Recaps

Ye Xiaoyao revealed that Yangyang was Ye Qingxian’s daughter, but tried to keep Ye Qingxian out of her life by claiming she had broken up her relationship. Ye Qingxian rejected that boundary, sent Yangyang away, and pinned Ye Xiaoyao down to examine her pregnancy.

• Yangyang clung to Ye Qingxian, and Ye Xiaoyao took her back and asked Ye Qingxian whether she believed Yangyang was her daughter.
• Ye Qingxian accepted that Yangyang was her child but doubted she could have seduced and abandoned anyone, so Ye Xiaoyao explained that it had happened while Ye Qingxian was not in her right mind.
• Ye Xiaoyao claimed Ye Qingxian had broken up her relationship and demanded that she stay away, while still allowing her to visit Yangyang.
• Ye Qingxian said she would take responsibility for Yangyang and questioned whether Ye Xiaoyao wanted her to watch her have another person’s child.
• Yangyang defended Ye Xiaoyao before leaving to play, and Ye Qingxian pushed Ye Xiaoyao onto the bed and replaced her anklet.
• Ye Qingxian put her hand on Ye Xiaoyao’s lower abdomen and offered to check on her pregnancy.

Ye Xiaoyao feared Ye Qingxian would discover her secret and refused to let her examine the babies, but Ye Qingxian softened and asked her to give their relationship a chance. Ye Xiaoyao agreed out of fear, and Ye Qingxian later went to Heavenly Sword Peak to prove herself, troubled by how their relationship had changed.

• Ye Xiaoyao refused to let Ye Qingxian examine the babies and begged her not to uncover the truth.
• Ye Qingxian saw Ye Xiaoyao's fear, softened, and drew her into an embrace.
• Ye Qingxian asked Ye Xiaoyao to spend time with her and promised she would not hurt her.
• Ye Xiaoyao agreed, and Ye Qingxian tucked her into bed as she hid beneath the quilt.
• Ye Qingxian appeared at the cliff on Heavenly Sword Peak, determined to prove herself but wondering when she had changed.

Ye Qingxian decided the baby in Junior Sister’s belly might be hers and resolved to find out the truth. Back at the cave abode, Yangyang comforted Junior Sister, who feared she had lost her daughter’s affection, by promising to protect her.

• Ye Qingxian doubted Junior Sister’s account but concluded that her own past might explain the pregnancy and her changed state.
• Ye Qingxian decided that the baby in Junior Sister’s belly might be hers and resolved not to let Junior Sister have someone else’s child.
• Ye Qingxian found Yangyang playing with a mouse and carried her to bed, asking her to keep Junior Sister company.
• Junior Sister, awake and distressed, overheard Yangyang talking warmly with Ye Qingxian and worried that her daughter had been won over.
• Yangyang climbed into Junior Sister’s arms and promised that she would always protect her.

Ye Xiaoyao cautiously accepted Ye Qingxian as her Senior Sister after Ye Qingxian promised to share responsibility for Yangyang and insisted she was straight. As the two made flatbreads together, Ye Xiaoyao relaxed and thought of taking some to Qing Ye.

• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave abode and started making flatbreads while Yangyang stayed with Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Qingxian brought Spirit Rice, and Yangyang explained that it was her monthly allowance to help care for Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Qingxian said she was straight and had kissed Ye Xiaoyao to set her on the right path, while Ye Xiaoyao remained suspicious of her behavior.
• Ye Xiaoyao agreed to treat Ye Qingxian as her Senior Sister, and Ye Qingxian offered to help make flatbreads with spiritual rice flour.
• Ye Xiaoyao took the flour and imagined Qing Ye enjoying a flatbread as morning sunlight fell over the courtyard.

Yangyang stayed in Ye Qingxian’s cave abode while her mother went to the Spirit Plant Garden, and she occupied herself until she fell asleep. At the Scripture Depository, Ye Qingxian showed Xiao Zhiyan her daughter’s image and proudly bragged about how adorable she was.

• Ye Qingxian told Yangyang to stay home, then left for the Spirit Plant Garden while secretly placing spiritual consciousness on the ward.
• Yangyang searched for a rat, explored her mother’s room, and counted through plans for earning and saving spirit stones before falling asleep.
• Ye Qingxian met Xiao Zhiyan at the Scripture Depository, and he noticed she had broken through again.
• Ye Qingxian asked Xiao Zhiyan to change the last character of his name because it shared a character with her daughter’s name, so he adopted the name Xiao Zhixing.
• Ye Qingxian showed Xiao Zhixing an image of Yangyang and proudly asked whether she was adorable, leaving him stunned by her having a daughter.

Xiao Zhixing reflected on Ye Qingxian’s potential to surpass every Peerless Prodigy in history, while Ye Xiaoyao grew closer to Qing Ye and confided her fear of Ye Qingxian. Qing Ye promised Ye Xiaoyao she could stay with her if she ever had nowhere else to go, though she worried their growing intimacy was changing her expected future.

• Xiao Zhixing recalled how Jian Wushuang’s ancestor had once ended an entire era with a single sword and considered the hardships facing Ye Qingxian as the tenth Peerless Prodigy.
• Ye Xiaoyao studied spirit plants in Elder Hui’s garden, then shared her spirit-flour flatbread with Qing Ye during a break.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Qing Ye she feared Ye Qingxian and felt happier and more at ease when she was with Qing Ye.
• Ye Xiaoyao asked whether Qing Ye would take her in if she ever had nowhere to go, and Qing Ye promised she could stay as long as she wanted.
• Qing Ye privately worried that her increasingly intimate bond with Ye Xiaoyao had deviated from her expected script.

After Elder Hui dismissed them, Ye Xiaoyao prepared for uncertain finances while Yangyang discovered her latent strength and tried to smoke a mouse out of its hole. Ye Xiaoyao caught her playing with fire, then agreed to help catch the mice and began digging where she had heard them.

• Elder Hui warned Ye Xiaoyao and Qing Ye to care for the spirit plants properly and promised a spirit medicine as a reward for good work.
• Ye Xiaoyao traded half her Spirit Rice for ordinary food and reflected on the danger of relying on promises or other people to follow the rules.
• Yangyang experienced a surge of cultivation insights, realized her bloodline was powerful, and used tools to smoke a mouse out of a hole.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned, caught Yangyang playing with fire, cleaned her up, and warned her not to do it again.
• Yangyang asked Ye Xiaoyao to help catch the mouse, and Ye Xiaoyao heard three mice underground before driving a shovel into the earth.

The narrator dug up a powerful Treasure Seeking Rat with Yangyang, then agreed to attend Ye Qingxian’s private gathering after she promised to explain Yangyang’s identity. As they left, the narrator worried about Shuang Yue’s reaction and noticed the two eggs in her belly beginning to awaken.

• The narrator used her shovel and Spiritual Energy to expose ordinary rats and then dug up a large white Treasure Seeking Rat that Yangyang recognized.
• The narrator tied up the rat and agreed to let Yangyang keep it after Ye Qingxian provided a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Ye Qingxian invited the narrator and Yangyang to a private gathering and planned to explain Yangyang’s origins without changing her relationship with the narrator.
• The narrator agreed to attend when Ye Qingxian offered a special feast, while Yangyang thanked both women for the Treasure Seeking Rat.
• The narrator felt the eggs in her belly twitch and begin to awaken as she and Yangyang headed to the gathering.

At the private Dao discussion, Ye Qingxian revealed that Yangyang was her daughter, provoking Frost Moon and the other fairies, while Hua Bubai arrived and openly declared her interest in Ye Xiaoyao. As Ye Qingxian and Hua Bubai prepared to confront each other, Bai Qixing appeared and approached Ye Xiaoyao.

• Ye Qingxian introduced Yangyang as her daughter, and Frost Moon angrily accused Ye Qingxian of refusing to take responsibility for Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Qingxian explained Yangyang's origins and presented a paternity test projection, convincing the gathered cultivators that Yangyang was her daughter.
• Hua Bubai arrived, learned that Ye Xiaoyao was Yangyang's mother, and tried to win Yangyang over with a bell.
• Ye Qingxian warned Hua Bubai away from Yangyang, and Hua Bubai declared that she had her eye on Ye Xiaoyao, prompting both women to stand and face off.
• Bai Qixing arrived, greeted Ye Xiaoyao, and introduced herself as being from Weiyang Peak.

Ye Xiaoyao watched several women show interest in her while Ye Qingxian drove Hua Bubai away and Yue Wuhua asked for her approval to become Dao Companions with Shuang Yue. After the gathering, Ye Qingxian cornered Ye Xiaoyao and kissed her, leaving Ye Xiaoyao demanding an explanation.

• Bai Qixing introduced herself to Ye Xiaoyao and left, while Ye Qingxian watched her depart.
• Ye Qingxian injured Hua Bubai and told her she was unworthy of Ye Xiaoyao, prompting Hua Bubai to leave after threatening not to give up.
• Yue Wuhua asked Ye Xiaoyao to approve her becoming Dao Companions with Shuang Yue, but Shuang Yue pulled her away after Ye Xiaoyao protested.
• After putting Yangyang to bed, Ye Xiaoyao found Ye Qingxian waiting in the corner and tried to send her away.
• Ye Qingxian cornered and kissed Ye Xiaoyao, who pushed her away and demanded to know why she had done it.

After Ye Qingxian kissed her Junior Sister and claimed she had done it to learn about strengthening a water spirit root, the Junior Sister turned to Qing Ye for comfort. Qing Ye encouraged her to give Ye Qingxian another chance, and she agreed.

• Ye Qingxian apologized to her Junior Sister and said she had kissed her to learn what strengthening a water spirit root tasted like so she could protect her.
• The Junior Sister called Ye Qingxian shameless, then cried alone and wondered why her Senior Sister kept bullying her.
• The Junior Sister contacted Qing Ye and told her that Ye Qingxian seemed to like her but that she did not understand Ye Qingxian's actions.
• Qing Ye comforted the Junior Sister, offered to help fight Ye Qingxian, and advised her to give her Senior Sister another chance.
• The Junior Sister agreed to believe Ye Qingxian had acted sincerely that night.

Ye Xiaoyao left to meet Qing Ye while Yangyang set out to search for a treasure that could help her mother advance her cultivation. The Shadow arranged a staged danger to make Ye Xiaoyao abandon her plans to leave Wuya Sect, while Ye Qingxian prepared to catch the conspirator behind it.

• Ye Xiaoyao comforted Yangyang after she woke, then got ready to meet Qing Ye and go out.
• After Ye Xiaoyao left, Yangyang took her Treasure Seeking Rat and headed into the forest to look for a treasure that could help her mother reach the late stage of Qi Refining.
• The Shadow learned that Ye Xiaoyao was trying to leave Wuya Sect and ordered an associate to provoke her existing enemy and stage a seemingly natural danger.
• Ye Qingxian sensed two figures leaving the sect and realized the people behind the plot were about to reveal their intentions, so she looked forward to catching one of them.

Ye Xiaoyao accompanied Qing Ye to a nearby market, where the two shared candied hawthorns and Qing Ye gave her a Jade Hairpin. Zhuge Yun suddenly attacked Ye Xiaoyao, and Qing Ye shoved her clear, taking the sword through her chest as Ye Xiaoyao watched her collapse.

• Qing Ye and Ye Xiaoyao used a teleportation array to visit a market near Wuya Sect.
• Ye Xiaoyao reflected on her past and told Qing Ye she would still choose to come to the Cultivation World.
• Ye Xiaoyao bought candied hawthorns for herself and Qing Ye, and Qing Ye gave her a Jade Hairpin.
• Zhuge Yun ambushed Ye Xiaoyao from behind, seeking revenge for her disfiguring him.
• Qing Ye pushed Ye Xiaoyao aside and was pierced through the chest by Zhuge Yun's sword.
• Ye Xiaoyao cried out as Qing Ye fell, smiling faintly while her body grew cold.

Ye Qingxian tracked down Shadow after he targeted Qing Ye and tortured him for information. She crushed his True Spirit, then turned her attention to the other forces manipulating her Junior Sister as the truth around Ye Xiaoyao seemed closer.

• The Beast Taming Venerable warned Shadow that killing Qing Ye would endanger her connection with Ye Xiaoyao, then ordered him to leave Qing Ye alive.
• Ye Qingxian found Shadow, who realized the Beast Taming Venerable had abandoned him, and began cutting him down while demanding to know who else was involved.
• Ye Qingxian used an image of the past to show Shadow a figure in the palace, then humiliated him and forced him to face the market where Ye Xiaoyao was.
• Shadow tried to save himself by blaming Ye Xiaoyao, but Ye Qingxian lifted him into the air and crushed his True Spirit, ending any chance of reincarnation.
• A gaze from the void met Ye Qingxian’s eyes as she left, and she reflected on the forces controlling her Junior Sister while the truth seemed near.

After Qing Ye was gravely wounded in the marketplace, Junior Sister's barely contained killing intent briefly transformed the scene before she realized Qing Ye was still alive. The guard captain took Zhuge Yun away and provided a room and medicine, where Junior Sister began tending Qing Ye's injuries.

• Junior Sister sensed Qing Ye was near death, and her murderous intent briefly made the marketplace seem black and white as a blood moon appeared.
• Junior Sister saw Qing Ye's finger move, rushed to her, and gave her a Qi and Blood Pill.
• A hidden enforcer subdued Zhuge Yun, and the guard captain arrived, gave Junior Sister healing pills, and arranged a cultivator's inn room.
• Junior Sister fed Qing Ye the whole bottle of healing pills, and Qing Ye survived despite severe injuries.
• Junior Sister offered to apply topical medicine, and Qing Ye agreed as Junior Sister carefully undressed her and began tending her wounds.

Ye Xiaoyao cared for the injured Qing Ye at an inn, treating her wounds and feeding her rib soup while hiding her tears and resolve to protect Qing Ye from Ye Qingxian. Qing Ye wondered whether Ye Xiaoyao’s tenderness meant something more, but Ye Xiaoyao said she had never cared for anyone this way before, except her daughter.

• Ye Xiaoyao treated Qing Ye’s wounds and asked why Qing Ye had pushed her away; Qing Ye said she had instinctively acted to save her.
• Ye Xiaoyao wiped away a tear, finished bandaging Qing Ye with a bow, and left to cook for her.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Qingxian through a Sound Transmission Talisman that she would not return that day and asked her to care for their daughter.
• Ye Xiaoyao brought rib soup back to the room and resolved to oppose Ye Qingxian if she tried to harm Qing Ye.
• Qing Ye woke and grabbed Ye Xiaoyao’s hand, then later let her feed her soup.
• Qing Ye asked whether Ye Xiaoyao had cared for others like this, and Ye Xiaoyao said Qing Ye was the first besides her daughter.

Xiaoyao stayed with the injured Qing Ye for the night, and their awkward conversation revealed how much they cared about one another. Qing Ye’s kind words comforted Xiaoyao, who ended the night wondering what color to paint her nails.

• Qing Ye learned that Xiaoyao had used the Spirit Rice she gave her to buy pork ribs and cook for Qing Ye because she was injured.
• Xiaoyao said she would stay the night after asking someone to look after her daughter, and Qing Ye invited her to sleep beside her.
• Xiaoyao asked Qing Ye whether she liked a boy, and Qing Ye said no; Xiaoyao then said she did not have one either.
• Qing Ye wondered whether Brother Yue was made up and whose child Xiaoyao was carrying, while Xiaoyao silently regretted asking such a personal question.
• Xiaoyao called Qing Ye a good person, and Qing Ye praised Xiaoyao as kind, gentle, and beautiful.
• Xiaoyao felt warmed by Qing Ye’s praise and wondered what color to paint her nails.

Ye Qingxian cared for Yangyang overnight while Xiaoyao stayed with the injured Qing Ye, then Xiaoyao asked Qing Ye whether she liked children. Qing Ye tried to convince herself the questions were harmless, though they left her increasingly uneasy about Xiaoyao’s intentions.

• Ye Qingxian took Yangyang to her cave dwelling for the night and privately fretted about Xiaoyao sharing a bed with Qing Ye.
• Xiaoyao woke before Qing Ye, dressed in a classical outfit, and changed Qing Ye’s medicine while explaining she had taken leave to care for her.
• Xiaoyao asked Qing Ye whether she liked Yangyang and said she would bring the child to meet her next time.
• Xiaoyao asked Qing Ye whether she liked children, leaving Qing Ye alarmed and wondering what Xiaoyao was trying to do.
• Qing Ye reassured herself that Xiaoyao was only making casual conversation and treated her like a sister.

Ye Qingxian reflected on why she wanted Junior Sister to accept her true self rather than only Qing Ye, her alternate identity. She resolved to keep pursuing Junior Sister’s acceptance while letting Junior Sister and Little Ye Qingxian get along, and planned to use Qing Ye to prove that both identities were the same person.

• Ye Qingxian considered giving up and letting Junior Sister’s relationship with Qing Ye continue, but decided that accepting one part of her would not mean accepting all of her.
• Ye Qingxian admitted she claimed to be straight because Junior Sister said she was, and she had begun to notice Junior Sister growing fond of Qing Ye.
• Ye Qingxian decided she could not rely on Qing Ye alone because hiding part of herself would feel like deceiving Junior Sister.
• Ye Qingxian worried that Junior Sister accepting Qing Ye but not her would make her feel like a failure, but she resolved to keep trying to reveal her true self.
• Ye Qingxian planned to use Qing Ye as proof that both identities shared the same thoughts, memories, and love for Junior Sister.
• Ye Qingxian found peace with the situation and let Junior Sister and Little Ye Qingxian get along, hoping they would not make her look pathetic.

Ye Qingxian comforted Yangyang while Ye Xiaoyao cared for the badly injured Qing Ye. Ye Xiaoyao brought Qing Ye home to recover in her room, leaving Qing Ye overwhelmed by the closeness and convinced the arrangement was only temporary.

• Yangyang woke in Ye Qingxian's arms, worried that her mother had forgotten her, and Ye Qingxian comforted her before taking her to try on new clothes.
• Ye Xiaoyao prepared food for the sleeping Qing Ye, who woke when she heard the container set down.
• Ye Xiaoyao helped Qing Ye sit up, gave her water, and fed her pork rib soup while urging her not to push herself.
• Ye Xiaoyao checked out of the inn and insisted that Qing Ye recover in her room instead of returning to her own cave abode.
• Qing Ye entered Ye Xiaoyao's carefully decorated room, where Ye Xiaoyao gently led her inside by the sleeve.

Xiaoyao brought the seriously injured Qing Ye to her bedroom and showed her the handmade items and notes she had collected over the years. Their quiet conversation was interrupted when Yangyang returned and found Qing Ye lying on the bed beside her Mother.

• Xiaoyao used a spell to help Qing Ye onto her bed and covered her with a quilt.
• Qing Ye looked around Xiaoyao's room and remarked that it did not match Xiaoyao's dark style of dress.
• Xiaoyao showed Qing Ye her handmade furnishings and notes on cooking and identifying mushrooms, and Qing Ye agreed to look at the mushroom notes.
• Qing Ye rubbed Xiaoyao's head, and Xiaoyao lay against the bedside, feeling pleased.
• Yangyang rushed into the room with her basket and mouse, saw Qing Ye on the bed with her Mother, and dropped the basket in shock.

Ye Qingxian introduced the injured Qing Ye to Yangyang, who sensed their uncanny resemblance while Qing Ye considered using her divided self to spend time with Junior Sister. Yangyang found her name in Ye Qingxian’s notebook, but Ye Qingxian explained it had been written during a difficult pregnancy and reassured her that she loved her.

• Ye Qingxian introduced Qing Ye to Yangyang, who wondered why Qing Ye smelled so much like her mother.
• Qing Ye’s shared origin with Ye Qingxian was revealed, and Qing Ye considered cultivating alongside Junior Sister while deciding to wait before acting.
• Yangyang searched Ye Qingxian’s notebook and found her own name crossed out on a page.
• Ye Qingxian explained that she had written Yangyang’s name while struggling with pregnancy mood swings, then comforted her daughter.
• Yangyang accepted the explanation, smiled, and carried the notebook away while Ye Qingxian watched her fondly.

The narrator tentatively asked Qing Ye for advice about a friend who had been kissed against her will, then became embarrassed when Qing Ye criticized the friend’s worries. Qing Ye considered a plan to stay close to the narrator as Qing Ye while eventually revealing that she was Ye Qingxian, but hesitated over the risks of transferring cultivation and bloodline.

• The narrator sat with Qing Ye in the courtyard, tried to draw closer, and was interrupted by Yangyang looking for her puzzles.
• The narrator asked Qing Ye what she thought of a friend who had been kissed three times by someone she disliked, and Qing Ye dismissed the friend’s concerns about chastity.
• The narrator grew flustered, returned to her room, and worried that she had revealed too much about her feelings for Qing Ye.
• Qing Ye reasoned that she could accompany the narrator as Qing Ye while eventually revealing that she was Ye Qingxian.
• Qing Ye reconsidered the plan after realizing that transferring cultivation could also transfer Ye Qingxian’s unstable bloodline, and decided to observe for now.

A week after recovering, I tested Qing Ye's feelings and prepared a romantic evening, but a message from Bai Qixing interrupted my attempted confession. Meanwhile, Jian Wushuang's sudden injury awakened a powerful shadow, and she quietly resumed meditating in the cold-pool prison.

• I asked Qing Ye what kind of person she liked, and she said anyone would do before I hugged her arm and left to prepare something memorable.
• Jian Wushuang spat out blood in the cold pool, awakening a mass of shadow beyond Supreme Heaven that said it had found her.
• Jian Wushuang saw the bloodstain in the prison and resumed meditating without telling anyone.
• I invited Qing Ye to my cave abode for barbecue and Fruit Wine, then asked her to close her eyes as I moved closer.
• Bai Qixing's Sound Transmission Talisman interrupted the moment, and I abandoned my attempt to confess to Qing Ye.

A mysterious shadow attacked Jian Wushuang and then targeted Qing Ye, but powerful Heavenly Dao forces destroyed it. Qing Ye’s True Spirit fell asleep, while Ye Qingxian’s corruption reached 99%; afterward, the narrator confessed her feelings to the unconscious Qing Ye and vowed to wait for her.

• The shadow infiltrated Cold Pond Dungeon and tried to seize Jian Wushuang’s Dao, but a burst of light drove it away.
• The shadow went to Heavenly Sword Peak and put Qing Ye into a deep unconsciousness with a soul attack, but golden Heavenly Dao power destroyed it before it could harm her.
• The Weiyang Venerable warned Bai Qixing that Wuya Sect might face annihilation within three years and said he had sensed the Wushuang Sword’s presence.
• Ye Qingxian told the narrator that Qing Ye’s True Spirit was only asleep, then warned that she might lose control and tried to distance herself from her Junior Sister.
• The narrator saw that Ye Qingxian’s corruption had reached 99%, carried Qing Ye to bed, confessed that she liked her, and promised to wait for her to wake.