Recaps

Ye Qixin took Ye Xiaoyao’s pink diary and searched it for an address, but Ye Xiaoyao realized what she had done and snatched it back. Ye Qixin kept the diary’s private contents to herself, and Ye Xiaoyao put it away before returning to rest.

• Ye Qixin quietly took Ye Xiaoyao’s diary from the desk and said she wanted to read it.
• Ye Xiaoyao let Ye Qixin borrow it, believing her daughter would not tell anyone else.
• Ye Qixin found the diary’s intimate entries and skimmed through them, searching for an address.
• Ye Xiaoyao suddenly took the diary back and asked Ye Qixin whether she had read anything.
• Ye Xiaoyao warned Ye Qixin not to read the diary again, stored it away, and went back to dozing.

The narrator struggled with an overwhelming desire to visit a Secret Realm while staying inside the sect during her pregnancy. Ye Qixin and the other girls identified the place she wanted to go and prepared to help her, while Ye Zhaoxuan showed she could manage her jealousy and accept her changing feather.

• The narrator reflected on how her longing for the Secret Realm had grown despite her efforts to avoid leaving the sect.
• Ye Qixin watched the narrator lying down again and worried that her mother was becoming inactive.
• Ye Zhaoxuan asked Ye Qixin whether the place they had found was the one their Little Little Younger Sister wanted to visit, and Ye Qixin confirmed that Ye Qingxian had reached that conclusion.
• Ye Ranxing complained that the unborn younger sister was making their mother do things, but Ye Zhaoxuan reminded her to be tolerant of their sister.
• Ye Ranxing noticed that Ye Zhaoxuan's feather had begun turning whiter, and Ye Zhaoxuan accepted the change as a sign of progress.

Ye Qixin identified the Impermanence Secret Realm as the place their unborn younger sister wanted to visit, and the family decided to go there. Ye Qingxian assured the children she could handle the dangerous secret realm, while Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan quietly reaffirmed their bond.

• Ye Zhaoxuan asked Ye Qixin whether the location marked on the map was the right secret realm, and Ye Qixin confirmed it from their mother's notebook.
• Ye Qingxian joined the children and picked up Ye Zhaoxuan, while Ye Ranxing protested and accidentally called Ye Zhaoxuan her Elder Sister.
• Ye Qingxian soothed Ye Zhaoxuan, who forgave her and urged her to help their mother feel better.
• Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing communicated silently, and Ye Ranxing agreed to heed her elder sister's warning that she might get hit.
• Ye Qixin told Ye Qingxian about the Impermanence Secret Realm, and Ye Qingxian agreed to take them, saying she could flatten it with a click.
• The children accepted that the Impermanence Secret Realm was where their unborn younger sister wanted to go, while Ye Xiaoyao remained unaware.

Ye Qingxian struggled to persuade Ye Xiaoyao to accompany the family, while Ye Qixin prepared to face punishment for reading her mother's diary. At home alone, Ye Xiaoyao felt lonely and briefly wished she had a child of her own.

• Ye Qixin advised Ye Qingxian to tell Ye Xiaoyao directly about her plans, and Ye Qingxian praised how lovingly Ye Qixin had been raised.
• Ye Qixin worried that revealing she had read her mother's diary would get her beaten, and Ye Qingxian promised to help mediate.
• Ye Ranxing mocked Ye Qixin and insisted that her past self was the one who had been punished, while Ye Zhaoxuan explained her logic.
• Ye Ranxing demanded that Ye Qixin admit her mistake, but Ye Zhaoxuan pointed out that confessing could lessen her punishment.
• Ye Xiaoyao found herself alone at home, felt lonely, and briefly thought about having a baby of her own.

Ye Qingxian caught her Junior Sister pressing her hands into a blanket and wondered if she was kneading like a cat, then got distracted by her feet. Her inattentiveness made the girl feel neglected, so Ye Qingxian pulled her into an embrace to reassure her.

• The Junior Sister reminisced about her love for Ye Qingxian and curled her hands against the blanket while lying on the bed.
• Ye Qingxian returned early, saw the Junior Sister's movements, and wondered if she was kneading like a kitten.
• The Junior Sister noticed Ye Qingxian staring at her feet and scolded her for ignoring her face.
• The Junior Sister complained that she missed Ye Qingxian and felt hurt by how little attention she received.
• Ye Qingxian realized the Junior Sister felt neglected and pulled her into a tight embrace.

During her pregnancy, Xiaoyao broke down over feeling neglected and having no recognized standing with Ye Qingxian, but Ye Qingxian comforted her until she fell asleep. Ye Qixin, Ye Ranxing, and Ye Zhaoxuan returned to the cave abode and quietly confirmed that their mother was asleep.

• Xiaoyao cried as she dwelled on her lack of standing with Ye Qingxian and the bitterness of carrying their child without an openly acknowledged title.
• Ye Qingxian held Xiaoyao, apologized for being distracted, and promised to spoil her as the world's number-one Princess.
• Xiaoyao gradually soothed herself and fell asleep in Ye Qingxian's arms after crying for about a quarter of an hour.
• Ye Qingxian carried Xiaoyao to the bed and covered her legs with a cloak before the three little ones returned.
• Ye Qixin and Ye Zhaoxuan reasoned that their mother was asleep, while Ye Ranxing wondered how they had figured it out.

Yue Wuhua returned after taking Shuang Yue on a trip and talked with Ye Qingxian about their relationships and children. After Ye Qingxian’s daughters quarreled in bed, she ordered them to sleep separately, prompting Ye Qixin to turn into a kitten and insist on staying beside her mother.

• Yue Wuhua told Ye Qingxian that Shuang Yue seemed less hostile to her father and that she hoped to help them reconcile.
• Ye Qingxian admitted that Xiaoyao’s pregnancy and unstable moods left her feeling helpless, while Yue Wuhua teased her about not marrying yet.
• Ye Zhaoxuan woke when Mother’s arm landed over her head and Ye Qixin’s foot pressed against her, so Ye Ranxing pinched Ye Qixin’s ankle and defended her.
• Ye Qixin and Ye Ranxing argued until Xiaoyao woke and ordered the three girls to sleep at separate ends of the bed, with each moving to her own room at age four.
• Ye Qixin turned into a kitten and burrowed under the blanket, refusing to be driven away from her mother before she came of age.

Ye Qixin, Ye Ranxing, and Ye Zhaoxuan stopped quarrelling while their pregnant mother hid a bout of nausea and went back to sleep. Later, Ye Qingxian told her about a secret-realm event arranged for her, and she realized Ye Qixin had likely leaked her plans and calmly asked, “Baby, was it... you?”

• Ye Qixin backed down, Ye Zhaoxuan pretended to sleep, and Ye Ranxing explained that she had been protecting her sister.
• The narrator suffered a brief wave of morning sickness, suppressed it, and kept it secret before falling asleep.
• At noon, Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan waited hungrily for their mother to wake, while Ye Qixin calmly ate a meatball.
• Ye Qingxian told the narrator that the sect had invited her to join the Impermanence Secret Realm event under Ye Qingxian's protection.
• The narrator connected the invitation to the secret-realm plans Ye Qixin had seen and asked her whether she had revealed them.

Ye Qixin admitted that she had secretly gone against her mother’s wishes, and her mother comforted and forgave her. Ye Qixin offered to protect her mother as she grew up, but her mother assured her that she could still act like a baby whenever she wanted.

• Ye Qixin knelt before her mother and admitted that she was guilty.
• Her mother lifted her up, told her not to kneel, and comforted her as Ye Qixin recalled being held when she was little.
• Ye Qixin jumped out of her mother’s arms and apologized, and her mother told her she understood that Ye Qixin had acted for her sake.
• Ye Qixin asked to hug her mother and said she wanted to protect her.
• Her mother told Ye Qixin that growing up did not mean she had to give up acting spoiled or being a baby with her.

Ye Ranxing reluctantly admitted that she wanted a hug, and Ye Qingxian comforted her before discussing a trip to the Secret Realm with Junior Sister. Just as Junior Sister agreed to go, Yue Wuhua and Shuang Yue arrived at the cave dwelling.

• Ye Zhaoxuan teased Ye Ranxing by telling Mother that her younger sister wanted a hug, and Ye Qingxian picked Ye Ranxing up and promised to hug everyone equally.
• Ye Qingxian and Junior Sister exchanged affectionate banter while their daughters played house nearby.
• Junior Sister questioned how long the Secret Realm trip would last, and Ye Qingxian confidently said it would take at most three days because she would be there.
• Junior Sister agreed to go to the Secret Realm with Ye Qingxian.
• Yue Wuhua and Shuang Yue arrived outside the cave dwelling hand in hand.

Ye Xiaoyao presided over Yue Wuhua and Shuang Yue’s oath to become Dao Companions, making their bond recognized by the origin of darkness rather than the Heavenly Dao. After the ceremony, Shuang Yue reaffirmed her devotion to Xiaoyao as her Princess and head maid.

• Shuang Yue reunited warmly with the pregnant Ye Xiaoyao while Ye Qingxian jealously watched her nearly touch the baby.
• Yue Wuhua asked Ye Xiaoyao to decide whether she and Shuang Yue could wed, and Xiaoyao agreed to bless their union.
• Yue Wuhua and Shuang Yue knelt before Ye Xiaoyao and swore to become Dao Companions, binding themselves with an oath enforced by Xiaoyao’s Dao Fruit.
• A Blood Moon appeared as Xiaoyao declared their oath forged, and plum blossom marks appeared between the women’s brows to symbolize their bond.
• Shuang Yue embraced Yue Wuhua in tears and reminded Xiaoyao that she was the Princess’s head maid, while Xiaoyao accepted the title and blessed the couple.

Yue Wuhua celebrated her upcoming wedding while Ye Qingxian envied her closeness to her wife and teased her for staying too long. Shuang Yue invited Ye Xiaoyao to the wedding, and Ye Xiaoyao offered to make osmanthus cake, leaving Yue Wuhua convinced that Shuang Yue would punish her for intruding.

• Yue Wuhua told Ye Qingxian to attend her wedding, and Ye Qingxian sarcastically promised to bring her darling and daughter to congratulate her.
• Ye Qingxian complained that Yue Wuhua had intruded for too long, while Yue Wuhua worried about the danger of Shuang Yue's smile.
• Shuang Yue invited Ye Xiaoyao to her wedding, and Ye Xiaoyao offered to make osmanthus cake for their guests.
• Ye Qixin asked for osmanthus cake, then ran off when Ye Qingxian gave her a dark look.
• Yue Wuhua interpreted Shuang Yue's smile as a warning that she would be punished for disturbing the Princess.

Ye Qixin played with her younger sisters aboard the spirit vessel as it passed a thundercloud region, then settled down for a nap with Ye Xiaoyao. Ye Qingxian corrected the vessel’s course and sped toward the approaching Secret Realm.

• Ye Qixin asked Ye Qingxian to slow the spirit vessel so she could catch clouds with Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing.
• Ye Zhaoxuan offered clouds to both sisters, while Ye Ranxing accepted hers despite grumbling about the game.
• Ye Qixin secretly changed the spirit vessel’s route toward the thundercloud region, and Ye Qingxian noticed the course change.
• As the vessel passed the thunderclouds, Ye Qixin caught a black cloud and gave it to Ye Ranxing, then gave Ye Zhaoxuan her white cloud to treat them equally.
• Ye Qixin curled up in Ye Xiaoyao’s arms for a nap, and Ye Qingxian increased the vessel’s speed toward the Secret Realm.

The Impermanence Secret Realm’s opening was delayed until Ye Qingxian arrived aboard her conspicuous spirit boat with Junior Sister and the children. Once the realm opened, Ye Qingxian entered with them, and Junior Sister chose to let the children explore without disguises while she wore a veil.

• Cultivators waited five hours past the usual opening time, but the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm’s formation showed no signs of activation.
• Ye Qingxian arrived on a spirit boat bearing the Ye Family banner, alarming the cultivators gathered at the entrance.
• Junior Sister scolded Ye Qingxian for drawing attention and for seeming to force the Secret Realm’s opening to be delayed.
• Ye Ranxing interrupted Junior Sister and Ye Qingxian, and Junior Sister gently told her not to insult Ye Qingxian, who was also her mother.
• The Impermanence Secret Realm opened and suppressed cultivators to the first ten levels.
• Ye Qingxian entered with Junior Sister and the three babies; Junior Sister had Ye Qingxian remove their disguises and put on a veil herself.

Ye Ranxing, Ye Zhaoxuan, and Ye Qixin persuaded Ye Qingxian and their mother to let them explore the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm on their own. After they left, their mother realized Ye Qingxian had helped arrange the trial without telling her and angrily walked away.

• Ye Ranxing proposed becoming a bandit cultivator in the Secret Realm, and Ye Qixin suggested that the sisters split up from their mother and Ye Qingxian.
• Their mother objected and grabbed Ye Qixin by the scruff, but Ye Zhaoxuan argued that the sisters could protect themselves.
• Ye Qingxian gave the three sisters defensive treasures and positioning devices, and their mother permitted them to explore while warning them not to cause trouble or kill casually.
• Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing used their wings to travel away, while Ye Qixin disappeared in a blur.
• Their mother realized Ye Qingxian had helped plan the sisters' trial without telling her, grew angry, and walked away as Ye Qingxian chased after her to explain.

In the Secret Realm, Ye Qingxian soothed Ye Xiaoyao’s shifting moods and offered to carry her for safety. Ye Xiaoyao accepted, and the two grew close as Ye Qingxian held her, while Xiaoyao shyly claimed she only wanted her to taste her evolved Spiritual Root.

• Ye Qingxian reassured Ye Xiaoyao and let her bite her arm until Xiaoyao’s anger faded.
• Ye Qingxian warned Ye Xiaoyao about teleportation arrays and offered to carry her through the Secret Realm.
• Ye Xiaoyao agreed to be carried and told Ye Qingxian to keep her safe.
• Ye Qingxian lifted Ye Xiaoyao into her arms, and Xiaoyao wrapped her arms around Ye Qingxian’s neck.
• Ye Xiaoyao blushed and insisted she had not been trying to bite or reward Ye Qingxian, but only wanted her to taste whether her Spiritual Root had evolved.

Ye Xiaoyao checked on her daughters in the Secret Realm and scolded Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan after learning they had been robbing cultivators, but Ye Qingxian persuaded her to let them learn through experience. Ye Xiaoyao reflected on her shortcomings as a mother before affirming that Ye Qingxian mattered to her simply because she was the person she loved.

• Ye Xiaoyao activated image sharing and discovered that Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan had been taking Spirit Stones from cultivators in the Secret Realm.
• Ye Xiaoyao threatened to keep Ye Ranxing from going out alone, while Ye Zhaoxuan admitted that she had encouraged her younger sister.
• Ye Qingxian defended the daughters’ actions as ordinary spoils from winning fights, and Ye Xiaoyao ended the call without issuing a punishment.
• Ye Xiaoyao told her daughters to keep doing what they wanted, while Ye Zhaoxuan promised to report future incidents and watch over Ye Ranxing.
• Ye Xiaoyao admitted to Ye Qingxian that her limited experience made her doubt her ability to be the perfect mother.
• Ye Qingxian described how they could guide each other as Dao Companions, and Ye Xiaoyao kissed her and said that Ye Qingxian’s existence itself mattered to her.

Ye Qingxian reflected on her divine bloodline and her feelings for Ye Xiaoyao while the two shared a peach and teased each other. Ye Xiaoyao sensed that something ahead was calling to the Little Treasure in her belly, and she and Ye Qingxian set off to discover what it was.

• Ye Qingxian thought about overcoming the corruption tied to her bloodline so she could embrace Ye Xiaoyao without harming her.
• Ye Xiaoyao teased Ye Qingxian about savoring their kiss, and Ye Qingxian denied that she was thinking about her.
• Ye Qingxian tested a peach for poison before giving it to Ye Xiaoyao, who joked about her motives and explained she was too lazy to think things through.
• Ye Xiaoyao sensed a presence ahead calling to the Little Treasure in her belly and said the child might be unlike either of them.
• Ye Qingxian joked that the child might be human, and Ye Xiaoyao said the child would be wonderful whatever she was.
• Ye Xiaoyao took Ye Qingxian's hand, and they went to find the source of the call.

Ye Qingxian showed Ye Xiaoyao a detailed map of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, and they continued toward a place calling to her. When a seventh-realm Blacksteel Wolf attacked, Ye Xiaoyao fought it alone and defeated it with a single claw strike.

• Ye Qingxian explained that she had drawn a comprehensive map using knowledge from incomplete maps of the Secret Realm.
• Ye Xiaoyao teased Ye Qingxian about running from a witness, then said she wanted to keep their time alone together.
• A seventh-realm Blacksteel Wolf charged at Ye Xiaoyao, and she asked Ye Qingxian not to interfere while she tested her strength.
• Ye Xiaoyao awakened her ten tails and half-demon power, then struck the wolf down with one blood-red claw.
• Ye Qingxian saw a dark-red crown phantom appear above Ye Xiaoyao before it vanished.

After Ye Xiaoyao defeated the palace’s wolf demon, Ye Qingxian petted her enormous tails while reminding her not to forget the little ones in her belly. The two then approached an ancient palace hidden in a spatial rift, which had appeared in the Impermanence Secret Realm in response to Ye Xiaoyao’s call.

• Ye Qingxian praised Ye Xiaoyao after she finished her battle and admired her ten tails.
• Ye Xiaoyao let Ye Qingxian hold one of her tails, and Ye Qingxian petted it too forcefully until Ye Xiaoyao complained.
• Ye Qingxian cuddled Ye Xiaoyao and massaged her tail as she rested, then reminded her about the little ones in her belly.
• Ye Xiaoyao sprang up and denied forgetting the little ones, while Ye Qingxian revealed the hidden palace with a hand seal.
• Ye Xiaoyao and Ye Qingxian approached the ancient palace in the Impermanence Secret Realm, and its archaic aura washed over them.

Ye Qingxian and Ye Xiaoyao explored an ancient palace in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, where Ye Xiaoyao began feeling ill because she was carrying a baby. After Ye Qingxian’s Myriad Laws Impervious reflected a deadly arrow barrage, she noticed Xiaoyao staring at a personal panel and asked to see what she was looking at.

• Ye Xiaoyao agreed that Ye Qingxian should lead through the palace, and the two proceeded hand in hand through its dark, oppressive corridor.
• Ye Qingxian noticed Ye Xiaoyao was pale and holding her abdomen, so she helped her rest and gently rubbed her stomach until she felt better.
• Ye Qingxian stepped on a floor tile, triggering a mechanism that unleashed a vast barrage of arrows throughout the passage.
• Ye Qingxian’s Myriad Laws Impervious shielded them and reflected the attack with enough force to destroy the surrounding mechanisms.
• Ye Xiaoyao stared at Ye Qingxian’s personal panel, and Ye Qingxian noticed and asked to see what she was looking at.

Ye Qingxian questioned Ye Xiaoyao about her secret, but Ye Xiaoyao insisted that some things were better left unknown. As Ye Qingxian carried the sleeping girl through the palace toward Ye Xiaoyao's call, she grew suspicious that the girl had entered an unusual state upon arriving.

• Ye Xiaoyao denied looking at her system interface, and Ye Qingxian teased her but let the subject drop.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Qingxian that even close people could keep secrets, and Ye Qingxian promised not to ask unless Ye Xiaoyao chose to tell her.
• Ye Xiaoyao asked to be carried, and Ye Qingxian lifted her and continued through the palace under her protective halo.
• Ye Xiaoyao fell asleep in Ye Qingxian's arms as they headed toward the source of Ye Xiaoyao's call.
• Ye Qingxian suspected that Ye Xiaoyao's sleep was tied to an unusual state she had entered upon arriving at the palace.

The Three Little Ones had terrorized the Impermanence Secret Realm by challenging cultivators and taking their storage rings, while their fearsome reputations kept others from confronting them. After discussing their earnings and what to do next, the sisters decided to find a beautiful gift for Ye Qingxian and set out to search for the finest laurel crown in the Secret Realm.

• Cultivators in the Impermanence Secret Realm avoided the Three Little Ones after hearing how they challenged people, defeated them, and took their storage rings.
• Ye Zhaoxuan asked Ye Qixin how many spirit stones they had earned and said they should give them to their mother for safekeeping.
• Ye Qixin suggested that the sisters enjoy the scenery, but Ye Ranxing wanted to keep fighting.
• Ye Qixin teased Ye Ranxing by implying that her words insulted their mother, and Ye Ranxing protested that she had only called Ye Qixin a kitty.
• Ye Zhaoxuan proposed collecting beautiful things to cheer up their mother, and the sisters agreed to search for the most beautiful laurel crown in the Secret Realm.

Ye Qingxian carried the sleeping Ye Xiaoyao through the eerie first trial inside the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, protecting her with Myriad Laws Impervious. The passage opened into a dark, foul-smelling nest, and Ye Qingxian prepared to face the first gate.

• Ye Qingxian recognized the hall as a chain of trials shaped by the rules fused with the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.
• Ye Qingxian extended Myriad Laws Impervious around herself and Ye Xiaoyao, keeping the surrounding filth from reaching them.
• Ye Xiaoyao stirred in her sleep, and Ye Qingxian soothed her until she relaxed again.
• Ye Qingxian identified the first gate as a dark nest filled with the stench of decaying wood.

Ye Qingxian attempted the Heart Inquiry trial in Ye Xiaoyao’s place, and the ancient well revealed memories of her life with Junior Sister. After passing the trial, she wondered whether she should let Ye Xiaoyao face it herself as the girl began to wake.

• Ye Qingxian carried the sleeping Ye Xiaoyao to the ancient well and decided to attempt the Heart Inquiry trial for her.
• Ye Qingxian realized the well tested resolve by revealing the past and present, but it showed no past life because she had none.
• The well showed Ye Qingxian memories of meeting Ye Xiaoyao as a child and of their fifteen years together.
• Ye Qingxian vowed never to fail Xiaoyao in this life, causing the visions to vanish and opening a passage to the next trial.
• Ye Qingxian reconsidered whether the trial should have been Ye Xiaoyao’s, just as the girl began to wake in her arms.