Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao confronted Divine Lord Linyuan about his relationship with Immortal Maiden Yuyao and warned him not to take Yuyao’s side. At the God Realm’s main hall, the assembled dignitaries judged Su Qiao for Yuyao’s bloody injuries, leaving Su Qiao unimpressed by how much the God Realm resembled the mortal realm.

• Su Qiao called Immortal Maiden Yuyao Divine Lord Linyuan’s lover, and the Heaven Empress privately advised her to speak more properly in public.
• Divine Lord Linyuan said his relationship with Yuyao was only somewhat closer than an ordinary acquaintance, and Su Qiao warned him that supporting Yuyao would make him her enemy.
• The Heaven Empress informed the Heavenly Emperor about the situation, and the God Realm’s important figures gathered in the main hall.
• Su Qiao and the bloodstained Immortal Maiden Yuyao stood before the assembly, whose members suspected Su Qiao had injured Yuyao.
• Su Qiao remarked that the God Realm was much like the mortal realm.

Su Qiao mocked the gods for sympathizing with Immortal Maiden Yuyao, while the Heavenly Empress promised to uphold justice for Yun Hua. The Heavenly Emperor questioned Yuyao about the people who had monitored and hunted Yun Hua in the Lost Land, and Yuyao denied ordering them.

• The Heavenly Empress told Yun Hua that she and the Heavenly Emperor would see through false appearances and uphold justice for her.
• Su Qiao criticized the gods for judging by Yuyao’s tears, and the Heavenly Emperor tried to quiet her.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Immortal Maiden Yuyao whether the people who monitored and hunted Yun Hua in the Lost Land had acted under her orders.
• Immortal Maiden Yuyao denied the accusation, arguing that harming Yun Hua would bring her no benefit and jeopardize her future.

Su Qiao accused Immortal Maiden Yuyao of being jealous of her and challenged her to swear a deadly oath that she had never held those thoughts. Yuyao could not answer, and the Flower Clan Leader had no way to defend her as the court fell silent.

• Su Qiao pointed to Divine Lord Linyuan and accused Yuyao of wanting him and resenting his affection for Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao listed the reasons Yuyao was jealous, including her beauty, status, cultivation, and Linyuan's devotion to her.
• Yuyao denied the accusations, but Su Qiao challenged her to swear a deadly oath that she had never thought those things and had made no progress in cultivation.
• Yuyao looked to the Flower Clan Leader for help, but her mother had no answer, leaving the gathered gods in silence.

Divine Lord Linyuan ended his relationship with Immortal Maiden Yuyao after accusing her of targeting Su Qiao and insisting he would no longer believe her. Yuyao collapsed in grief, while High God Qionghua focused on the danger of the situation.

• Divine Lord Linyuan accused Immortal Maiden Yuyao of holding a grudge against Su Qiao and said he trusted his junior sister.
• Immortal Maiden Yuyao asked whether he had ever truly cared for her, and Divine Lord Linyuan said he had only tried dating her because his mother liked her.
• Divine Lord Linyuan apologized for the relationship and asked Immortal Maiden Yuyao not to target Su Qiao.
• Immortal Maiden Yuyao insulted Su Qiao, prompting Divine Lord Linyuan to denounce her and end their relationship.
• The Flower Clan Leader caught Immortal Maiden Yuyao as she staggered, and she sobbed to High God Qionghua, who pushed her away to address the urgent situation.

Su Qiao returned from the Lost Land before her ten-thousand-year sentence was complete and accused Immortal Maiden Yuyao, while High God Yunhe argued that the claim lacked evidence. The Heavenly Emperor questioned Su Qiao about her return and the creature in her arms, and she defended Little Four, who had saved her life.

• High God Yunhe urged the Heavenly Emperor and Empress to investigate Princess Yunhua’s accusation rather than accept it without evidence.
• The Heavenly Emperor agreed that the matter needed further investigation and asked Su Qiao how she had returned from the Lost Land early.
• The Heavenly Emperor questioned Su Qiao about the dark creature in her arms and told her to throw it away.
• Su Qiao refused to abandon Little Four and said it had protected her and helped her escape the Lost Land.

Su Qiao told the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress how dangerous the Lost Land had been, and High God Nanting stepped forward to ask what had happened. The chapter ended with Su Qiao describing how she had woken badly injured and been hunted without time to recover.

• The Heavenly Emperor denied that anyone would dare harm his daughter, and Su Qiao rolled her eyes at him.
• The Heavenly Empress explained that criminals in the Lost Land carried portraits of Su Qiao and wanted to kill her, and said she had arrived in time to stop Qionghua from attacking her.
• The Heavenly Emperor demanded to know what had happened, and those present looked toward Immortal Maiden Yuyao's family.
• High God Nanting, the Fox Clan Leader who protected Su Qiao, stepped forward and asked whether she was injured.
• Su Qiao told High God Nanting that she had nearly died and had woken in the Lost Land covered in injuries while countless people hunted her.

Su Qiao recounted how she nearly died in the Lost Land after being pursued, and how she split her Divine Soul and created a clone to survive. Nanting called for a thorough investigation, while Immortal Maiden Yuyao and her family came under suspicion.

• Su Qiao told everyone that pursuers in the Lost Land had wounded her and nearly made her pass out.
• Su Qiao explained that she sacrificed ten thousand years of cultivation to scatter fragments of her Divine Soul across the Three Thousand Minor Worlds, then created a clone using a rib and a drop of heart blood so she could hide and heal.
• Nanting comforted Su Qiao and urged the Heavenly Emperor and Empress to investigate the attack and give Yun Hua an explanation.
• The gathered immortals condemned the attacker and warned that anyone able to enter and leave the Lost Land could threaten the Six Realms.
• The immortals eyed Immortal Maiden Yuyao and her family with suspicion, though they acknowledged that there was not yet conclusive evidence.

Su Qiao accused Immortal Maiden Yuyao of sending people to hunt her and pointed out that Yuyao had admitted to monitoring her. The Empress backed Su Qiao, while High God Yufeng tried to defend Yuyao, leaving the accusation unresolved.

• Su Qiao told the Flower Clan Leader that Immortal Maiden Yuyao was responsible for hunting her and cited Yuyao's own admission.
• Yuyao denied confessing and glared at Su Qiao, who named several witnesses who had heard her.
• High God Yufeng suggested there might be a misunderstanding and demanded more evidence.
• The Empress challenged High God Yufeng for dismissing Yuyao's admission, leaving her speechless.
• Emperor Lord Beichen signaled High God Yufeng to withdraw, and she retreated.

At a hall gathering, Princess Yunhua confronted Immortal Maiden Yuyao over how she knew about Yunhua’s meeting with Ye Jinghan in the Lost Land. Yuyao denied sending anyone to hunt Yunhua down, but High God Nanting and her father pressed her for the truth, leaving her unable to answer.

• The Heavenly Empress and High God Nanting made clear they would seek justice for Princess Yunhua, while the hall considered the seriousness of the accusations against Yuyao.
• Princess Yunhua asked Yuyao how she knew that she and Ye Jinghan had met in the Lost Land, pointing out that they were not close.
• Yuyao denied sending people to hunt Princess Yunhua and called the accusation baseless.
• High God Nanting demanded to know how Yuyao had learned about Yunhua’s meeting with the Demon Venerable in the Lost Land.
• High God Yunhe asked Yuyao to tell him the truth, but she could not bring herself to answer.

The Heavenly Emperor and Empress condemned Yuyao for trying to kill Yun Hua and challenged the gods who defended her. The matter was left for the throne to decide, while Yunhe recognized that his daughter had acted wrongly.

• The Flower Clan Leader accused Yun Hua of continuing her relationship with the Demon Venerable after being punished, and the Heavenly Emperor insisted that only he could punish her.
• The Empress rebuked Qionghua and Yufeng for shielding Yuyao and warned against letting Yuyao decide who lived or died.
• Beichen said the gods had reached a mistaken conclusion before the facts were clear and deferred to the Heavenly Emperor and Empress.
• Yuyao saw that even her parents could no longer protect her, while Nanting condemned the attempt to execute Yun Hua as a violation of the laws.
• Yunhe acknowledged that his daughter was in the wrong and blamed himself for failing to raise her properly.

The Heavenly Emperor sentenced Immortal Maiden Yuyao to guard the Far North Land for thirty thousand years for plotting against Princess Yunhua. Su Qiao challenged High God Yufeng’s claim that Yunhua had suffered no serious harm.

• The Heavenly Emperor sentenced Immortal Maiden Yuyao to thirty thousand years in the Far North Land for harming her kin and violating the Heavenly Laws.
• High God Qionghua questioned the length of the sentence, but the Heavenly Emperor defended it by emphasizing the seriousness of Yuyao’s crime.
• Those present reconsidered whether High God Qionghua and Immortal Maiden Yuyao had planned to send Princess Yunhua to the Lost Land as part of the plot against her.
• High God Yufeng pleaded for a lighter sentence, arguing that Yunhua had returned safely without serious harm.
• Su Qiao described how Yunhua had split her soul and created a clone by forcing out a rib and taking blood from her heart.

Su Qiao challenged High God Yufeng for defending Immortal Maiden Yuyao’s attempted murder and accused her of twisting the truth. Divine Lord Linyuan rejected his mother’s interference and condemned Yuyao, who ended the chapter claiming she had acted for his sake.

• Su Qiao demanded that High God Yufeng demonstrate her claim that the incident did not matter and challenged her reasoning about attempted murder.
• High God Yufeng accused Su Qiao of threatening her, while Su Qiao appealed to those present to judge the matter fairly.
• Su Qiao warned that anyone pleading for Yuyao would become her enemy, and Yufeng angrily challenged her in return.
• Divine Lord Linyuan told his mother to stop interfering and rejected her attempt to match him with Yuyao.
• Divine Lord Linyuan called Yuyao narrow-minded and vicious, and Yuyao protested that she had acted for his sake.

Linyuan condemned Immortal Maiden Yuyao for targeting Yun Hua, while the Empress confronted High God Yufeng and warned the gods against further schemes. Emperor Lord Beichen and Yufeng apologized, and the Empress and High God Nanting vowed to protect Yun Hua.

• Linyuan accused Immortal Maiden Yuyao of selfishness and cruelty, and she fainted from anger.
• High God Yufeng tried to stop Linyuan, but the Empress challenged her and asked whether she meant to oppose the throne.
• Emperor Lord Beichen denied any hostile intent, ordered Yufeng to admit her fault, and both apologized to the Heavenly Emperor and Empress.
• The Heavenly Emperor accepted their apology but reminded them that the Lost Land matter could not be delayed.
• The Empress warned the gods that she would oppose anyone who protected Yun Hua's would-be killer or schemed against Yun Hua again.
• High God Nanting supported the Empress and promised to defend Yun Hua if anyone targeted her.

Su Qiao defended her return from the Lost Land and her bond with the Demon Venerable, saying he had saved her life and that they had parted ways afterward. Her answer that they had no connection “for now” left the Emperor of Heaven and the assembled gods worried she might be with him in the future.

• High God Qionghua challenged the ruling by raising Su Qiao’s unauthorized return and her entanglement with the Demon Venerable.
• High God Nanting said Su Qiao’s return was understandable and asked her to explain her relationship with the Demon Venerable.
• Su Qiao said the Demon Venerable had rescued and escorted her, so she could not repay his kindness by killing him.
• Su Qiao told the Emperor of Heaven that she and the Demon Venerable had gone their separate ways after leaving Wangchuan.
• Divine Lord Linyuan asked whether Su Qiao still had any connection to the Demon Venerable, and she replied that she had none for now.
• The Emperor of Heaven and the other gods reacted with displeasure when Su Qiao’s answer suggested that she might be with the Demon Venerable in the future.

Su Qiao challenged the God Realm’s claims of justice by recounting how High God Qionghua had threatened her and nearly killed her while defending Immortal Maiden Yuyao. The Heavenly Emperor let Su Qiao continue as the gathered gods turned their surprised and disapproving attention toward Qionghua.

• Su Qiao told the gathered gods she could no longer promise she would never have anything to do with him again.
• High God Qionghua accused Su Qiao of remaining stubborn, and the Heavenly Emperor ordered her to stop interrupting.
• Su Qiao questioned whether the God Realm’s people were truly just and contrasted their claims with the extermination she had witnessed and Qionghua’s defense of her daughter.
• Su Qiao reminded Qionghua that she had threatened to teach her a lesson without asking why Su Qiao had struck Immortal Maiden Yuyao.
• Su Qiao said Qionghua’s superior age and cultivation had put her life in danger, and the gathered gods looked at Qionghua with surprise and disdain.

The Heavenly Empress rebuked High God Qionghua for daring to discipline Yun Hua without permission, and High God Yunhe apologized on the gods’ behalf. Su Qiao then accused Divine Lord Linyuan of changing his heart and refused to hear his explanation.

• The Heavenly Empress challenged High God Qionghua to consider whether she could discipline Yun Hua without consulting the Heavenly Emperor, the Heavenly Empress, or Saint Fansu.
• High God Yunhe apologized to the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress, and the other gods echoed his words before the Heavenly Emperor dismissed them.
• Su Qiao praised the Heavenly Empress inwardly and reflected on the authority of her master, Saint Fansu.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Su Qiao whether she had anything else to say, and she accused Divine Lord Linyuan of changing his heart.
• Divine Lord Linyuan tried to explain, but Su Qiao covered her ears and called him unreliable.

Su Qiao defended her doubts about the Demon Race, but the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress sent her back to Yun Hua Palace to recover and forbade her from leaving the Divine Realm. Immortal Maiden Yuyao was sentenced to thirty thousand years of exile in the Land of Extreme Cold.

• High God Nanting defended Su Qiao and blamed the adults for failing to guide her, provoking High God Qionghua and High God Yunhe.
• The Heavenly Emperor stopped their argument, and High God Nanting reassured Su Qiao that she would understand the Demon Race better with experience.
• The Heavenly Empress urged Su Qiao to stabilize her recently fused soul, while the Heavenly Emperor ordered her not to leave the Divine Realm without permission.
• Su Qiao obediently returned to Yun Hua Palace with two Minor Immortal Maids and reflected that she would again be confined there.
• Immortal Maiden Yuyao was sentenced to thirty thousand years in the freezing, isolated Land of Extreme Cold.

Su Qiao rejected Divine Lord Linyuan and explained that his wavering feelings and his mother made a relationship between them impossible, even apart from Ye Jinghan. Linyuan was left dispirited as High God Yufeng urged him to give up on Yun Hua and choose Immortal Maiden Yuyao.

• Divine Lord Linyuan caught up with Su Qiao and tried to talk to her, but she declared that they were enemies because he had sided with Immortal Maiden Yuyao.
• Linyuan asked whether Su Qiao still thought of the Demon Venerable and challenged her about choosing him over Linyuan.
• Su Qiao condemned Linyuan for changing his heart and said Ye Jinghan had risked his life to save her, while Linyuan had wavered between her and Immortal Maiden Yuyao.
• Su Qiao said she had only ever felt pure sibling affection for Linyuan and that their relationship could never work because she disliked his mother.
• High God Yufeng comforted her dispirited son and urged him to stop pursuing Yun Hua and marry Immortal Maiden Yuyao instead.

Divine Lord Linyuan argued with High God Yufeng over her efforts to steer him toward marrying Immortal Maiden Yuyao, insisting that he wanted to pursue Yun Hua despite her love for the Demon Venerable. After Yufeng left, Emperor Lord Beichen asked whether Linyuan wanted the position that had been his father's, and Linyuan said it had originally belonged to Beichen before he was injured.

• Divine Lord Linyuan angrily defended Yun Hua and challenged High God Yufeng's judgments about her character and suitability as a wife.
• Divine Lord Linyuan apologized for losing his temper, but told High God Yufeng that he wanted to pursue Yun Hua rather than marry Immortal Maiden Yuyao.
• High God Yufeng warned that Yun Hua loved the Demon Venerable and feared that Divine Lord Linyuan would be hurt as he had been eight thousand years earlier, then left the garden.
• Emperor Lord Beichen asked Divine Lord Linyuan whether he truly liked Yun Hua and whether he wanted the position.
• Divine Lord Linyuan said the position had originally belonged to Emperor Lord Beichen, who had been forced to step down after being injured in the War between Gods and Demons.

Divine Lord Linyuan told Emperor Lord Beichen that his feelings for Yun Hua were sincere, and learned that she would forget him after each Life-and-Death Tribulation. Emperor Lord Beichen left him to make his own choice, while defending Yun Hua’s character to High God Yufeng.

• Emperor Lord Beichen told Divine Lord Linyuan to pursue what he wanted but bear the consequences himself.
• Emperor Lord Beichen warned Divine Lord Linyuan that Yun Hua would lose her memories after her Life-and-Death Tribulation and forget him.
• Divine Lord Linyuan said he understood and would think carefully about what his father had told him.
• High God Yufeng worried that her son was stubborn, but Emperor Lord Beichen insisted that Divine Lord Linyuan must make his own decisions.
• Emperor Lord Beichen praised Yun Hua’s character, while High God Yufeng argued that Immortal Maiden Yuyao loved their son.