant to offend the Female Emperor, and Jiang teased him about acting like a child.
• Meng Yutong arrived, pulled Lin Heng away from Jiang, and argued with her over their private conversation.
• Jiang Jingyi taunted Meng Yutong about her household authority and revealed that Lin Heng had spent the previous night at her place.
• Meng Yutong dragged Lin Heng off by the ear and insisted on checking his body, while he protested that he had only talked with Jiang.
• Yun Yao left Shen Yeting's retreat after recovering her ability to walk and found her Master and Junior Brother making strange sounds.

Meng Yutong caught Lin Heng hiding Yun Yao in his space and made him serve her, while Jiang Jingyi reprimanded Fan Yian for his failures and explained that she needed the Dugu Clan for a larger plan. The chapter left Fan Yian realizing that Jiang Jingyi was preparing to open an Extraterrestrial Battlefield.

• Meng Yutong discovered Yun Yao had rested in Lin Heng’s space, accused him of sneaking around, and ordered him to serve her.
• Jiang Jingyi confronted Fan Yian about his defeat by Dugu Zixuan and his ignorance that Lin Heng was the Immortal Alliance’s alliance leader.
• Jiang Jingyi criticized Fan Yian’s failure to manage the Southern Continent and promised to establish institutions to check the power of island masters and clans.
• Jiang Jingyi explained that she had not avenged Fan Yian because she needed the Dugu Clan to help open an Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
• Fan Yian understood that Jiang Jingyi was pursuing a larger plan to counterattack beyond Heavenly Profound Continent.

Leng Qingqiu took control of the Patrol Guard Office after the Xu Family was driven from Luoze Immortal Island, then agreed to visit the Leng Estate with Leng Qingyun, Lin Heng, and Dugu Zixuan. The Leng family planned a dinner banquet, apparently to discuss news about the sisters’ missing elder brother.

• Leng Qingqiu addressed the remaining patrol guards, let them choose whether to stay, and kept all but four in the Patrol Guard Office under her leadership.
• Leng Qingqiu sent the patrol guards to seize the Xu Family’s businesses and planned to claim their profits for herself and the Patrol Guard Office.
• Leng Qingyun told Leng Qingqiu that their mother wanted them to visit the Leng Estate and hinted that the invitation concerned news of their missing elder brother.
• Leng Qingqiu agreed to go with Lin Heng and Dugu Zixuan after they discussed the invitation.
• Liu Suwan told Leng Tianqiong that the sisters had agreed to visit, and Leng Tianqiong arranged a dinner banquet with Second Senior and Third Sister attending.