Recaps

Yangyang cared for her mother and handled the household chores while her mother stayed in the egg-incubation state. Meanwhile, Mo Heng investigated Ye Xiaoyao’s past, and Heavenly Sword Venerable ordered a blockade to keep her cultivation from rising too quickly.

• Yangyang checked on her sleeping mother, then went to wait for the food delivery.
• Mo Heng secretly investigated the Great Devil King's life and grew furious at how Ye Xiaoyao had been treated.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable halted Plan One, delayed Plan Two, and ordered her subordinates to block Ye Xiaoyao’s cultivation and monitor Mo Heng.
• Yangyang brought her mother a Storage Bag with a hundred spirit stones, and her mother gave the bag to her as pocket money.
• After her mother returned to the egg-incubation state, Yangyang cleaned the home, tried to catch a mouse, and waited for the next meal delivery.

Mo Heng decided to support Ye Qingxian and Ye Xiaoyao without interfering in their relationship, and left Wuya Sect to reconnect with someone from his past. Ye Xiaoyao went to claim newly granted rewards, while Yangyang seized the chance to chase a mouse in the kitchen.

• Mo Heng arranged rewards for Direct Disciples' assigned tasks and resolved to support Ye Qingxian and Ye Xiaoyao against Heavenly Sword Venerable's faction.
• Mo Heng left Wuya Sect to seek out a disciple he had taken during an earlier visit to Supreme Heaven.
• An elder told Ye Xiaoyao she could claim this month's Inner Sect Disciple resource reward, and she hurried off to collect it.
• Yangyang checked that her mother had left, then went to the kitchen to catch a little mouse.

Ye Qingxian led the Wuya Sect’s assault on the Myriad Dao Sect’s second mountain gate, while Ye Xiaoyao collected a reward and planned to share it with Yangyang. Yangyang secretly transformed into a tiny white kitten and set out before her mother could discover her.

• Ye Qingxian used her half Spirit Form and Cease Hostilities to erase the Myriad Dao Sect’s second mountain gate, then the Wuya Sect’s forces charged in to fight.
• Myriad Dao Sect elders emerged from the void as the Wuya Sect launched its attack.
• Ye Xiaoyao visited Elder Hei, received his praise and collected a hundred spirit stones.
• Ye Xiaoyao decided to save eighty spirit stones and give twenty to Yangyang as pocket money.
• Yangyang transformed into a tiny white kitten and hurried out, determined to keep her form secret from her mother.

After Yangyang turned into a little cat, she hunted mice in Mom’s cave abode while hiding her identity. Mom nearly threw her out, but reconsidered and then began to suspect the cat was Yangyang.

• Yangyang hunted mice in the kitchen, forgetting to keep watch for Mom’s return.
• Mom entered, mistook Yangyang for a stray cat, and carried her toward the cave entrance to throw her outside.
• Mom remembered her daughter’s words and let the cat stay, saying she would have to leave if Yangyang disliked her.
• Yangyang feared Mom would reject her if she learned the truth, and felt sad that Mom had not recognized her.
• Mom noticed the cat’s human-like emotions, thought of Yangyang’s recent strange behavior, and gently asked whether the cat was Yangyang.

Ye Daoyan realized the little cat she had brought home was her missing daughter, Ye Xiaoyao, and recognized how her words had made the frightened kitten hide her nature. She embraced her daughter and apologized, overwhelmed by guilt and relief.

• Ye Daoyan brought the trembling little cat home and caught her when she tried to jump from a chair.
• The little cat rubbed her head against Ye Daoyan’s finger, reminding her of how her daughter showed affection.
• After the White Egg glowed and Zhaoxuan called someone big sister, Ye Daoyan checked her panel and realized the cat was her daughter, Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Daoyan recalled how Ye Xiaoyao had suppressed her catlike behavior and feared being rejected.
• Ye Daoyan hurried to embrace the frightened cat and tearfully apologized for not realizing who she was.

After learning that Yangyang was born a cat, I comforted her and assured her that I still loved her. Yangyang relaxed enough to reveal her cat ears, while I wondered if Ye Qingxian was a cat too.

• Yangyang transformed into a human, cried in my arms, and explained that she had been born a cat.
• I apologized for scolding Yangyang before and promised that I would accept her and never abandon her.
• Yangyang purred as I comforted her, and I asked her to show me her ears.
• Yangyang revealed her white cat ears and hair, and I marveled at her catgirl form.
• I imagined Ye Qingxian might also be a cat and decided I would ask to see her ears when she returned.
• Yangyang said that grown-up kittens were supposed to leave their mothers, leaving me wishing she were less obedient.

Ye Xiaoyao struggled to accept that her daughter Yangyang was a kitten and suggested she live with Ye Qingxian, but Yangyang challenged her mother’s belief that she was human. Ye Xiaoyao finally promised to be a cat alongside Yangyang and play with her, leaving them comforted together beneath the ginkgo tree.

• Ye Xiaoyao watched Yangyang play with a dead mouse and told her not to carry mice in her mouth.
• Ye Xiaoyao suggested Yangyang live with Ye Qingxian because she thought a cat would be better suited to raising her.
• Yangyang asked whether Ye Xiaoyao was also a cat, and Ye Xiaoyao denied it before reluctantly agreeing to humor her.
• When Yangyang grew upset, Ye Xiaoyao promised she was a cat too and would not send her away.
• Ye Xiaoyao offered to play hide-and-seek and catch mice with Yangyang, who relaxed and said she was no longer alone.

Yangyang watched her unborn sisters argue while Ye Xiaoyao worried that the Black Egg rejected her as a mother, then Yangyang went to the market and realized people were watching her and possibly Ye Xiaoyao. Meanwhile, Ye Qingxian’s battlefield victory raised Wuya Sect’s morale, while Yin Yang Boy vowed to break through the sect within seven years.

• Yangyang noticed the White Egg and Black Egg arguing, and Ye Xiaoyao stopped them before the Black Egg silently rejected her as its mother.
• The next day, Yangyang slipped out of the cave, avoided Wu Sheng, and headed to the market for snacks.
• Wuya Sect disciples celebrated Ye Qingxian defeating two Quasi-Supremes, while Yin Yang Boy declared he would break through Wuya Sect within seven years.
• The shopkeeper gave Yangyang two candied hawthorns for free, and she reflected on how her and Ye Xiaoyao’s fortunes had changed.
• Yangyang observed suspicious people watching her and wondered how many were also keeping track of Ye Xiaoyao.

Ye Qingxian introduced Black Egg and White Egg to Shuang Yue, who recognized the danger Black Egg posed and urged Ye Qingxian to stop hatching her. The chapter ended with Ye Qingxian silent and undecided, while Black Egg sensed that her future depended on her choice.

• Yangyang frightened a Spirit Realm Hamster to death while asking whether the cute mice were tasty, then walked away without taking one.
• Shuang Yue visited Ye Qingxian, who introduced Black Egg as her daughter, Ye Ranxing, and White Egg as Zhaoxuan.
• Shuang Yue saw Black Egg's terrifying fallen-angel nature and heard her threaten Shuang Yue while boasting that Ye Qingxian was her mother.
• Shuang Yue recognized White Egg's holy nature, then warned Ye Qingxian that Black Egg could hurt her and others if she hatched.
• Shuang Yue suggested putting Black Egg away and stopping the hatching process, leaving Ye Qingxian to face the decision.

The mother reaffirmed that she would never abandon Ye Ranxing, even if the world saw her as a bringer of misfortune. Meanwhile, Ye Kong learned that Ye Qingxian had three daughters and set out for the Wuya Sect to confront the man he believed had deceived her.

• The mother told Shuang Yue she would keep reaching out to Ye Ranxing and would not abandon her daughter.
• Yangyang brought candied hawthorns to her mother and mentioned that Ye Qingxian had caused a public stir.
• Yangyang found her Black Egg and White Egg sisters unresponsive, and Black Egg angrily insisted she did not need anyone to care for her.
• Ye Kong learned that Ye Qingxian had three daughters outside the family and became furious that she had hidden the truth.
• Ye Kong left the Ye Family and traveled toward the Wuya Sect to find Ye Qingxian's supposed Dao Companion.

Ye Kong confronted Ye Xiaoyao over her relationship with Ye Qingxian, only to discover that the person he had imagined as a shameless man was a timid little girl who had given birth to Ye Qingxian’s children. After checking the facts, he returned and asked Ye Xiaoyao if she was the one who had made his granddaughter bang her head against the wall.

• Ye Kong arrived at Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode, cursing the person he believed had led Ye Qingxian astray.
• Ye Xiaoyao revealed that she was the person entangled with Ye Qingxian and had given birth to their babies, leaving Ye Kong stunned.
• Ye Kong left to verify what he had heard, while Yangyang sent Ye Qingxian a Sound Transmission Talisman asking her to come back and help her mother.
• Ye Kong returned with a complicated expression and asked Ye Xiaoyao if she was Ye Xiaoyao and the one who had made his granddaughter bang her head against the wall.
• Ye Xiaoyao nodded to the first question, then froze at the second and chose not to deny it.

Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Kong that she had mistreated Ye Qingxian and defended her against rumors that she was a lovesick fool. Ye Kong agreed not to interfere in their relationship, then learned that Ye Xiaoyao had chosen to give birth to Ye Qingxian’s daughters without her consent.

• Ye Xiaoyao admitted to Ye Kong that she had rejected and tortured Ye Qingxian, and said she no longer planned to torture her in a third loop.
• Ye Xiaoyao defended Ye Qingxian, explaining that she wanted Ye Xiaoyao to have a better life and that Ye Xiaoyao’s prejudice had caused her suffering.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Kong that she still liked Ye Qingxian and asked him not to stop her from getting close to her.
• Ye Kong identified himself as Ye Qingxian’s grandfather and decided to stay out of the complicated relationship.
• Ye Xiaoyao confessed that she had chosen to give birth to Ye Qingxian’s daughters without Ye Qingxian’s consent, then invited Ye Kong into her courtyard.

Ye Kong warned Ye Xiaoyao that the Ye Family would oppose her relationship with Ye Qingxian and might try to take the children from her, leaving Ye Xiaoyao overwhelmed by fear and pain. Ye Qingxian arrived and angrily demanded to know why Ye Kong had pressured her.

• Ye Xiaoyao introduced Yangyang and the two eggs, Ye Ranxing and Ye Zhaoxuan, to Ye Kong, who confirmed they carried the Ye Family bloodline.
• Ye Kong gave Yangyang a Storage Ring filled with cultivation resources, and Ye Xiaoyao let her keep it.
• Ye Kong warned Ye Xiaoyao that the Ye Family elders opposed Ye Qingxian choosing her own partner and might separate them or claim the children.
• Ye Xiaoyao became pale and slumped over the table as she imagined losing her daughter, while Ye Kong urged her to prepare herself.
• Ye Qingxian arrived, sensed Ye Xiaoyao's distress, and furiously demanded to know what Ye Kong had said and why he had pressured her.

Ye Qingxian confronted her grandfather Ye Kong over the Ye Family’s interference in her life and the past suffering caused by his choices. She laid down her terms for protecting her daughters, while Yangyang comforted both her and Ye Xiaoyao.

• Ye Qingxian rebuffed Ye Kong when he came to check on her, blaming him for her parents’ deaths and demanding that he leave Wuya Sect.
• Ye Xiaoyao tried to mediate, and Ye Qingxian eventually agreed to sit with Ye Kong and explain why she had returned early.
• Ye Qingxian said Ye Kong had crossed her bottom line by pressuring Ye Xiaoyao without permission, and insisted that she no longer yearned for her Junior Sister.
• Ye Qingxian warned that the Ye Family could not take her daughters without facing her sword.
• Ye Qingxian angrily accused Ye Kong of failing to protect his children and vowed not to repeat his mistakes, while Yangyang hugged and comforted her.

Ye Qingxian confronted Ye Kong about the Ye Family’s plans and defended Ye Xiaoyao, while Yangyang revealed her cat ears and tail. Ye Qingxian and Ye Xiaoyao then argued over which of them was actually a cat, leaving Ye Qingxian bewildered and accused of denying her true nature.

• Ye Qingxian told Ye Kong she would protect Ye Xiaoyao from anyone scheming against her and refused to be dragged back to the Ye Family for trial.
• Ye Qingxian threatened to leave the Ye Family, while Yangyang suggested she could take her mother's surname instead.
• Yangyang revealed her cat ears and tail, leaving Ye Qingxian shocked that her daughter was a cat.
• Ye Xiaoyao silently insisted that Ye Qingxian was also a cat, and Ye Qingxian began to doubt whether Ye Xiaoyao was human.
• Ye Qingxian suggested that Ye Xiaoyao was the cat, so Ye Xiaoyao took Yangyang away and glared at her.

Ye Xiaoyao pressed Ye Qingxian to reveal her cat ears, but Ye Qingxian realized her denial of being a cat concealed a painful secret. Alone beneath the Ginkgo Tree, Ye Xiaoyao recalled that her biological parents had abandoned her in the wild and reaffirmed her belief that she was a human orphan whose parents had died.

• Ye Xiaoyao left Yangyang playing in the room and returned to demand that Ye Qingxian show her ears.
• Ye Qingxian admitted she was a cat and suggested Ye Xiaoyao was one too, noticing guilt and pain in her response.
• Ye Qingxian grabbed Ye Xiaoyao and asked what she could not accept, but Ye Xiaoyao begged her to ask about anything else.
• After Ye Qingxian and Ye Kong left, Ye Xiaoyao admitted to herself that her biological parents had released her into the wild when she was very young.
• Ye Xiaoyao insisted that her parents had died and that she was human, strengthening her resolve beneath the Ginkgo Tree.

Unable to sleep, Mom reflected on Ye Qingxian and tried to comfort Yangyang while struggling with Black Egg’s hurtful behavior. After Black Egg hit Yangyang out of jealousy, Mom held both eggs and told them not to fight.

• Mom crossed out Ye Qingxian’s name in her black notebook, then kept the torn page in her Storage Ring as a memento.
• Mom told Yangyang what Ranxing and Zhaoxuan had said, and Black Egg admitted she had not known Mom could hear her.
• Mom said she wanted to care for Ranxing like a normal baby but felt hurt by her actions.
• Black Egg struck Yangyang with black light after hearing her say Mom still had her, and Mom scolded Black Egg for hurting her unawakened sister.
• White Egg explained that Black Egg was jealous and wanted Mom to hold her too, and Black Egg angrily denied it.
• Mom gathered both eggs in her arms, told them to stop fighting, and Yangyang curled up beside her and fell asleep.

Ye Kong sought a way to reconcile with Ye Qingxian through Ye Xiaoyao, while Ye Qingxian secretly planted her Junior Sister’s treasured Ginkgo sapling. Ye Xiaoyao went to Hundred Flowers Valley and watched Ye Qingxian attract the attention of other women, ending the chapter jealous and gripping a hidden dagger.

• Ye Kong concluded that reaching Ye Xiaoyao was his only chance to mend things with Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Qingxian planted a Ginkgo Tree sapling in a secluded corner of her cave dwelling.
• Ye Xiaoyao learned that Ye Qingxian was at Hundred Flowers Valley and left to see her.
• Bai Zhi approached Ye Qingxian under the pretext of asking for help with a cultivation technique.
• Ye Xiaoyao watched Bai Zhi and the other women crowd around Ye Qingxian, then clenched the dagger hidden in her sleeve.

Ye Xiaoyao’s jealousy over Ye Qingxian’s attention to Bai Zhi escalated into an emotional confrontation at the banquet. Ye Qingxian tried to comfort her, but Ye Xiaoyao broke down again when she promised to ignore her once she felt better.

• Ye Xiaoyao secretly watched Ye Qingxian speak with Bai Zhi, then emerged and accused Ye Qingxian of favoring her.
• Ye Xiaoyao shoved Bai Zhi, bit Ye Qingxian’s collarbone, and demanded that she stop talking to other people.
• Ye Qingxian said she had to host the banquet and told Ye Xiaoyao not to seek her out without an important reason; Ye Xiaoyao collapsed in tears beside her dagger.
• Ye Qingxian returned, took the dagger from Ye Xiaoyao, and learned that Ye Xiaoyao had watched her all afternoon and felt forgotten.
• Ye Qingxian promised to deal with Bai Zhi and reassured Ye Xiaoyao that she was kind at heart.
• Ye Xiaoyao tried to leave, but Ye Qingxian caught her and said she would comfort her until she felt better, then ignore her again.

Ye Xiaoyao learned that Ye Qingxian had removed her own threads of affection, explaining why she no longer returned Ye Xiaoyao’s feelings. Though Ye Qingxian urged them to keep their relationship distant, Ye Xiaoyao resolved to win her over and find the missing threads.

• Ye Xiaoyao accused Ye Qingxian of tormenting her, and Ye Qingxian admitted she no longer liked her because she had pulled out her own threads of affection.
• Ye Xiaoyao demanded that Ye Qingxian get the threads back and confessed that she wanted to keep her close, even threatening to lock her up.
• Ye Xiaoyao recognized how painful it had been for Ye Qingxian to receive mixed signals and apologized to her.
• Ye Qingxian suggested they remain Senior Sister and Junior Sister and keep their distance, but Ye Xiaoyao said she still wanted her and resolved to win her over.
• Ye Xiaoyao planned to ask Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua for help finding Ye Qingxian’s threads of affection, then decided to confront the women who had been hovering around Ye Qingxian.

At the sect’s gathering, Ye Xiaoyao jealously interrupted Bai Zhi and Yunyan as they tried to get close to Ye Qingxian, who promised to deal with Bai Zhi after the banquet. Yunyan challenged Ye Xiaoyao’s right to restrict Ye Qingxian, leaving Ye Xiaoyao to confront how possessive and desperate she had become.

• Ye Xiaoyao took the barbecue Bai Zhi had offered Ye Qingxian and claimed Ye Qingxian had an upset stomach from drinking spoiled water.
• Ye Qingxian backed up Ye Xiaoyao’s excuse, and Ye Xiaoyao demanded that she deal with Bai Zhi after the banquet.
• Ye Qingxian promised to handle Bai Zhi, and Ye Xiaoyao went to grill food for her.
• Yunyan offered Ye Qingxian beef, but Ye Xiaoyao snatched it away and accused Yunyan of flirting with her.
• Yunyan argued that Ye Xiaoyao had no standing to restrict Ye Qingxian before they made their relationship official, and Ye Xiaoyao admitted to herself that she could not bear the thought of Ye Qingxian choosing someone else.

Ye Qingxian stopped Ye Xiaoyao from leaving by declaring that she was straight and would not pursue anyone, then comforted her as her junior sister. The chapter ended when Ye Qingxian noticed that Ye Xiaoyao had no Guardian Sand and felt an intense, inexplicable shock despite having had her threads of affection removed.

• Ye Xiaoyao prepared to leave after believing she had lost Ye Qingxian, but Ye Qingxian told the gathered cultivators that she was straight and would focus on pursuing the Great Dao.
• Ye Qingxian reassured Ye Xiaoyao that she would always spoil her junior sister, bringing Ye Xiaoyao to tears as she remembered Qing Ye.
• Ye Xiaoyao teased Ye Qingxian by saying she was thinking about what might happen between them at night, and Ye Qingxian stiffly told her to focus on cultivation.
• Ye Xiaoyao exposed her bare wrist, and Ye Qingxian saw that her junior sister had no Guardian Sand.
• Ye Qingxian felt an abrupt, intense emotional shock at the sight despite having had her threads of affection stripped away.

Ye Qingxian questioned Ye Xiaoyao about her missing Guardian Sand, suspecting someone had taken advantage of her. Ye Xiaoyao realized the questions showed Ye Qingxian cared about her, and ended the chapter pleased that she had seen through her Senior Sister.

• Ye Qingxian grew troubled as she considered Ye Xiaoyao’s wrist and asked whether she had ever been in a relationship.
• Ye Xiaoyao denied having dated anyone, while Ye Qingxian worried over the missing Guardian Sand.
• Yunyan brought the two women grilled meat, and Ye Qingxian ate some as Ye Xiaoyao’s jealousy eased.
• Ye Qingxian wondered who had taken Ye Xiaoyao’s Guardian Sand and asked if anyone had deceived or slept with her.
• Ye Xiaoyao dropped her juice in shock, then connected Ye Qingxian’s questions to her wrist and concluded that her Senior Sister cared about her.

After the Hundred Flowers Valley celebration, Ye Kong gave the narrator medicines to support her bloodline awakening, hoping she could stand beside Ye Qingxian. The next day, the narrator cared for her daughters and realized she could understand Yangyang’s cat language, which she blamed on Ye Qingxian.

• The narrator reassured Ye Qingxian that Junior Sister had no Guardian Sand, and Ye Qingxian later packed food for the narrator and Yangyang.
• Yangyang rushed into the narrator’s arms and said she wanted to grow tall enough to protect her mother.
• Ye Kong visited the narrator, gave her a storage ring of body-nourishing medicines, and promised to help her win Ye Qingxian back.
• The narrator killed a mouse with a casual wave, then returned to bed with Yangyang.
• The narrator let cat-shaped Yangyang sunbathe on the roof for ten more minutes and realized she could understand her meowing.
• The narrator blamed Ye Qingxian for infecting her with the ability to understand cat language.

After absorbing a Lingzhi, Ye Xiaoyao began making a dress for Ye Qingxian to show her love through actions rather than pestering her. Ye Qingxian tried to focus on teaching at Wuya Sect, though she kept thinking about her Junior Sister and wondered whether her severed thread of love could grow back.

• Yangyang noticed a fleeting mark appear between her mother's eyebrows, then played with Ye Zhaoxuan's egg until Ye Xiaoyao woke and checked the developing eggs.
• Ye Xiaoyao decided to stop pressuring Ye Qingxian and prove her feelings by treating her better.
• Ye Xiaoyao cut and dyed precious fabric red so she could sew a dress for Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Qingxian used her spiritual sense to check whether Ye Xiaoyao had come near her cave dwelling, then dismissed her own lingering thoughts.
• While teaching Wuya Sect disciples, Ye Qingxian thought of Ye Xiaoyao again and wondered whether a severed thread of love could grow back.