Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng fought Dugu Qingyang in the Scorching Moon Red Abyss Domain and revealed the power of his Humanity Domain. He was knocked unconscious, while Dugu Qingyang secretly admitted that Lin Heng had nearly seriously injured him and decided to raise him carefully.

• Lin Heng easily dispersed Dugu Qingyang's probing attack, shocking the ancestor with his ability to suppress the laws of the domain.
• Dugu Qingyang unleashed Grand Abyss Burns the World, and Lin Heng opened his Humanity Domain to clash with the destructive attack.
• Lin Heng was badly shaken and fell unconscious, so Dugu Qingyang caught him and told him to train more before sending him away.
• Dugu Zixuan carried Lin Heng off to recover, and Dugu Qingyang spat blood after they left, revealing that he had also been injured.
• Jiang Jingyi and Mu Li visited Lin Heng as he lay drooling on a bed, and Meng Yutong told everyone to leave so he could rest.

Lin Heng woke after being injured by the ancestor and teased Meng Yutong, who warned him not to pursue the Female Emperor. Meng Yutong announced a banquet, and Lin Heng looked forward to teasing her there as the women gathered around him.

• Jiang Jingyi left with Mu Li, while Dugu Zixuan reassured Meng Yutong that the ancestor would not beat anyone to death.
• Meng Yutong sent the others away, then checked Lin Heng for injuries and accidentally felt his muscles as he lay unconscious.
• Lin Heng woke and flirted with Meng Yutong, but she ordered him to stay in bed and warned him not to pursue the Female Emperor.
• Meng Yutong complained that the Female Emperor wanted to make her a maid again, and Lin Heng promised to make the Female Emperor apologize while privately imagining fooling around with her.
• Meng Yutong announced a banquet for Lin Heng's return, and he thought about teasing her there as she brought the women in to see him.
• Little Yueli returned to Dragon Cliff Mountain and was scolded again by the old man and the others.

Dugu Yueli confronted her father and uncles for reproaching her after she risked her life for the Nine Dust Alliance. Qin Hongyi defended her, condemned Dugu Wuwu as a neglectful father, and took Yueli away toward the Qin Clan.

• Dugu Yueli shouted that she had risked her life for the Nine Dust Alliance and had no help managing its affairs except from Uncle Prison.
• Dugu Wuwu accused Yueli of disrespecting her elders because she followed Lin Heng and suggested she had improper feelings for him.
• Jiang Zhenqing tried to calm Dugu Wuwu and advised him to keep some distance from Yueli.
• Qin Hongyi arrived, rebuked Dugu Wuwu and the other elders for bullying Yueli, and defended her as her uncle.
• Qin Hongyi offered to take Yueli back to the Qin Clan, then led her out of the hall as Dugu Wuwu protested.

Jiang Zhenqing stopped Dugu Wuwu from confronting Dugu Yueli and urged him to reconsider how he treated his daughter, but Dugu Wuwu decided to seek the Ancestor’s judgment. On the walk back, Qin Hongyi told Yueli that her mother had left because her father broke a promise, while at Dragon Cliff Mountain, Lin Heng returned to a celebration and learned that Yun Yao had been mistreated by the Female Emperor.

• Jiang Zhenqing blocked Dugu Wuwu and criticized his domineering treatment of Dugu Yueli, after which Dugu Wuwu said he would ask the Ancestor to decide the matter.
• Qin Hongyi walked back with Dugu Yueli and told her that her mother had not abandoned her, but had left because Dugu Wuwu broke a promise.
• Lin Heng returned to Dragon Cliff Mountain, where Dugu Zixuan and the others held a banquet to celebrate his Northern Domain victory.
• Duan Shuyun doubted Yun Yao’s claims about helping capture the Leshan Ancient Temple divine maiden, and Lin Heng silently agreed that she had exaggerated her contribution.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that the Female Emperor had kept Yun Yao away for days after Yun Yao called her a vixen, and that Yun Yao had only returned when his mother intervened.
• Yun Yao continued recounting her exploits to the others until Dummy questioned whether her seal had been undone.

Yun Yao resisted Leng Qingqiu’s attempt to intimidate her, while Leng Qingyun worried that Leng Qingqiu was plotting to steal someone away. At the evening banquet, Lin Heng warned the gathered cultivators that Upper Realm forces were their true enemy, and he became suspicious of Bai Zihe after seeing his reaction.

• Leng Qingqiu revealed that Yun Yao had obtained an antidote from Junior Brother and threatened to expose her rule-breaking unless she became her attendant.
• Yun Yao refused to submit to Leng Qingqiu, and Leng Qingyun feared Leng Qingqiu was plotting to cuck her.
• Lin Heng addressed the gathering at Dragon Cliff Mountain and declared that people from beyond the domain, not the Central Domain Immortal Clans, were the real threat.
• Lin Heng explained that Upper Realm Buddhist cultivators had created the Buddhist statues and might be seeking to invade and wipe out the Lower Realm’s inhabitants.
• Lin Heng noticed Bai Zihe panic when he mentioned the captured Sui'an Goddess and concluded that Bai Zihe could not be allowed to live.

At a banquet, Lin Heng teased Meng Yutong while she told him that Ye Nantian’s son and Bai Zihe were secretly mining Heaven and Earth Stones on Qilin Mountain. After Meng Yutong left, Jiang Jingyi watched the master and disciple and recalled an odd image of Lin Heng in a eunuch’s outfit.

• Lin Heng spotted Ye Guang at the banquet, then pulled Meng Yutong over to sit with him.
• Leng Qingqiu, Duan Shuyun, and Mu Liuxi speculated that the Female Emperor might try to draw Lin Heng away from Meng Yutong.
• Meng Yutong told Lin Heng that Cai Yan and Wan Qing had seen Ye Nantian’s son and Bai Zihe organizing villagers to mine Heaven and Earth Stones on Qilin Mountain.
• Lin Heng flirted with Meng Yutong in public, and she warned him to stop and promised he would suffer for it that night.
• Jiang Jingyi noticed Meng Yutong leaving Lin Heng and recalled an image of Lin Heng dressed as a eunuch before dismissing the thought.

Lin Heng assured Dugu Qingyang that he would stand with the Dugu Clan rather than return to the Old Lin Family, even promising that his first child would bear the Dugu surname. When Lin Yi arrived unaware that the families’ reconciliation had failed, Lin Heng sent him to the mines after beating him into submission.

• Dugu Qingyang confronted Lin Heng about whether he would return to the Old Lin Family, and Lin Heng said his roots and future lay with the Dugu Clan.
• Lin Heng promised to give his first child the Dugu surname, satisfying Dugu Qingyang.
• Lin Yi arrived and accused Lin Heng of sending two Old Lin Family cousins to mine, believing the families had reconciled.
• Dugu Qingyang revealed that he had ordered the cousins into the mines and suggested Lin Yi join them.
• Lin Heng agreed to send Lin Yi to the mines and knocked him down in five moves.

Lin Heng brought Uncle Lou to Sunless Mountain Mine, where Lin Yang and Lin Xiaobai had been forced to work. After seeing their uncle beaten and captured, Lin Yang tried to bargain by offering to leave him behind in the mine.

• Lin Yang and Lin Xiaobai complained about being put to work in the mine and argued over whether Third Uncle could rescue them.
• Wang Lei warned the brothers to stop speaking ill of Director Lin, and Lin Heng arrived with Uncle Lou dragged behind him.
• Lin Heng told the brothers he could have their tongues cut out, then showed them their battered Third Uncle.
• Lin Yang begged Lin Heng to release him and Lin Xiaobai, offering to let Third Uncle remain in the mine.

Lin Heng arranged for Lin Yang and Lin Xiaobai to trick Lin Yi into mining by claiming a treasure was hidden in the mine. On his way back to Dragon Cliff Mountain, Lin Heng was intercepted by Murong Ziyan and summoned to meet Jiang Jingyi, whose bathrobe and bathing scent drew his attention.

• Lin Heng offered to release Lin Yang and Lin Xiaobai if they kept Lin Yi mining for two days, and Wang Lei warned them they had no more time.
• Lin Yang and Lin Xiaobai told Lin Yi that a peerless treasure left by Lin Ziqing was hidden in the mine, persuading him to pick up two pickaxes and search for it.
• Wang Lei realized the brothers had deceived Lin Yi and accepted that their scheme fulfilled Lin Heng's instructions.
• Lin Heng returned toward Dragon Cliff Mountain, but Murong Ziyan intercepted him and took him to meet the Female Emperor.
• Lin Heng entered a pavilion and found Jiang Jingyi emerging in a bathrobe, then secretly peered at her with his divine sense, which she noticed.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi discussed the danger posed by the Northern Domain’s Buddhist and Medical Path factions, including their suspected plan to unleash an Insect Calamity. Jiang Jingyi suspected the Medical Path faction was trying to resurrect the Medical Ancestor, but she and Lin Heng did not know its true purpose.

• Lin Heng defended his actions in the Northern Domain, arguing that its factions had already targeted him and Dugu Yueli.
• Jiang Jingyi explained that the Shadow Alliance had uncovered the Buddhist Path factions’ brainwashing methods and warned that Leshan Ancient Temple might be preparing an Insect Calamity.
• Lin Heng recalled finding a huge heart, which Jiang Jingyi identified as a vessel template for the Medical Path faction’s resurrection plan.
• Jiang Jingyi ruled out the Martial Ancestor and suggested the Medical Path faction might be trying to resurrect the Medical Ancestor.
• Jiang Jingyi described the Medical Ancestor as a hypocrite who sought fame more than he could truly help the world.

Jiang Jingyi discussed the threat from the demon domains and Central Domain Immortal Clans with Lin Heng, who then tried to persuade her to have an heir by framing it as a way to preserve their friendship. After Jiang Jingyi subdued him, she noticed Lin Heng’s Master arriving and dragged him behind a partition, intending to provoke her and discuss the succession.

• Jiang Jingyi warned Lin Heng that demon forces could join the Central Domain Immortal Clans against the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office and described the powerful northern demon domains.
• Jiang Jingyi suggested using Lin Heng as bait to draw out their enemies, and Lin Heng joked about capturing her instead.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to have an heir, arguing that the Tianxuan Dynasty needed a successor and that offspring could preserve their friendship.
• Jiang Jingyi laughed at Lin Heng’s excuse, then became furious when he suggested that Jiang Sheng’s descendants might inherit the throne.
• Jiang Jingyi suppressed Lin Heng and, after noticing his Master arriving, dragged him behind a partition to provoke her and discuss the succession.

Meng Yutong rushed to the Female Emperor’s residence after Mu Li told her that Lin Heng had been intercepted, and found Jiang Jingyi staging a suggestive scene with him. Jiang Jingyi convinced Meng Yutong that Lin Heng had come willingly, and Mu Li led the humiliated master away while Lin Heng remained restrained and unable to explain.

• Mu Li told Meng Yutong that the Female Emperor had ordered Murong Ziyan to intercept Lin Heng, prompting Meng Yutong to hurry to Jiang Jingyi’s residence.
• Jiang Jingyi restrained Lin Heng, drew the curtains, and arranged their positions to make it look as if she were intimate with him when Meng Yutong arrived.
• Meng Yutong accused Jiang Jingyi of abducting Lin Heng, but Jiang Jingyi claimed he had come to her willingly and mocked Meng Yutong for blaming her instead of him.
• Jiang Jingyi threatened Lin Heng into staying quiet and told Meng Yutong that he had fainted, leaving Meng Yutong to believe he had enjoyed their encounter.
• Mu Li pulled the furious Meng Yutong away, and Meng Yutong vowed to punish Lin Heng when she saw him again.

Lin Heng broke through Jiang Jingyi’s restriction and used his Humanity Domain to overpower the Female Emperor, while Meng Yutong learned that Mu Li had also been intimate with Lin Heng and chased her in anger. The chapter ended with Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi alone in the tower, where he consummated his long-held desire despite her protests.

• Jiang Jingyi taunted Meng Yutong while she was restrained, but Lin Heng broke free, dragged Jiang Jingyi onto the bed, and suppressed her with his Humanity Domain.
• Lin Heng reminded Jiang Jingyi that she had provoked Meng Yutong and said he would make her offer to bear his child real.
• Mu Li told Meng Yutong that she and Lin Heng had spent three days together, and Meng Yutong drew her sword and chased her up the mountain.
• Dugu Zixuan and Dugu Qingyang heard Meng Yutong and Mu Li fighting and wondered where Lin Heng was.
• Inside the tower, Lin Heng defeated Jiang Jingyi’s resistance and slept with her, leaving her threatening to turn him into Eunuch Lin.

Lin Heng kept Jiang Jingyi confined for days, but her unnerving silence ended when he discovered how to provoke her. Jiang Jingyi warned him that she still had enough cultivation to kill him.

• Murong Ziyan waited outside the sealed attic, guessed that Jiang Jingyi was interrogating Lin Heng, and left for Dragon Cliff Mountain.
• Lin Heng continued forcing himself on Jiang Jingyi while boasting that people close to them knew about their relationship, though Murong Ziyan did not.
• After days of Jiang Jingyi's silence, Lin Heng tried to provoke her by licking her feet, and she cried out and threatened to make him a eunuch.
• Lin Heng argued that Jiang Jingyi had wanted to cuckold Meng Yutong and was now fulfilling her role as his wife, but Jiang Jingyi rejected his reasoning.
• When Lin Heng compared Jiang Jingyi to Meng Yutong, Jiang Jingyi warned that she still retained enough cultivation to kill him.

Lin Heng spent nine days with Jiang Jingyi until she called him husband, then fled after leaving her Spirit Stones and a letter. He returned to Dragon Tooth Mountain, where Meng Yutong and the others caught him sneaking over the wall.

• Lin Heng boasted that he could make Jiang Jingyi infatuated with him, and they continued their contest for several days.
• On the ninth day, Jiang Jingyi begged Lin Heng to spare her and agreed to his requests that she not refine the opportunity, try to have a child, and not punish him later.
• Lin Heng left Jiang Jingyi a letter and a Storage Pouch full of Spirit Stones before slipping away.
• Jiang Jingyi woke, realized Lin Heng had fled, read his letter, and vowed to make him pay.
• Lin Heng returned to Dragon Tooth Mountain and found Meng Yutong waiting for him, while First Senior Sister and the others blocked his escape.

Lin Heng was dragged before Meng Yutong and claimed that his ten-day absence had been spent helping the Female Emperor continue her clan’s line. Meng Yutong flew into a rage, and Lin Heng was left restrained by his Senior Sisters as Duan Shuyun demanded an explanation about Senior Mu Li.

• Duan Shuyun, Mu Liuxi, Jiang Caiyan, and the others caught Lin Heng trying to slip away and took him to Meng Yutong.
• Lin Heng insisted that his ten days with the Female Emperor had involved important affairs of state, not fooling around.
• Lin Heng revealed that he had wanted to leave the Female Emperor a descendant, prompting Meng Yutong to kick him and chase after him.
• At Meng Yutong’s command, Lin Heng’s Senior Sisters seized him and held him down.
• Duan Shuyun demanded to know what was going on with Senior Mu Li, and Lin Heng realized they might know about her.

Lin Heng was accused of getting Mu Li pregnant, and Meng Yutong ordered a test to determine whether the claim was true. The chapter ended with Lin Heng confronting Mu Li in the garden with pregnancy-testing tea in hand.

• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that Mu Li claimed the child she was carrying was his, and Meng Yutong scolded and struck him over his suspected infidelity.
• Lin Heng questioned whether Mu Li could have conceived after one encounter, and Zhao Wanqing proposed testing her with a special medicinal-fruit tea.
• Jiang Caiyan said she had feared becoming pregnant after an encounter with Lin Heng but had not conceived, supporting his claim that his bloodline was difficult to reproduce.
• Meng Yutong ordered Lin Heng to investigate Mu Li and sent Zhao Wanqing to prepare the tea, while the women used a projection stone to monitor him.
• Lin Heng found Mu Li relaxing in Meng Yutong's rocking chair and asked whether she was carrying a baby.

Lin Heng used a bitter pregnancy test tea to check whether Mu Li was actually carrying his child, while Mu Li teased him and accused Meng Yutong of jealousy. The test showed that Mu Li was faking her pregnancy, and Meng Yutong prepared to punish her.

• Mu Li claimed Lin Heng had made her pregnant and suggested Meng Yutong might harm her and the child out of jealousy.
• Meng Yutong questioned Duan Shuyun about her jealousy, then slapped Niu for her rebellious behavior.
• Lin Heng pinned Mu Li down and demanded to know whether she was pregnant, but she kept dodging the question and blamed Meng Yutong.
• Lin Heng hinted that he and the Female Emperor had been intimate, prompting Mu Li to react with surprise and excitement.
• Mu Li spat out Wan Qing's bitter pregnancy-test tea, and Lin Heng realized her reaction meant she was not pregnant.
• Meng Yutong learned Mu Li had faked the pregnancy and vowed to deal with her.

Lin Heng discovered that Mu Li had pretended to be pregnant to escape Meng Yutong, then exposed her deception while trying to set the two women against each other. The scheme backfired, and both women attacked him as Yun Yao and the others watched.

• Mu Li told Lin Heng that she was not pregnant and explained that she had feigned a pregnancy to win protection from his mother after Meng Yutong threatened to kill her.
• Mu Li threatened to reveal Lin Heng's affair with the Female Emperor and proposed acting as a mediator between them and Meng Yutong.
• Meng Yutong arrived and revealed that she had overheard Mu Li's conversation, but Mu Li insisted that she was carrying a child.
• Lin Heng explained that the fruit tea had been a test for pregnancy and tried to make Meng Yutong and Mu Li fight over him.
• Meng Yutong and Mu Li attacked Lin Heng together, while Yun Yao, Mu Liuxi, and Duan Shuyun watched his escape.

Lin Heng left Salted Fish Happy Little Hall after Meng Yutong punished him and the others with seals, then went to meet his family. His relatives teased him about his exhaustion before Dugu Qingyang questioned him about Yueli of Nine Dust Hall, catching him off guard as he had come to ask about the Immortal Clan.

• Meng Yutong gave Lin Heng the choice of serving everyone until he collapsed or being sealed, and Lin Heng chose the seal before leaving to visit his family.
• Meng Yutong discovered Yun Yao's seal had been undone and had her sealed again; Leng Qingqiu was punished too, while Duan Shuyun helped restrain her.
• Lin Heng arrived at his mother's home looking exhausted, and Dugu Feng teased him about being worn out by the women around him.
• Shen Yeting smacked Dugu Feng for his comments, and Dugu Qingyang scolded him for his age and lack of a child.
• Dugu Qingyang summoned Lin Heng and demanded to know what was happening between him and Yueli of Nine Dust Hall, making Lin Heng nervous.