Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng and Bai Yi traded insults while Zhao Zigong decided to spare Bai Yi and take him in as a foster son. Wen Zhou attacked Lin Heng over his connection to the Female Emperor, then Long Da revealed a scheme to turn Lin Heng against the Martial Arts Left Faction and announced that the Martial Ancestor would soon emerge.

• Lin Heng revealed that he had only been pretending to faint, while Bai Yi denied being his lackey and tried to win Zhao Zigong’s favor with lofty declarations.
• Zhao Zigong released Bai Yi and offered to take him as a foster son, while taunting Lin Heng that Bai Yi could marry Zhao’s daughter after Lin Heng died.
• Wen Zhou confronted Lin Heng and claimed he was the Female Emperor’s male pet; Lin Heng mocked him until the others stopped Wen Zhou from beating him to death.
• Zhao Zigong said the Female Emperor had to preside over the Sacrificial Ritual, and the man disguised as Long San revealed that he was Long Da, Long San’s master.
• Long Da explained that he and Long San had exchanged places to make Lin Heng distrust the Left Faction of Martial Arts, then announced that the Martial Ancestor would emerge after the Central Domain battle; Jiang Jingyi realized the situation was dire.

Jiang Jingyi realized the Central Domain Immortal Clans’ enemies were stalling to make the Heavenly Profound Continent wipe out its Supremes, potentially letting others seize the power released by their deaths. Meanwhile, Lin Heng learned that his captors planned to revive both the Medical Ancestor and the Martial Ancestor, using the Little Demoness as a heart vessel.

• Jiang Jingyi warned Murong Ziyan that killing all the Central Domain Immortal Clans and their Supremes could disrupt the continent’s balance and benefit hidden outsiders.
• Lin Heng accused Wei Shouchen, Long Da, and the others of manipulating Prince Jing, and learned that they might kill the Female Emperor while she was in their hands.
• Lin Heng asked whether his captors intended to revive the Medical Ancestor or the Martial Ancestor, and learned they planned to revive both.
• Zhao Zigong revealed that his group had chosen the Little Demoness as a heart vessel after his daughter’s constitution was cured.
• Bai Yi mocked Lin Heng for being captured, and Lin Heng threatened to kill him.

Jiang Jingyi revealed that she had been hiding her strength, broke the Immortal Restriction Grand Formation, and went to confront the traitors while Murong Ziyan escaped the fortress. Outside, Murong Ziyan told Meng Yutong, Dugu Yueli, and the others that Lin Heng had been captured and was being held in the fortress's deepest section.

• Wen Zhou taunted Jiang Jingyi and tried to seize her wrist, but she struck him with the power of the Human Path and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Wen Zhou fled as Jiang Jingyi turned to the Immortal Restriction Grand Formation and shattered it with a punch.
• Jiang Jingyi ordered Murong Ziyan to contact the reinforcements and said she would clean house, then vanished into the fortress.
• Murong Ziyan escaped through a hidden passage and broke through the surface checkpoint into the Plateau Forbidden Zone.
• Murong Ziyan met Meng Yutong, Dugu Yueli, and the other women outside, and told them Lin Heng was captured in the fortress's deepest section and was to be sacrificed.

The Taoist Nun, Meng Yutong, Dugu Yueli, and Murong Ziyan charged into the underground fortress to stop the planned sacrifice, while the wounded Wen Zhou and his allies discussed how to use Lin Heng against the Female Emperor. Jiang Jingyi overheard Lin Heng boasting about their intimate past and silently vowed to punish him.

• The Taoist Nun led Meng Yutong into the passage, and Dugu Yueli reassured Murong Ziyan that their ancestor could handle the danger.
• Murong Ziyan recognized the Taoist Nun as one of the Dugu Clan's ancestors and joined the group as they returned to the underground fortress.
• Wen Zhou told Wei Shouchen and Zhao Zigong that the Female Emperor had resisted the Immortal Restriction and gravely injured him with physical strength.
• Bai Yi argued that Lin Heng would force the Female Emperor to surrender, and Lin Heng backed him up by boasting about his relationship with her.
• Jiang Jingyi overheard the men at the altar entrance and silently vowed to turn Lin Heng into Little Lin for embarrassing her.

Jiang Jingyi confronted the Shadow Alliance but could not break its Rising Dragon Abyss barrier while Lin Heng was held at swordpoint. Wen Zhou revealed that the Alliance had assembled a vast coalition to exploit the weakened Central Domain Immortal Clans and seize power.

• Jiang Jingyi arrived at the altar, brushed aside the Buddhist Path Immortal Restriction, and failed to break the Domain Abyss when she tested it.
• Wei Shouchen threatened Lin Heng with a sword, while Lin Heng theatrically begged Jiang Jingyi to save him and Jiang Jingyi warned him he would pay for it later.
• Wen Zhou showed Jiang Jingyi and the others a heavenly-screen image of tens of thousands of Shadow Alliance troops and their allies gathered in the Central Domain.
• Wen Zhou explained that the Shadow Alliance had recruited the coalition to destroy the old Immortal Clans and rise to power, revealing that his demand for Jiang Jingyi's surrender had served that larger plan.

As Meng Yutong’s group failed to find Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi in the maze-like bunker, Taoist Nun decided to collapse it and draw them out. She then warned Dugu Yueli that her future as Female Emperor would put the Dugu Clan’s interests first, leaving Yueli to suggest Lin Heng become her male pet.

• Tens of thousands of attackers overwhelmed the Long Clan’s defenders, forcing thousands to flee the immortal land as Long Clan disciples scattered.
• Meng Yutong, Murong Ziyan, and the others failed to find their way back through the bunker, whose barriers concealed auras and separated its paths.
• Taoist Nun ordered the group to destroy the bunker’s support pillars and core Formations so its survivors would have to escape.
• Taoist Nun privately told Dugu Yueli that she was expected to become the Female Emperor and put the Dugu Clan’s interests before personal desire.
• Dugu Yueli asked about Lin Heng, and Taoist Nun suggested he could serve as her regent if he accepted being subordinate to her.
• Dugu Yueli asked whether making Lin Heng her male pet would better protect the family’s interests, leaving Taoist Nun stunned.

Dugu Yueli repeated Lin Heng’s argument that their distant family ties made it acceptable for her to take him as a male favorite, alarming the Taoist Nun. After Yueli admitted Lin Heng had taught her those words, the Taoist Nun grew furious and set out to confront him and determine whether Dugu Qingyang had approved.

• Dugu Yueli told the Taoist Nun she wanted Lin Heng as her male favorite and argued that their blood ties were distant.
• The Taoist Nun rebuked Yueli and threatened to search her memories to learn who had put those ideas in her head.
• Dugu Yueli confessed that Brother Heng had said the words, then nervously denied that they had gone further than kissing.
• The Taoist Nun blamed Lin Heng for tempting Yueli and threatened to break his legs, while warning Yueli she would also be punished.
• Dugu Yueli urged the Taoist Nun not to overreact, prompting her to wonder whether Dugu Qingyang had knowingly allowed Lin Heng’s behavior.

Lu Yuanliang and Ye Nantian led a twenty-thousand-strong army into the Yu Clan Immortal Territory, believing the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office had abandoned it. Sun Hao then activated a suppression formation and revealed that the invaders had fallen into Lin Heng's trap.

• Lu Yuanliang and Ye Nantian’s forces seized Dragon Cliff Mountain and advanced toward Jingheng and Quyong, while Ye Guang voiced his desire to capture Lin Heng’s women.
• Three days later, the allied armies had taken the two passes and gathered before the Yu Clan Immortal Territory, but Bai Zihe warned that their easy advance and lost contact with the Shadow Alliance might conceal a trap.
• Bai Zihe proposed letting Black Bamboo Saint Emperor’s forces enter first, but Lu Yuanliang dismissed the caution and led his troops into the territory.
• After captives claimed the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office had left the territory undefended, Bai Zihe, Ye Nantian, and the others sent the full twenty thousand troops inside.
• A transparent dome sealed the territory and golden light suppressed the invaders’ cultivation as Sun Hao appeared with the Heavenly Word Mysterious Banner and declared they had fallen into Lin Heng’s trap.

Sun Hao’s ambush crushed the forces attacking the Yu Clan Immortal Territory, while Lin Heng revealed that he had prepared for a betrayal and exposed Long Da’s deception. The chapter ended with Lin Heng confronting Long Da over his impersonation of Long San.

• Sun Hao revealed that his forces had hidden above the Yu Clan Immortal Territory using the Immortal Restriction, and the Old Lin Family’s Supremes joined them to ambush Ye Nantian’s army.
• Lin Wenyue defeated Lu Yuanliang, Ye Nantian and Ye Guang escaped through a spatial rift, Lin Daochuan pursued them, and Sun Hao captured Bai Zihe.
• In the underground fortress, Lin Heng told Wen Zhou, Wei Shouchen, Zhao Zigong, and the others that he had prepared a third layer of defenses, originally anticipating betrayal by Jiang Zhenqing.
• Lin Heng explained that he had suspected Long Da because Long San’s memories had been erased and Long Da had appeared in Long San’s place in the imperial prison at Dingyang City.

Lin Heng revealed that he had uncovered the Right Faction of Martial Arts’ plan to revive Long Yun and had let its members believe they had trapped him. He summoned Dugu Qingyang, who crushed the conspirators’ attack, leaving Zhao Zigong alive at Lin Heng’s request.

• Lin Heng explained how Long San’s false identity and the Right Faction’s plot had exposed their plan to revive Long Yun.
• Long Da and the others insisted Lin Heng remained their prisoner, but Lin Heng called for the Prison Ancestor.
• Dugu Qingyang emerged from a spatial rift, and Lin Heng begged him to save him from being sacrificed.
• Dugu Qingyang killed Long Da and slammed Zhao Zigong, Wen Zhou, and the others into the wall, while Wei Shouchen escaped through his tortoiseshell artifact.
• Lin Heng stopped Dugu Qingyang from killing Zhao Zigong and asked him to untie the chains so he could question the survivor.

Lin Heng escaped the Shadow Alliance’s collapsing underground city after freeing Dugu Qingyang, beating Bai Yi, and devouring Zhao Zigong’s body and soul with the Human Emperor Banner. As Lin Heng reunited with Meng Yutong and the others, Taoist Nun confronted Dugu Qingyang and attacked him over his alleged indulgence of Lin Heng.

• Dugu Qingyang broke Lin Heng’s chains, and Lin Heng beat Bai Yi unconscious for betraying him.
• Lin Heng used the Human Emperor Banner to destroy Zhao Zigong’s body and seize his soul for soul-searching.
• The Shadow Alliance’s underground city collapsed, and Lin Heng escaped through the passage while dragging Bai Yi with him.
• Lin Heng emerged from the ruins and reunited with Meng Yutong and the others.
• Taoist Nun confronted Dugu Qingyang and attacked him, blaming him for letting Lin Heng disregard human relations and moral principles.

Lin Heng learned that the Dao Ancestor had arrived and was dragged away from the ruins by Meng Yutong and Dugu Yueli. Meanwhile, Jiang Jingyi spared Wen Zhou for a cruel punishment, then openly admitted her relationship with Lin Heng to the Dao Ancestor.

• Dugu Yueli told Lin Heng that the Dao Ancestor had come from Great Mountain and had crushed Song Xixuan and other powerful figures.
• Meng Yutong and Dugu Yueli pulled Lin Heng away as he asked after the Female Emperor.
• Jiang Jingyi ordered Murong Ziyan to heal Wen Zhou before castrating him, crippling his cultivation, and assigning him to serve as a chief eunuch.
• Jiang Jingyi stopped Dugu Qingyang and the Dao Ancestor from fighting, then told the Dao Ancestor she had engaged in Dual Cultivation with Lin Heng and might regard him as a male pet.

Taoist Nun confronted Dugu Qingyang over Lin Heng and Dugu Yueli’s relationship, while Jiang Jingyi urged them to postpone the dispute until they returned to the Central Domain. Back at the Qi Clan Immortal Land, Lin Heng began interrogating captured rebels with the Human Emperor Banner, and Jiang Jingyi faced her imprisoned brother, Jiang Zhenqing.

• Taoist Nun threatened to break Lin Heng’s leg for his relationship with Dugu Yueli and blamed Dugu Qingyang for allowing it.
• Dugu Qingyang defended the relationship, arguing that Lin Heng and Dugu Yueli were distant enough relatives and that Lin Heng’s bloodline made him a suitable match.
• Jiang Jingyi urged Taoist Nun and Dugu Qingyang to set the matter aside until they returned to the Central Domain, where Taoist Nun vowed to settle the account.
• Two days later, Lin Heng returned to the Qi Clan Immortal Land and handed the battered Bai Yi over to Luo Qi before visiting the captured Shadow Alliance rebels.
• Lin Heng used the Human Emperor Banner to forcibly extract Bai Zihe’s soul as Bai Zihe cursed him and refused to beg for mercy.
• Jiang Jingyi visited her imprisoned brother, Jiang Zhenqing, who asked to reconcile, but she answered with contempt.

Jiang Jingyi confronted her brother Jiang Zhenqing over his betrayal and explained why their father had chosen her to rule instead of him. The chapter ended with her ordering him to cripple his own cultivation.

• Jiang Jingyi accused Jiang Zhenqing of conspiring with Wen Zhou and the Shadow Alliance against her.
• Jiang Jingyi and Jiang Zhenqing recalled their youth at the imperial city academy and Lin Ziqing's praise of him.
• Jiang Jingyi explained that their father had chosen her because her temperament, fortune, and the Ancestral Dragon's Will made her fit to rule.
• Jiang Zhenqing bitterly questioned whether fortune and Heaven's mandate made people puppets, while Jiang Jingyi condemned his betrayal.
• Jiang Jingyi told Jiang Zhenqing to cripple his own cultivation.

Jiang Jingyi demanded that Jiang Zhenqing cripple his cultivation and accept permanent confinement after his betrayal. After he fainted from angrily accusing her of favoring Lin Heng, he woke to learn he had three days to comply and faced the decision in despair.

• Jiang Jingyi confronted Jiang Zhenqing over his betrayal and ordered him to cripple his cultivation with the dragon-patterned saber, or remain confined in the Jianglong Region.
• Jiang Zhenqing refused and accused Jiang Jingyi of selfishly helping Lin Heng and the Dugu Clan instead of supporting him, then fainted from anger.
• Jiang Jingyi told Jiang Zhenqing's two attendants that he had three days to cripple his cultivation before she treated him only as a subject.
• The attendants revived Jiang Zhenqing and relayed Jiang Jingyi's ultimatum, and he retrieved the Dragon-Slaying Saber and stared at the sky in despair.

Jiang Zhenqing’s attendants knocked him unconscious so they could seek Lin Heng’s help, while Lin Heng openly claimed Dugu Yueli as his cabbage in the Qi Clan Immortal Palace. His declaration was challenged by an icy voice from outside the hall.

• Jiang Zhenqing refused to beg Lin Heng and threatened to cripple his cultivation, so his attendants knocked him unconscious and decided to seek Lin Heng’s help.
• Lin Heng sat with Dugu Yueli in the Qi Clan Immortal Palace as members of the Dugu Clan criticized their closeness and the others watched.
• Dugu Wuwu demanded that Lin Heng release Dugu Yueli, while Dugu Zixuan defended the pair and Lin Heng argued that he could pursue her.
• Lin Heng declared Dugu Yueli the cabbage reserved for him and challenged anyone to object.
• An icy voice from outside the hall said that it dared to object.

Dugu Xiu confronted Lin Heng over his relationship with Dugu Yueli, invoking the Dugu Clan’s past grievances and condemning their blood relation. Lin Heng defended his mother and challenged Dugu Xiu’s objections, but she ended by declaring she would break his legs.

• Dugu Xiu entered the hall, introduced herself as the Dugu Clan’s second-generation ancestor, and found Little Yueli hiding behind Dugu Zixuan while Lin Heng faced her alone.
• Dugu Xiu rejected Lin Heng’s claim of kinship and accused him of bullying Dugu Yueli and following his father’s example of bringing shame on the Dugu Clan.
• Lin Heng objected to Dugu Xiu insulting his mother, Dugu Zixuan, and challenged her to explain in what capacity she reprimanded them.
• Dugu Xiu acknowledged Lin Heng’s exceptional talent, aptitude, and appearance but rejected his relationship with Dugu Yueli because they were blood-related siblings.
• Dugu Xiu declared that she would not permit Lin Heng and Dugu Yueli to be together and threatened to break Lin Heng’s legs.

Lin Heng fought the Taoist Nun after she threatened to break his legs, using his Humanity Domain and Imperial Dragon Qi to challenge her despite the gap in their cultivation. After he unleashed a destructive final strike, one of the two figures fell from the sky, leaving the outcome unclear.

• The Taoist Nun demanded that Lin Heng accept punishment for his thoughts about Little Yueli, but Lin Heng challenged her to a fight.
• Dugu Zixuan pleaded with the Taoist Nun to calm down, while Dugu Qingyang warned her that Lin Heng might be stronger than she expected.
• Lin Heng and the Taoist Nun clashed above the immortal palace, matching his Humanity Domain against her Heavenly Conduct Dao Domain.
• Lin Heng combined his Imperial Dragon Qi, Five Elements Dharma Form Body, and lightning powers into a devastating attack, while the Taoist Nun countered with Moon Punishment.
• Lin Heng detonated the phenomena in his sea of consciousness, and after the light faded, one of the two figures plunged from the sky.

Taoist Nun defeated the unconscious Lin Heng in public, then revealed that his Imperial Dragon Qi and abilities had badly injured her. She and Dugu Qingyang discussed his strength and Dugu Yueli’s feelings for him, while Lin Heng remained unconscious among the women caring for him.

• Taoist Nun knocked Lin Heng unconscious, and Dugu Zixuan and Meng Yutong stopped her from breaking his legs until he woke.
• Dugu Qingyang persuaded Taoist Nun to postpone the punishment, and she left for the rear mountain.
• Taoist Nun collapsed and spat blood after landing, revealing that Lin Heng’s Imperial Dragon Qi had injured her Dharma body.
• Dugu Qingyang told Taoist Nun that Lin Heng had powerful abilities and might have defeated them if he had fought with his life on the line.
• Taoist Nun said Lin Heng should change his surname and remain with the Dugu Clan, while Dugu Qingyang noted that Dugu Yueli wanted to go with him.
• Lin Heng lay unconscious in bed as Meng Yutong kept Dugu Yueli from approaching, saying the women needed to examine him.

Meng Yutong reluctantly let Dugu Yueli see Lin Heng, then privately asked Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi to help her rein him in. The chapter ended with the two senior sisters stunned by Meng Yutong’s proposal to join forces against her disciple.

• Meng Yutong initially kept Dugu Yueli away from Lin Heng, but Mu Li persuaded her to let the girl approach the bed.
• Dugu Yueli saw Lin Heng sleeping peacefully and laughed, easing the tension in the hall.
• Meng Yutong dismissed the group and called Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi aside for a private talk.
• Meng Yutong told her disciples that Lin Heng was too much for her to handle alone and proposed that the three of them join forces to make him behave.