Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er fought their way through the cave, defeating the Skeleton General and the Crimson Ghost King while strengthening their cultivation. They found the Earth Spirit Pearl, and Little Stone suggested Zhao Ling'er might be destined to save the world.

• Wang Yue killed the zombies surrounding him and Zhao Ling'er, gaining strength and a greater sense of control over space.
• Wang Yue defeated the Skeleton General after it emerged from a coffin, and Zhao Ling'er performed a Rebirth Mantra over its remains.
• A mysterious force pulled Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er toward a hidden doorway, but Wang Yue used the Beiming Divine Skill and broke them free before the Crimson Ghost King confronted them.
• Zhao Ling'er released the Demon Devouring Gu and cast support spells on Wang Yue, helping him freeze the blood pool and kill the Crimson Ghost King with the Flying Sword Technique.
• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er shared the energy released by the Crimson Ghost King's death, improving their cultivation without breaking through.
• Wang Yue picked up the Earth Spirit Pearl, and Little Stone said Zhao Ling'er might have been destined to save the world.

Wang Yue persuaded Zhao Ling'er to focus on protecting herself and helping people broadly rather than taking sole responsibility for Southern Zhao, and Little Stone attained Buddhahood and helped Wang Yue and Ling'er break through. After Baiyue Cult followers abducted Han Mengci, Wang Yue arranged for Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru to pursue them and headed toward Mount Shu with Ling'er, but an encounter with Wine Sword Immortal shifted his plans.

• Wang Yue argued that Zhao Ling'er should help people across the world while protecting herself, and Little Stone attained enlightenment and bestowed golden light that advanced Wang Yue and Ling'er's cultivation.
• Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru arrived at the Crimson Ghost King's lair, and Little Stone's Buddha light also benefited them before he vanished.
• Wang Yue learned that Miao people had injured villagers and abducted Han Mengci, so he sent Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru to Mount Guiyin and took Ling'er back to Suzhou to protect his family.
• Wang Yue and Ling'er left Suzhou for Mount Shu, but they detoured into a forest, where Wang Yue defeated a spider demon and obtained the Thunder Spirit Pearl.
• Wine Sword Immortal appeared, fought Wang Yue, and learned that Li Xiaoyao and others were drawing Baiyue Cult followers toward Yangzhou; Wang Yue tried to persuade him to go help them.

Wang Yue reached Shu Mountain with Zhao Ling'er and settled there, but Sword Saint later sent him into the Monster Suppressing Pagoda to confront Jiang Ming. After Jiang Wan'er rescued Wang Yue and explained her parents’ tragic past, Wang Yue was left uncertain whether freeing Jiang Ming would help him or kill him.

• Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er reached Shu Mountain, where Sword Saint let Wang Yue study as a lay disciple while Zhao Ling'er stayed at the mountain’s foot.
• Wang Yue learned that Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru had been caught up in Yangzhou’s theft case, then rescued by the Wine Sword Immortal as Baiyue killed Elder Shi and spared Anu and Tang Yu Xiaobao.
• Sword Saint ordered Wang Yue to enter the Monster Suppressing Pagoda and persuade Jiang Ming to release his obsession, threatening to send Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er away if he refused.
• Wang Yue entered the pagoda and fought Jiang Ming, copying his sword techniques until Jiang Ming’s powerful attack nearly killed him.
• Jiang Wan'er rescued Wang Yue and explained how Jiang Ming became a demon after Nü Yuan died, leaving Wang Yue unsure whether Jiang Ming should be freed.

Wang Yue helped Jiang Ming resolve his guilt, allowing Jiang Ming and the slain Shu Mountain disciples to ascend, then left Shu Mountain with Li Xiaoyao to seek the remaining Spirit Pearls. At Nuwa Temple, Wang Yue met the Fire Qilin and explained that he needed the pearls to help Zhao Ling'er confront Baiyue.

• Wang Yue and the Sword Saint persuaded Jiang Ming that he could let go of his guilt, and Jiang Ming recited scriptures to deliver the vengeful spirits before ascending himself.
• Wang Yue's cultivation advanced after Jiang Ming's release, and he brought Jiang Wan'er out of the Monster Suppressing Pagoda and arranged for her to stay near Zhao Ling'er.
• The Sword Saint advised Wang Yue to find his Dao and asked him to help locate the remaining Spirit Pearls; Wang Yue departed with Li Xiaoyao while Zhao Ling'er stayed behind to prepare for childbirth.
• Wang Yue interrupted Baiyue's spell on Wine Sword Immortal's gourd, allowing Wine Sword Immortal and his passengers to escape, then learned the location of Nuwa Temple from Anu.
• At Nuwa Temple, Wang Yue and Li Xiaoyao encountered the Fire Qilin, and Wang Yue explained that he sought all five Spirit Pearls to help Zhao Ling'er face Baiyue.

Wang Yue and Li Xiaoyao learned why the Water Spirit Pearl had been stolen and traveled ten years into the past to find the Wind Spirit Pearl and prevent further tragedy. Wang Yue followed young Anu into the woods in search of the phoenix, while Li Xiaoyao went to take responsibility for his family’s actions.

• The qilin gave Wang Yue the Fire Spirit Pearl and a broken horn, then Wang Yue spoke with Qing'er Nuwa about Ling'er’s divine power and the Five Spirit Pearls.
• Qing'er Nuwa explained how Li Sansi and his wife had stolen the Water Spirit Pearl, helping set in motion the Witch Queen’s death, and used the Soul Returning Immortal Dream to send Wang Yue and Li Xiaoyao ten years back.
• Wang Yue told Li Xiaoyao about his parents’ theft, and Li Xiaoyao resolved to take responsibility as Wang Yue headed for the Nuwa Temple.
• Wang Yue found no phoenix at the temple, spotted young Anu sneaking toward the woods, and followed her.
• A white-haired Daoist Priest appeared nearby as Wang Yue pursued Anu through the woods.

Wang Yue defeated the Wood Daoist, gained greater mental power and magical insight, and was sent by Empress Nuwa into the past to join the fight against the Water Demon Beast. He then fought Baiyue alongside the Witch Queen, but she still sealed herself and Baiyue as statues, leaving Wang Yue to attack the weakened Baiyue.

• Wang Yue drained the Wood Daoist with the Beiming Divine Skill, killed him, and took his treasures and clothes.
• At the Nuwa Temple, Wang Yue explained his mission to Empress Nuwa, who sent him back to the Witch Queen's battle with the Water Demon Beast.
• Wang Yue joined his younger self and the Witch Queen in fighting the Water Demon Beast, but it escaped in a flood.
• Wang Yue found the Witch Queen fighting Baiyue and attacked him, while the Witch Queen used magic to shield the people from their battle.
• The Witch Queen sealed herself and Baiyue as statues; Baiyue broke free, and Wang Yue attacked him while his power was weakened.

Wang Yue met the young Zhao Ling'er in the past, comforted her, and promised to return before being sent back to Nuwa Temple with Li Xiaoyao and the two Spirit Pearls. He learned that the time journey’s reality depended on strength, received a nickname for Ling'er’s unborn child, and headed for Shu Mountain.

• Wang Yue moved the Witch Queen’s statue to guard the Water Demon Beast’s lake, then met Lingyue on Immortal Spirit Island and learned that Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao had not yet arrived.
• Wang Yue stayed with Lingyue, wrote letters to reassure his family, and warned her that she might die within ten years; Lingyue agreed to arrange delivery of the letters.
• Wang Yue met Granny and Little Ling'er, told them that Qing'er had become a statue, and comforted Ling'er until she called him Brother A Yue.
• Wang Yue promised Little Ling'er he would return within ten years, then was transported back to Nuwa Temple before he could deliver her a cloth doll.
• Wang Yue questioned the Witch Queen about the time journey, heard her explain that its reality depended on his strength, and learned she wanted Ling'er's unborn child to be nicknamed Ruyi.
• Wang Yue picked up Li Xiaoyao, who held the Wind Spirit Pearl and Water Spirit Pearl, and flew toward Shu Mountain to reunite with Ling'er.

Wang Yue and Zhao Ling'er welcomed twins, and the Sword Saint arranged to raise their son at Mount Shu before they left for Nanzhao. There, Ling'er reunited with her mother’s statue, which urged her to follow her own path and prepare for the kingdom’s coming crisis.

• Wang Yue gave Ling'er a doll, and she explained that Master Lingyue had once brought her a matching one.
• Ling'er went into labor and gave birth to a daughter, Ruyi, and then a son, surprising Wang Yue and the midwife.
• The Sword Saint said Baiyue remained weakened by Qing'er's seal and asked to adopt Wang Yue's son, whom he nicknamed Chengxin.
• Wang Yue and Ling'er agreed to leave their month-old twins at Mount Shu and travel to Nanzhao after Ling'er recovered.
• Wang Yue and Ling'er reached Nanzhao, where the Witch Queen's statue spoke with Ling'er and told her to cherish Wang Yue and follow her own path.

Wang Yue began breaking Qing'er Nuwa’s seal and lured Baiyue into delaying their fight by answering questions about the natural world. By the time the chapter ended, Wang Yue had broken several seal layers, while Baiyue was tormented by questions about the moon, the stars, and the purpose of gods.

• Wang Yue proposed freeing Qing'er Nuwa and planned to use Lingyue’s spiritual-energy-blocking formation to even the odds against Baiyue.
• Wang Yue returned to Shu Mountain with Ling'er, borrowed spirit stones from the Sword Saint, and began breaking Qing'er Nuwa’s seal.
• Baiyue arrived after Wang Yue broke one layer, and Wang Yue persuaded him to allow further progress by promising answers to questions about the Earth.
• Wang Yue explained his observations about the Earth’s shape and gravity, breaking additional layers of Qing'er Nuwa’s seal as Baiyue agreed to hear more.
• Wang Yue asked Baiyue questions about the moon, stars, and seasons, leaving Baiyue troubled and questioning what gods were for.

Wang Yue defeated Baiyue and the Water Demon Beast, then entered the Dao after losing and letting go of his pursuit of power. He used Soul Returning Immortal Dream to return to the fight, defeat Baiyue without difficulty, and was sent back to his original world by the system.

• Wang Yue unsettled Baiyue with questions, activated the formation, and wounded him while cutting off his spiritual energy and ability to teleport.
• Baiyue fled underwater and merged with the Water Demon Beast, while Wang Yue fought to protect Zhao Ling'er as she worked to break the Witch Queen's fifth seal.
• Wang Yue sent the little sword from his upper dantian into the Water Demon Beast, but Baiyue self-detonated its Sea of Consciousness, leaving Wang Yue unconscious and gravely injured.
• After waking more than three years later, Wang Yue learned that his upper dantian was damaged and Zhao Ling'er had sealed away her power to save him; he then let go of his obsession with strength and entered the Dao.
• Wang Yue used Soul Returning Immortal Dream to return to the underwater passage and defeated Baiyue and the Water Demon Beast with a single tap.
• The system recognized Wang Yue's skill and sent him back to his original world.

Wang Yue and Luo Youyou cleared up a misunderstanding about their parents meeting, and both families arranged the couple’s engagement. After Luo Peng got engaged first, Wang Yue started improving his AI while waiting for his own engagement date.

• Wang Yue remembered Ling'er’s devotion while watching Legend of Sword and Fairy, then Luo Youyou asked when his parents would come to Beijing.
• Luo Youyou explained that her parents would return when Wang Yue’s parents arrived, and Wang Yue called his parents to make the arrangements.
• Both families met in Beijing and agreed on an engagement date for Wang Yue and Luo Youyou, while also arranging Luo Peng and Liu Yanyan’s engagement.
• After Luo Peng’s engagement banquet, Luo Youyou told Wang Yue that his prank had interrupted her brother’s attempt to talk privately with his new fiancée.
• Wang Yue learned that his engagement would take place the following month and began improving his AI while keeping track of the arrangements.

Wang Yue entered the world of A Week of Friends as a young Daoist at a small temple near Qingcheng Mountain and met Lin Xiangzhi. After persuading the Old Daoist Priest to let him leave and study in Rongcheng, Wang Yue claimed he would pursue his studies seriously, and his master was moved by his explanation.

• Wang Yue chose the film A Week of Friends and arrived in its world, where he learned he was the young heir to a small Taoist temple near Qingcheng Mountain.
• Wang Yue accidentally hit his head on a doorframe while staring at Lin Xiangzhi as she left the temple with her parents.
• Wang Yue learned Lin Xiangzhi might transfer schools to Rongcheng and decided to find out more about her past.
• Wang Yue persuaded the Old Daoist Priest that marriage would not prevent him from preserving the temple and returning to visit.
• Wang Yue asked to study in Rongcheng for a year, and the Old Daoist Priest was moved when Wang Yue said he had once avoided high school because he could not bear to leave him alone.

Wang Yue arranged to enroll at Shenghua Middle School with Lin Xiangzhi and began a new school life, while wondering whether his village was connected to the Sword and Fairy world. He met Lin Xiangzhi again and entered class alongside her, where he stepped in to shield her from the students’ attention.

• Old Daoist Priest offered to ask his old comrades to help Wang Yue attend Lin Xiangzhi’s school, but Wang Yue said he would earn the money himself.
• Wang Yue obtained academic records and enrolled in Shenghua Middle School’s retake class after learning Lin Xiangzhi would study there.
• As he left the village, Wang Yue recognized similarities to the place where he had lived with Zhao Ling'er and wondered whether the village and its Nuwa Statue were relics of Sword and Fairy.
• Wang Yue met Lin Xiangzhi outside the academic affairs office, reminded her that he was the little Daoist she had once met, and joined her under their homeroom teacher’s guidance.
• The homeroom teacher introduced Wang Yue and Lin Xiangzhi to the class, and Wang Yue moved in front of Lin Xiangzhi to shield her from the students’ stares.

Wang Yue and Lin Xiangzhi joined their new repeat class, where Lin Xiangzhi unexpectedly encountered Xu Youshu and Song Xiaonan struck him with a basketball. Wang Yue’s teasing of Song Xiaonan nearly disrupted class, so he volunteered to solve a trigonometry problem and went to the board.

• The homeroom teacher introduced Wang Yue and Lin Xiangzhi to the class, and they chose seats beside Song Xiaonan.
• Lin Xiangzhi recognized Xu Youshu in the classroom and reacted with delight and anxiety as she went to sit down.
• Song Xiaonan threw a basketball at Xu Youshu, and the homeroom teacher punished both students after Xu Youshu stopped himself from throwing the ball back.
• Wang Yue asked Song Xiaonan whether Xu Youshu liked her, drawing the class’s attention and irritating the homeroom teacher.
• Wang Yue volunteered to solve the trigonometry problem on the board, and the homeroom teacher watched his neat handwriting approvingly.

Wang Yue misread Lin Xiangzhi’s glances and tried to win her attention, then invited her to lunch. After Song Xiaonan helped Jiang Wu dodge her library punishment, Wang Yue walked with Lin Xiangzhi, who was troubled by memories of her old school and asked him not to leave her alone.

• Wang Yue posed to attract Lin Xiangzhi, but mistakenly thought she and Xu Youshu were exchanging glances, so he leaned forward to block their view.
• At lunchtime, Wang Yue invited Lin Xiangzhi to eat with him, and Song Xiaonan mistakenly accused him of upsetting her when Lin Xiangzhi’s eyes grew misty.
• Wang Yue steered Song Xiaonan toward Jiang Wu by pointing out her red hand and suggesting she get help with her library task, and Jiang Wu agreed to go with her after lunch.
• Wang Yue walked beside Lin Xiangzhi and asked why Song Xiaonan had left; Lin Xiangzhi recalled the blame she had faced at her old school over Xu Jie’s crush on Xu Youshu.
• Wang Yue dropped the subject and pleaded with Lin Xiangzhi not to leave him alone because she was the only person he knew there.

Wang Yue tried to draw closer to Lin Xiangzhi by recalling their meeting at Qingcheng Mountain, and the two ate together before Song Xiaonan invited them to help at the library. There, Lin Xiangzhi hid when Xu Youshu arrived, and his remarks about a girl staring at him stirred painful memories and fears in her.

• Wang Yue reminded Lin Xiangzhi that she and her parents had visited his family temple on Qingcheng Mountain, then explained why he had come down from the mountain to attend school.
• Lin Xiangzhi declined Wang Yue’s romantic overture but talked with him over lunch, while keeping her secret and her worries to herself.
• Song Xiaonan invited Lin Xiangzhi and Wang Yue to help organize the library books, and they finished the work together.
• When Song Xiaonan spotted Jiang Wu and Xu Youshu entering the library, she hid with Wang Yue and Lin Xiangzhi, who instinctively ducked behind a bookcase.
• Xu Youshu claimed a girl had stared at him, and Lin Xiangzhi grew frightened as the remark recalled her best friend’s tragic feelings for him.

Xu Youshu and Song Xiaonan fought after she caught him and Jiang Wu reading a romance novel, while Lin Xiangzhi worried about her connection to Xu Youshu and rejected Wang Yue’s offer to be his girlfriend. That evening, Xu Youshu and Jiang Wu confronted Wang Yue and asked whether he already knew Lin Xiangzhi.

• Jiang Wu found A Little Thing Called First Love, and he and Xu Youshu began reading it secretly in the library.
• Song Xiaonan took the book, blamed Xu Youshu for distracting Jiang Wu, and then fought Xu Youshu after he teased her.
• Wang Yue pulled Lin Xiangzhi away from the fight and asked whether she knew Xu Youshu; she denied knowing him.
• Wang Yue suggested that Lin Xiangzhi become his girlfriend, but she refused because she wanted to focus on studying.
• After evening study, Xu Youshu and Jiang Wu stopped Wang Yue in the washroom and asked whether he had known Lin Xiangzhi before.

Wang Yue fended off Xu Youshu and Jiang Wu’s questions about Lin Xiangzhi, then defended her when Xu Youshu tried to befriend her at school. After Xu Youshu accidentally sprayed juice on himself, Wang Yue teased Jiang Wu about always siding with his friend, leaving Song Xiaonan pleased that someone had supported her.

• Wang Yue told Xu Youshu he would not help him pursue Lin Xiangzhi because he wanted to pursue her too, and warned Xu Youshu not to interfere with her studies.
• Wang Yue met Lin Xiangzhi on the way to class and cheered her up with jokes about the dormitory, lifting her mood about transferring to the school.
• Xu Youshu stopped Lin Xiangzhi in the corridor and offered to buy her orange juice so they could become friends, while Wang Yue objected to his approach.
• Xu Youshu accidentally squeezed juice onto Lin Xiangzhi, and Wang Yue deflected the spray back onto Xu Youshu with his book.
• Song Xiaonan scolded Xu Youshu for frightening Lin Xiangzhi, while Jiang Wu tried to smooth things over and Wang Yue teased him about liking Xu Youshu.

Wang Yue and Xu Youshu kept trying to get each other in trouble after Xu Youshu was sent out of English class for passing Lin Xiangzhi a note. When Xu Youshu caught Wang Yue glancing at Lin Xiangzhi during math, their homeroom teacher challenged them both to solve a problem, leaving the class eager to see who would lose.

• Song Xiaonan and Xu Youshu fought again after he insulted her, and Wang Yue led Lin Xiangzhi away from them.
• Xu Youshu passed Lin Xiangzhi a note through Song Xiaonan, but Song Xiaonan reported him to the English teacher after Lin Xiangzhi showed her the note.
• Wang Yue drew a cartoon for Song Xiaonan, and Xu Youshu reported Wang Yue for passing it to her; the English teacher sent Xu Youshu out of class.
• Wang Yue and Xu Youshu began tattling on and undermining each other over the following days, and Xu Youshu repeatedly watched Wang Yue in class.
• Xu Youshu caught Wang Yue glancing at Lin Xiangzhi and reported him, so their homeroom teacher ordered both boys to solve a math problem, with the loser assigned to clean the training room for a week.

Wang Yue used a string of schemes to keep Xu Youshu focused on competing with him, while helping Song Xiaonan draw Jiang Wu’s attention and growing closer to Lin Xiangzhi through tutoring. As school let out for the weekend, Wang Yue tried to walk home with Lin Xiangzhi, but her classmates teased him and she left ahead of him.

• Wang Yue easily solved a classroom problem while Xu Youshu struggled, and their academic rivalry encouraged Xu Youshu to study harder.
• Jiang Wu pointed out that Xu Youshu had lost sight of pursuing Lin Xiangzhi, prompting Xu Youshu to realize Wang Yue had distracted him with their rivalry.
• Song Xiaonan told Wang Yue what Xu Youshu had said, and Wang Yue suggested she make Jiang Wu jealous by pretending to date an admirer.
• Wang Yue tutored classmates, and Song Xiaonan invited Lin Xiangzhi to listen, helping Lin Xiangzhi grow closer to the class and giving Wang Yue more time with her.
• Xu Youshu temporarily stopped bothering Wang Yue, but when Wang Yue asked Lin Xiangzhi to walk home with him, Song Xiaonan teased him and Lin Xiangzhi left without answering.
• Wang Yue hurried after Lin Xiangzhi and explained that they lived near the same place and that he was concerned about her walking back alone.