Chapter Summaries

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.

Su Qiao told Ye Shaoxuan that she was targeting Lin Hanyan because Lin coveted him, not because she liked Huangfu Zhenlou. Ye Shaoxuan offered to help her deal with Lin, then stayed close as the crowd at the Martial Arts Convention stared at and mocked Su Qiao.

• Ye Shaoxuan questioned Su Qiao about treating Huangfu Zhenlou differently and suspected she liked him.
• Su Qiao denied it and said Lin Hanyan was her target because Lin coveted Ye Shaoxuan.
• Ye Shaoxuan blushed, took Su Qiao's hand, and offered to help her deal with Lin Hanyan.
• Ye Shaoxuan said he could send Xiao Wu to handle the matter, choosing to stay beside Su Qiao instead.
• The wind lifted Su Qiao's veil, and people at the Martial Arts Convention stared at her and made lewd jokes.
• Ye Shaoxuan grew furious at the crowd's gazes and regretted bringing Su Qiao to the elevated platform.

Su Qiao left the Martial Arts Convention with Ye Shaoxuan, then arranged to steer Huangfu Xian toward the Mystic Sound Pavilion by planting clues about the ambush on Huangfu Zhenlou. She slipped out at night to provoke Lin Hanyan, and a knife carrying a note struck the beam above Lin Hanyan’s bed.

• Su Qiao and Ye Shaoxuan left the convention and spent the day shopping in town.
• After dinner, Su Qiao remembered her plan and learned that Huangfu Xian had followed planted clues to identify the ambushers as disciples of the Mystic Sound Pavilion.
• Su Qiao arranged for Ye Shaoxuan to leak the hiding place of an injured Mystic Sound Pavilion disciple.
• Su Qiao slipped out through her window and flew to Lin Hanyan’s courtyard to stir up trouble.
• A small knife carrying a note flew into Lin Hanyan’s bedroom and pierced the bed beam.

After learning that the surviving ambushers might reveal Lin Hanyan’s connection to the attack, Huangfu Zhenlou went to investigate them with Huangfu Xian. He found them murdered and chose to postpone confronting Lin Hanyan until after the Martial Arts Convention.

• Lin Hanyan received a note, then ordered Gong Jun to kill the surviving people who had ambushed Huangfu Zhenlou.
• Huangfu Xian led Huangfu Zhenlou to a secluded courtyard where four injured ambushers were hiding.
• Huangfu Zhenlou insisted they watch the courtyard rather than rush in, hoping to learn whether the ambushers had dealt with Lin Hanyan.
• Huangfu Xian spotted a black-clothed figure resembling Gong Jun entering the courtyard, and he and Huangfu Zhenlou followed.
• Huangfu Zhenlou and Huangfu Xian found all four people dead from clean sword strikes.
• Huangfu Zhenlou decided to wait until after the Martial Arts Convention before addressing Lin Hanyan.

Lin Hanyan learned that Gong Jun had killed the person she ordered him to, but grew uneasy about whether anyone had seen him and whether Huangfu Zhenlou suspected her. She revealed that her feelings and ambitions had complicated her original plan to kill him, and that her motive came from a misunderstanding in her previous life involving her twin sister, Lin Jinxia.

• Huangfu Xian urged Huangfu Zhenlou to move on from Lin Hanyan, but Huangfu Zhenlou remained deeply hurt and unable to trust another woman.
• Gong Jun returned and told Lin Hanyan that he had completed the killing, and Lin Hanyan worried that he might have been discovered.
• Gong Jun warned Lin Hanyan that Huangfu Zhenlou had seemed cold toward her and might suspect her, and Lin Hanyan admitted she had noticed his distance.
• Lin Hanyan explained that she had once intended to kill Huangfu Zhenlou but had fallen for him and hoped to use marriage to strengthen her standing in the Kunwu Sect.
• Lin Hanyan revealed that in her previous life Huangfu Zhenlou's group had mistaken her for her twin elder sister, Lin Jinxia, and killed her by mistake.

Lin Hanyan ordered Gong Jun to kill Su Qiao, while Su Qiao learned that Martial Arts Alliance Leader Huangfu Xian belonged to the imperial court. The chapter left Su Qiao considering how the court had used Huangfu Xian’s four terms to gain influence over the martial world.

• Lin Hanyan told Gong Jun to kill Su Lian Yue in agony because Su Lian Yue had discovered her earlier attempt against Huangfu Zhenlou.
• Lin Hanyan warned Gong Jun to act only when her cousin Ye Shaoxuan was absent, and Gong Jun agreed.
• Su Qiao celebrated her plan’s success without knowing Lin Hanyan had sent Gong Jun to kill her.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Huangfu Xian was a member of the imperial court.
• Su Qiao reasoned that the court’s backing had helped Huangfu Xian serve four terms as Martial Arts Alliance Leader and likely place allies across the Eight Great Sects.