Recaps

Ye Shaoxuan arranged to deliver Su Qiao’s requested medicinal ingredients and stopped investigating her identity, while Su Qiao went to watch Ye Ningshuang confront Lin Hanyan. The argument ended with Ye Ningshuang challenging Lin Hanyan to swear she had never wanted to marry Ye Shaoxuan.

• Ye Shaoxuan learned that the medicinal ingredients Su Qiao requested had all been found and decided to deliver them himself.
• Ye Shaoxuan told the man in black to stop investigating Su Qiao’s identity and declared that he would not let her leave.
• Su Qiao sent Xiao Huan to handle a matter, then walked toward Lin Hanyan’s courtyard with Nanny Wu.
• Ye Ningshuang accused Lin Hanyan of wanting to marry her brother while also liking Huangfu Zhenlou.
• Lin Hanyan denied ever saying she wanted to marry Ye Shaoxuan, and Ye Ningshuang challenged her to swear she had never thought so.

Lin Hanyan denied Ye Ningshuang’s claim that she liked Ye Shaoxuan, and Huangfu Zhenlou apologized after believing the accusation. Su Qiao then arrived and challenged Lin Hanyan’s version of events, pointing out that she had seemed pleased when Madam Ye proposed a betrothal to Ye Shaoxuan.

• Huangfu Zhenlou arrived and asked Lin Hanyan whether Ye Ningshuang’s accusation was true.
• Ye Ningshuang swore she was telling the truth, while Huangfu Youran confronted Lin Hanyan and demanded that she swear she had never loved Ye Shaoxuan.
• Lin Hanyan denied the accusation, said she loved Huangfu Zhenlou, and told him to leave; Huangfu Zhenlou apologized and promised not to doubt her again.
• Su Qiao appeared at the courtyard entrance and asked why Lin Hanyan had seemed shy and pleased when Madam Ye proposed marrying her to Ye Shaoxuan.

Su Qiao exposed Lin Hanyan’s past statements about marrying Ye Shaoxuan and having Su Qiao sold, but Lin Hanyan regained Huangfu Zhenlou’s trust by claiming she had mistaken her feelings for her cousin as romantic love. She left Ye Ningshuang humiliated after revealing her feelings for Huangfu Zhenlou.

• Su Qiao reminded Lin Hanyan that she had said she would marry Ye Shaoxuan and have Su Qiao sold, then dared Lin Hanyan to swear an oath that the accusation was false.
• Huangfu Zhenlou confronted Lin Hanyan and asked whether she had wanted to marry Ye Shaoxuan and what their relationship meant to her.
• Lin Hanyan apologized to Huangfu Zhenlou and claimed she had only felt sibling affection for her cousin before falling in love with him.
• Huangfu Zhenlou chose to believe Lin Hanyan, though the incident worsened his impression of Ye Ningshuang and Su Qiao.
• Ye Ningshuang accused Lin Hanyan of lying, but Lin Hanyan exposed her feelings for Huangfu Zhenlou and advised her to let him go.

Su Qiao’s suggestion that Huangfu Zhenlou marry both Lin Hanyan and Ye Ningshuang failed, and he chose Lin Hanyan. Lin Hanyan hesitated when he proposed, leaving Huangfu Zhenlou questioning whether she truly loved him.

• Su Qiao suggested that Huangfu Zhenlou marry both women and let them compete over their places in the household.
• Lin Hanyan and Ye Ningshuang each refused to become a concubine and insisted their sects could not accept the loss of face.
• Huangfu Zhenlou chose Lin Hanyan, confessed his love, and proposed marriage after the Martial Arts Convention.
• Ye Ningshuang asked Lin Hanyan whether she loved Huangfu Zhenlou or Ye Ningshuang’s brother.
• Lin Hanyan hesitated, and Huangfu Zhenlou asked why she had risked her life and used her sect’s sacred medicine to save him if she did not love him.

Ye Ningshuang confronted Lin Hanyan after learning she loved Huangfu Zhenlou, but Ye Shaoxuan defended Su Qiao and threatened his sister. Ye Ningshuang was left terrified of being sent to the Snake Pit.

• Huangfu Zhenlou confessed that he wanted to spend his life treating Lin Hanyan well, and she admitted she was willing to be with him but remained uneasy.
• Ye Ningshuang accused Lin Hanyan of deceiving her and condemned her for pursuing Huangfu Zhenlou while accepting the prospect of marrying Ye Shaoxuan.
• Ye Shaoxuan arrived and struck Ye Ningshuang when she insulted Lin Hanyan.
• Ye Ningshuang tried to flee, but Ye Shaoxuan ordered Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu to block the courtyard gate.
• Ye Shaoxuan put his arm around Su Qiao and threatened to throw Ye Ningshuang into the Snake Pit if she insulted Su Qiao again, terrifying her.

Ye Shaoxuan defended Ye Ningshuang and mocked Huangfu Zhenlou and the Gathering of Sages Villa, while Su Qiao laughed at his insults. The confrontation escalated as Huangfu Zhenlou’s attendant stepped forward to challenge Ye Shaoxuan.

• Ye Ningshuang apologized to Ye Shaoxuan, then accused Su Qiao and Huangfu Zhenlou of bullying her and stealing the man she liked.
• Ye Shaoxuan insulted Huangfu Zhenlou as a sickly pretty boy and mocked Ye Ningshuang for wanting him.
• Huangfu Zhenlou’s attendant objected to Ye Shaoxuan’s remarks, and Ye Shaoxuan mocked the Gathering of Sages Villa’s ambitions in the martial world.
• Su Qiao burst out laughing, and Ye Shaoxuan encouraged her while dismissing the anger of Huangfu Zhenlou and his companions.
• Huangfu Zhenlou’s attendant stepped forward, ready to fight Ye Shaoxuan.

Ye Shaoxuan confronted Huangfu Zhenlou over his rejection of Ye Ningshuang, then turned his anger on Su Qiao when he caught her watching the dispute. As Gathering of Sages Villa members gathered and challenged him, Huangfu Zhenlou stopped them, and everyone began to suspect Su Qiao had unusual influence over Ye Shaoxuan.

• Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu blocked the attendants, but Huangfu Zhenlou ordered his people to stand down and explained that he rejected Ye Ningshuang for her own good.
• Ye Shaoxuan called Huangfu Zhenlou an idiot, then scolded Su Qiao for sneaking out to watch and threatened to remove whatever parts of Huangfu Zhenlou she admired.
• Several Gathering of Sages Villa members arrived and angrily challenged Ye Shaoxuan, who mocked them and invited them to fight.
• Huangfu Zhenlou stopped his Sixth Uncle from drawing his sword and dismissed the confrontation as a minor verbal dispute.
• The gathered people watched Su Qiao and wondered how she had gained such influence over Ye Shaoxuan, while Huangfu Zhenlou studied her.

Ye Shaoxuan confronted Su Qiao after seeing her praise Huangfu Zhenlou and warned her not to act rashly with the medicinal materials. Su Qiao agreed to wait for Du Heng, but secretly planned to proceed that night.

• Ye Shaoxuan realized Su Qiao had quickly won his attention and pulled her away from the watching crowd.
• Su Qiao assured Ye Shaoxuan that she had no interest in Huangfu Zhenlou, and he told her not to mention or look at him again.
• Ye Shaoxuan demanded that Su Qiao not look at other men, but she warned him not to control her too much.
• Ye Shaoxuan told Su Qiao the medicinal materials had arrived and urged her to wait for Du Heng before using them.
• Su Qiao agreed outwardly but secretly planned to act that night, while Ye Shaoxuan warned her that her recovery depended on caution.

Ye Shaoxuan and Lin Hanyan reassured each other after learning about her past feelings for Ye Shaoxuan, though the revelation left Ye Ningshuang’s brother wary. Meanwhile, Su Qiao told Ye Shaoxuan to leave, rejecting his claim that he was her husband because they had never formally married.

• Ye Ningshuang returned to her mother in anger and distress, while Huangfu Youran and the others left Huangfu Zhenlou and Lin Hanyan alone.
• Huangfu Zhenlou questioned whether Lin Hanyan truly wanted to be with him, and she threatened to leave before he apologized and stopped her.
• Lin Hanyan reassured Huangfu Zhenlou that she would stay with him, though he remained troubled by her past feelings for Ye Shaoxuan.
• Su Qiao asked Ye Shaoxuan to leave as night fell, but he hinted that he planned to stay.
• Ye Shaoxuan called himself Su Qiao’s husband, and Su Qiao challenged him to name any formal wedding rites or public marriage announcement he had completed.

Su Qiao refused to let Ye Shaoxuan announce their relationship while she would be known only as a concubine, and she hinted that she might leave. Ye Shaoxuan pressed her to reveal her identity but ultimately accepted her secrecy, insisting only that she not leave him or become involved with another man.

• Su Qiao rejected Ye Shaoxuan's plan to announce their relationship and said she would leave rather than accept being his concubine under another identity.
• Ye Shaoxuan confronted Su Qiao about who she was, where she came from, and where he could find her if she left.
• Ye Shaoxuan explained that her manner, clothing, and jewelry suggested she came from a wealthy or official household, perhaps even the Imperial Palace.
• Su Qiao told Ye Shaoxuan he would learn the truth when the time was right.
• Ye Shaoxuan stopped pressing her for answers but demanded that she remain his and not leave him; Su Qiao asked whether he feared she would ruin the Ye family, and he told her to do as she pleased.

Su Qiao told Ye Shaoxuan that she had suffered severe internal injuries and had entered Flying Eagle Fortress by chance, but she refused to reveal who was pursuing her. Ye Shaoxuan insisted on guarding her, and the chapter ended with his surprise at learning she had used the Soul-Snatching Technique on Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan.

• Ye Shaoxuan said he did not care about Flying Eagle Fortress because its people had never cared about him.
• Su Qiao explained that she had been injured, had nowhere else to go, and had joined the group on the way to Flying Eagle Fortress by chance.
• Ye Shaoxuan realized Su Qiao's blocked meridians came from serious internal injuries and asked who was hunting her, but she said he would find out later.
• Ye Shaoxuan insisted on arranging protection for Su Qiao despite her objections, then agreed to stay in the room next door.
• Ye Shaoxuan told Su Qiao to dismiss or kill Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan, but she revealed she had used the Soul-Snatching Technique on them.

Ye Shaoxuan pressed Su Qiao about her origins after discovering she knew the Soul-Snatching Technique, but she promised to explain once her martial arts recovered. He planned to marry her properly after Du Heng returned with medicine, while Su Qiao waited for a chance to compound her own medicine.

• Ye Shaoxuan reconsidered Su Qiao's possible origins and suspected she might come from beyond the border because she knew the Soul-Snatching Technique.
• Su Qiao promised to tell Ye Shaoxuan about herself after her martial arts recovered.
• Ye Shaoxuan said Du Heng had been sent to gather herbs for Su Qiao's impaired sense of taste and warned her not to act recklessly.
• Ye Shaoxuan promised to bring the Three Letters and Six Rites to Su Qiao's home and ask for her hand once she recovered.
• Su Qiao avoided telling Ye Shaoxuan where she lived and agreed to wait until her recovery before discussing marriage.

Su Qiao teased Ye Shaoxuan about being in love with her, then asked why he had once lain in the rain. Ye Shaoxuan explained that he had wondered if it felt like being in his mother's womb and concluded that he was hard to kill.

• Ye Shaoxuan called Su Qiao a clever Little Demoness who had bewitched him, while she insisted she was a Little Immortal Fairy.
• Su Qiao hurt her foot kicking Ye Shaoxuan, and he massaged it while indulging her.
• Su Qiao asked Ye Shaoxuan what he had meant when he lay in the rain.
• Ye Shaoxuan said he had wondered whether lying in the rain would feel like being inside his mother's womb.
• Ye Shaoxuan recalled that the rain had surrounded him like the whole world and concluded that he had a tough life and was hard to kill.

Su Qiao learned more about Ye Shaoxuan’s difficult childhood and unusual confidence, while he promised to look after her. They discussed the coming Martial Arts Convention, where plots against the Demon Sect—and against Su Qiao for the power in her body—were likely to come to a head.

• Su Qiao questioned Ye Shaoxuan about his hardships, and he told her he had survived premature birth and a knife wound but did not know who had tried to kill him.
• Ye Shaoxuan said his martial arts were strong despite little training, prompting Su Qiao to resent how fortunate he seemed.
• Ye Shaoxuan promised to protect Su Qiao, but she insisted she could take care of herself.
• Su Qiao and Ye Shaoxuan discussed how martial artists planned to use the Martial Arts Convention to target the Demon Sect and seek the power in Su Qiao’s body.
• Su Qiao looked forward to the coming conflict and wondered how Xu Changsong, who controlled the Demon Sect, would handle it.

Ye Shaoxuan told Su Qiao about his reasons for becoming Cult Master and promised to take her to watch the excitement, then left to handle business while arranging protection for her. Su Qiao reflected on his changing treatment of her and remained confident she could defend herself despite lacking martial arts.

• Ye Shaoxuan explained that he had become Cult Master to seek revenge on Old Poison Ghost and uncover the truth about the slaughter of his family and village.
• Ye Shaoxuan promised to take Su Qiao to watch the excitement, then teased her about their shared interests.
• After Xiao Wu called him away, Ye Shaoxuan warned Su Qiao to stay in the courtyard and told her he had replaced the servants with his own people.
• Su Qiao agreed to stay while privately thinking Ye Shaoxuan had once intended to leave her to fend for herself.
• Su Qiao told 444 that Ye Shaoxuan's initial dislike of her was understandable and noted that her poisonous blood could protect her if necessary.

Su Qiao prepared to use a medicinal bath to unblock her meridians and regain her martial arts, while learning that Lin Hanyan and Huangfu Zhenlou had reconciled but their Luck Values had fallen. She left 444 to watch over her as she began the risky treatment.

• Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan eagerly prepared the room next to Su Qiao's after hearing that Ye Shaoxuan would stay at Water Moon Pavilion.
• Su Qiao shut the bedroom windows, told Xiao Huan to keep watch, and spread medicinal herbs across the floor.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Lin Hanyan and Huangfu Zhenlou had made up, though their Luck Values and auras had weakened.
• Su Qiao concluded that Lin Hanyan had fallen in love with Huangfu Zhenlou and wanted her to suffer when the truth came out.
• Su Qiao decided to use the medicines Ye Shaoxuan had gathered to unblock her meridians that night, and told 444 to use a Basic Enhancement Potion afterward.

Su Qiao cleared her blocked meridians with medicinal baths and used the Reinforcement Agent to recover her strength, breaking through the ninth level. With the Martial Arts Convention only ten days away, she continued cultivating so she would not have to rely on someone else.

• Su Qiao prepared medicinal ingredients and had Nanny Wu arrange several tubs of hot water for her treatment.
• While soaking in the second tub, Su Qiao vomited stagnant blood after forcibly clearing her blocked meridians, then moved to the gentler final bath.
• 444 used the Reinforcement Agent on Su Qiao as the medicinal ingredients nourished her meridians, and she resumed cultivating.
• Su Qiao recovered from her injuries and broke through the ninth level, then washed, changed, and cleaned up the blood.
• After sending Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan away, Su Qiao cultivated again, citing the Martial Arts Convention in ten days.

Su Qiao spent ten days cultivating and reached the twelfth level just as the Martial Arts Convention began. As Lin Hanyan and Huangfu Zhenlou grew closer, Su Qiao set out in disguise to deliver them two notes.

• Su Qiao broke through to the tenth level on the third night, the eleventh on the seventh night, and the twelfth at dawn on the morning of the Martial Arts Convention.
• Ye Shaoxuan stayed busy and returned late each night, while Su Qiao devoted nearly all her time to cultivation and mastered her revised manual.
• Huangfu Zhenlou recovered and grew intimate with Lin Hanyan; they gained their parents' consent to their relationship as people across Flying Eagle Fortress blessed them.
• Su Qiao changed into dark clothes, covered her face, evaded the guards, and moved swiftly through the fortress.
• Su Qiao flicked separate notes into the hands of Huangfu Zhenlou and Lin Hanyan as they got out of bed.

Su Qiao confronted Lin Hanyan beside the lake and accused her of poisoning Huangfu Zhenlou, while Huangfu Zhenlou secretly listened from a nearby bamboo grove. Lin Hanyan denied the accusation and claimed Su Qiao was trying to drive them apart.

• Su Qiao waited for Lin Hanyan at the lakeside pavilion, and Lin Hanyan arrived expecting Huangfu Zhenlou.
• Su Qiao told Lin Hanyan that she had arranged their meeting and teased her about her martial arts and poisons.
• Su Qiao revealed that Lin Hanyan had given Huangfu Zhenlou poison instead of sacred medicine, making his wounds rot faster.
• Huangfu Zhenlou listened from the bamboo grove as Lin Hanyan panicked, denied harming him, and insisted she had no reason to do so.
• Su Qiao challenged Lin Hanyan’s claim that her Medical Skills and Poison Arts were unmatched.

Su Qiao confronted Lin Hanyan with the truth that she wanted to kill Ye Shaoxuan and dismissed her threats. She claimed Ye Shaoxuan had promised to marry her properly after the Martial Arts Convention, leaving Lin Hanyan refusing to believe it.

• Su Qiao revealed that Lin Hanyan wanted Ye Shaoxuan dead, and Lin Hanyan threatened to kill her for exposing the secret.
• Lin Hanyan considered killing Su Qiao but held back, suspecting Su Qiao had arranged for others to know about their meeting.
• Lin Hanyan insisted Su Qiao could never become Ye Shaoxuan's wife and accused her of making him a laughingstock.
• Su Qiao said Ye Shaoxuan had promised to marry her properly after the Martial Arts Convention, but Lin Hanyan called it impossible.

Su Qiao warned Lin Hanyan that her misdeeds would bring about her ruin, then secretly scattered Hair Loss Powder on her. After learning Huangfu Zhenlou’s Luck Value had fallen, Su Qiao was confronted by the Young Alliance Leader, Huangfu Zhenlou.

• Su Qiao told Lin Hanyan she would soon learn who she was and warned her that her cruelty would lead to a bad end.
• Lin Hanyan grabbed Su Qiao, but Su Qiao shook her off and left after hinting someone might see Lin bullying her.
• A grim-faced man emerged from the bamboo grove after Lin Hanyan left.
• Su Qiao told 444 she had used Hair Loss Powder on Lin Hanyan, then asked it to check their Luck Value.
• 444 reported that Huangfu Zhenlou’s Luck Value had dropped, and Huangfu Zhenlou stopped Su Qiao as she walked away.

Su Qiao told Huangfu Zhenlou to investigate the medicine and the woman who gave it to him for himself, then returned to the Water Moon Pavilion. Ye Shaoxuan worried over her disappearance and said Du Heng had returned, while Su Qiao questioned whether the Martial Arts Convention was really all that kept him busy.

• Huangfu Zhenlou confronted Su Qiao about her claim that the woman had given him poison and wanted to kill him, but Su Qiao urged him to investigate for himself.
• Huangfu Zhenlou decided to uncover the truth and returned to his courtyard, unsure what he would do if Su Qiao was right.
• Su Qiao returned to the Water Moon Pavilion, where Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan greeted her and Ye Shaoxuan scolded her for going out alone.
• Ye Shaoxuan draped a cloak over Su Qiao and told her to bring Nanny Wu and Xiao Huan the next time she went out.
• Ye Shaoxuan told Su Qiao that Du Heng had returned and that the Martial Arts Convention had kept him busy; Su Qiao questioned whether that was his only reason for being absent.

Ye Shaoxuan covered Su Qiao with a veiled hat and took her out to watch the Martial Arts Convention. Meanwhile, Du Heng examined Huangfu Zhenlou and suggested that his body and martial foundation had been damaged despite the medicines he had received.

• Ye Shaoxuan put a veiled hat on Su Qiao, claiming the wind might make her catch a chill, and led her outside.
• Huangfu Yu asked Du Heng whether Huangfu Zhenlou had recovered from his injuries.
• Du Heng said Huangfu Zhenlou’s wounds had healed and his internal injuries were nearly recovered, but his body and foundation had suffered damage.
• Huangfu Zhenlou admitted that he felt weaker when practicing martial arts and asked whether his injuries or another cause explained it.
• Du Heng noted that Huangfu Zhenlou had sensed the problem himself, and Huangfu Zhenlou respectfully asked him to tell the truth.

Du Heng revealed that Huangfu Zhenlou had been poisoned twice, leaving his vitality and martial arts foundation damaged despite surviving. Huangfu Zhenlou realized that Lin’s medicine had been poison, and Huangfu Yu struggled to believe she had deliberately harmed him.

• Du Heng explained that Huangfu Zhenlou had never received sacred medicine and that two poisons had counteracted each other while damaging his vitality and foundation.
• Du Heng said Huangfu Zhenlou might recover somewhat after years of gradual treatment and prescribed medicine for one or two years.
• Huangfu Zhenlou promised to honor his agreement with Du Heng, who then left.
• Huangfu Yu asked Huangfu Zhenlou what had happened, and Huangfu Zhenlou smashed a wooden table with his Internal Energy.
• Huangfu Zhenlou said Lin had given him poison rather than sacred medicine, and Huangfu Yu questioned why she would harm him after seemingly admiring him.

Huangfu Zhenlou struggled to accept that Lin Hanyan might have plotted against him and ordered an investigation into his attack. At the Martial Arts Convention, Su Qiao learned that their plan had weakened their luck and quietly asked Ye Shaoxuan for help with something.

• Huangfu Zhenlou told Huangfu Yu to investigate the attack and whether Lin Hanyan had connections to the attackers.
• Huangfu Zhenlou said he did not want to see Lin Hanyan until he learned the truth, and Huangfu Yu advised him to avoid her.
• Su Qiao accompanied Ye Shaoxuan to the Martial Arts Convention, where Huangfu Xian gave an opening speech and challengers entered the arenas.
• Su Qiao learned that Huangfu Zhenlou knew Lin Hanyan had poisoned him and that both their halos had dimmed while Su Qiao and Ye Shaoxuan's had brightened.
• Su Qiao whispered a request to Ye Shaoxuan.