Chapter Summaries

Yan Jin and Shi Heng forced Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall to abandon their investigation into Hun Yin’s death, while Old Monster Lin confirmed that Jiang Cheng was under the Alchemy Tower’s protection. On the War Boat, Jiang Cheng and Xuan Yi shared an intimate night, spoke about his possible other wives, and reminisced about their years together as they traveled toward the Northwest Continent.

• Yan Jin and Shi Heng confronted Hun Miesheng and warned him to leave Sacred Pill City, so he withdrew with the Soul Hall experts while promising the matter was not over.
• Old Monster Lin confirmed that Jiang Cheng, the Academy Confucian Sage and honorary Elder of the Alchemy Tower, was the person the patriarchs had protected.
• Yan Jin and Shi Heng advised Old Monster Lin that the Soul Hall would continue searching, then departed after reminding him of the Eighth-Grade Pills he had promised them.
• Aboard the War Boat, Xuan Yi asked Jiang Cheng whether other women awaited him in the Northwest Continent, and she said she would stay by him so long as he did not betray her.
• Jiang Cheng and Xuan Yi drank wine above the clouds and recalled their past conversations and time together as they traveled onward.

After more than half a year away, Jiang Cheng returned to Peach Forest Mountain with Xuan Yi and reunited with Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and his disciples. Xuan Yi joined the household and offered to guide Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Jiang Cheng learned that Zi Yan had returned to Jia Nan Academy and that Soul Hall agents had left the Jia Ma Empire.

• Jiang Cheng arrived at Peach Forest Mountain with Xuan Yi, and Cai Lin welcomed him before asking who his companion was.
• Jiang Cheng introduced Xuan Yi as an Eighth-Grade Alchemist and one of the Pill Tower Three Giants, and Xuan Yi greeted Cai Lin and Yun Yun as sisters.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others reunited with Jiang Cheng, who learned how far each of them had advanced in cultivation and alchemy.
• Cai Lin told Jiang Cheng that Zi Yan had returned to Jia Nan Academy, and Yun Yun reported that Soul Hall figures, including Protector Wu, had left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xuan Yi gave Xiao Yi Xian a Seventh-grade Poison Pill and offered to guide her and Qing Lin, then recognized Qing Xue as the Supreme Elder of Heavenly Snake Manor.

Jiang Cheng reunited with Xuan Yi and Cai Lin, learned that the Snake People Tribe was living peacefully, and hosted Lin Yi and Li Xiao as they visited Peach Forest Mountain for wine and tea. After the two guests departed, Cai Lin confronted Jiang Cheng about his relationship with Xuan Yi and insisted that he spend the night with her.

• Xuan Yi told Jiang Cheng that Qing Xue knew about them, while privately wondering whether she could bear him a child.
• Cai Lin sniffed Jiang Cheng and suspected he had been with Xuan Yi during the past half year.
• Cai Lin told Jiang Cheng that the Snake People Tribe faced no natural enemies and had begun trading peacefully with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Lin Yi and Li Xiao to meet Jiang Cheng, and the two men exchanged gifts with him while buying Peach Forest Wine.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King asked about Lin Yi and Li Xiao, and Jiang Cheng explained that the two auction house masters were at least as strong as he was.
• Cai Lin sat on Jiang Cheng's lap, reproached him for sleeping with another woman, and declared that he belonged to her that night.

Jiang Cheng went to the Back Mountain and confessed his feelings to Yun Yun, embracing her and making her his wife. They spent the evening together, and Yun Yun told him the Misty Cloud Sect was well while Nalan Yanran underwent the Gate of Death's recognition; the chapter ended with the couple promising to stay together.

• Cai Lin encouraged Jiang Cheng to visit Yun Yun, who had been missing him and sitting alone in thought.
• Jiang Cheng went to Yun Yun's cultivation spot at the Back Mountain and embraced her, declaring that he no longer wanted to be a sage free of desire and that she was his woman.
• Yun Yun accepted Jiang Cheng's affection, and the two spent the evening together beneath a peach tree.
• Yun Yun told Jiang Cheng that the Misty Cloud Sect was normal, her teacher had taken over its affairs, and Nalan Yanran was undergoing the Gate of Death's trial of recognition.
• As rain began to fall, Jiang Cheng and Yun Yun promised to stay by each other's side until they grew old.

Jiang Cheng watched Cai Lin perform her Prayer Dance and shared an affectionate moment with her before agreeing to visit the Snake People Tribe. When Hai Bodong caught Cai Lin riding on Jiang Cheng’s back, she jumped down in embarrassment and warned him to keep quiet.

• Jiang Cheng left Xuan Yi and Yun Yun sleeping and watched Xiao Yi Xian refine pills and Qing Lin meditate in the courtyard.
• Jiang Cheng watched Cai Lin perform her Prayer Dance by the lake and considered her need to reach Dou Venerate without the Nine-Colored Raw Stone.
• Cai Lin climbed onto Jiang Cheng’s back, asked him to make up for spending the previous night with Yun Yun and the others, and persuaded him to carry her toward the Snake People Tribe.
• Hai Bodong emerged from seclusion and saw Jiang Cheng carrying Cai Lin, who jumped down shyly and threatened Hai Bodong if he told anyone.

Jiang Cheng comforted Cai Lin over her dead sister Die and said he would try to revive her once he reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm. They arrived in Snake City, where Cai Lin’s rules had helped humans and Snake People live and trade together, and learned that the Four Elders had gone to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Cai Lin told Jiang Cheng how the Four Elders’ beliefs had led to Die’s death and explained that Die’s body was preserved in Ten Thousand Year Ice Cold.
• Jiang Cheng offered to try to revive Die if her soul had not dispersed, and Cai Lin eagerly accepted the possibility.
• Cai Lin and Jiang Cheng reached Snake City and saw its prosperous trade and growing human-Snake People community.
• Cai Lin explained that Snake City’s rules and joint guards kept conflicts between humans and Snake People under control.
• Great Elder Yin Shi greeted Cai Lin and Jiang Cheng at the City Lord’s Mansion and said the Four Elders had gone to the Jia Ma Empire.

The Luo Yan Empire and Mu Lan Empire demanded that Jia Ma Empire surrender territory, wealth, and Yao Ye, bringing the empires close to war. Cai Lin pledged the Snake People Tribe’s support, and Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin arrived at Jia Ma Empire’s council hall as its leaders debated the threat.

• Great Elder Yin Shi told Cai Lin and Jiang Cheng that Luo Yan Empire and Mu Lan Empire had threatened war unless Jia Ma Empire shared the Cloudy Sky Empire’s spoils.
• Jiang Cheng said he would stand by Cai Lin, and Cai Lin ordered the Snake People Tribe to fight if Jia Ma Empire needed its help.
• Yin Shi said Mobas and Yue Mei were preparing the Snake People Tribe’s forces and that the Monster Mountain Range’s magical beasts could support them.
• At Jia Ma Empire’s council hall, Jia Xing Tian and the others read the treaty demanding a military withdrawal, payments, territorial concessions, and Yao Ye as Luo Yan Tian Qiong’s concubine.
• Mu Chen urged war, while Nalan Jie and Sno cautioned that they should first assess the strength of the two empires.
• Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin arrived and were greeted by the council as Mister Confucian Sage.

Jiang Cheng negotiated a peace treaty between the Jia Ma Empire and the two neighboring great empires, ending their threat of war. The three Guardians swore to uphold the agreement, and Jiang Cheng warned Jia Xing Tian that he was bound by it too.

• Jiang Cheng reviewed the treaty imposed on the Jia Ma Empire and summoned Mu Lan San and Luo Yan Tian to negotiate.
• Jiang Cheng proposed that the two empires withdraw their border troops, pay five million gold coins in compensation, and sign a peace agreement with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Mu Lan San and Luo Yan Tian objected, but Jia Xing Tian guaranteed that his empire would not attack them unless provoked.
• Jiang Cheng pressed the two Guardians to accept, and Mu Lan San, Luo Yan Tian, and Jia Xing Tian signed the treaty and swore upon their souls to obey it.
• Jiang Cheng reminded Jia Xing Tian that he would also face Heavenly Thunder if he broke the agreement, and Jia Xing Tian vowed to keep his word.

After the treaty was signed, Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin left with the Snake People elders, who explained the Queen’s required altar baptism and unusual constitution. Jiang Cheng reassured Cai Lin of his love, and the chapter ended with her asking whether he loved her for her appearance or for herself.

• Jiang Cheng told Cai Lin they should return, and the Four Elders followed the Queen out of the meeting room.
• Sno said the Snake People needed to perform an altar baptism before Cai Lin could be intimate with a man, and explained that intercourse would return her body to its former virgin state.
• Cai Lin stopped Sno from revealing more, and the elders left after arranging her baptism for the next morning.
• Jiang Cheng embraced Cai Lin and promised to protect her, then they kissed and agreed to wait until after the baptism to spend the night together.
• Cai Lin walked with Jiang Cheng among the fireflies and asked whether he loved her appearance or loved her herself.
• Jiang Cheng told Cai Lin that he loved her no matter what she became.

Jiang Cheng learned that Qinghai Venerate had crippled Protector Wu, slaughtered the Xiao Family, and targeted Nalan Yanran, so Yun Yun rushed to the Misty Cloud Sect with an Eighth-Grade Pill. Qinghai Venerate tried to seize it, but Yun Yun gave it to Protector Wu, and he turned to attack her.

• Cai Lin affectionately called Jiang Cheng “Husband” before teasing him and running off, and Jiang Cheng sensed Protector Wu’s aura weaken.
• Yun Yun told Jiang Cheng that Qinghai Venerate had come to the Misty Cloud Sect for the Xiao Family Key and wanted Nalan Yanran as a concubine; he had crippled Protector Wu and killed the Xiao Family members who were present.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Qinghai Venerate threatened Yun Shan and demanded Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, while Yun Shan waited for Jiang Cheng to arrive.
• Yun Yun arrived and gave Protector Wu an Eighth-Grade Pill, which he swallowed before Qinghai Venerate could snatch it.
• Furious at losing the pill, Qinghai Venerate raised his hand to kill Yun Yun.

Jiang Cheng stopped Qinghai Venerate from harming Yun Yun, crippled him, and restored Protector Wu before leaving Qinghai Venerate to Yun Shan and Wu Ying. Jiang Cheng and Yun Yun waited near the Gate of Death for Nalan Yanran to emerge from seclusion, while Yun Yun considered passing the Misty Cloud Sect leadership to her.

• Qinghai Venerate threatened Yun Yun and her disciple, but Jiang Cheng appeared and severed and destroyed the part Qinghai Venerate had threatened to use against them.
• Jiang Cheng restored Protector Wu's meridians, raised his strength, and sealed Qinghai Venerate's Dou Qi for Yun Shan and Wu Ying to deal with.
• Qinghai Venerate recognized Jiang Cheng as the Academy Confucian Sage, while Jiang Cheng escorted Yun Yun out of the hall.
• Wu Ying and Yun Shan beat Qinghai Venerate despite his threats against them and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• At the back mountain, Jiang Cheng reassured Yun Yun that Qinghai Venerate could not break free, and they waited for Nalan Yanran to leave seclusion.

Jiang Cheng and Yun Yun shared a musical interlude while waiting for Nalan Yanran to emerge from seclusion. Nalan Yanran returned as a Two-Star Dou King, learned that Yun Yun had married Jiang Cheng, and was invited to cultivate with them before Jiang Cheng left to visit Qinghai Venerate and the Xiao Family.

• Jiang Cheng danced with Yun Yun's sword to her zither music and said the music had helped him improve.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the Gate of Death and reunited with Yun Yun, revealing she had reached the Two-Star Dou King realm.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Jiang Cheng for guiding her cultivation and comprehending the realm of Man and sword as one.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Jiang Cheng was her husband, and Nalan Yanran congratulated her while hiding her sorrow.
• Yun Yun invited Nalan Yanran to cultivate with her at Peach Forest Mountain and inherit the Misty Cloud Sect leadership after reaching Dou Emperor.
• Jiang Cheng left to check on Qinghai Venerate and visit the Xiao Family, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran stayed together.

Protector Wu devoured Qinghai Venerate’s soul and advanced to Nine-Star Dou Ancestor, while Jiang Cheng warned him about the technique’s dangerous side effects. After ordering Yun Shan and Wu Ying to keep the killing secret, Jiang Cheng left to check on the Xiao Family and considered the difficulty of gathering the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments.

• Wu Ying used a special technique to devour Qinghai Venerate’s soul, despite Qinghai Venerate’s warnings and pleas.
• Wu Ying’s strength rose to Nine-Star Dou Ancestor, and Jiang Cheng appeared and warned that further devouring could seriously harm him.
• Jiang Cheng burned Qinghai Venerate’s remains and ordered Yun Shan and Wu Ying to conceal what had happened from the Soul Hall.
• Wu Ying told Jiang Cheng that the Soul Hall was searching for Saint Soul Qing’s killer and that Qinghai Venerate had come to investigate him.
• Jiang Cheng told Wu Ying to stay at the Misty Cloud Sect and wait for his help if Dou Venerate Experts arrived, then left to check on the Xiao Family.

After Qinghai Venerate destroyed the Xiao Family and devastated Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan mourned the dead and sought help from Mister Confucian Sage. Jiang Cheng directed the surviving Xiao Family to resettle in the Monster Mountain Range, while Xiao Yan vowed to grow strong enough to oppose the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan returned to Wu Tan City and found the Xiao Family and much of the city in ruins, with most of their people slaughtered by Qinghai Venerate.
• Xiao Yan blamed himself for leaving Wu Tan City despite Mister Confucian Sage's warning, collapsed after seeing the dead, and asked Jiang Cheng whether the Soul Hall had attacked.
• Jiang Cheng confirmed the Soul Hall was responsible and said the Xiao Family had no chance to recover as it stood; Xiao Yan vowed to reach the peak and never submit to the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Zhan announced that the Xiao Family would disband, but the surviving disciples refused to abandon their clan and asked Jiang Cheng for a way forward.
• Jiang Cheng told the Xiao Family to settle in the Monster Mountain Range, and Xiao Zhan sent the First Elder to search the ruins for surviving treasures and cultivation manuals.

Jiang Cheng left the Xiao Family after warning Xiao Yan to avoid the Central Continent, while Xiao Yan vowed to grow stronger. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Jiang Cheng instructed Yun Shan and Wu Ying to conceal Qinghai Venerate’s death as they considered how to handle Soul Hall.

• Jiang Cheng gave Xiao Zhan medicinal pills to help the Xiao Family rebuild, and Xiao Yan swore to follow his chosen path despite the dangers.
• Jiang Cheng warned Xiao Yan never to go to the Central Continent, then departed as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen planned to travel to the Eastern Continent and grow stronger.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Protector Wu explained that Soul Hall had attacked the Xiao Family to obtain its key, and Jiang Cheng ordered everyone not to discuss it further.
• Jiang Cheng told Yun Shan that Qinghai Venerate’s memories suggested Soul Hall believed he had returned three days earlier, and warned the sect to keep the incident secret.
• Yun Shan summoned Wu Ying and asked whether he could call upon the Soul Hall experts who had served under him.

Jiang Cheng settled his plans for protecting the Northwest Continent, brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to Peach Forest Mountain, and prepared to visit an auction in the Black Corner Region. After giving the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King a fighting skill, he saw a familiar woman in red return as night fell.

• Jiang Cheng told Protector Wu his plan, and Protector Wu agreed to try gathering Soul Hall experts to protect the Northwest Continent.
• Jiang Cheng brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to Peach Forest Mountain, where Yun Yun told Yanran to cultivate toward the Dou Emperor realm.
• Jiang Cheng asked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King about Zi Yan, then planned to visit the Black Corner Region auction and seek Cai Lin as a companion.
• Jiang Cheng gave the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King the Earth Tier fighting skill Purple Crystal Blood Meteor, and the Lion King went to cultivate.
• As night fell, a woman in red appeared behind Jiang Cheng, and he greeted her with a smile.

Jiang Cheng reunited with Cai Lin and persuaded her to travel with him to the Black Corner Region to look for Zi Yan. As they arrived, Zi Yan was already plundering a group of experts with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Jiang Cheng embraced Cai Lin, and the two shared an affectionate kiss while Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Xuan Yi watched.
• Jiang Cheng invited Cai Lin to accompany him to the Black Corner Region, and she agreed after he kissed her.
• Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin set off the next morning, leaving Xuan Yi to guard Peach Forest Mountain.
• Zi Yan defeated a group of experts, ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to collect their Storage Rings, and let a survivor flee to warn Han Feng.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King swallowed the corpses while Zi Yan said she would have killed the fleeing expert if she had not been told to avoid a massacre.

Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin traveled to Black Emperor City to seek rare treasures, but their reunion with Zi Yan was interrupted when they found her fleeing pursuers. Zi Yan and the wounded Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King remained in danger as a peak Dou Emperor prepared to attack.

• Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin reached the Black Corner Region and found no sign of Zi Yan or the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, so they continued toward Black Emperor City to seek the Bodhi Body Transformation Fluid.
• Jiang Cheng and Cai Lin reminisced about their first meeting and shared an affectionate moment aboard the War Boat.
• A strange aura interrupted them, and Cai Lin rushed toward a person and beast being chased through the forest while Jiang Cheng recognized Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan and the wounded Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King fled from experts, and Zi Yan's pursuer accused her of taking all his herbs and swallowing the pill he needed.
• The peak Dou Emperor unleashed his Dou Qi and prepared to strike Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with Chimei Wangliang, Senluo Yongzhen.

Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King fought a Half-Step Dou Ancestor and his men, but were severely injured. Zi Yan summoned Queen Medusa, who arrived and gave them pills while the enemy threatened her.

• The Half-Step Dou Ancestor shattered Zi Yan's barrier and attacked her despite her warning that she was a student of Jia Nan Academy.
• After his subordinates urged him to eliminate the witnesses, the old man decided to kill Zi Yan, and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King prepared to sacrifice itself to protect her.
• The Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King unleashed its Purple Crystal Seal against the old man's Blood Fiend Heavenly Demon Palm, and the collision badly injured both sides.
• The old man threatened Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, so Zi Yan called for Sister Cai Lin.
• Queen Medusa appeared, gave Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King Sixth-Grade Pills, and faced the old man as he warned her not to interfere.

Cai Lin defeated and killed the experts who had injured Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. After Jiang Cheng questioned Zi Yan about her latest theft, he accepted her explanation but warned her not to rob people again, and she revealed she had left Jia Nan Academy because she was bored.

• Cai Lin revealed her Dou Ancestor strength, sent the Black Robe Old Man flying, and killed the experts who had pursued Zi Yan and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Cai Lin scolded Zi Yan for risking her life and told her to explain herself to Jiang Cheng, who had arrived on the War Boat.
• Jiang Cheng questioned Zi Yan about stealing, and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King confirmed that her target was a corrupt and vicious sect master.
• Jiang Cheng accepted Zi Yan's explanation but forbade her from robbing people again.
• Cai Lin asked why Zi Yan had left Jia Nan Academy, and Zi Yan said she had grown bored and wanted to go somewhere else.