Chapter Summaries

Zhao Linchuan welcomed Tang Yuehua to Listening to Waves Pavilion and used their conversation to expose the exploitation and dangers faced by gifted commoner Soul Masters. He ended by asking whether she knew who had arranged a child’s family’s murder and then claimed the child as their own.

• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing suggested drugging Princess Gao Ya, but Zhao Linchuan dismissed their ideas and asked Dugu Yan to have Lou Gao forge a delicate Soul Extermination Spear.
• Tang Yuehua arrived at Listening to Waves Pavilion carrying her Jiaowei Guqin, and Zhao Linchuan greeted her and served her tea.
• Tang Yuehua praised the tea and the sect’s scenery before asking why Zhao Linchuan had chosen the place to establish his sect.
• Zhao Linchuan described how poverty and exploitation held back commoner Soul Masters, including a gifted girl forced to sell her freedom and a child whose family was killed after the child’s talent became known.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Tang Yuehua who had sent the bandits and who had taken the child afterward, leaving her chilled by his account.

Zhao Linchuan explained to Tang Yuehua that his Profound Gate Heavenly Sect aimed to shelter disadvantaged Commoner Soul Masters, drawing on his own childhood as an orphan. He shared a poem about the enduring moon and fleeting lives, then began to offer his interpretation.

• Zhao Linchuan told Tang Yuehua that many talented female Soul Masters from common backgrounds were exploited by nobles and sect disciples.
• He revealed that the Orphan Relief Hall had taken in 327 children, including 143 with Innate Soul Power of level three or above.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that he had been an orphan and established his sect to give poor Commoner Soul Masters food, clothing, education, and hope.
• Tang Yuehua was moved by his purpose but warned that the road ahead would be difficult.
• Zhao Linchuan recited verses about the river moon, and Tang Yuehua interpreted them as a contrast between brief human lives and the moon's endurance.
• Zhao Linchuan agreed in part and began to explain his own understanding of the poem.

Zhao Linchuan explained his ideals to Tang Yuehua and revealed that he understood her mission to assess him for the Clear Sky Sect. As he invited her to set aside their identities and share the moonlit moment, Tang Yuehua remembered her lonely childhood, and Zhao Linchuan placed an object from his Storage Soul Tool on the table.

• Zhao Linchuan described how he founded his sect, refined pills, and accepted disciples to improve the lives of future generations.
• Zhao Linchuan told Tang Yuehua he understood that she had come to evaluate him on behalf of the Clear Sky Sect and said he did not blame her.
• Zhao Linchuan invited Tang Yuehua to put aside their sect identities and speak freely beneath the same moon.
• Tang Yuehua recalled hiding on the Back Mountain as a child and finding comfort in the moon after her relatives mocked her mutated Martial Soul.
• Zhao Linchuan took an object from his Storage Soul Tool and placed it on the stone table between them.

Zhao Linchuan gave Tang Yuehua a Soul Extermination Spear and taught her how to use it, bringing them close together. Tang Yuehua returned the gesture with her cherished Jade Pendant, and Zhao Linchuan’s verses about her left her heart stirred.

• Zhao Linchuan presented Tang Yuehua with a Soul Extermination Spear and explained that it could be used without Soul Power.
• Zhao Linchuan guided Tang Yuehua’s hands as she fired the weapon and struck a pine branch over the cliff.
• Tang Yuehua gave Zhao Linchuan the Jade Pendant her mother had given her, calling it a heartfelt return gift.
• Zhao Linchuan recited verses praising Tang Yuehua’s beauty and said he had finally understood Moonlight Radiance.
• Tang Yuehua felt her guarded heart soften as she looked at Zhao Linchuan with new warmth.

Dugu Yan’s tampered wine and Qian Renxue’s disastrous ginger candy helped Zhao Linchuan draw Tang Yuehua under his influence during a moonlit conversation. Tang Yuehua confessed that she wanted to follow him, and Zhao Linchuan carried her to the Sleeping Palace as Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing watched.

• Dugu Yan served enhanced wine while Zhao Linchuan offered Tang Yuehua Qian Renxue’s ginger candy, which made Tang Yuehua cough and feel sympathy for Zhao Linchuan.
• Tang Yuehua drank several cups as Zhao Linchuan discussed music, poetry, and his ambitions, and her emotions and the wine’s effects weakened her restraint.
• Tang Yuehua seized Zhao Linchuan’s wrist and said she wanted to follow him, and Zhao Linchuan kissed her and carried her away to the Sleeping Palace.
• Dugu Yan told Zhu Zhuqing to help share the blame when Zhao Linchuan woke, and Zhu Zhuqing silently reflected that she had acted for her teacher’s sake.

The morning after their night together, Tang Yuehua accepted Zhao Linchuan as her husband and confessed why she had come to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect. He gave her a plan to mislead Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi, then admitted that he had deliberately used a “Handsome Man Trap” to win her over, leaving her devastated but still in his arms.

• Zhao Linchuan comforted Tang Yuehua when she woke, and she called him her husband.
• In the private bath, Tang Yuehua revealed that she had come on her sect’s orders and had been drawn into Ning Fengzhi’s scheme.
• Zhao Linchuan told Tang Yuehua to report that Beast Blood Ginseng was a crucial ingredient in Body Tempering Powder, guiding Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi to seek it together.
• Zhao Linchuan confessed that he had prepared a “Handsome Man Trap” for Tang Yuehua from the moment she entered the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect.
• Tang Yuehua broke down over the deception, while Zhao Linchuan held her and explained that he wanted their relationship to begin with honesty.

Zhao Linchuan comforted Tang Yuehua after she was hurt by their situation, and Ye Lingling helped her recover before she returned to Moonlight Pavilion. After the other women teased him about taking a new partner, Zhao Linchuan questioned Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing about the doctored wine and its delivery.

• Zhao Linchuan kissed and reassured Tang Yuehua in the Sleeping Palace.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing entered and teased Tang Yuehua about spending the night with Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Ye Lingling to use her Martial Soul to help Tang Yuehua recover, and Ye Lingling accepted Tang Yuehua as a new sister.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Ye Lingling and hurried back to Moonlight Pavilion while the others laughed.
• Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing jokingly complained that Zhao Linchuan might abandon them for Tang Yuehua.
• Zhao Linchuan confronted Dugu Yan about the doctored wine, then asked Zhu Zhuqing why Dugu Yan had delivered it.

Zhao Linchuan gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling two Soul Bones, then invited Qian Renxue to try their Martial Soul Fusion Skill again. Meanwhile, Tang Yuehua reported that Beast Blood Ginseng was a key ingredient in Zhao Linchuan’s Body Tempering Powder and urged the Clear Sky Sect to enlist Ning Fengzhi to control its supply; Tang Xiao postponed deciding Tang San’s clan status.

• Zhu Zhuqing fled after Zhao Linchuan teased her and Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling for listening outside his door.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Soul Bones to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan passed hers to Ye Lingling because she already had the Eight Spider Lances.
• Ye Lingling left after mentioning that her mother wanted a grandchild, and Zhao Linchuan asked Qian Renxue to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao and Tang Lie that Beast Blood Ginseng was a key ingredient in the Body Tempering Powder and suggested they persuade Ning Fengzhi to restrict its supply.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Tang San would be allowed to return to the clan, but Tang Xiao deferred the decision until Tang San’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation prospects became clearer, while Tang Lie dismissed him and Yu Xiaogang.

Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi joined forces to disrupt the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect by buying up Beast Blood Ginseng and spreading rumors that its alchemy had stalled. Ning Fengzhi assigned Gu Rong to cut off the sect’s supply, while his suspicions about the Clear Sky Sect’s silence on Tang San remained unresolved.

• Tang Xiao told Tang Lie that Tang San could serve the Clear Sky Sect if he succeeded, but would never be allowed access to its leadership or core secrets.
• Tang Xiao sent Ning Fengzhi an invitation, and Ning Fengzhi agreed with Gu Rong to meet him at Moonlight Pavilion again.
• Tang Yuehua identified Beast Blood Ginseng as the key ingredient in Body Tempering Powder, and Gu Rong confirmed that Yang Wudi had recently searched Heaven Dou City for it.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect buy up Beast Blood Ginseng and spread word that the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect could not fulfill its orders.
• Tang Xiao accepted the plan while offering little financial support, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to purchase every available supply and compensate merchants who broke contracts with the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect.

Tang Xiao secretly ordered the Clear Sky Sect to stockpile Beast Blood Ginseng for profit while the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect used the resulting market disruption and broken supply contracts to its advantage. Zhao Linchuan arranged to enter secluded cultivation and spread an ambiguous rumor about his rage, leaving rival factions unsure what was happening as the sect’s customers began to grow anxious.

• Tang Xiao sent Tang Lie to secretly buy wild Beast Blood Ginseng in the Star Luo Empire so the Clear Sky Sect could resell it to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect at inflated prices.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s buying spree drove Beast Blood Ginseng prices sharply upward and prompted nobles in Heaven Dou City to join the hoarding.
• Yang Wudi reported that suppliers had paid nearly five million Gold Soul Coins in penalties for breaking their contracts with the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect.
• Zhao Linchuan told Yang Wudi he would enter secluded cultivation, gave him a letter of instructions, and ordered him to spread a carefully balanced rumor about Zhao’s supposed outburst.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong debated whether the rumor of Zhao Linchuan smashing his study room was genuine, while factions that had ordered Body Tempering Powder began to worry.

Yang Wudi negotiated with Yu Luomian over the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s dwindling supply of Beast Blood Ginseng and promised to prioritize the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Body Tempering Powder order in exchange for secrecy. He then accused Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of orchestrating the supply shortage, leaving Yu Luomian questioning the motive.

• Factions sent representatives to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect to investigate the medicinal materials crisis and press for delivery dates.
• Yang Wudi told Yu Luomian that the sect lacked Beast Blood Ginseng and had enough remaining materials to refine at most two hundred portions of Body Tempering Powder.
• Yang Wudi said Spirit Hall had secured a commitment for one hundred portions, but promised to prioritize the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s order if Yu Luomian kept any deliveries secret.
• Yu Luomian agreed to conceal the arrangement and appear as though his sect had received nothing.
• Yang Wudi accused Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of driving up Beast Blood Ginseng prices and cutting off the sect’s supply, and Yu Luomian questioned why Ning Fengzhi would do so.

Yang Wudi turned visiting factions against Ning Fengzhi by blaming him for the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s supply crisis. At the construction site, Niu Gao confided the same accusations and his worries to Tai Tan, who listened as though convinced.

• Yang Wudi told Yu Luomian that Ning Fengzhi was behind the supply troubles, and Yu Luomian left furious with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yang Wudi used tailored accounts to stir resentment toward Ning Fengzhi among representatives from the Elephant Armored Sect, the Fire Leopard Sect, the Wind Sword Sect, and other factions.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao drank together at the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s construction site, where Tai Tan asked about rumors of rising prices and cut-off supplies.
• Niu Gao blamed Ning Fengzhi for sabotaging the sect’s pill business and described its efforts to find supplies in the Star Luo Empire.
• Niu Gao lamented the danger to the new sect, while Tai Tan judged his anger and anxiety to be genuine.

Niu Gao pretended to reveal the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s troubles to Tai Tan, but Yang Wudi discovered that Niu Gao had carefully told only truths that concealed his suspicions. Niu Gao showed Yang Wudi Tai Tan’s anonymous Black Card and revealed that he had bought ten portions of Body Tempering Powder, leaving the payment amount unclear.

• Niu Gao acted drunk while escorting Tai Tan away after their meal and conversation about the sect’s troubles.
• Yang Wudi confronted Niu Gao, fearing he had revealed too much to Tai Tan and angered Lord.
• Niu Gao explained that he had told Tai Tan only facts about the Beast Blood Ginseng shortage, Ning Fengzhi, their purchase efforts, and Lord being plotted against.
• Yang Wudi realized Niu Gao had used the truth to mislead Tai Tan and praised his cleverness.
• Niu Gao showed Yang Wudi Tai Tan’s anonymous Black Card and said Tai Tan had bought ten portions of Body Tempering Powder.

Yang Wudi tricked Niu Gao out of his promised wine after arranging the sale of Beast Blood Ginseng, while Ning Fengzhi’s plan to monopolize the herb seemed to be succeeding. Ning Fengzhi nevertheless began to suspect that the large supply of intercepted ginseng was too plentiful to be natural.

• Yang Wudi told Niu Gao that Heavenly Craft Hall would be jointly managed by Niu Gao and Lou Gao, then left without delivering the two jars of wine he had promised.
• Niu Gao waited until night for the wine, realized Yang Wudi had tricked him, and roared in anger at the construction site.
• Tai Tan reported his observations at the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect to Ning Fengzhi and Tang San, describing Niu Gao’s distress and Zhao Linchuan’s apparent outburst.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that he had intercepted the twelfth batch of Beast Blood Ginseng and believed the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s supply route was cut off.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned why so much Beast Blood Ginseng remained available, but Gu Rong dismissed his concern as the result of smuggling and hoarding.

Ye Lingling broke through to level 60 and reached Xuantian Peak, where she witnessed Zhao Linchuan’s new Martial Soul fusion form unleash a sacred lightning attack. Zhao Linchuan then tested his World Purifying Light on Dugu Bo, who rushed to the peak to investigate the commotion.

• Ye Lingling broke through to level 60 after cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the help of two Soul Bones from Zhao Linchuan.
• Ye Lingling learned Zhao Linchuan and the others were at the Observation Deck, then hurried to Xuantian Peak and recognized Zhao Linchuan in his Radiant Holy Angel form.
• Zhao Linchuan completed his energy harmonization and summoned golden lightning by raising the Holy Radiance Judgment Sword.
• Dugu Bo rushed up the mountain to confront whoever was causing the commotion.
• Zhao Linchuan unleashed Holy Light—World Purifying Light, and Dugu Bo felt its crushing pressure as the golden light reached him.

Lin Chuan and Qian Renxue’s Radiant Holy Angel unleashed a golden tide that overwhelmed Dugu Bo while leaving the others unharmed. After Ye Lingling embarrassingly verified Lin Chuan’s manhood through the fusion form, Qian Renxue chased her and arranged to get even that night.

• Lin Chuan and Qian Renxue’s golden light dissolved Dugu Bo’s defenses and left him battered, while the other girls were unharmed.
• Ye Lingling touched the Radiant Holy Angel to check whether Lin Chuan was really inside and confirmed he was a man, embarrassing Qian Renxue through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Renxue chased Ye Lingling and agreed to settle the score in her room that night.
• Dugu Yan teased Qian Renxue and suggested she enforce family rules on Ye Lingling immediately.

After Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling resumed their playful chase, an injured Dugu Bo confronted Zhao Linchuan over his golden attack. Later, Qian Renxue asked to join Zhao Linchuan’s next Soul Duel so she could experience its sensations through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving him trying to dissuade her.

• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about a public punishment, and Ye Lingling chased her across the mountaintop.
• Dugu Bo arrived injured and furious, accusing Zhao Linchuan of nearly purifying his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor with golden light.
• Zhao Linchuan tried to sneak away, but Dugu Bo spotted him and shouted after him.
• At the construction site, Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan to bring her to his next Soul Duel with Dugu Yan so she could share his sensations through their fusion.
• Zhao Linchuan tried to discourage her, then questioned whether their Radiant Holy Angel form could last long enough.

Zhao Linchuan learned that Dugu Yan’s grandfather had recovered and that Ye Lingling had advanced to quasi-Soul Emperor, so he planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong. Three days later, Bibi Dong summoned him to the back mountain, where her stern command to kneel revealed a private encounter between them.

• Dugu Yan told Zhao Linchuan that Ye Shiyu had healed her grandfather and that he was eager to drink with Zhao Linchuan.
• Dugu Yan announced that Ye Lingling had broken through to quasi-Soul Emperor, and Zhao Linchuan asked Qian Renxue to invite Bibi Dong to join a trip to find soul rings.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had disclosed her Twin Martial Souls and asked him to review cultivation precautions.
• Three nights later, Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Linchuan to the back mountain, and he quietly left Dugu Yan to meet her.
• Bibi Dong, apparently severely wounded, ordered Zhao Linchuan to kneel, and he obeyed as she pressed a hand against the back of his head.

Bibi Dong took Zhao Linchuan, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue entered its peaceful core. Their arrival angered the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Linchuan evaded its opening attack before its gravity waves disrupted their footing in midair.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the mountain gate plaza and carried Zhao Linchuan, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue reached the forest’s core and admired its tranquil lake, lush growth, and abundant life force.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed the humans and lunged at Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue with a crushing blow.
• Zhao Linchuan used his Lightning Wings to carry Qian Renxue out of the way, and the Titan Giant Ape smashed a crater into the ground.
• The Titan Giant Ape pounded its chest and unleashed gravity waves that shook the forest and destabilized Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue in the air.

Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue confronted the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, the two rulers of the Star Dou Great Forest, and demanded their Soul Rings and Soul Bones. As the beasts attacked, the pair unleashed their Radiant Holy Angel fusion technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qian Renxue identified the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Linchuan confirmed it was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and ruler of the forest.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake, warned Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue to leave, and Zhao Linchuan said they had come to borrow their Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python ordered Er Ming to kill the intruders, and the Titan Giant Ape intensified its Gravity Domain until flight became difficult for Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue clasped hands and invoked Radiant Holy Angel—Descend, unleashing golden lightning and sacred light that made the Sky Azure Bull Python shield its eyes and caused Er Ming's attack to falter.