Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue accompanied Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er to the Pill Room, where Li Xiaoyao obtained a Purple Gold Pill for his aunt. While hiding from Grandma in a cabinet, Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er kissed each other, until Grandma found Li Xiaoyao and confronted him.

• Zhao Ling'er took Wang Yue and Li Xiaoyao to the Pill Room to fetch medicine for Li Xiaoyao's aunt.
• Zhao Ling'er found a Purple Gold Pill and explained that it could cure every illness and neutralize every poison; Li Xiaoyao recognized it as the medicine his friend Little Tiger had taken.
• When Grandma called for Zhao Ling'er, Wang Yue persuaded Li Xiaoyao to hide behind a curtain, then hid with Zhao Ling'er in a cabinet.
• In the cabinet, Zhao Ling'er touched Wang Yue's Adam's apple, and the two kissed each other on the cheek as she innocently explored what he called teasing and doing something bad.
• Grandma discovered Li Xiaoyao behind the curtain, pulled him out, and angrily demanded to know who had trespassed on Immortal Spirit Island.

Wang Yue explained his connection to Zhao Ling'er and helped Li Xiaoyao obtain the medicine for his aunt, then revealed that Black Miao agents had directed Li Xiaoyao to Immortal Spirit Island. Granny learned the Nanzhao conflict continued and realized the island’s defenses had been breached.

• Granny recognized Li Xiaoyao as a Benefactor, and Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er emerged from hiding after Li Xiaoyao called them out.
• Wang Yue told Granny, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao that he had come because of a promise made ten years earlier, and Granny accepted his account of traveling through the Nuwa Temple.
• Granny brought the group to Zhao Ling'er's study, where Ling'er described how Li Xiaoyao and Wang Yue had rescued her years earlier.
• Wang Yue persuaded Granny to give Li Xiaoyao the Purple Gold Pill so he could return to Yuhang and save his aunt, and Li Xiaoyao rowed away with the medicine.
• After Li Xiaoyao left, Wang Yue told Granny that the Black Miao and White Miao were still at war and that three Black Miao agents had sent Li Xiaoyao to the island with a hammer that broke her stone formation.

Wang Yue prepared Immortal Spirit Island to face the Baiyue Cult and fought the three intruders in his formation. After retreating from their leader, he returned and broke through to the innate realm, killing him with a decisive sword strike.

• Wang Yue told Granny that the island's formation had been broken and asked for materials to build a Qi Men Dun Jia formation against the Baiyue Cult.
• While Wang Yue prepared the formation, Zhao Ling'er told Granny about kissing and teasing him, prompting Granny to decide she should arrange their marriage.
• Wang Yue completed the formation overnight, then entered it after the three Baiyue Cult members triggered it and killed two of them.
• Wang Yue withdrew from the formation when the remaining leader fought recklessly, then rested and returned to face him again.
• Wang Yue steadied himself, unleashed relentless sword attacks, entered the innate realm, and killed the leader with a strike that pierced him from behind.

Wang Yue overcame his cowardice, defeated the Baiyue Cult attackers, and accepted Granny’s proposal that he marry Zhao Ling'er. While trying to make Ling'er doubt Li Xiaoyao, he accidentally caused the stone she had been tending to sprout, leaving him worried about her feelings.

• Wang Yue defeated the Baiyue Cult minor leader, overcame his fear, and returned to the innate realm.
• Granny asked Wang Yue to marry Zhao Ling'er, and he agreed to a wedding on the island.
• Wang Yue joined Zhao Ling'er by the lotus pond and examined the stone Li Xiaoyao had given her.
• Wang Yue told Zhao Ling'er that Li Xiaoyao might not return, and her tears fell onto the stone.
• The stone sprouted, and Zhao Ling'er wondered if Li Xiaoyao would come back, while Wang Yue asked if she still liked him.

Wang Yue married Zhao Ling'er and left Immortal Spirit Island with her and Granny, planning to visit his parents in Suzhou before traveling to Nanzhao. In Yuhang Town, they learned that Li Xiaoyao had awakened, and Zhao Ling'er recognized the saying about a reformed prodigal being worth more than gold.

• Wang Yue proposed to Zhao Ling'er, and she happily accepted before Granny arranged their wedding that evening.
• Wang Yue urged Granny and Ling'er to leave Immortal Spirit Island because the Baiyue Cult might discover the deaths of its men and attack.
• Wang Yue, Ling'er, Granny, and the maids agreed to travel to Suzhou first, and Granny gave Wang Yue books on magic, alchemy, and formations.
• As they left the island, Ling'er asked to visit Li Xiaoyao in Yuhang Town, and Wang Yue agreed to stop there.
• In Yuhang Town, a man told Wang Yue and Ling'er that Li Xiaoyao had awakened, and Ling'er recalled that a reformed prodigal was worth more than gold.

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er explored Yuhang Town, visited Aunt Li’s inn, and encountered Li Xiaoyao being pursued by the Wine Sword Immortal. The chapter ended with the Wine Sword Immortal secretly teaching Li Xiaoyao a technique while Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er watched.

• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er saw Li Xiaoyao with Xiang Lan and Xiu Lan, and Wang Yue joked that Li Xiaoyao might soon become a father.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er agreed to stay at the Youlai Youqu Inn, where Ling'er saw that Aunt Li was healthy and Wang Yue paid a generous deposit.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er spotted the Wine Sword Immortal blocking Li Xiaoyao in the street, and Li Xiaoyao first refused him before chasing after him and begging to become his disciple.
• Wang Yue explained to Zhao Ling'er that the Wine Sword Immortal was a Mount Shu master who had met her when she was little.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er followed Li Xiaoyao and saw the Wine Sword Immortal touch his acupoint as Li Xiaoyao watched and imitated a martial arts technique.

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er met Wine Sword Immortal, who tested Wang Yue, gave him a Mount Shu token, and taught him sword-flight techniques. The group traveled toward Suzhou with Li Xiaoyao, where Wang Yue revealed that he had left home ten years earlier to investigate unrest in Miao territory and had met Zhao Ling'er's mother there.

• Wine Sword Immortal fought Wang Yue, admired his quick imitation of the Myriad Sword Art, and gave him a token to seek admission to Mount Shu.
• After recognizing Zhao Ling'er as the Witch Queen's daughter, Wine Sword Immortal taught Wang Yue sword flight and the Wine God Spell before flying away.
• Li Xiaoyao asked to travel to Mount Shu with Wang Yue, and Wang Yue agreed to take him if Aunt Li approved.
• Granny and Aunt Li heard about the journey, and Aunt Li allowed Li Xiaoyao to leave with Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er.
• The group set out the next morning, reached Suzhou, and Wang Yue admitted he did not know whether his family still lived there.
• Wang Yue told Zhao Ling'er that he had left home ten years earlier to investigate Miao territory and had encountered her mother fighting a monster.

Wang Yue returned to his family in Suzhou with Zhao Ling'er, reunited with his parents, and began preparing for their wedding. After Zhao Ling'er removed a Demon Devouring Gu from a child, she warned that a monster might be nearby, and the three set out to investigate.

• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er reached his family home, where Steward Wang welcomed Wang Yue and told him that his father had become Suzhou's assistant prefect.
• Wang Yue introduced Zhao Ling'er as his wife, and his parents welcomed the couple while the family began arranging another wedding.
• Li Xiaoyao brought Wang Yue a child who could not stop eating, and Zhao Ling'er used a spell to make a Demon Devouring Gu crawl from the child's mouth.
• Zhao Ling'er warned Wang Yue that the Gu suggested a monster was nearby, so Wang Yue took a steel sword and set out with her to investigate.
• Li Xiaoyao caught up with Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er, and they encountered a panicked crowd as a woman's voice shouted, "No running!"

Wang Yue, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao met Lin Yueru while she punished a servant who had run off with her maid, and Wang Yue used a Life and Death Talisman to secure the maid’s future. After trading martial arts and returning toward town together, the group parted on friendly terms, but Li Xiaoyao’s remark about Ling'er provoked Lin Yueru and Wang Yue.

• Li Xiaoyao chased Lin Yueru and interrupted her as she beat a servant for mistreating her maid and stealing from the household.
• Li Xiaoyao fought Lin Yueru, stole her bodice, and stopped only after Wang Yue warned him that Lin Tiannan was allied with the Shu Mountain Sect Leader.
• Wang Yue placed a Life and Death Talisman in the servant and arranged for Lin Yueru to provide him an antidote each year, while also advising her to include the servant’s wife.
• Wang Yue traded the Life and Death Talisman for Li Xiaoyao’s Flying Dragon Cloud Seeking Hand and Lin Yueru’s Lin Family Qi Sword Finger, and Lin Yueru invited Zhao Ling'er to visit her.
• At the crossroads, Li Xiaoyao called Lin Yueru a wicked woman and referred to Zhao Ling'er as Ling'er, prompting Lin Yueru to form an ice talisman and Wang Yue to challenge him.

Lin Yueru unexpectedly barged into Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er's bedroom, then joined them and Li Xiaoyao as they discussed Suzhou's snake demon. Liu Jinyuan arrived looking for Lin Yueru and claimed he had come to visit Wang Yue, leaving Wang Yue to recognize him as Lin Yueru's cousin.

• Wang Yue frightened Li Xiaoyao with Sword Qi Finger, and Lin Yueru chased Li Xiaoyao down the street with ice talismans after he insulted her.
• Lin Yueru barged into Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er's bedroom, saw Wang Yue dressing, and fled in embarrassment.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er dressed and joined Lin Yueru for breakfast, where they teased one another and discussed the snake demon abducting young girls in Suzhou.
• Li Xiaoyao arrived and proposed that he and Wang Yue search for the demon while Lin Yueru and Zhao Ling'er went shopping.
• The steward announced a visitor, and Liu Jinyuan entered, introduced himself as Lin Yueru's cousin, and said he had come to visit Wang Yue.

Wang Yue, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao attended Suzhou’s martial arts contest, where Lin Yueru fought the men competing for her hand. The chapter left off as Liu Jinyuan stepped forward to compete, prompting Wang Yue to explain that Liu was there to declare his love for Lin Yueru.

• Lin Yueru recognized Wang Yue as the boy who had visited her family ten years earlier, and Zhao Ling'er grew jealous when she learned he had once asked to study under Lin Tiannan.
• Lin Yueru tried to stop the martial arts contest, but Lin Tiannan moved it forward after learning Wang Yue was already married and planning a wedding.
• Wang Yue, Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao went to watch the contest and learned that Lin Yueru’s reputation for fierce meddling had driven away many suitors.
• Lin Yueru defeated a foul-smelling contestant in one move, then continued knocking contestants off the arena as Li Xiaoyao refused to compete.
• Liu Jinyuan arrived and announced that he would compete, and Wang Yue said Liu was there to reveal his love for his childhood friend, Lin Yueru.

Liu Jinyuan tried to help Lin Yueru escape her matchmaking contest, but his awkward challenge ended with him falling from the platform. Li Xiaoyao then fought Lin Yueru, won by pulling off her belt, and was forced into a rematch with her; he began adapting to the Lin family's martial arts and unleashed Three Absolutes Sword Qi.

• Liu Jinyuan challenged Lin Yueru to help her avoid marriage, but she rejected his pity and he fell from the platform when she startled him.
• Zhao Ling'er urged Wang Yue or Li Xiaoyao to challenge Lin Yueru, and Li Xiaoyao insulted her until she threw a weapon rack at him.
• Wang Yue shoved Li Xiaoyao clear of the flying rack, and Li Xiaoyao used Lingbo Weibu to land on the platform and fight Lin Yueru.
• Li Xiaoyao pulled off Lin Yueru's belt and dragged her off the platform, prompting Lin Tiannan to take them to Lin Family Fort for a discussion.
• Wang Yue proposed a rematch, and Li Xiaoyao began copying the Lin family's martial arts before unleashing Three Absolutes Sword Qi.

Wang Yue married Zhao Ling'er after learning that her pregnancy had awakened her Nuwa divine power, and he received title and island rights through his imperial uncle. After their wedding, the couple prepared to deal with the snake demon, while Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru, and Liu Jinyuan remained entangled in a dispute over marriage and martial arts.

• Li Xiaoyao rescued Lin Yueru during their duel, and Lin Tiannan decided to persuade him to marry into the Lin family.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er returned home, and Wang Yue secured a county baron title, hereditary land, and ownership of Immortal Spirit Island and nearby islands.
• When Zhao Ling'er was frightened on her wedding day, Grandma told Wang Yue that Ling'er was pregnant and her Nuwa divine power had awakened; Wang Yue reassured her, and the wedding went ahead.
• After marrying, Zhao Ling'er urged Wang Yue to help her slay the snake demon before they went to Nanzhao Kingdom, where she planned to develop her magic and eventually have a baby.
• Liu Jinyuan explained that Li Xiaoyao had refused to marry into the Lin family, while he himself had tried to learn martial arts to win Lin Yueru's affection.
• As Lin Tiannan prepared to force Li Xiaoyao into marriage, Li Xiaoyao refused, and Lin Yueru declared that she would not marry him either.

Wang Yue, Zhao Ling'er, Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru, and Liu Jinyuan set out from Suzhou to investigate a missing-person monster, while Wang Yue tried to keep the bickering couple close and protect pregnant Zhao Ling'er. After their search turned up nothing, Li Xiaoyao began telling the others about strange people he had seen that day.

• Lin Tiannan used Liu Jinyuan's Top Scholar's Order to end his confrontation with Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru, while Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er declined to travel to Shu Mountain because of her pregnancy.
• Wang Yue suggested the group investigate reports of a monster near Suzhou, and the five followed its trail after it stopped appearing nearby.
• Lin Yueru and Liu Jinyuan bought and carried a huge pile of supplies, while Wang Yue teased Li Xiaoyao about the bell Lin Yueru had tied to him and provoked the two into arguing.
• Liu Jinyuan explained that the bells contained Gu-enchanted bugs that sensed each other, and Zhao Ling'er reluctantly described how they were made after Wang Yue asked about them.
• The group searched around town for reports of missing people, but Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er mostly went shopping, while Liu Jinyuan visited an old classmate and Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru bickered.
• At the inn, Wang Yue stopped Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru from disturbing Zhao Ling'er, and Li Xiaoyao began telling the group about strange people he had seen.

Wang Yue and his companions tracked the snake demon to Hidden Dragon Cave, where they fought it and rescued the captive girls. After the other captives left, Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er grew suspicious of one girl who claimed another demon remained in the cave.

• Li Xiaoyao admitted he had repeatedly stolen a money pouch from a strange man, and Lin Yueru suspected he had disguised himself in clothes like hers to frame her.
• Liu Jinyuan told Wang Yue and the others that the snake demon had been killing woodcutters, then directed them to Hidden Dragon Cave.
• Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru rushed the snake demon but got tangled by their Gu worm bells, so Wang Yue struck the demon with sword aura and severed part of its tail.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er searched the cave for captives while Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru stayed to finish off the wounded snake demon.
• Zhao Ling'er calmed the rescued girls and led them out, while Wang Yue kept his distance and watched them leave.
• One girl stayed behind and claimed another demon was in the cave, and Zhao Ling'er retreated behind Wang Yue after realizing he had already suspected her.

Wang Yue exposed and defeated a Baiyue Cult impostor, then reunited Zhao Ling'er with her childhood friend Anu as the group searched for the fox demon and Lin Yueru's cousin. They found Liu Jinyuan with the dying fox demon, and after her death Wang Yue sensed that his strength had increased; Liu Jinyuan then angrily rejected Lin Yueru's attempt to comfort him.

• Wang Yue recognized that the supposed girl was a man in disguise, and Anu arrived and reunited with Zhao Ling'er.
• Zhang Xiaohui dodged Wang Yue's ice talisman, revealed himself as a Baiyue Cult member, and attacked Wang Yue, who killed him with a sword thrust.
• Wang Yue reasoned that the cult member's accomplice and the fox demon were likely waiting down the mountain, so the group headed there with Anu.
• The group found Lin Yueru's cousin's travel bag and split up to search; Wang Yue, Zhao Ling'er, and Anu followed the miasma to the fox demon's hiding place.
• Liu Jinyuan supported the fox demon as she died beside a shattered snake egg, and Wang Yue felt his strength increase as her essence vanished.
• Lin Yueru tried to comfort Liu Jinyuan, but he angrily flung her hand away.

Wang Yue and his companions learned how Liu Jinyuan had been deceived by the fox demon, then continued their journey while Wang Yue suspected the Baiyue Cult was manipulating their movements. In a town, Li Xiaoyao fought Tang Yu Xiaobao over stolen money, and their confrontation ended when Anu recognized Tang Yu Xiaobao.

• Liu Jinyuan explained that he had followed the fox demon willingly, and that she had chosen to die after Li Xiaoyao destroyed the egg formed from the snake demon’s essence.
• Wang Yue warned Liu Jinyuan that the Baiyue Cult might be directing their route, but the group found the messenger’s location abandoned.
• Liu Jinyuan told Li Xiaoyao about Lin Yueru’s grief after her mother died, prompting Li Xiaoyao to sympathize with her.
• Wang Yue blocked a powerful hat thrown at Liu Jinyuan as a newcomer challenged Li Xiaoyao to return his foster father’s stolen money pouch.
• Li Xiaoyao and Tang Yu Xiaobao fought with swords and Flying Star techniques until Anu recognized Tang Yu Xiaobao.
• Li Xiaoyao returned the remaining money pouches and claimed he had stolen them to test Tang Yu Xiaobao, who believed him and asked why.

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er avoided Tang Yu Xiaobao and the Baiyue Cult by leaving town, but their journey led them to a strange fanged woman who appeared to be suffering. Zhao Ling'er wanted to help her despite Wang Yue’s fears for her pregnancy.

• Li Xiaoyao convinced Tang Yu Xiaobao that the Baiyue Cult had been leading them through the mountains, while Anu distracted Tang Yu Xiaobao and hid Zhao Ling'er.
• After Anu returned, Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er moved to an inn across the street, then left town to keep the Baiyue Cult from tracking them directly.
• Wang Yue explained that he intended to let the Baiyue Cult follow Li Xiaoyao and the others while he and Zhao Ling'er stayed out of sight.
• The next day, Wang Yue stopped Zhao Ling'er from approaching a convulsing woman and warned that an evil force had taken control of her.
• Zhao Ling'er asked to use her divine power to help the suffering woman, but Wang Yue objected because she was pregnant.

Wang Yue learned Zhao Ling'er’s magic, cured the corpse poison spreading through Baihe Village, and agreed to help stop its source in Heishui Town in exchange for medical knowledge. As Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er prepared to leave, Han Mengci urged them to visit Jade Buddha Temple, prompting Wang Yue to suspect she was hiding something.

• Wang Yue learned Zhao Ling'er’s spells and magical cultivation, then used the Guanyin Spell to cure a woman infected by evil energy.
• Axiang Sao led Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er to Baihe Village, where Wang Yue demonstrated that he could cure zombie corpse poison.
• Wang Yue agreed to treat the villagers and investigate Heishui Town in exchange for Han Yixian’s medical books and prescriptions.
• Wang Yue cured the infected villagers while studying Han Yixian’s medical knowledge, then prepared to travel to Heishui Town with Zhao Ling'er.
• Han Yixian gave Wang Yue a secret medical book, and Han Mengci suggested they seek help at Jade Buddha Temple.
• Wang Yue questioned Han Mengci about why she was urging them to visit Jade Buddha Temple.

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er uncovered that a magical prayer bead named Little Stone had been forcing people at Jade Buddha Temple to become monks, and learned that the Crimson Ghost King was behind the zombie plague. They left for the General's Tomb near Heishui Town, reaching the mass grave as polluted miasma thickened.

• Han Yixian told Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er that Jiang Shaoyun had become a monk after seeking help at Jade Buddha Temple, and Wang Yue took Han Yixian's secret recipes as payment for investigating.
• At Jade Buddha Temple, Wang Yue restrained a meat-craving former butcher and learned that the abbot had shaved his head and erased his memories.
• Wang Yue used the Ice Heart Formula to reveal that the abbot Zhixiu was a prayer bead in disguise, and the bead admitted it had magically forced people to become monks.
• The prayer bead, named Little Stone, promised to free the temple's victims and told Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er that the Crimson Ghost King controlled the Skeleton General from the General's Tomb north of Heishui Town.
• Zhao Ling'er wore Little Stone as a bracelet after Wang Yue threatened him to protect her and their unborn child, and the freed men returned to their families.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er traveled with Little Stone through polluted miasma, shared the work of clearing it, and reached the mass grave north of Heishui Town.