Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao turned Lin Jiarou's companions against her and slipped away while they prepared to kill her. In a hidden cave, Su Qiao reflected on how Nie Feng had controlled her cultivation and life, leaving her determined to understand the deception that shaped her past.

• Lin Jiarou threatened the five men with punishment from the Sect Master, but Su Qiao reminded them that letting Lin Jiarou live could cost them their cultivation and place in the sect.
• Liu Jun decided the men should kill Lin Jiarou rather than risk being crippled and expelled, and the others raised their swords as she retreated.
• Su Qiao quietly left the cave, expecting Lin Jiarou to meet her end at the hands of the five men.
• Su Qiao found a concealed cave to recover from her injuries and stabilize her cultivation.
• Su Qiao realized Nie Feng had restricted her cultivation and freedom because he feared she would suffer the same fate as Su Lanqing, and she recalled that her status as a Registered Disciple was a sham.

Su Qiao tempered her meridians with Spiritual Liquid and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late-stage before searching for the Spirit Cleansing Fruit. She encountered Baili Han surrounded by Heavenly Origin Sect disciples and intervened, demanding they surrender their Storage Bags.

• Su Qiao endured a day and night of pain as the Spiritual Liquid cleansed her body, then discovered she had advanced two minor cultivation stages.
• Su Qiao resolved to find the Spirit Cleansing Fruit before Su Lanqing could obtain it and flew northeast to search.
• Su Qiao found Baili Han facing a group of Heavenly Origin Sect disciples who demanded his Spirit Cloud Fruit.
• Su Qiao confronted the Heavenly Origin Sect group and gave them three breaths to leave their Storage Bags behind and disappear.

Su Qiao forced the Heavenly Origin Sect disciples to surrender their Storage Bags by invoking her master, Nie Feng. Afterward, Baili Han followed her and offered to lead her to Spirit Cleansing Fruits, which she urgently needed before Su Lanqing found them.

• Su Qiao warned the Heavenly Origin Sect disciples that her master was Nie Feng, and they reluctantly surrendered their Storage Bags and left.
• Su Qiao collected the Storage Bags and told Baili Han not to follow her, insisting she had only helped him for the loot.
• Baili Han continued following Su Qiao despite her warnings and threats.
• Baili Han offered to show Su Qiao where Spirit Cleansing Fruits were, and she asked whether he truly knew their location.

Su Qiao and Baili Han found Spirit Cleansing Fruit by a dangerous swamp, where Su Qiao saved him from the vines and a deadly Blue-horned Viper. They escaped with the fruit, while Baili Han struggled with his inability to kill her and grew puzzled by her actions.

• Su Qiao followed Baili Han to Spirit Cleansing Fruit growing beside a dangerous swamp.
• Su Qiao cut a Ghost Face Vine that attacked Baili Han, then saved him from a Blue-horned Viper and killed it with her sword.
• Su Qiao picked two Spirit Cleansing Fruits and led Baili Han away, warning that others would soon arrive.
• Baili Han asked how Su Qiao knew someone was coming, and she mocked him for making so much noise.
• Su Qiao gave Baili Han one Spirit Cleansing Fruit and kept the other, deepening his doubts about her.

Su Qiao gave Baili Han one Spirit Cleansing Fruit and ordered him to stop following her, while he resolved to make her fall in love with him and then abandon her. Su Lanqing arrived at the marsh too late and found the fruit-bearing branches bare.

• Su Qiao told Baili Han that one Spirit Cleansing Fruit was enough and gave him one for his small contribution.
• Su Qiao warned Baili Han not to follow her again and left without asking his name.
• Baili Han questioned the rumors about Su Qiao, then vowed to make her fall in love with him and abandon her.
• Su Lanqing reached the marsh with a group of Green-clothed men and found that the Spirit Cleansing Fruits were gone.

After Su Lanqing discovered that someone else had taken the Spirit Cleansing Fruit, she planned to leave the Heavenly Origin Sect disciples. Su Qiao returned to the Su residence searching for her mother and found Nanny Lin, who greeted her tearfully but had not yet explained what happened.

• Su Lanqing concealed her anger and dizziness from Lin Hai, then resolved to abandon the Heavenly Origin Sect disciples after leaving the secret realm.
• Su Qiao left the secret realm and hurried back to Green Cloud City without entering the Su residence through the main gate.
• Su Qiao found her mother's courtyard abandoned and feared that something had happened to her mother.
• Su Qiao secretly searched the Su residence and found Nanny Lin in a secluded courtyard.
• Nanny Lin recognized Su Qiao, tearfully welcomed her home, and struggled to explain what had happened.

Su Qiao returned to find her mother living in a decaying courtyard and suffering from severe confusion. Her mother did not recognize her, leaving Su Qiao devastated as Nanny Lin tried to comfort them both.

• Su Qiao questioned Nanny Lin about her mother and the neglected courtyard.
• A crash sent Nanny Lin hurrying into the room, where Su Qiao found her mother sitting in spilled rice and throwing a tantrum.
• Nanny Lin soothed Second Madam and cleaned her face while she refused to eat.
• Su Qiao embraced her mother and wept, blaming herself for trusting Nie Feng and staying away for so long.
• Second Madam pushed Su Qiao away, then called for food for Xiao Qiao as Nanny Lin picked up the bowl.

Su Qiao returned to find her mother, Second Madam, mentally ill and still longing for her daughter. After comforting her, Su Qiao asked Nanny Lin what had happened to her mother.

• Second Madam rejected her meal and demanded chicken legs because she remembered that her daughter liked them.
• Su Qiao cried as she realized her mother still remembered her preferences, unlike Nie Feng, and recalled how he had treated her according to Su Lanqing's tastes.
• Second Madam failed to recognize Su Qiao and accused her of kidnapping her daughter, so Su Qiao promised she would bring her daughter home.
• Nanny Lin helped Second Madam lie down, and Su Qiao sat by her as she murmured that her daughter would return.
• Su Qiao took Nanny Lin outside and asked what had happened to Second Madam, and Nanny Lin began to explain.

Su Qiao learned that the Su family had sold her to Nie Feng and that her mother was poisoned after confronting them. She realized Nie Feng had controlled her for years and was left furious over her mother’s suffering.

• Nanny Lin told Su Qiao that the Su family had traded her to Nie Feng for resources and disowned her.
• Su Qiao understood why Nie Feng had never formally accepted her as a disciple and had controlled her life and prevented her from returning home.
• Nanny Lin revealed that Su Lanqing had confronted the Su family and was forcibly made to take medicine.
• Su Qiao erupted in anger, shattered a table, and cursed those responsible for her mother’s condition.
• Nanny Lin described how Su Lanqing still remembered Su Qiao and how the household servants had mistreated them.
• Su Qiao explained that Nie Feng had repeatedly blocked her attempts to return and realized she had been manipulated for ten years.

Su Qiao grieved over her mother’s condition and vowed to grow stronger before seeking revenge on those who had wronged them. She learned that the Baili Family had been wiped out and Baili Han had died, leaving her devastated by how much had changed.

• Su Qiao blamed herself for returning late, and Nanny Lin comforted her and urged her to stay safe for her mother’s sake.
• Su Qiao promised Nanny Lin that she would make those responsible repay them, but said she would first become stronger.
• Nanny Lin told Su Qiao that the Baili Family had been wiped out after offending someone powerful.
• Nanny Lin revealed that Baili Han had also died, and Su Qiao recalled his past kindness before mourning his loss.

Su Qiao learned that Baili Han had supposedly died and prepared to take her mother and Nanny Lin away before Nie Feng could find them. Baili Han, secretly listening nearby, was stunned to hear that Su Qiao still had him in her heart.

• Nanny Lin told Su Qiao that Baili Han was gone, and Su Qiao struggled to contain her grief.
• Su Qiao decided to leave immediately with her mother and Nanny Lin, while Nanny Lin went to pack.
• Su Qiao received a message from Nie Feng and feared he would come looking for her at the Su Family.
• Su Qiao sensed an unfamiliar presence on the roof and demanded that the person reveal himself.
• Baili Han remained hidden, shaken by the claim that Su Qiao loved him and recalling his vow to avenge his family by killing her and Nie Feng.

Su Qiao left the Su family with Madam Su and Nanny Lin and settled them in a secluded Bamboo Building. Baili Han followed her there, still insisting that he owed her his life, and Su Qiao ended the chapter preparing to use the Spirit Cleansing Fruit.

• Baili Han confronted Su Qiao in the Su family courtyard and insisted that saving him meant he still owed her his life.
• Su Qiao threatened Baili Han and left the Su family with Madam Su and Nanny Lin on her Flying Sword.
• Su Qiao brought them to a secluded Bamboo Building in a Small Mountain Village and had Nanny Lin clean it while she arranged their belongings.
• Su Qiao studied a formation manual and set up a formation around the Bamboo Building as Baili Han followed and offered to help.
• Su Qiao bought supplies, settled Madam Su and Nanny Lin, then returned to her room and took out the Spirit Cleansing Fruit.

After cleansing her Wood Spirit Root, Su Qiao committed to learning alchemy and left the Bamboo Building to grow stronger before Su Yunqing could kill her. She visited the ruins of the Baili Family’s residence, where Baili Han began to let go of his hatred, but she warned him to stop following her and flew away.

• Su Qiao cleansed away her Wood Spirit Root, leaving only her Fire Spirit Root, and decided to learn alchemy.
• Su Qiao left the Bamboo Building to become stronger, while Baili Han secretly followed her.
• Su Qiao went to the ruins of the Baili Family’s former residence, and Baili Han realized she was grieving his death.
• Baili Han reconsidered his hatred after realizing Su Qiao had been kept unaware of the events surrounding the Baili Family’s destruction.
• Su Qiao told Baili Han to stop following her and flew away, leaving him frustrated.

Su Qiao risked descending into the deadly Demon Valley to protect herself and her mother from Su Lanqing and Nie Feng, while Baili Han followed and rescued her from the fierce winds. At the bottom, Su Qiao questioned who he really was.

• Baili Han followed Su Qiao after deciding he would not leave despite her efforts to drive him away.
• Su Qiao reached a cliff above the Demon Valley and resolved to descend to change her fate and protect her mother.
• Baili Han warned Su Qiao that no one returned from the valley alive, but she leaped down before he could explain a shortcut.
• Baili Han threw himself after Su Qiao and used his energy to shield her from the astral wind as they descended.
• Su Qiao landed safely on the valley floor and warily asked Baili Han who he was.

Su Qiao confronted Baili Han about following her, but he continued to mock her while secretly protecting her from dangers in the mystic realm. After saving her several times, he warned her to be careful, and their bickering continued as they moved on.

• Su Qiao demanded to know why Baili Han was following her, but he refused to explain.
• Baili Han pulled Su Qiao away from a Spirit Beast that had been hidden where she stood.
• Baili Han batted away an insect flying toward Su Qiao and teased her about offering to marry him in return for his help.
• Su Qiao thanked Baili Han, then glared at him when he tugged her hair and called her an idiot.
• Baili Han rescued Su Qiao for the third time with spiritual energy and realized that traveling with her would be troublesome.

Baili Han guided Su Qiao through the poisonous, dangerous land below the cliff and taught her how to survive there. As they searched for shelter, his memories of enduring the place alone showed why Su Qiao’s company had begun to make it feel less unpleasant, though she remained wary of him because of her past life.

• Baili Han warned Su Qiao about the poisonous Spirit Beasts, plants, water, and fog, and showed her a blade of grass to hold in her mouth when the fog came.
• Baili Han led Su Qiao toward a safe cave and told her how he had nearly died from centipedes after finding shelter before.
• Su Qiao asked why Baili Han had come to the land, but he refused to tell her and teased her as they traveled.
• Baili Han recalled surviving for years by fighting Spirit Beasts, avoiding poisons, and scavenging food, then realized Su Qiao’s presence made the place feel less unpleasant.
• Su Qiao gradually grew more familiar with the hostile land and Baili Han, but her memories of her previous life left her wary of him.

Su Qiao advanced to the brink of the Nascent Soul Realm before 444 returned and restored her memories. She realized Mu Han had been hiding a desire to kill her and demanded to know why.

• Su Qiao's cultivation surged through the Golden Core Realm until she was close to breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• 444 contacted Su Qiao and sent her a memory orb, restoring her memories of what had happened before.
• Su Qiao scolded 444 for disappearing, and 444 explained that it had nearly been destroyed after a mission-taker reported interference with a plane.
• 444 noticed that Su Qiao had found the big villain, while Su Qiao spotted Mu Han's concealed killing intent and asked why he wanted to kill her.

Su Qiao learned that the man guarding the cave was her fiancé, Baili Han, who had become the Demon Venerable after surviving the destruction of his family and enduring years of hardship. She accepted that his Demon Race bloodline would not change what she wanted, while looking forward to her mother waking up.

• 444 told Su Qiao that the man at the cave entrance was her fiancé, Baili Han.
• Su Qiao recognized Baili Han as the playful boy from her memories and learned he had survived the Baili Family's destruction.
• 444 revealed that Baili Han had become the Demon Venerable after falling into the Demon Realm and enduring many hardships.
• Su Qiao realized Baili Han's Demon Race bloodline explained his comfort in Death Demon Valley and his strange energy.
• Su Qiao declared that neither Baili Han's identity nor anyone else's approval would affect what she wanted.
• Su Qiao said she looked forward to her mother waking, confident that her mother saw through things clearly.

Su Qiao broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, and Baili Han exposed his Demon Race identity while protecting her. She recognized him and asked why he had concealed who he was, leaving him nervously trying to explain.

• 444 reminded Su Qiao to drink the Spirit Spring and break through before the spiritual power in her body ran wild.
• Su Qiao passed her tribulation and formed her Nascent Soul.
• Baili Han killed the Spirit Beasts drawn by Su Qiao's breakthrough and revealed his Demon Race identity.
• Su Qiao confronted Baili Han, and he nervously asked how she had recognized him.
• Su Qiao explained that Baili Han had seemed familiar since the secret realm and asked if he meant to hide the truth forever.
• Baili Han began to explain that he had concealed his identity because he had no choice.

Su Qiao and Baili Han prepared to leave Death Demon Valley so she could return to her mother. Baili Han worried about where he would go afterward, and Su Qiao told him to come with her, though he feared his half-Demon Race identity would make him unwelcome.

• Su Qiao stopped Baili Han's explanation and insisted they leave because she was worried about her mother and Su Lanqing.
• Baili Han recalled how he had survived in Death Demon Valley and discovered another realm after falling into a deep cave.
• Su Qiao asked Baili Han whether he knew how to get out, and he admitted that he did.
• Baili Han asked where he should go after they escaped, and Su Qiao told him to come with her.
• Baili Han explained that his half-Demon Race heritage had made both humans and demons reject him.