Chapter Summaries

At the Star Luo Auction House, Qian Xunji watched several rare treasures sell before a captured Mermaid Maiden was revealed as an auction item. As bidding was about to begin, he sensed her fear through his Mental Power and met her gaze.

• Qian Xunji recognized Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, which an unknown faction bought for three hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The Ghost Shadow Leopard Right Leg Soul Bone was sold to a great power for eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Qian Xunji declined to bid.
• Wanwan unveiled a young Mermaid Maiden in an iron cage and described the pearls she produced and the rumored abilities of her offspring.
• Qian Xunji recalled Spirit Hall's records about Mermaids and wondered how a mainland powerhouse had captured the maiden.
• Qian Xunji sent his Mental Power toward the Mermaid Maiden, who sensed it and looked at him with fearful, uneasy eyes.

Qian Xunji won the Mermaid Maiden at auction and learned she was a princess of the Merfolk Race who had been captured after coming ashore. After Tang Yuehua and the Mermaid Maiden grew friendly, the auction continued with the presentation of an ancient Guqin named Duyou.

• Qian Xunji bid five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Mermaid Maiden, and no one offered more.
• People in the Red VIP Area ordered their subordinates to investigate Qian Xunji’s identity.
• The Mermaid Maiden told Qian Xunji and Tang Yuehua that she was a Merfolk princess captured after secretly coming ashore.
• Tang Yuehua pulled the Mermaid Maiden aside, and the two women quickly became familiar and began calling each other sisters.
• Wanwan introduced Duyou, an ancient Guqin whose origin was unknown, as the next auction item.

Mu Yu brought his treasured Du You Qin to the Star Luo Auction House, hoping to find someone worthy of inheriting it, but none of the performers impressed him. Tang Yuehua stepped forward to play, and Mu Yu was shaken by how closely she resembled a woman from his memories.

• Tang Yuehua recognized Du You as an exceptional guqin and learned that its owner, Mu Yu, would give it away to someone whose performance pleased him.
• Mu Yu introduced himself as the Star Luo Empire's Chief Musician, and Tang Yuehua explained his reputation as a powerful Soul Master with a Heavenly Demon Qin and an Innate Domain.
• Mu Yu explained that he was nearing the end of his life and wanted to find Du You a worthy owner who would cherish it.
• Several Soul Masters performed, but Mu Yu found their playing poor and prepared to put Du You away when nobody else came forward.
• Tang Yuehua descended from the VIP room and stepped onto the stage, drawing the crowd's attention.
• Mu Yu stared at Tang Yuehua and said she looked just like a young woman he remembered, then insisted he was fine when Tang Yuehua asked about him.

Tang Yuehua performed Song of Canglang River on the Duyou Qin at the auction, impressing the audience and winning the instrument’s recognition. Mu Yu saw that Duyou had accepted her as its master, while Tang Yuehua left the stage to thunderous applause.

• Mu Yu asked Tang Yuehua to try playing Duyou, and she approached the qin as Qian Xunji watched her encouragingly.
• Tang Yuehua entered a state of intent and played Song of Canglang River, captivating the guests with the Duyou Qin’s music.
• Five characters—gong, shang, jue, zhi, and yu—appeared around Tang Yuehua and formed a barrier.
• Mu Yu realized that Duyou had recognized Tang Yuehua as its master and felt relieved to have found it a good home.
• Tang Yuehua finished her performance, bowed to the crowd, and received a prolonged ovation.

Tang Yuehua won Duyou after impressing the auction guests with her performance, while Mu Yu invited her to Qin Garden and asked about her mother. Qian Xunji then outbid Marshal Roksen for the Extreme Fire Jade, leaving Roksen wary of the masked young man’s strength.

• Tang Yuehua exchanged a long glance with Qian Xunji, then accepted Mu Yu’s congratulations and invitation to visit Qin Garden after he asked whether her mother was Bai Zhi.
• The Mermaid Maiden praised Tang Yuehua’s performance, and Qian Xunji also complimented her before she rested.
• Wanwan introduced the Extreme Fire Jade, and bidding climbed to one million two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Roksen identified himself and warned Qian Xunji after he bid one million two hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the jade.
• Qian Xunji’s aura froze Roksen, and Wanwan declared Qian Xunji the winner of the Extreme Fire Jade.

Qian Xunji won the Extreme Fire Jade at the auction and agreed to accompany Tang Yuehua to Qin Garden. The next day, he, Tang Yuehua, and the Mermaid Maiden arrived at the famed musical estate and found its guarded entrance.

• Roksen tested Qian Xunji's presence, failed to learn his identity, and welcomed him to the Star Luo Empire.
• An attendant delivered the Extreme Fire Jade to Qian Xunji, who said it would benefit his cultivation.
• Tang Yuehua asked Qian Xunji to visit Qin Garden with her, and he agreed.
• After the auction, Qian Xunji, Tang Yuehua, and the Mermaid Maiden returned to the Star Luo Grand Hotel and rested for the night.
• The next day, the three traveled by carriage for several hours and reached Qin Garden, where guards stood at the entrance.

At Qin Garden, Mu Yu learned that Tang Yuehua was Bai Zhi’s daughter and discovered that Bai Zhi had died in childbirth. He recounted his past love for Bai Zhi, leaving his feelings and the circumstances of her marriage to Tang Xian unresolved.

• Tang Yuehua, Qian Xunji, and the Mermaid Maiden entered Qin Garden after Tang Yuehua persuaded the guards to let her friends accompany her.
• Tang Lan escorted them to Mu Yu, who welcomed them and spoke with them about Qin Garden.
• Mu Yu asked Tang Yuehua whether she was Tang Xian’s daughter and then asked about her mother.
• Tang Yuehua told Mu Yu that Bai Zhi had died giving birth to her, shocking him.
• Mu Yu recounted meeting Bai Zhi while traveling, falling in love with her, and losing her when the Speed Clan took her back.
• Mu Yu later learned that Bai Zhi had married Tang Xian, but chose not to confront the Clear Sky Sect.

Mu Yu told Tang Yuehua about his past with her mother, then offered to take her as his disciple and teach her music. As Mu Yu played the Du You Qin, Qian Xunji's Soul Power began flowing through his meridians in rhythm with the melody.

• Tang Yuehua told Mu Yu that she had awakened the Ruyi Ring, had level-nine Soul Power, and possessed the Noble Ring domain.
• Qian Xunji comforted Tang Yuehua, and she embraced him in tears before explaining how people in the Clear Sky Sect treated her because of her Martial Soul.
• Mu Yu offered to train Tang Yuehua in music, and she accepted him as her master.
• Mu Yu explained that a powerful enemy had cost him much of his life essence, then began teaching Tang Yuehua with the Du You Qin and the scores he had found beside it.
• As Qian Xunji listened to Mu Yu play, his Soul Power began flowing through his meridians in rhythm with the music.

Qian Xunji broke through to level 86 while listening to Mu Yu play, and Mu Yu gave him the Blue Jade flute to help him control his hidden Killing Intent. After three months of learning music and growing closer to Tang Yuehua in the Qin Garden, Qian Xunji prepared to leave.

• Qian Xunji reached level 86 while listening to Mu Yu play Xiao Xiang Shui Yun, and Mu Yu recognized the heavy Killing Intent he had concealed.
• Mu Yu offered to help Qian Xunji control his Killing Intent and gave him the Blue Jade flute, then began teaching him to play it.
• Qian Xunji learned quickly, and Tang Yuehua took over teaching him after Mu Yu was amazed by his progress.
• Qian Xunji and Tang Yuehua performed a Qin Xiao Duet, and Qian Xunji said playing Blue Jade helped settle his mind.
• Qian Xunji spent three months practicing the flute and performing duets with Tang Yuehua, growing closer to her before preparing to leave.

Qian Xunji bid farewell to Tang Yuehua and left Qin Garden with Jiao'er. The chapter then shifted to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver Grass bowed toward a massive plant.

• Qian Xunji told Tang Yuehua he was leaving, and Jiao'er said she would go with him to repay his kindness.
• Jiao'er gave Tang Yuehua pearls made from her tears, and Tang Yuehua accepted them sadly.
• Tang Yuehua gave Qian Xunji's Blue Jade Flute a pendant she had made and asked if they would meet again; he replied that they would if fate permitted.
• Tang Yuehua watched Qian Xunji leave and realized she had fallen for him, while he turned back once to remember Qin Garden before departing.
• The scene shifted to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver Grass turned toward a ten-meter-tall plant as if revering it.

The Blue Silver Empress left the Blue Silver Forest to enter the human world and learn how to live among people without revealing that she was a Soul Beast. Meanwhile, Yu Xuanchen and Yu Shi traveled toward Star Luo City to find Tang Yuehua.

• The Blue Silver Empress bid farewell to the Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Grass, asking the Blue Silver King to protect the forest while she was away.
• The Blue Silver Empress entered Helan City and learned from a vendor that people used money to buy goods and that Soul Masters held high status.
• The Blue Silver Empress began observing people and adapting to human society while retaining her innocence.
• Yu Shi told Yu Xuanchen that Tang Yuehua was in Star Luo City, and they continued traveling there by carriage.

Yu Xuanchen traveled to Star Luo City to find Tang Yuehua, but in Helan City he became fixated on the Blue Silver Empress and tried to force her to accompany him. She escaped after binding his companion, leaving Yu Xuanchen determined to pursue her.

• Yu Xuanchen learned Tang Yuehua had been seen in Star Luo City and hurried there with a Soul Master from the Collateral Branch.
• In Helan City, the Blue Silver Empress entered a restaurant and released an aura to deter the diners staring at her.
• Yu Xuanchen approached the Blue Silver Empress, ignored her refusal, and ordered Uncle Shi to seize her.
• The Blue Silver Empress transformed and bound Uncle Shi with blue-gold vines before escaping.
• Yu Xuanchen declared that he would find the Blue Silver Empress and claim her.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao rescued a child with the help of Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Empress, and invited her to join them. They returned to the village together, where the brothers grew increasingly fascinated by her.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao chased a Flying Soul Beast that had carried off a child.
• Ah Yin rescued the child and calmed the beast, leaving Tang Hao and Tang Xiao captivated by her.
• Ah Yin introduced herself as Ah Yin and said her Martial Soul was the Blue Silver King.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Ah Yin returned the child to the village, and Ah Yin accepted Tang Hao's invitation to come with them.
• The villagers held a bonfire banquet, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao watched Ah Yin and wondered about her.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao confronted Yu Xuanchen when he came to seize Ah Yin, forcing him to retreat. Afterward, Tang Hao began telling Ah Yin about the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yu Xuanchen and Uncle Shi followed Ah Yin’s trail toward the village where Tang Hao and Ah Yin were drinking together.
• Ah Yin told Tang Hao she was an orphan who had been hunted, and Tang Hao promised to protect her.
• Yu Xuanchen and Uncle Shi broke through the village gate and demanded that Ah Yin come with them.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao identified themselves as the Clear Sky Twin Stars and stood between Yu Xuanchen and Ah Yin.
• Yu Xuanchen withdrew after seeing Tang Xiao’s strength, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao let him leave.
• Ah Yin asked about the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Hao began explaining its history and standing.

Ah Yin joined Tang Hao and Tang Xiao on their travels, while Qian Xunji let Jiao'er stay with him. Yue Guan confronted the fleeing Yu Xuanchen and revealed that his pursuit was revenge for his sister Yue Rou, who had died after being taken to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Ah Yin learned about the Clear Sky Sect and grew close to Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, agreeing to travel with them as they went to look for Yue Hua.
• Jiao'er refused to return home because she still wanted to repay Qian Xunji, so he allowed her to follow him.
• The injured Yu Xuanchen and his companion fled from their pursuer and planned to seek reinforcements from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yue Guan caught up with Yu Xuanchen and explained that he was hunting him because Yu Xuanchen remembered his sister Yue Rou.
• Yue Guan recalled how debt collectors took Yue Rou away and how he later learned she had died on the night she was brought to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yue Guan confronted Yu Xuanchen over Yue Rou’s death and was about to kill him when Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Ah Yin arrived. Tang Xiao intervened on Yu Xuanchen’s behalf, leaving Yue Guan furious at the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yue Guan recalled how Yu Xuanchen had abused Yue Rou, leading her to take her own life, and vowed to make Yu Xuanchen suffer before killing him.
• A burly middle-aged man took Yue Guan’s attack for Yu Xuanchen and died, after which Yu Xuanchen begged Yue Guan to spare him.
• Tang Xiao asked Ah Yin to use Blue Silver Grass to investigate a nearby battle, and she learned that Yu Xuanchen was badly injured.
• Tang Hao spoke contemptuously of Yu Xuanchen, but Tang Xiao insisted that the Clear Sky Sect should help a fellow Upper Three Sects member, and the three went to him.
• Tang Xiao tried to stop Yue Guan from killing Yu Xuanchen, and Yue Guan angrily criticized the Clear Sky Sect for interfering.

Qian Xunji intervened just as Tang Hao prepared to kill the defeated Yue Guan, insisting that Yue Guan must live. He struck Yu Xuanchen unconscious, while Tang Hao remained eager to challenge him.

• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao joined Ah Yin to defeat Yue Guan after he attacked Yu Xuanchen with his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Yu Xuanchen urged Tang Xiao to kill Yue Guan, and Tang Hao persuaded his eldest brother to agree.
• As Tang Hao approached Yue Guan with his Clear Sky Hammer, Qian Xunji arrived with the Mermaid Maiden and ordered them to stop.
• Tang Hao recognized Qian Xunji as the Black-Clad Swordsman, but challenged him when Qian Xunji refused to let them kill Yue Guan.
• Yu Xuanchen threatened Qian Xunji with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Qian Xunji struck him unconscious with one palm.

Qian Xunji defeated Tang Hao and spared Ah Yin after recognizing her identity, then refused to help Yue Guan kill Yu Xuanchen. He left with the Mermaid Maiden, while Yue Guan followed him briefly before setting off alone.

• Qian Xunji struck Yu Xuanchen unconscious, then overpowered Tang Hao with Eternal Blazing Sun despite Tang Hao using Exploding Ring and Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Xiao attacked to protect Tang Hao, but Qian Xunji caught and threw back his Clear Sky Hammer, while Ah Yin treated Tang Hao’s severe injuries.
• Yue Guan asked Qian Xunji to help him kill Yu Xuanchen, but Qian Xunji urged him to grow strong enough to take revenge himself.
• Qian Xunji recognized Ah Yin as the Blue Silver Empress but left without exposing her, and Tang Hao vowed to defeat him someday.
• Yue Guan followed Qian Xunji and the Mermaid Maiden, offered to serve him, and was refused; Qian Xunji vanished, leaving Yue Guan to depart alone.

Qian Xunji brought the Mermaid Maiden into Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. After flying to a volcanic hollow and carrying her down a cliff, he discovered the divided hot spring at the bottom.

• Qian Xunji and the Mermaid Maiden entered Sunset Forest and were attacked by several Soul Beasts.
• Qian Xunji spread his wings, carried the Mermaid Maiden through the air, and spotted a flash of light near the forest's center.
• Qian Xunji and the Mermaid Maiden reached a smoking mountain hollow and saw a deep, hot cliff below them.
• Qian Xunji carried the Mermaid Maiden as he leaped down the cliff.
• Qian Xunji and the Mermaid Maiden landed beside a hot spring divided into milky-white and vermilion-red waters.

Qian Xunji explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, warned the Mermaid Maiden about its dangerous plants, and harvested two opposing Immortal Herbs. He consumed them while their effects were temporarily balanced, leaving their impact on him unknown.

• Qian Xunji entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and recognized its rare medicinal plants as valuable resources for Spirit Hall.
• The Mermaid Maiden nearly picked a Snowy Swan Kiss, but Qian Xunji stopped her and warned her to ask him before touching any plants.
• Qian Xunji warned the Mermaid Maiden to stay away from the lake and went to inspect the spring.
• Qian Xunji identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then harvested them with specially prepared short blades.
• Qian Xunji consumed both Immortal Herbs as their opposing effects began to fade.