Chapter Summaries

An assassin entered Xiao Mo’s room, but Xiao Mo’s illusion made the attack and their battle seem real. After the assassin’s Soul Restriction triggered and burned him to ash, Xiao Mo suspected an Upper Three Realms cultivator was behind the attempt, while Cun Caiguang confronted a Tushan envoy about announcing the killing.

• The Man in Black attacked Xiao Mo in his bed, but Xiao Mo repeatedly reappeared and overcame the assassin’s attacks in an illusion.
• The Man in Black tried to escape, so Xiao Mo trapped him and began searching his soul for information.
• The Soul Restriction changed as Xiao Mo tried to break it, revealing that the battle had been an illusion and causing him to leap away.
• The restriction triggered, and the Man in Black burst into flames and turned to ash.
• Xiao Mo suspected an Upper Three Realms cultivator was responsible and wondered whether Chen Jue had ordered the attack.
• On Hanshan Academy’s Main Peak, Cun Caiguang criticized a Tushan envoy for announcing that someone would be killed.

Xiao Mo accompanied Tushan Jingci to class, then followed her on a long outing through Hanshan City and Qingquan Peak. As Xiao Mo succumbed to the sleepiness caused by his cultivation, Tushan Jingci revealed that she had kept him out because she did not want to be apart from him.

• Xiao Mo failed to uncover the Man in Black's identity with the Great Dream of Yellow Millet and set the mystery aside.
• Tushan Jingci attended class with Xiao Mo, then took him to Hanshan City to eat, shop, and play.
• Tushan Jingci persuaded the tired Xiao Mo to visit Qingquan Peak, where they splashed in the spring and roasted Spirit Fish.
• Xiao Mo fell asleep beside the spring, and Tushan Jingci drew on his face while he rested against her tail.
• Tushan Jingci admitted she had avoided returning because she would not be able to see Xiao Mo there.

Xiao Mo prepared to enter closed-door cultivation to advance the Great Dream of Yellow Millet, seeking a secluded place and protection after an assassin attacked him. Xian Xichun agreed to guard him, while Cun Caiguang revealed the Tushan Clan was behind the attack; Xiao Mo then told Tushan Jingci he would be away and promised to cover the mountains with peach blossoms when he returned.

• Xiao Mo discovered that the Great Dream of Yellow Millet was transforming his Root Bone and decided he needed to enter closed-door cultivation.
• Xiao Mo visited Xian Xichun, told him about the Man in Black's assassination attempt, and asked for a secluded cultivation site.
• Xian Xichun offered to protect Xiao Mo in the Bamboo Courtyard and promised to investigate the attack.
• Xian Xichun confronted Cun Caiguang, who identified the Tushan Fox Clan as the force behind the assassination attempt.
• Xiao Mo told Tushan Jingci he would enter seclusion, and she resolved to study hard while he was gone.
• Xiao Mo admitted he did not know when he would return and promised to cover the mountains with peach blossoms for Tushan Jingci.

Xiao Mo prepared to enter seclusion at the Bamboo Courtyard while Tushan Jingci worried about his safety. As Xian Xichun guarded him and drove off assassins sent by Tushan, Jingci asked Yueshi to let her go down the mountain.

• Tushan Jingci and Xiao Mo made a pinky promise before he left, and Yueshi tried to reassure Jingci that he would emerge safely from seclusion.
• Xiao Mo visited Liu Family Village, learned Liu Shui was away at the market, and left a letter for her with a neighbor.
• Xiao Mo set up formation flags, replenished his energy, and entered seclusion in the Bamboo Courtyard as Xian Xichun kept watch.
• Xian Xichun killed two hidden attackers and warned the remaining assassins that they would have to get past his sword to reach Xiao Mo.
• Tushan Jingci asked Yueshi to let her go down the mountain.

Tushan Jingci repeatedly tried to visit Xiao Mo during his closed-door cultivation, but Yueshi stopped her under Madam's orders. Jingci finally slipped out in fox form at night, only to find Yueshi waiting ahead on the path.

• Tushan Jingci tried to persuade Yueshi to let her visit Xiao Mo, but Yueshi refused and said she would stay by her side.
• Jingci attempted to sneak out using her spiritual power, but Yueshi caught her with a detection jade pendant given by Madam.
• Jingci stayed in her room for the morning, then tried to leave again in the afternoon, but Yueshi stopped her at the door.
• At night, Jingci transformed into a white fox and escaped through the window, but Yueshi was waiting for her less than a li down the path.