Chapter Summaries

Baili Jing warned Zhong Lihan that Su Qiao might like Xi Muyun, making Zhong Lihan jealous and determined to claim her. Zhong Lihan suspected Baili Jing had a scheme when he suddenly stopped opposing his plan to confront Xi Muyun.

• Baili Jing told Zhong Lihan that some Inner Disciples knew Su Qiao liked Xi Muyun and reminded him that she had treated Xi Muyun with special care.
• Zhong Lihan dismissed Xi Muyun as a rival, then said he would obtain Su Qiao and keep her by his side.
• Baili Jing mocked Zhong Lihan’s child-sized body and urged him to find out the truth before acting against Xi Muyun.
• Zhong Lihan decided to go after Xi Muyun that night, but Baili Jing told him to go ahead and walked toward Su Qiao.
• Zhong Lihan blocked Baili Jing and accused him of changing his mind because he was plotting something.

Baili Jing warned Zhong Lihan that killing Xi Muyun could make Su Qiao hate him, then invited Su Qiao to eat. He showed her his purple-bamboo house and lakeside pavilion, which impressed her and left Zhong Lihan envious.

• Baili Jing told Zhong Lihan that Su Qiao might resent him for killing Xi Muyun, and Zhong Lihan resisted being lectured.
• Su Qiao finished tending to her Spirit Field, and Baili Jing invited her to wash her hands and come eat.
• Baili Jing led Su Qiao to his lakeside home, where she admired the bamboo house and pavilion.
• Baili Jing explained the purple bamboo’s qualities as Zhong Lihan regretted not renovating the houses on Clear Lotus Peak.
• Baili Jing urged Su Qiao to eat before the food grew cold, and she entered the bamboo house.

Su Qiao discovered that Baili Jing had built a bamboo house and kitchen, then joined him and Zhong Lihan for a meal. Zhong Lihan kept taking Su Qiao’s food, prompting Baili Jing to serve her soup while she realized Zhong Lihan was jealous.

• Su Qiao found a bamboo house, pavilion, and equipped kitchen where there had been only a cave the day before.
• Baili Jing explained that he had bought the furnishings and prepared a meal for Su Qiao, while Zhong Lihan served himself rice.
• Su Qiao praised Baili Jing’s spicy cooking and ate eagerly as Zhong Lihan rapidly helped himself to the dishes.
• Zhong Lihan took the braised pork and beef, claiming he was protecting Su Qiao from eating too much spicy food.
• Su Qiao recognized Zhong Lihan’s jealousy and tried to calm the tension, and Baili Jing served her mushroom and sliced meat soup.

Su Qiao and Zhongli Han shared a meal with Baili Jing, who warned Zhongli Han about the upcoming Sect Competition. Su Chengde arrived at Seven Swords Peak with three elders and was startled to find his daughter there.

• Zhongli Han took Su Qiao's soup, claiming he was checking it for poison, while Baili Jing criticized him for eating too much ordinary food before the Sect Competition.
• Baili Jing received a message announcing Su Chengde's arrival and explained that the Sect Master and three elders had likely come to discuss the competition.
• Su Qiao continued drinking soup as Baili Jing served her more food and the mountain gate's Defense Formation opened.
• Su Chengde and the three elders reached Baili Jing's bamboo house, respectfully greeted him, and Su Chengde was shocked to see Su Qiao.

Su Qiao ate on Seven Swords Peak with Baili Jing, surprising her father and the elders when they found her there. After they hurried away, Zhong Lihan warned her about Baili Jing’s violent past, leaving her impressed by his fearsome reputation.

• Su Qiao told Su Chengde she had come to Seven Swords Peak to eat after planting Spirit Herbs there, and invited him to share Baili Jing’s cooking.
• Su Chengde and the three elders were shocked to see Su Qiao dining with Baili Jing, then quickly left without explaining why they had come.
• Su Qiao asked Baili Jing whether he was frightening, and he suggested people feared him because they hardly saw him.
• Zhong Lihan accused Baili Jing of having killed countless people and described him as heartless and brutally efficient.
• Su Qiao studied Baili Jing’s handsome, aloof appearance and thought he seemed impressively cool.

Baili Jing described his bloody past to Su Qiao, who admired his ruthlessness and dismissed Zhong Lihan’s objections. Meanwhile, Su Chengde and the elders worried that Baili Jing’s growing closeness to Su Qiao could threaten his cultivation of the Heartless Art, but Su Chengde rebuked them.

• Baili Jing claimed that jealous disciples had targeted him and that he killed them to protect himself, prompting Zhong Lihan to accuse him of lying.
• Su Qiao praised Baili Jing and advised him to kill enemies without giving them time to talk, leaving Zhong Lihan furious and questioning his own failures.
• Su Chengde and three elders discussed how unusually close Su Qiao and Baili Jing seemed after leaving Seven Swords Peak.
• The Grand Elder and the other elders worried that Su Qiao might stir feelings in Baili Jing and endanger his Heartless Art cultivation.
• Su Chengde dismissed their concerns and challenged them to keep their opinions out of his martial uncle’s affairs.

Su Chengde defended Su Qiao’s freedom to choose her own path, reminding the elders of Baili Jing’s fearsome history. Meanwhile, Baili Jing brought Su Qiao storybooks, but she found them embarrassing while 444 wanted to read them, and Zhong Lihan mocked the books.

• The Grand Elder and two other elders urged Su Chengde to stop Su Qiao from abandoning cultivation, but he told them to persuade Baili Jing instead.
• Su Chengde reminded the elders that Baili Jing had once destroyed the Heavenly Demonic Sect after it attacked him.
• Su Qiao relaxed by the lake after her meal, and Baili Jing brought her a box of storybooks he had bought at the market.
• Su Qiao found the books overly suggestive, while 444 asked her to keep them open so it could scan them.
• Zhong Lihan dismissed the storybooks as childish and ridiculous.

Su Qiao accepted Baili Jing’s storybooks and returned to Clear Lotus Peak with Zhong Lihan, who resented how kindly she treated Baili Jing. That night, Zhong Lihan attacked Xi Muyun, but a white-clad figure stopped him before he could deliver the final blow.

• Su Qiao accepted Baili Jing’s storybooks and left with Zhong Lihan, while Baili Jing agreed to tend her Spirit Field.
• On Clear Lotus Peak, Zhong Lihan complained that Su Qiao praised Baili Jing’s gifts more than his treasured robe, and she sent him away to cultivate.
• Zhong Lihan vowed not to give up on Su Qiao and considered taking her away if he was pushed too far.
• That night, Zhong Lihan attacked Xi Muyun in the sect’s living quarters and prepared to strike him unconscious beneath a sack.
• A white-clad figure appeared and stopped Zhong Lihan, who demanded to know why he was protecting Xi Muyun.

Zhong Lihan and Baili Jing argued over whether to kill Xi Muyun, then decided to spare him until he left Qingtian Sect. As Su Qiao listened to 444 recount what happened, she revealed she already understood Baili Jing’s nature and was unfazed by his plan.

• Zhong Lihan threatened Baili Jing to keep quiet about Xi Muyun’s death, but Baili Jing warned that Su Qiao would likely figure it out.
• Baili Jing urged Zhong Lihan to spare Xi Muyun while he remained in Qingtian Sect to avoid bringing trouble to Su Qiao.
• Zhong Lihan agreed to wait, then spat at Xi Muyun before leaving.
• Su Qiao listened to 444 describe the confrontation and said Xi Muyun’s death would make dealing with Gu Nanyi easier.
• Su Qiao dismissed 444’s surprise and showed she already knew Baili Jing was calculating.

Xi Muyun was found beaten and unconscious, but Qingtian Sect could not discover who had attacked him. As the Sect Competition began, Baili Jing led Su Qiao to a secluded river, where she learned there were fish to catch.

• A junior fellow disciple found Xi Muyun unconscious in a burlap sack, and Qingtian Sect's investigation failed to identify his attacker.
• Gu Nanyi suspected Zhong Lihan but kept quiet, while Su Qiao continued tending Seven Swords Peak's Spirit Field and cultivating on Clear Lotus Peak.
• Over three months, Zhong Lihan grew dramatically taller and advanced to Great Perfection, drawing the attention of Qingtian Sect's elders.
• The Sect Competition began with Qi Condensation disciples, but Su Qiao skipped the first day to tend her Spirit Field and hunt.
• Baili Jing led Su Qiao to a secluded river in the rear mountains and told her there were fish there.

Baili Jing caught fish for Su Qiao and prepared to grill them while Zhong Lihan confronted Gu Nanyi in Qingtian Sect's back mountain. When Zhong Lihan spotted Baili Jing and Su Qiao, he charged at Baili Jing, but Su Qiao stopped him with a fish fork.

• Baili Jing brought fish out of the river and began preparing them while Su Qiao sat beneath a tree.
• Gu Nanyi confronted Zhong Lihan and asked why he had not acted on his plan to turn the Seven Great Sects into demons.
• Zhong Lihan shoved Gu Nanyi aside and told her he had only made that plan out of boredom.
• Gu Nanyi noticed Baili Jing and Su Qiao nearby, and Zhong Lihan charged at Baili Jing in jealousy.
• Su Qiao pressed an ungrilled fish against Zhong Lihan's chest and ordered him to stand still.

Gu Nanyi left after Baili Jing ordered her to go, while Zhong Lihan explained to Su Qiao that Gu Nanyi had urged him to use the Sect Competition to assimilate members of the major sects with Demonic Qi and frame Qingtian Sect. Su Qiao pressed Zhong Lihan about how long he had known Gu Nanyi.

• Gu Nanyi complained to System Little Seven that it had failed to warn her Baili Jing and Zhong Lihan were present.
• Baili Jing ordered Gu Nanyi to leave, and she departed vowing to get revenge on Su Qiao.
• Zhong Lihan accused Baili Jing of taking Su Qiao away, and Baili Jing challenged him about his relationship with Gu Nanyi.
• Su Qiao questioned Zhong Lihan about Gu Nanyi, and he insisted he had no relationship with her.
• Zhong Lihan admitted that Gu Nanyi had asked him to use Demonic Qi during the Sect Competition to assimilate people from the major sects and frame Qingtian Sect.
• Su Qiao remarked that Zhong Lihan seemed to have known Gu Nanyi for a long time.

Zhong Lihan revealed his full appearance and clashed with Baili Jing over Su Qiao. She stopped their fight and asked whether they could fuse back together, but both refused and realized she already knew they were connected.

• Zhong Lihan stopped himself from explaining how he had met the woman who offered to help him.
• Zhong Lihan released his suppressed cultivation, changed in appearance, and pulled Su Qiao against his chest.
• Baili Jing told Zhong Lihan to let Su Qiao go, and the two began fighting after Zhong Lihan refused.
• Su Qiao ordered them to stop, and both men backed down to avoid angering her.
• Su Qiao asked whether Baili Jing and Zhong Lihan could fuse back together, and both refused before realizing she already knew.

Su Qiao recognized that Baili Jing and Zhong Lihan shared the same soul and urged them to keep their identities secret until they understood their enemies. Baili Jing began to suspect that Su Qiao knew more about their connection than she admitted.

• Su Qiao told Baili Jing that she recognized his similarity to Zhong Lihan through their auras and asked what they planned to do about merging.
• Zhong Lihan dismissed the danger from Xi Muyun and Gu Nanyi, insisting that he was not afraid and that Su Qiao was his only concern.
• Baili Jing warned Zhong Lihan to consider how their enemies might target Su Qiao, and Zhong Lihan accused him of being a coward.
• Su Qiao told Zhong Lihan not to reveal his identity or act recklessly before they learned what Xi Muyun and Gu Nanyi could do.
• Baili Jing watched Su Qiao and Zhong Lihan argue, then asked whether she also knew the truth about them.

Su Qiao pretended not to remember Zhong Lihan or Baili Jing from a previous life as the two men argued over their past connection to her. Baili Jing persuaded Zhong Lihan to take Su Qiao to Seven Swords Peak, where they could avoid visitors from other sects.

• Su Qiao acted confused when Zhong Lihan asked whether she remembered him from a previous life, following 444’s warnings.
• Zhong Lihan grabbed Su Qiao’s hand, claimed they had been husband and wife, and warned her not to trust Baili Jing.
• Baili Jing explained that he and Zhong Lihan had once shared one body, prompting Zhong Lihan to angrily defend his claim on Su Qiao.
• Baili Jing noticed someone approaching and urged them to return to Seven Swords Peak, warning Zhong Lihan that visitors might spread rumors or cause trouble for Su Qiao.
• Zhong Lihan agreed, and the three returned to Seven Swords Peak.

Su Qiao attended the Foundation Establishment competition to watch Zhong Lihan compete, while Baili Jing openly sat beside her and drew the other sects’ attention. The chapter left the elders marveling at how Baili Jing had changed as he followed Su Qiao everywhere.

• Su Qiao went to the Foundation Establishment competition because Zhong Lihan had to participate, and his jealousy grew as young cultivators admired her.
• Baili Jing took Peak Master Bai’s seat beside Su Qiao, while Zhong Lihan prepared to fight and promised not to kill anyone.
• Other sect leaders asked Su Chengde who Baili Jing was, and Su Chengde introduced him as their sect’s Venerable Baili.
• The visitors apologized to Baili Jing, while Qingtian Sect’s elders reflected on how he now followed Su Qiao with fruit and flowers.

During the sect competition, Su Qiao and Baili Jing realized that Gu Nanyi was using Xi Muyun to force Zhong Lihan to reveal his identity. Xi Muyun challenged Su Qiao, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Baili Jing attended the competition, and Su Chengde told the others that he had emerged from seclusion a little over three months earlier.
• 444 noticed Gu Nanyi watching Su Qiao with hostility and Xi Muyun looking troubled.
• Baili Jing warned Su Qiao that Xi Muyun and Gu Nanyi were trying to force Zhong Lihan to reveal his identity, and Su Qiao resolved to stop them.
• After Zhong Lihan defeated the Foundation Establishment opponents, Xi Muyun stood and challenged Su Qiao to exchange moves.

Xi Muyun challenged Su Qiao at the Sect Competition, claiming he only wanted to test their strength, but the sect members condemned his ingratitude. Zhong Lihan confronted him, and Su Qiao stepped in to defend her disciple, leaving the argument unresolved.

• Xi Muyun concealed his true cultivation, which had long since reached Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, and challenged Su Qiao under the pretext of testing their strength.
• Su Chengde angrily questioned Xi Muyun, while cultivators from Qingtian Sect and the other sects criticized him for turning against his own junior sister.
• Zhong Lihan leaped onto the arena and challenged Xi Muyun, but Su Qiao blocked his attack and sent it back.
• Xi Muyun lectured Su Qiao about disciplining Zhong Lihan and warned that her indulgence could bring trouble to Qingtian Sect.
• Su Qiao retorted that Xi Muyun was the one likely to cause trouble.

Su Qiao confronted Xi Muyun over his suspicions about her father’s role in destroying the Xi family, and Xi Muyun’s reaction strengthened her resolve to remove him from Su Chengde’s side. Zhong Lihan wanted to attack Xi Muyun, but Su Qiao ordered him to stand down as she prepared to handle the situation herself.

• Su Qiao accused Xi Muyun of joining Qingtian Sect to avenge his family and questioned why he had attacked her despite her father’s kindness.
• Xi Muyun denied her accusation, but Su Qiao believed her probing had confirmed that he had ulterior motives.
• Zhong Lihan offered to cripple Xi Muyun, and Su Qiao warned him not to fall into Xi Muyun’s trap or interfere with her.
• Zhong Lihan returned to the spectator stands, where Baili Jing warned him to stay out of Su Qiao’s way.

Su Qiao defeated Xi Muyun in a duel, then struck Gu Nanyi after sensing a killing intent aimed at her. Baili Jing identified Gu Nanyi’s unusual aura as the rare Pure Yin Physique of the Jade Phoenix Marrow.

• Zhong Lihan suppressed his temper after Baili Jing told him not to meddle in his affairs.
• Su Qiao attacked Xi Muyun with the Golden Dragon Treasure Sword and revealed that he had been hiding his cultivation.
• Su Qiao defeated Xi Muyun despite both of them being at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Su Qiao struck Gu Nanyi in the audience, claiming she had sensed a killing intent, and Xi Muyun caught Gu Nanyi as she flew back injured.
• Su Qiao noticed Gu Nanyi’s unusual aura, and Baili Jing identified it as the rare Pure Yin Physique of the Jade Phoenix Marrow.