Recaps

Ye Qingxian tried to apologize to Ye Xiaoyao by clinging to her leg, but the public embarrassment made Ye Xiaoyao furious and she refused to speak to her. Cai Die misread Ye Qingxian’s behavior as a calculated romantic tactic and began planning how to influence her sister, while Ye Qingxian continued trying to make amends.

• Ye Qingxian clung to Ye Xiaoyao’s leg and begged her to vent her anger, embarrassing her in front of Cai Die.
• Ye Xiaoyao hit Ye Qingxian on the forehead, pulled free, and left the Living Room determined not to speak to her until she had calmed down.
• Cai Die interpreted Ye Qingxian’s meek apology as a sophisticated attempt to control Ye Xiaoyao and resolved to teach her sister what a healthy relationship looked like.
• Cai Die went to the Lower Realm market and bought tragic-romance novels for Ye Xiaoyao to read.
• Ye Xiaoyao sat sewing clothes for her daughter while Ye Qingxian apologized, but Ye Xiaoyao kept her head down and refused to look at her.

Ye Qingxian struggled to make amends after Junior Sister refused to speak to her, while Junior Sister tried to bury her sadness by cuddling Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan. Ye Qingxian left to study how to comfort someone, and in Star City, Cai Die remained determined to read The essence of love to her younger sister.

• Ye Qingxian asked Junior Sister to curse her, but Junior Sister rejected the idea and told her not to kneel or demean herself.
• Junior Sister said Ye Qingxian could either find a real way to make amends or leave her alone until she processed her feelings, even if that meant suppressing the conflict.
• Ye Qingxian promised to study how to coax a girl because she could not bear to lose Junior Sister, then left the Living Room.
• Junior Sister set aside her needlework and hugged Ye Ranxing, then picked up Ye Zhaoxuan as well for comfort.
• In Star City, Ye Qingxian considered how to learn to comfort someone while Cai Die resolved to read The essence of love to her younger sister.

Ye Ranxing feared her mother would reject her dark energy, but Ye Qingxian accepted it and reassured her that she loved her. Later, Cai Die apologized to Mei Bao and gave her a tragic romance novel to read as part of her plan to expose Mei Bao’s relationship with her sister as unhealthy.

• Ye Zhaoxuan caught Ye Ranxing’s leaking dark energy, and Ye Qingxian accepted it without disgust.
• Ye Ranxing admitted she feared her mother would hate her, and Ye Qingxian comforted her and asked her to speak gently to her sister.
• Cai Die returned with a book after failing to find a way to make Ye Qingxian reconcile with her junior sister.
• Mei Bao let Cai Die into the living room but remained angry about her earlier lie.
• Cai Die gave Mei Bao a story about a false heiress who died after years of abuse, hoping it would persuade her that her relationship was twisted.

Cai Die gave Mei Bao two tragic romances to read in hopes of challenging her devotion to Senior Sister, but Mei Bao interpreted both stories through her unwavering belief that their love would be different. Cai Die finally asked whether Senior Sister loved Mei Bao, and Mei Bao admitted she might not while insisting her sincerity would eventually win her over.

• Mei Bao read a story about a false heiress who suffered for love and said she respected the woman's devotion, while insisting Senior Sister would not disappoint her.
• Cai Die gave Mei Bao another book about childhood sweethearts whose love was crushed by war, and Mei Bao said she would sacrifice herself for Ye Qingxian.
• Mei Bao declared that she and Senior Sister would have a happy ending, prompting Cai Die to decide to explain the logic of love to her.
• Cai Die asked whether Senior Sister loved Mei Bao, and Mei Bao said she might not but believed her sincerity would eventually make Senior Sister love her.
• Cai Die fell hard and remained on the ground after Mei Bao defended her romantic hopes.

Ye Qingxian sought advice from Qin Xiaoye about making up with Junior Sister and confronted the mismatch between her actions and her claim that she only felt a little fondness for her. She finally admitted she liked Junior Sister a little, while insisting that did not mean she wanted to pursue her or become Dao Companions.

• Cai Die abandoned her first-stage plan to teach Mei Bao about love and decided to use future events to challenge Ye Xiaoyao's reasoning.
• Ye Qingxian met Qin Xiaoye, who advised her to show Junior Sister through thoughtful efforts and romance that she wanted to make up.
• Qin Xiaoye questioned why Ye Qingxian wanted to win Junior Sister back if they were only fellow sect sisters.
• Ye Qingxian admitted that she liked Junior Sister a little, though she denied wanting to pursue her or become Dao Companions.
• Ye Qingxian concluded that liking Junior Sister a little best explained her behavior and felt relieved that it did not mean she would fall in love or seek a relationship.

Ye Qingxian realized she liked Junior Sister a little and tried to comfort her, but Junior Sister responded with sorrowful questions about drinking and life. Ye Qingxian offered her a hairpin, which Junior Sister refused, leaving Cai Die puzzled about their relationship.

• Ye Qingxian paid Yellow Haired Master for teaching her a method and reflected that she liked Junior Sister a little.
• Ye Qingxian found Junior Sister alone on the balcony and heard her ask whether drinking brought happiness.
• Junior Sister pretended to reach for strong liquor, and Ye Qingxian stopped her before offering fruit wine instead.
• Junior Sister accused Ye Qingxian of treating her like a child, then fell silent.
• Ye Qingxian offered Junior Sister an exquisite hairpin, but Junior Sister questioned her motives and turned away.
• Cai Die watched the exchange between Ye Qingxian and Mei Bao and wondered whether their relationship was different from what she had thought.

Ye Qingxian tried to cheer up Ye Xiaoyao with a handmade hair clip and an extravagant fireworks display, while Ye Xiaoyao remained determined not to forgive her too easily. The display delighted Ye Xiaoyao until she spotted a public dedication calling her the Cat Princess Junior Sister, and she fled to her room in embarrassment.

• Ye Qingxian showed Ye Xiaoyao a hair clip she had made with glowing sand from White Cloud Lake, and Ye Xiaoyao reluctantly accepted it while insisting she was still upset.
• Cai Die watched from the living room and wondered why Ye Xiaoyao was treating Ye Qingxian so coldly.
• Ye Qingxian set off a vast display of cultivation-themed fireworks, and Ye Xiaoyao became captivated by the beautiful scenes.
• Ye Xiaoyao spotted a pink-and-white kitten and a dedication to the Cat Princess Junior Sister hidden in the fireworks.
• Ye Xiaoyao stamped on Ye Qingxian's foot, declared that she did not like the display, and retreated to her room with her face flushed.

Ye Qingxian set off a grand fireworks display for Ye Xiaoyao, who was thrilled but hid her happiness out of embarrassment. As Ye Xiaoyao treasured a photo of herself and her three daughters beneath the fireworks, Yangyang hinted at her ambitions while hiding her identity as the leader of the Ancient First Demonic Sect.

• Ye Qingxian wondered why Ye Xiaoyao had stomped on her after the fireworks display, while Cai Die suspected she was pursuing Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Xiaoyao watched the fireworks from her bedroom, blushing with happiness, as Yangyang, Ye Zhaoxuan, and Ye Ranxing talked about their ambitions.
• Ye Xiaoyao used a Photo Talisman to capture the three girls beneath the fireworks and stored the special original in her Storage Ring.
• Yangyang waved to Ye Xiaoyao and claimed she had only been speaking offhandedly when she talked about wiping out rebels.
• Yangyang privately reminded herself to be a little kinder while keeping her secret identity as the leader of the Ancient First Demonic Sect from Ye Xiaoyao.

Ye Qingxian realized that her fireworks were not enough to cheer up Ye Xiaoyao, so she began preparing a rare Spirit Medicine as a more meaningful gift while insisting their bond remained an ordinary one between Senior Sisters. Meanwhile, Ye Ranxing seized a chance to take Yangyang’s Treasure Seeking Rat, and Ye Zhaoxuan spotted her younger sister preparing to catch it.

• Ye Qingxian reflected on Master’s advice and decided her efforts should give Ye Xiaoyao something she actually needed.
• Ye Qingxian repaired the last incomplete Humanoid Transformation Grass seed and planted it in her protected Medicine Garden in the void, where it began growing rapidly.
• Ye Qingxian returned to Blue Star and planned more surprises, saving the Humanoid Transformation Grass as her final gift.
• Cai Die worried that she still had no chance to expose Ye Qingxian to Ye Xiaoyao.
• Yangyang left the Treasure Seeking Rat tied up in the living room, and Ye Ranxing decided to confiscate it after claiming it had provoked her.
• Ye Zhaoxuan saw her elder sister hurry away and her younger sister prepare to catch the Treasure Seeking Rat.

Ye Ranxing stole Yangyang's Treasure Seeking Rat and was sentenced to kindergarten along with Ye Zhaoxuan, who convinced her to go. After Ye Qingxian agreed to arrange preschool, Xiaoyao considered giving her a chance to mend their relationship and wondered if Ye Qingxian had fallen for her again.

• Ye Ranxing seized Yangyang's Treasure Seeking Rat, claiming it as confiscated private property, and Xiaoyao ordered her to return it.
• Xiaoyao decided to send Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan to kindergarten while the family stayed in the lower realm for another month.
• Ye Zhaoxuan persuaded Ye Ranxing that kindergarten would let her become the king of the hill, and Ye Ranxing eagerly agreed to go.
• Ye Qingxian agreed that preschool was suitable and took responsibility for contacting a kindergarten for Monday.
• Xiaoyao considered hiking with Ye Qingxian and giving her a chance to repair their relationship, then wondered whether Ye Qingxian had begun to like her again.

The narrator took comfort in believing Ye Qingxian would soon reach the Heart-Locking Trial and fully recognize her love, while Cai Die remained suspicious of Ye Qingxian despite the narrator’s reassurances. When Cai Die heard that Ye Qingxian had helped the narrator find Mother, she decided the story sounded too perfect to be true.

• The narrator resolved to confront Ye Qingxian about her past theories once Ye Qingxian’s love thread fully grew and she locked her heart.
• Cai Die listened to the family’s conversation and wondered whether Ye Qingxian was truly the person described in the intelligence reports.
• On Saturday, the narrator told Mother about Cai Die, while Cai Die had to postpone joining them because of a sect task.
• Cai Die warned the narrator to stay alert around Ye Qingxian, but the narrator insisted that Ye Qingxian would never harm her.
• After the narrator described Ye Qingxian helping her find Mother, Cai Die doubted that anyone could be so perfect and suspected the story was false.

On a sunset outing in the Greater Khingan Range, Junior Sister and Ye Qingxian reflected on what they wanted and shared a warm family picnic with their daughters. Ye Qingxian’s feelings for Junior Sister deepened, and she began to believe Junior Sister had never deceived her.

• Junior Sister and Ye Qingxian hiked with their daughters through the Greater Khingan Range and discussed what Junior Sister liked and wanted.
• Junior Sister told Ye Qingxian that she still wanted to rule the world so no one could bully her.
• Ye Qingxian gathered food, and the family watched the sunset while sharing a picnic.
• Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing showed Junior Sister their wings, and she praised them both.
• Ye Qingxian wondered whether Junior Sister had really been angry before, then felt her love intensify when she met Junior Sister’s affectionate gaze.
• Ye Qingxian called Junior Sister “Senior Sister” and began to believe she had never deceived or lied to her.

Cai Die tried to convince her younger sister that Ye Qingxian did not care about her, but Ye Qingxian repeatedly interrupted her by eagerly helping around the house. On the way to pick up the girls, the younger sister began telling Cai Die why she trusted Ye Qingxian, leaving Cai Die to hear her account.

• Cai Die returned to the lower realm with a description of Ye Qingxian and planned to resolve the karmic entanglement during her final week there.
• The younger sister took Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan to kindergarten, and Ye Ranxing promised to behave so she could have a bath that night.
• Cai Die tried to criticize Ye Qingxian, but Ye Qingxian hurried to prepare the ribs and take out the trash before Cai Die could finish speaking.
• When Cai Die objected to the younger sister going to pick up the girls, Ye Qingxian instantly brought them home and then sent them back to the kindergarten gate.
• The younger sister took Cai Die with her to retrieve the girls and began explaining that Ye Qingxian was a good person whom she had chosen to believe in.

Mei Bao explained her past to Cai Die, who accepted her account and promised to protect her before discovering that Mei Bao’s partner was the famed Ye Qingxian. At kindergarten, Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing held hands despite their strained relationship, triggering a burst of gray light that knocked them both unconscious.

• Mei Bao told Cai Die her story and persuaded her to stop judging Ye Qingxian through her first impression.
• Cai Die praised Mei Bao, promised to come to Supreme Heaven to protect her, and learned that Mei Bao meant Ye Qingxian, the renowned powerhouse.
• Cai Die reeled at Ye Qingxian’s identity but resolved to confront her about her relationship with Mei Bao and Ye Xiaoyao’s status.
• At kindergarten, Ye Zhaoxuan stood protectively in front of Ye Ranxing as angry parents gathered around them.
• Ye Zhaoxuan offered Ye Ranxing her hand, and the two girls held hands despite their objections to their relationship.
• Gray light erupted when their hands touched, and both girls rolled their eyes back and fainted as the parents scattered.

Ye Zhaoxuan rushed back to the kindergarten after sensing danger and found her daughters unconscious, with gray energy still seeping from them. She took over their examination despite the school doctor and bystanders objecting, then silenced the crowd with her cultivator’s pressure.

• The kindergarten principal ordered everyone to give Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing space and sent for medical help after the girls fainted.
• Ye Zhaoxuan sensed an ominous feeling, used a spell to hurry back with Cai Die, and stopped the school doctor from examining her daughters.
• The school doctor challenged Ye Zhaoxuan’s decision, but she sensed gray energy coming from the girls and insisted he move aside.
• Cai Die confronted bystanders who mocked Ye Zhaoxuan, and Ye Zhaoxuan pulled her back before examining the girls herself.
• As onlookers criticized Ye Zhaoxuan, she unleashed her cultivator’s pressure and silenced them.

Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing became weak after holding hands, and their Mother separated them and helped them wake up. On the way home, she learned that Ye Ranxing had told the kindergarten children their mothers did not want them, and she canceled the twins’ bath as punishment.

• Their Mother realized that Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing’s hands had produced gray energy and separated them, after which both girls woke up.
• Ye Zhaoxuan clung to their Mother while Ye Ranxing mocked her, and Ye Zhaoxuan resolved to keep trying to reach and protect her younger sister.
• The nearby parents praised their Mother for helping the girls, while Ye Ranxing glared at the gossiping adults and Cai Die silently planned to punish them later.
• Their Mother soothed the parents with money and asked the girls whether they had told the kindergarten children that their mothers did not want them.
• Ye Ranxing had shouted that accusation during naptime, making the children cry, and Ye Zhaoxuan admitted she had tried to stop her.
• Their Mother canceled the twins’ hot-spring bath until they could go a full day without causing trouble.

Ye Qingxian worried about Yangyang’s threatening talk and the dark and light energies that merged when Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan held hands. The next day, Cai Die confronted Ye Qingxian about her relationship with Mei Bao, leaving her flustered and unable to deny that they loved each other.

• Ye Qingxian defended Yangyang’s words as a joke, but agreed with her Junior Sister that they needed to speak seriously with their daughter.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Qingxian that Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan’s energies merged when they held hands, and Ye Qingxian advised her not to interfere too much.
• Cai Die apologized to Ye Qingxian for their past misunderstandings and invited her to tea on the balcony.
• Cai Die asked Ye Qingxian when she planned to make her relationship with Mei Bao official, pointing out that they loved each other and already had daughters.
• Ye Qingxian denied that she was stringing Mei Bao along but struggled to answer Cai Die’s accusations honestly.

Cai Die pressed Ye Qingxian to explain her feelings for Ye Xiaoyao and whether she would accept responsibility for their relationship. Ye Qingxian promised not to abandon Ye Xiaoyao but admitted she still needed to understand her own feelings, and she was left considering whether they could be together in the future.

• Cai Die challenged Ye Qingxian over whether she was stringing Ye Xiaoyao along and demanded to know when they would be together.
• Ye Qingxian admitted she might have developed feelings for Ye Xiaoyao but said she lacked the courage to move forward and would not hurt her.
• Cai Die accused Ye Qingxian of avoiding responsibility, and Ye Qingxian explained that she could not imagine a future clearly but would never abandon Ye Xiaoyao or let her be with someone else.
• Cai Die agreed to trust Ye Qingxian for now and demanded that she eventually give Ye Xiaoyao a clear answer about whether they could be together.
• Ye Qingxian considered Cai Die's question and asked herself whether she could be with Ye Xiaoyao.

Ye Qingxian told Cai Die that she wanted to be with Junior Sister but would wait until her emotion threads returned before making a heartfelt promise. Cai Die accepted her answer, and the conversation ended when Mei Bao appeared from the kitchen and called them out.

• Yangyang overheard Ye Qingxian and Cai Die talking and remembered how carefree Ye Ranxing was.
• Ye Qingxian admitted that she could not bear the thought of Junior Sister leaving her and said she wanted to be with her once her emotion threads returned.
• Ye Qingxian promised Cai Die that she would support Junior Sister and their daughters regardless of whether they became Dao Companions.
• Cai Die accepted Ye Qingxian's answer, though she still hoped Ye Qingxian would choose Mei Bao wholeheartedly after regaining her love thread.
• Mei Bao poked her head out of the kitchen with a spatula and asked Ye Qingxian and Cai Die not to fight, prompting Cai Die to call her little sister-in-law.

Ye Qingxian explained that her choice to be with Ye Xiaoyao came from responsibility rather than love, while her genuine feelings were still developing. Yangyang questioned whether her mother was truly all right, then bit her hand and fell asleep on her lap.

• Yangyang stopped playing under her biological mother's gaze, then returned to rolling around and snipped at Ye Qingxian's skirt.
• Ye Qingxian picked Yangyang up and gently petted her until she purred, while Cai Die listened as their conversation resumed.
• Ye Qingxian's thoughts revealed that she had not promised Ye Xiaoyao a future because she lacked the love she believed such a promise required.
• Ye Qingxian felt pain and suppressed the darkness in her eyes, then reassured Yangyang that she would not return to her former state.
• Yangyang bit Ye Qingxian's hand after hearing her say she wanted to be with Junior Sister only out of responsibility, then curled up on her lap and fell asleep.

Mei Bao wondered whether she was pretty after overhearing Ye Qingxian and Cai Die discuss her, then asked Yangyang for reassurance. Yangyang praised her mother and privately resolved to help her gain confidence one day.

• Mei Bao questioned Ye Qingxian and Cai Die about their private conversation, then warned Cai Die not to pressure or threaten Senior Sister.
• Mei Bao took Yangyang to the kitchen and reflected on her looks, height, and Ye Qingxian’s affection for her.
• Mei Bao asked Yangyang for an honest opinion of her appearance, and Yangyang shifted into human form to comfort her.
• Yangyang praised Mei Bao until she accepted that she was at least a little pretty.
• Yangyang privately decided that after conquering the Supreme Heaven, she would place Mei Bao on the throne as Empress so her mother could see her own beauty clearly.

At kindergarten, Ye Ranxing led a group of children toward pouring water into ant holes before Ye Zhaoxuan stopped her and a teacher scolded her. While they played with a puzzle afterward, Ye Zhaoxuan tried to reassure her younger sister that she genuinely wanted to be her elder sister, but Ye Ranxing remained troubled by the previous day and did not answer.

• Ye Ranxing gathered children beneath a tree and encouraged them to pour water into ant holes so the ants would come out to play.
• Ye Zhaoxuan found Ye Ranxing, invited her to play a puzzle, and noticed that Ye Ranxing had dirtied her dress.
• Ye Ranxing blamed her followers for the stains, while Ye Zhaoxuan pointed out that she had dirtied the dress herself.
• A teacher scolded Ye Ranxing for disturbing the ants and forming a clique, and Ye Zhaoxuan led her away before she could argue.
• Ye Ranxing accused Ye Zhaoxuan of pretending to care and snatched a puzzle piece, while Ye Zhaoxuan asked why she was drawing a line between them.
• Ye Zhaoxuan insisted that she truly wanted to be a good elder sister, but Ye Ranxing stayed silent and blamed her for being unable to achieve Light and Darkness of the Same Origin.

Ye Ranxing challenged Ye Zhaoxuan to prove that she genuinely wanted to be her older sister, rather than merely following their mother's instructions. The girls resumed working on a puzzle together, while Ye Zhaoxuan resolved to show that her feelings were her own.

• Ye Ranxing confronted Ye Zhaoxuan, arguing that their innate opposition and past actions showed Ye Zhaoxuan did not truly see her as a younger sister.
• Ye Zhaoxuan fell silent and cried, then promised to prove that she wanted to be Ye Ranxing's older sister of her own accord.
• Ye Ranxing said she would accept Ye Zhaoxuan as her older sister if Ye Zhaoxuan genuinely treated her as a younger sister.
• Ye Ranxing handed Ye Zhaoxuan a fallen puzzle piece, and Ye Zhaoxuan admitted she might have failed because she was not determined enough.
• Ye Zhaoxuan tugged Ye Ranxing's sleeve, and the two resumed working on the puzzle together while bickering.

The narrator visited her mother, remembered her deceased father, and teased Ye Qingxian before picking up Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing from kindergarten. The two girls shared their dreams of staying their mother’s closest companions, and the narrator walked home with them as they began explaining their lessons.

• The narrator told her mother she would pick up the girls, and they agreed to visit her late father in a few days.
• Ye Qingxian watched the narrator’s legs, and the narrator teased her about looking and invited her to share her bed.
• Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan discussed how tall they would become and decided they did not want Dao Companions because they wanted to remain their mother’s little accessories.
• Ye Ranxing declared she would be her mother’s lackey, and Ye Zhaoxuan warned her not to do bad things.
• The narrator collected the girls, checked with their kindergarten teacher that they had behaved, and walked away with them while asking what lessons they had taught each other.

Xiaoyao took her family to a hot spring, where Yangyang learned about her grandmother Yun Tang and Xiaoyao reflected on her parents. Ye Qingxian tried to persuade Xiaoyao to join her in a private pool, but Xiaoyao angrily refused, leaving their exchange unresolved.

• Xiaoyao told Yangyang that her grandmother was named Yun Tang and shared what she knew about Yun Tang's parents and Cat father.
• Xiaoyao left Cat mother at home with Cai Die, who volunteered to look after her.
• At Hot Spring Mountain, Yangyang and her two younger sisters played together while Xiaoyao chose a separate pool to be alone.
• Ye Qingxian called to Xiaoyao from the neighboring pool and claimed she felt cold, then suggested Xiaoyao come over.
• Ye Qingxian declined to join Xiaoyao after warning that two women alone together might invite misunderstanding, and Xiaoyao snapped back that Ye Qingxian should stop talking to her.