Recaps

Ye Xiaoyao studied her improved talent and recovered while raising Yangyang, who unexpectedly began speaking as a baby. Elsewhere, a young woman headed for Heavenly Sword Peak, while the Time and Space Administration director lamented that he could not warn Administrator One about the Great Devil King’s two growth paths.

• Ye Xiaoyao saw that she had copied Yangyang’s Full Water Spiritual Root and realized her overall talent had risen to eighty-eight.
• Ye Xiaoyao recovered after giving birth and advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining on Yangyang’s fifth day, then neared the fifth level by day twenty-five.
• Yangyang scratched Ye Xiaoyao while nursing, cried when Ye Xiaoyao teased her, and then asked for scissors so Ye Xiaoyao could trim her nails.
• A young woman was released early from prison at Beast Taming Peak and went straight to Heavenly Sword Peak.
• The director of the Time and Space Administration explained that the Great Devil King had two supreme forms of growth, with different bloodline revelations and outcomes if she fell into darkness.

Hua Bubai barged into Ye Xiaoyao’s courtyard, became convinced she was a cat, and declared she wanted to take her as a Dao Companion, prompting the Beast Taming Venerable to drag her away. Ye Qingxian stayed behind after hearing Yangyang call her “Mama,” and seeing the baby stirred an inexplicable connection in her.

• Hua Bubai followed a cat’s scent to Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode and questioned why Ye Xiaoyao looked completely human despite her cat-like scent.
• Ye Qingxian arrived and challenged Hua Bubai for trespassing, but Hua Bubai announced she wanted Ye Xiaoyao as her Dao Companion and offered Beast Taming Peak as a betrothal gift.
• The Beast Taming Venerable returned Hua Bubai to her and carried her away to discipline her.
• Ye Xiaoyao worried that she might really be a cat after Hua Bubai’s remarks, then tried to hide Yangyang when the baby called Ye Qingxian “Mama.”
• Ye Qingxian insisted on staying for tea and, after seeing Yangyang’s face, felt an indescribable connection to the child.

The narrator hid Yangyang’s identity from Ye Qingxian, who noticed the child’s resemblance to herself and offered to become her godmother. Ye Qingxian vowed to extract Yangyang’s Essence Blood in six months to divine her father’s identity, leaving the narrator alarmed and Yangyang cheerfully oblivious.

• Ye Qingxian remarked that Yangyang looked like her as a child, while the narrator tried to conceal the child’s identity.
• Ye Qingxian offered to become Yangyang’s godmother, but the narrator refused and said Yangyang’s father would not agree.
• Yangyang reacted when her father was mentioned, and the narrator quietly stopped her from revealing anything.
• Ye Qingxian said she would extract Yangyang’s Essence Blood in six months to discover her father’s name and identity.
• Yangyang giggled as the narrator grew irritated and thought about disciplining her with a belt.

Ye Qingxian kissed Ye Xiaoyao to convince her that her feelings for her lover were only desire, but Ye Xiaoyao mocked the kiss and insisted the man’s technique was far better. Ye Qingxian left shaken, questioning whether she had misunderstood Junior Sister and her attachment to the man.

• Ye Qingxian refused to let Ye Xiaoyao protect the identity of Yangyang’s father, saying no one could bully a disciple of Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Ye Qingxian questioned Ye Xiaoyao about holding hands and kissing, and Ye Xiaoyao made up answers to defend her relationship.
• Ye Qingxian grabbed Ye Xiaoyao and kissed her, then claimed she wanted to prove that the man was not uniquely special.
• Ye Xiaoyao angrily struck Ye Qingxian with a brick and demanded to know why she had kissed her.
• Ye Qingxian said she would take responsibility and confessed it had been her first kiss, but Ye Xiaoyao taunted her for being terrible at kissing and praised the man’s technique.
• Ye Qingxian staggered away, wondering whether Ye Xiaoyao really loved the man’s technique and unable to accept that her own kiss had been so badly received.

Ye Qingxian resolved to outshine Blondie and save her Junior Sister, while Ye Xiaoyao celebrated having driven her away and worried about her future. The next day, Ye Qingxian confronted Ye Xiaoyao about her mutated spiritual root, and an unnoticed girl in a green skirt watched from the shadows as Ye Xiaoyao entered the Task Hall.

• Ye Qingxian brooded over her Junior Sister's taunts and resolved not to let Blondie outshine her, insisting that saving her Junior Sister was her duty.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave abode, celebrated making Ye Qingxian leave, and told Yangyang that Ye Qingxian was dangerous.
• The next day, Ye Qingxian waited outside Ye Xiaoyao's cave abode and asked how her spiritual root had mutated.
• Ye Qingxian explained that she had recognized the mutation after tasting Ye Xiaoyao; Ye Xiaoyao retorted sarcastically and left for the Task Hall.
• An unnoticed girl in a green skirt lay among the bushes as Ye Xiaoyao entered the Task Hall, while Ye Qingxian looked away after observing her with spiritual sense.

Shuang Yue recalled how she first met Ye Xiaoyao and became devoted to the little cat she saw as pure and worthy of following. Later, Ye Xiaoyao missed a Mission Hall recruitment opportunity because the requirements changed, but she resolved to reach the required cultivation level and try again.

• Shuang Yue remembered meeting Ye Xiaoyao nearly ten years earlier and seeing her struggle with farming and hardship.
• Shuang Yue comforted Ye Xiaoyao by giving her two spirit stones at a time and vowed to follow her as the Cat Princess.
• Ye Xiaoyao went to the Mission Hall to apply for a dispatcher mission, but the recruiter changed the requirements to at least the fifth level of Qi Refining.
• Ye Xiaoyao sat outside the Mission Hall, then regained her resolve and planned to absorb spirit stones, break through, and earn enough to buy Spirit Milk.

After hearing Qing Ye’s resolve to reclaim her place in her Lineage, Xiaoyao spent Spirit Stones on better milk for Yangyang and then absorbed more to advance her cultivation. She broke through to the fifth Qi Refining Layer and prepared to seek work at the Task Hall.

• Qing Ye told Xiaoyao she was an illegitimate daughter whose Lineage had damaged her spiritual root, and she was returning home to risk everything to reclaim what she had lost.
• Xiaoyao encouraged Qing Ye, then spent two Spirit Stones on better Spirit Milk for Yangyang.
• Yangyang urged her mother to earn Spirit Stones and remembered Xiaoyao laboring in the Spirit Field while pregnant.
• Xiaoyao absorbed fifteen Spirit Stones over a day and night, breaking through to the fifth Qi Refining Layer.
• Xiaoyao prepared to leave for the Task Hall while Yangyang watched in confusion.

Ye Xiaoyao went to the Task Hall hoping to take a job, but the notice had changed after her breakthrough, leaving her distraught over how she would provide for Yangyang. As she comforted her daughter, Yangyang decided to secretly tell Ye Qingxian that someone had bullied her Junior Sister.

• Ye Xiaoyao arrived at the Task Hall in a proper dress, but the person in charge said the notice she wanted was yesterday’s and replaced it with a task requiring the seventh level of Qi Refining.
• The Task Hall informant told Heavenly Sword Venerable’s confidant that Ye Xiaoyao’s breakthrough had spoiled their bait, and the two discussed keeping her short of spirit stones while giving her occasional hope.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave abode, cried over her dwindling spirit stones, and worried that Yangyang would go hungry before she could earn more.
• Ye Xiaoyao comforted Yangyang by promising to farm and explaining they could make their spirit stones last, but Yangyang cried harder and tried to wipe her mother’s tears.
• Yangyang decided to secretly tell Ye Qingxian that someone had bullied her Junior Sister.

Ye Qingxian visited Ye Xiaoyao's courtyard late at night, repaired its formations, and took Yangyang into her arms. Yangyang managed to tell her that Ye Xiaoyao had been bullied, leaving Ye Qingxian with the news.

• Ye Qingxian arrived at Ye Xiaoyao's courtyard and reflected on her troubled thoughts about Junior Sister.
• Ye Qingxian repaired the surrounding formations and secretly reinforced Ye Xiaoyao's cave abode.
• Yangyang babbled restlessly, hoping to catch Ye Qingxian's attention and tell her something.
• Ye Qingxian brought Yangyang into her arms and gently played with her.
• Yangyang struggled to say that Mama had gone out and been bullied, then embarrassed herself with a meow.

After Yangyang told Ye Qingxian that Ye Xiaoyao had been bullied, Ye Qingxian traced the mistreatment to the Task Hall clerk and confronted him. His answers deepened her suspicion that the Heavenly Sword Venerable had arranged the scheme against her Junior Sister.

• Yangyang told Ye Qingxian that Ye Xiaoyao had been bullied, and Ye Qingxian promised to protect her while asking her to keep their conversation secret.
• Ye Qingxian used a technique to trace the Task Hall’s past and saw the clerk manipulate the task board and boast while using a Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Ye Qingxian shattered the Task Hall notice board and stormed to the clerk’s cave dwelling, breaking through its protective barrier.
• The clerk threatened Ye Qingxian with the Law Enforcement Hall, but she revealed that she was its hall master and seized him by the neck.
• Ye Qingxian demanded to know who had backed the clerk, and his denials strengthened her suspicion that the Heavenly Sword Venerable had targeted Ye Xiaoyao.

Ye Qingxian tortured and killed Heavenly Sword Peak’s person in charge after discovering a hidden restriction in his soul, but learned little about who was behind him. A mysterious executor revealed a long-running scheme targeting Ye Xiaoyao, and Ye Qingxian began preparing to uncover its leaders and protect her Junior Sister.

• Ye Qingxian searched the person in charge’s soul and found a restriction that would destroy itself if she examined his memories.
• She tortured him and made him use a Sound Transmission Talisman to summon his contact, but recognized him as a trained death warrior and killed him.
• A hidden executor burned the talisman and discussed discarded chess piece number thirteen and a five-hundred-thousand-year scheme targeting Zero Zero One and Ye Xiaoyao.
• The executor ordered the suppression plan to continue and said they would wait for the Venerable to emerge before responding to unexpected developments surrounding Zero Zero One’s breakthrough.
• Ye Qingxian realized that Heavenly Sword Venerable might not be the scheme’s leader, resolved to protect Ye Xiaoyao, and began putting contingencies in place.

Ye Xiaoyao took five Spirit Field tasks to earn spirit stones, then struggled through the labor while still recovering from childbirth. Watching from afar, Ye Qingxian began to realize she would need to enter the ordinary world Ye Xiaoyao lived in if she hoped to reach her.

• Ye Xiaoyao left her daughter at home and went to the Task Hall to take five times as many Spirit Field tasks as before.
• Ye Xiaoyao worked the fields despite her exhaustion and weakness after giving birth.
• Ye Xiaoyao rested on a field ridge to eat flatbread while Ye Qingxian watched her from beneath a tree.
• Ye Qingxian decided she might reach Ye Xiaoyao's heart only by sharing the difficult life of ordinary people in the Cultivation World.

After Qing Ye returned with her spiritual root restored, she discovered that Ye Xiaoyao was pregnant again and struggled with the thought that her Junior Sister still loved an unknown person. Ye Xiaoyao gave Qing Ye a way to contact her while privately anticipating her planned departure from Heavenly Sword Peak.

• Ye Xiaoyao welcomed Qing Ye back and offered her a grass-filled flatbread, then retched after eating some herself.
• Qing Ye checked Ye Xiaoyao’s pulse, realized she was pregnant again, and grew furious and heartbroken over her Junior Sister’s secret relationship.
• Ye Xiaoyao said she wanted more children with the same person, while Qing Ye mistakenly took this as proof of deep, unrequited love.
• Qing Ye gave Ye Xiaoyao spirit stones to support her and Yangyang, calling them a loan.
• Ye Xiaoyao gave Qing Ye a one-use Sound Transmission Talisman, then felt conflicted about leaving Heavenly Sword Peak despite her plans.

Ye Qingxian struggled with her jealousy and asked Yangyang for a drop of essence blood, while Yangyang told her to speak with her mother. Meanwhile, the narrator prepared to flee Wuya Sect and discovered she was carrying two eggs, then told Yangyang she would soon have two little sisters.

• Ye Qingxian drank alone, resolved to uncover the identity of her Junior Sister's lover, and went to meet Yangyang beneath the Ginkgo Tree.
• Ye Qingxian asked Yangyang for a drop of essence blood after Yangyang turned six months old, and Yangyang said she needed to discuss it with her Mommy.
• Ye Qingxian explained that Yangyang's Mommy had already agreed, and Yangyang agreed as well.
• The narrator planned to leave Wuya Sect in half a month and used her Spiritual sense to check her pregnancy.
• The narrator discovered two tiny eggs with white and black markings in her belly and told Yangyang she would have two little sisters.

Heavenly Sword Venerable emerged from seclusion and reviewed her plans to control Zero Zero One, the Great Devil King. She ordered Shadow to keep Ye Xiaoyao occupied without driving her to despair, then returned to seclusion after suppressing her unease.

• Heavenly Sword Venerable reprimanded Shadow for underestimating the Great Devil King and explained that Plan One was safer while Plan Two remained a backup.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable assured Shadow she could suppress Zero Zero One and promised to bring him safely back to the Time and Space Administration.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable ordered Shadow to keep Ye Xiaoyao busy, let her earn some spirit stones, and allow her to leave Wuya Sect if she chose.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable felt uneasy but found nothing wrong when she tried to divine what had happened.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable reviewed her contingencies and returned to seclusion to grow stronger and prepare for the possibility that the Great Devil King could resurrect.

Ye Xiaoyao prepared to leave Heavenly Sword Peak with Yangyang while pregnant with twin eggs, but a surprisingly generous Spirit Grass task made her hesitate before she chose to go. She left the sect behind and tried to reassure herself that Yangyang only resembled Ye Qingxian, as mother and daughter prepared to move.

• Ye Xiaoyao told Yangyang she would have two little sisters, checked her teeth, and trimmed her nails while planning to wean her onto Spirit Milk and solid food.
• Ye Xiaoyao packed up after seventeen years on Heavenly Sword Peak and turned in her Spirit Field task for ten spirit stones.
• The Task Hall manager offered Ye Xiaoyao a Spirit Grass task paying eight spirit stones a month, but she declined after asking for time to think.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave abode feeling sad about leaving the life she had hoped for, and Yangyang tried to cheer her up.
• Ye Xiaoyao worried that Yangyang's resemblance to Ye Qingxian was unsettling her, then told Yangyang to finish eating so they could move.

Ye Xiaoyao sneaked out of Wuya Sect with Yangyang to protect the man she loved, but Ye Qingxian discovered their escape and pursued them. Ye Qingxian confronted them in the darkness, and Ye Xiaoyao challenged her authority.

• Ye Xiaoyao carried Yangyang down Heavenly Sword Peak at night, using stolen formation pieces to hide their presence as they fled Wuya Sect.
• Yangyang spotted a lost wolf, and Ye Xiaoyao led them around it as they continued toward the sect’s boundary.
• Ye Qingxian traced a Sound Transmission Talisman and realized Ye Xiaoyao had lied about staying in her cave dwelling and was escaping with Yangyang.
• Overcome by grief and resentment, Ye Qingxian chased after Ye Xiaoyao and Yangyang.
• Ye Qingxian blocked their path in the darkness and asked where Ye Xiaoyao planned to go, and Ye Xiaoyao retorted that Ye Qingxian could not decide for her.

Ye Qingxian stopped Ye Xiaoyao from leaving Wuya Sect with Yangyang, then brought her back to Heavenly Sword Peak. Though Ye Qingxian regained her composure, she remained jealous and fixated on finding the man she believed had led her Junior Sister astray.

• Ye Qingxian snapped and kissed Ye Xiaoyao, but Yangyang bit her arm and cried out against her bullying Mommy.
• Ye Xiaoyao said she planned to leave Wuya Sect with Yangyang to join the man she loved, and Ye Qingxian pulled her close and refused to let her leave Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Ye Xiaoyao offered to let Yangyang become Ye Qingxian's Junior Sister instead, but Ye Qingxian insisted she only wanted Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Xiaoyao gave up on escaping and returned with Ye Qingxian to the cave dwelling on Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Ye Qingxian hid a colorful chain, reflected on her actions, then grew jealous again while resolving to find and kill the man she blamed.
• Ye Qingxian returned smiling with a dish she had made, while Ye Xiaoyao sensed that something about her had changed.

Ye Qingxian warned Ye Xiaoyao to keep her unusually pure Water Spiritual Root secret, while her unstable emotions made her cling to Ye Xiaoyao’s promise not to run away. After regaining her composure, Ye Qingxian convinced herself that her growing attachment was still compatible with being straight.

• Ye Qingxian stroked Ye Xiaoyao’s head and made her promise not to leave again, while Ye Xiaoyao agreed to keep her calm and planned to escape later.
• Ye Qingxian recovered her composure and explained that Ye Xiaoyao’s Water Spiritual Root was purer than a Full Water Spiritual Root and should be kept secret to avoid trouble.
• Ye Xiaoyao misunderstood Ye Qingxian’s explanation, then realized the Female Protagonist had returned to normal and blamed the absent Male Lead for her earlier madness.
• Ye Qingxian reminded Ye Xiaoyao to seek her help and not overexert herself before leaving for the top of Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Ye Qingxian told herself that Ye Xiaoyao had promised to wait while she exposed the Male Lead, then insisted that her feelings for her Junior Sister did not make her any less straight.

Ye Xiaoyao tried to teach Yangyang practical lessons for life, from perseverance to finding affordable food, while planning to earn spirit stones before they could leave. Yangyang realized her mother had gone hungry to afford her Spirit Milk, and Ye Xiaoyao reassured her that their life could still improve.

• Ye Xiaoyao attempted to teach Yangyang to call herself a good-for-nothing, then urged her to cultivate diligently and live happily on her own terms.
• Ye Xiaoyao made Yangyang porridge while claiming she was not hungry, then counted her remaining spirit stones and planned to take a task at the Task Hall.
• Ye Xiaoyao woke Yangyang early and taught her about coarse grain, fine grains, Spirit Food, and where to find mushrooms and edible plants.
• Yangyang realized Ye Xiaoyao had eaten grass to afford Spirit Milk after her birth and cried over her mother's hardship.
• Ye Xiaoyao comforted Yangyang, told her not to feel guilty or be overly obedient, and continued teaching her where to find wild vegetables.

Ye Xiaoyao headed to the Task Hall as elders maneuvered to offer her missions, while Ye Qingxian’s attempt to uncover who controlled the hall brought her into conflict with a Supreme Realm expert. After being warned away, Ye Qingxian vowed to grow strong enough to uncover Ye Xiaoyao’s secrets and defy those controlling their fates.

• An elder asked the Task Hall manager to post a Spirit Plant Garden mission for Ye Xiaoyao, and the shadow allowed it to proceed with a monthly reward of fifteen spirit stones.
• Ye Qingxian ordered Ye Nan to post a more generous mission for Ye Xiaoyao, but the Task Hall rejected it over missing information.
• Ye Qingxian traced the Task Hall obstruction to several cultivators and began killing them, drawing out a Supreme Realm expert after the thirteenth.
• The Supreme Realm expert wounded Ye Qingxian and warned her that she was unqualified to interfere in Ye Xiaoyao’s affairs, then vanished.
• Ye Qingxian stopped her killings and vowed to uncover the truth and eventually challenge those who presumed to decide her and Ye Xiaoyao’s fates.

After breaking through a major realm, Ye Qingxian vented her anger on those who had tampered with Ye Xiaoyao and chose a mysterious blind cultivator as her next target. Meanwhile, a Supreme Realm expert dismissed her as someone who would eventually abandon Ye Xiaoyao, and the one-eyed cultivator addressed the woman before him as Venerable Flower, who preferred to be called Flower God.

• Ye Qingxian broke through a major realm after swearing her vow, then killed several people who had tampered with Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Qingxian found half a portrait of a blind cultivator among the belongings of one of her victims and marked him as her next target.
• A one-eyed cultivator asked the Supreme Realm expert what to do about Ye Qingxian, and he said to leave her alone until she fell for someone else.
• The one-eyed cultivator called the woman before the Supreme Realm expert Venerable Flower, and she said she preferred Flower God or Beast Taming Venerable.

Ye Xiaoyao accepted a job tending Elder Hui’s spirit plants and studied his cultivation compendium while reconnecting with Qing Ye. Their conversation about Ye Qingxian left Ye Xiaoyao determined to find a way to protect herself from the danger of her secret being discovered.

• Ye Xiaoyao accepted Elder Hui’s spirit-plant task, received the Spirit Plant Cultivation Compendium, and began studying it in the garden.
• Ye Xiaoyao found Qing Ye, shared her extra flatbread, and learned Qing Ye had also taken a task from Elder Hui.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Qing Ye how uncomfortable Ye Qingxian’s attempts to get close made her and said she wanted to cut ties with her.
• Qing Ye asked Ye Xiaoyao what she would think if Qing Ye really were Ye Qingxian, then reassured her and pinched her cheek.
• Ye Xiaoyao thanked Qing Ye for lending her spirit stones, offered to bring her more food, and resolved to find a way to guard against Ye Qingxian discovering her secret.

Yue Wuhua’s master urged him to pursue his Junior Sister, while Ye Xiaoyao decided to manipulate Ye Qingxian by claiming she had fathered Yangyang. Ye Qingxian was shaken by the accusation and began to hope that the child was hers, as Ye Xiaoyao secretly celebrated her deception.

• Bright Moon Venerable encouraged Yue Wuhua to approach Cat Princess and pursue his Junior Sister despite the risks.
• Yangyang secretly studied names in a notebook, killed a mouse with her strength, and buried it beneath the Ginkgo Tree before Ye Xiaoyao found her.
• After a month and a half passed, Ye Xiaoyao resolved to take control of her fate and make Ye Qingxian believe that Ye Qingxian had fathered Yangyang.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Qingxian that she had violated her a year earlier and that Yangyang was the resulting child.
• Ye Qingxian was overwhelmed by the claim and began to see Yangyang’s resemblance to herself as proof, while Ye Xiaoyao privately gloated over the deception.

Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Qingxian that Yangyang was her daughter and blamed her for their past, hoping guilt would keep Ye Qingxian from harming her. Ye Qingxian tested their blood and confirmed their kinship, leaving her to accept that she had a daughter.

• Ye Xiaoyao accused Ye Qingxian of ruining her life and claimed Yangyang was her daughter.
• Ye Qingxian moved Ye Xiaoyao and Yangyang to her room and questioned the story.
• Ye Qingxian tested Yangyang's blood against her own to discover whether they were related.
• The test revealed a shared Light Dao pattern, and Yangyang called Ye Qingxian "Mommy."
• Ye Qingxian realized Yangyang truly was her daughter.