Recaps

As Ye Xiaoyao’s twin daughters neared hatching, Ye Qingxian investigated the hidden forces supporting her Junior Sister while guarding her through the final hours. Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing competed to hatch first as Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua secretly watched from nearby.

• Ye Qingxian concluded that an influential figure in the Wuya Sect’s forbidden grounds was helping Ye Xiaoyao and that the Heavenly Sword Venerable was involved in a power struggle.
• Ye Zhaoxuan absorbed energy to hatch first and protect her mother, while Ye Ranxing sped up her own absorption to compete with her twin.
• Ye Xiaoyao endured the strain as both daughters came within an hour of hatching, and Ye Qingxian and Yangyang waited anxiously outside.
• Shuang Yue made Yue Wuhua crouch in the grass near the cave abode to watch, despite Yue Wuhua pointing out they could simply walk in.

Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing hatched from their eggs, revealing opposing holy and dark powers and immediately clashing over their shared origins. Their mother passed out after admiring them, and Ye Qingxian and Yangyang entered the room after hearing the commotion.

• Ye Zhaoxuan hatched first, healed her mother, ate her eggshell, and waited beside her as Black Egg began to crack.
• Ye Ranxing broke out of her egg, argued with Ye Zhaoxuan about their shared talent, and ate her own eggshell.
• Ye Ranxing rejected her mother’s claim that she was her daughter, so Ye Zhaoxuan beat her until their mother separated them.
• Ye Ranxing sulked and silently vowed to devour Ye Zhaoxuan, while Ye Zhaoxuan teased her by promising to care for her.
• Their mother passed out, Ye Zhaoxuan tried to help her, and Ye Qingxian and Yangyang came into the room.

Ye Qingxian rejected Ye Ranxing after she abandoned Ye Xiaoyao, while caring for Junior Sister and the newly hatched Yangyang and Ye Zhaoxuan. Ye Ranxing was left behind a barrier, unable to accept that Ye Qingxian had cast her aside.

• Ye Qingxian ignored Ye Ranxing and went to Junior Sister, while Ye Zhaoxuan stayed beside her mother.
• Ye Qingxian checked Junior Sister's condition, found she had fallen asleep from exhaustion, and tucked her into bed.
• Ye Ranxing accused Yangyang of trying to steal Ye Qingxian and begged Ye Qingxian to take her away from Ye Xiaoyao.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Ranxing she had abandoned her because Ye Ranxing had abandoned her birth mother.
• Ye Qingxian raised a barrier against Ye Ranxing and said she should be grateful Ye Xiaoyao had not completely abandoned her.

Ye Qingxian checked on her daughters and quietly worried about Junior Sister’s health while Ye Ranxing remained convinced that she shared her mother’s dark nature. After Ye Ranxing insulted Ye Qingxian and taunted Ye Zhaoxuan, Yangyang and Ye Zhaoxuan beat her together, leaving her vowing to take revenge when she grew up.

• Ye Qingxian checked Junior Sister’s pulse, noticed her uterine coldness, and left after confirming that both daughters were healthy.
• Ye Zhaoxuan accepted the Storage Ring from her mother, while Yang Xiaomao urged her to keep the resources she had been given.
• Ye Ranxing shouted that her bloodline resembled Ye Qingxian’s most and mocked Ye Zhaoxuan for being stuck in an ordinary life.
• Yangyang pounced on Ye Ranxing after she insulted their mother, and Ye Zhaoxuan used pure white energy to help pin her down.
• Yangyang warned Ye Ranxing not to insult their mother again, while Ye Ranxing sulked and threatened revenge when she grew up.

Ye Qingxian fought on the battlefield and decided to keep a normal distance from her junior sister, while Yue Wuhua worried about uncovering the truth behind her emotional attachments. In Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode, her daughters squabbled over chores until their mother woke up and caught them.

• Ye Qingxian told Yue Wuhua that her two daughters were healthy but she wanted to avoid interfering further in her junior sister’s life.
• Yue Wuhua remembered Shuang Yue’s demand that she investigate the full story behind Ye Qingxian’s emotional attachments within six months.
• In Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode, Yangyang proposed dividing the household chores, but Ye Ranxing refused to help while Ye Zhaoxuan quietly agreed.
• Yangyang relented and promised to care for her younger sisters, and Ye Zhaoxuan praised her cat ears before revealing that Ye Ranxing had insulted her.
• Yangyang transformed into a cat and leapt at Ye Ranxing, who unfurled her black wings and sent feathers flying.
• Ye Xiaoyao woke up and asked the girls what they were doing.

Ye Xiaoyao woke to find Yangyang and Ye Ranxing fighting, separated them, and scolded Yangyang for damaging her younger sister’s wing. After comforting both daughters, she returned to bed with Ye Zhaoxuan beside her and reflected on her determination not to give up on Ye Ranxing.

• Ye Xiaoyao woke and saw that Yangyang had beaten Ye Ranxing, leaving one of her wings damaged.
• Ye Zhaoxuan explained that Ye Ranxing had insulted Yangyang and spoken badly about their mother, but Ye Xiaoyao still told Yangyang that hitting was wrong.
• Ye Xiaoyao comforted Ye Ranxing and warned both daughters not to fight again.
• Ye Xiaoyao said food would be brought for the girls, then went back to sleep with Ye Zhaoxuan beside her.
• Ye Xiaoyao reflected that Ye Ranxing resembled her and vowed to keep reaching out to her rather than let her repeat her mother’s past.

Yangyang absorbed Chaos Energy at the meeting of night and day, awakened her bloodline, and reached the first layer of Qi Refining. She then ordered the Immortal Sect’s hidden experts to end their seclusion, beginning to consolidate her power while seeking strength to protect Ye Qingxian.

• Yangyang cultivated by absorbing Chaos Energy and broke through to the first layer of Qi Refining.
• Yangyang resolved to grow stronger so no one could bully her mother, Ye Qingxian, and to rule the world.
• A black-clad subordinate gave Yangyang a list of the Immortal Sect’s remaining powerful figures in seclusion.
• Yangyang ordered the Immortal Sect’s hidden experts to be found and commanded them to end their seclusion or be treated as traitors.

After recovering from giving birth, Ye Xiaoyao reunited with Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing, who both stayed by her side. Ye Ranxing continued insisting that Ye Qingxian should be her mother, and Ye Xiaoyao said she would ask Ye Qingxian to raise her.

• Ye Xiaoyao woke after three days and nights, and Ye Zhaoxuan brought her Spirit Water.
• Ye Xiaoyao affectionately held Ye Ranxing, who protested and declared herself the supreme Fallen Angel Lord.
• Ye Ranxing said only Ye Qingxian had the right to be her mother and called Ye Xiaoyao useless and dependent on Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Xiaoyao offered to ask Ye Qingxian to take Ye Ranxing in, but warned she could not promise Ye Qingxian would agree.
• Ye Ranxing accused Ye Xiaoyao of being insincere, while Ye Zhaoxuan watched her with an unsettlingly calm gaze.

Ye Xiaoyao decided to raise Ye Ranxing herself after Ye Qingxian agreed to take her only because she misunderstood Xiaoyao’s tears. As Ye Ranxing continued to reject her, Xiaoyao pinned her hopes on awakening her bloodline within a month, while Ranxing looked forward to using that awakening to prove her mother was useless.

• Ye Xiaoyao asked Ye Qingxian to raise Ye Ranxing, then ran away before hearing that Qingxian would only provide for the child and not treat her as a daughter.
• After finding Xiaoyao crying in the Peach Blossom Forest, Ye Qingxian promised to raise Ranxing as her own, but Xiaoyao said she would keep raising her herself and kissed Qingxian on the cheek.
• Ye Ranxing accused Xiaoyao of lying and rejected her attempt to comfort her, while Ye Zhaoxuan reassured Xiaoyao that she still had a daughter.
• Ye Xiaoyao ate a Lingzhi and resolved to awaken her bloodline within a month, hoping it would change Ranxing’s opinion of her.
• Ye Ranxing secretly anticipated Xiaoyao’s awakening, believing it would prove her mother was useless and make Ye Qingxian abandon her.

Ye Qingxian began teaching Yangyang the basics of cultivation, while Weiyang Venerable urged Bai Qixing to make his own choice amid a shifting balance of power. Bright Moon Venerable sensed a final battle approaching and entrusted Shuang Yue to Yue Wuhua, keeping the reason confidential.

• Ye Zhaoxuan stayed close to her mother, and Ye Ranxing teased her for being clingy.
• Yangyang claimed a tiger's territory, took a white lingzhi from its den, and then joined Ye Qingxian, who decided to teach her basic cultivation skills.
• Weiyang Venerable explained to Bai Qixing that the stars' changing brightness showed that no single power dominated, and urged him to form his own judgment about joining the game.
• Bright Moon Venerable and Yue Wuhua discussed Heavenly Sword Venerable's silence and the possibility of an impending final battle.
• Bright Moon Venerable asked Yue Wuhua to care for Shuang Yue, but refused to explain their connection before leaving.

Ye Xiaoyao took Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing out, where Ye Qingxian’s rejection of Ranxing sparked hurt feelings and a quarrel between the sisters. They later heard news about the strongest young prodigies of the Greater and Lesser Supreme Heavens, and the outing ended with the girls secretly stepping on each other’s feet.

• Ye Xiaoyao took Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing toward a family playground, where Ye Ranxing resisted holding his hand and Ye Qingxian hit her for being disrespectful.
• Ye Qingxian rejected Ye Ranxing, and Ye Xiaoyao shielded the upset child and scolded Ye Qingxian for treating her harshly.
• Ye Zhaoxuan teased Ye Ranxing, and the sisters chased and fought until Ye Xiaoyao picked them both up and told them not to fight.
• Ye Xiaoyao and his family heard a vendor announce an updated Nine Provinces' Glorious Records ranking the young prodigies of the Greater and Lesser Supreme Heavens.
• Ye Xiaoyao checked Ye Zhaoxuan’s baby teeth before buying candied hawthorns, while the sisters secretly stepped on each other’s shoes.

Ye Xiaoyao disciplined her twin daughters after Ye Ranxing claimed she had been kidnapped, while Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing continued bickering. Ye Xiaoyao then saw a name in Ye Qingxian’s magazine and, fearing Ye Qingxian might reunite with the man from the story, asked if he was her former Dao Companion.

• Ye Zhaoxuan accused Ye Xiaoyao of favoritism, and Ye Ranxing said Ye Xiaoyao had kidnapped her.
• Ye Xiaoyao spanked Ye Ranxing until she admitted that Ye Xiaoyao was her mother and had not kidnapped her.
• Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing argued over the candied hawthorns and Ye Ranxing’s hope that Ye Qingxian would like her.
• Ye Xiaoyao noticed Ye Qingxian staring at a name in a magazine and recognized it as the person she feared Ye Qingxian might end up with.
• Ye Xiaoyao asked Ye Qingxian whether the man named on the magazine’s first page was her former Dao Companion, and Ye Qingxian panicked about being misunderstood.

Ye Xiaoyao spiraled into despair after suspecting Ye Qingxian had someone else in mind, but Ye Qingxian held her and tried to reassure her. A hidden observer and the Ye Family reacted to news about the supposed person, while Ye Qingxian insisted she had never met him.

• Ye Xiaoyao rejected Ye Qingxian’s attempt to comfort her and sank deeper into self-doubt.
• Ye Qingxian recalled Ye Xiaoyao’s postpartum depression and pulled her into an embrace to calm her.
• Ye Xiaoyao bit Ye Qingxian’s arm before calming down and letting go.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Xiaoyao that she did not know the person they were discussing and had never met him.
• A hidden observer watched the two and excitedly sent a message, hoping Ye Xiaoyao would be driven away.
• At the Ye Family, the Seventh Ancestor reported the news, and Ye Kong praised him, making the Seventh Ancestor fear that Ye Kong’s unlucky predictions would come true.

Ye Xiaoyao realized Ye Qingxian might be developing new feelings for her and decided to court her anew. Their daughters quarreled over candied hawthorns while Ye Ranxing plotted to win Ye Qingxian’s attention.

• Ye Qingxian comforted Ye Xiaoyao and explained that she had hidden details because she feared Ye Xiaoyao would overthink them.
• Ye Xiaoyao asked whether Ye Qingxian still liked her, but Ye Qingxian denied it and pulled away from her embrace.
• Ye Xiaoyao decided Ye Qingxian’s growing willingness to comfort her could mean a new Thread of Affection was forming, and resolved to pursue her again.
• Ye Ranxing watched her mothers flirt and planned to stay near Ye Xiaoyao so she could report any bloodline awakening to Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Ranxing stole a candied hawthorn from Ye Zhaoxuan, who slapped her; Ye Ranxing threatened to tell on her when Ye Xiaoyao returned.

Ye Zhaoxuan and Ye Ranxing fought over a candied hawthorn, while Ye Xiaoyao’s attempts to treat them fairly only fueled their rivalry. Later, Ye Zhaoxuan and Yangyang agreed to stop confronting Ranxing and let her arrogance eventually expose her; Ranxing kept taunting them, convinced their mother favored her.

• Ye Ranxing complained that Ye Zhaoxuan had hit her, and Ye Zhaoxuan explained that Ranxing had stolen a candied hawthorn from her skewer.
• Ye Xiaoyao scolded both daughters, then promised to buy Ranxing another candied hawthorn as compensation.
• Ye Ranxing flaunted her extra treat, and Ye Daoyan flicked her forehead for provoking Ye Zhaoxuan.
• That night, Ye Zhaoxuan told Yangyang that Ye Ranxing had bullied her, and Yangyang questioned Ranxing about stealing the candied hawthorn.
• Ye Zhaoxuan urged Yangyang to ignore Ranxing so her growing arrogance would eventually make her actions backfire.
• Ye Ranxing taunted her sisters that Ye Xiaoyao liked her more, while Yangyang held back from confronting her.

Ye Zhaoxuan asked whether her mother loved Ye Ranxing more and urged her to give up on her troublesome sister, but her mother reassured her that she loved both daughters and would keep raising Ye Ranxing. Yangyang returned with another lingzhi and settled in beside them, imagining her mother as a cat.

• Ye Zhaoxuan asked her mother if she loved Ye Ranxing more and warned that Ye Ranxing was a fallen angel who could not change.
• Her mother explained that she was lenient with Ye Ranxing because she wanted to help her improve, and promised she would not abandon her daughter.
• The mother covered the sleeping Ye Ranxing with a blanket and told Ye Zhaoxuan she would only consider sending Ye Ranxing away if she became impossible to raise and could survive on her own.
• Ye Zhaoxuan said Ye Ranxing could already survive without her mother, but her mother told her not to wish for her sister to be sent into the wild.
• Yangyang returned with another lingzhi, curled up on her mother's stomach, and imagined what her mother would look like as a cat.

Ye Xiaoyao realized Ye Ranxing knowingly took advantage of her love and believed her mother was obligated to serve her. After Ye Xiaoyao told Ranxing that Ye Qingxian did not want her, she considered temporarily letting her daughter face the consequences of her behavior, while reaffirming that she also had to care for herself and her other daughters.

• At breakfast, Ye Ranxing bragged to Ye Zhaoxuan that she could make their mother worry by refusing to eat, and Ye Xiaoyao overheard them.
• Ye Xiaoyao offered Ranxing a fresh bun, while Ranxing accepted it and insisted that Xiaoyao should treat her like a princess because she wanted to be her mother.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ranxing that Ye Qingxian did not want her and that she was not as popular as she imagined.
• Ranxing denied it, nearly revealing something she had meant to keep secret, and Ye Xiaoyao considered letting her experience rejection before deciding she still could not bear to make her suffer.
• Ye Xiaoyao resolved that if temporary release did not change Ranxing's behavior, she might have to let go completely, and reminded herself that her life mattered to her other daughters and the people who loved her.

Ye Ranxing discovered the gambling dens in the Handyman Disciples' territory and began wagering with the spirit stones Ye Xiaoyao gave her. After losing her first allowance, she deceived Ye Xiaoyao into giving her more by claiming she had bought a cultivation technique, then flew off to gamble again.

• Ye Ranxing wandered into the Handyman Disciples' territory and became intrigued by the negative emotions surrounding a dice game.
• The Handyman Disciples mistook Ye Ranxing for an easy target, while some grew fearful after recognizing her as Ye Qingxian's daughter.
• Ye Ranxing asked Ye Xiaoyao for spirit stones, and he gave her a little over a hundred as pocket money.
• A week later, Ye Ranxing had lost all the spirit stones and decided to ask Ye Xiaoyao for more.
• Ye Ranxing claimed she had bought a cultivation technique, and Ye Xiaoyao gave her two hundred spirit stones before she hurried back to gamble.

Ye Ranxing lost the spirit stones Ye Xiaoyao had given her in a rigged gambling game, then lied that she had spent them on cultivation techniques and pressured Ye Xiaoyao into giving her more. Ye Zhaoxuan overheard their exchange and restrained her anger, waiting for Ye Xiaoyao to discover the truth herself.

• Ye Ranxing lost her spirit stones after the bald man and his accomplices lured her into a high-or-low dice game and took advantage of her belief that she would win them back.
• The bald man and his accomplices divided Ye Ranxing's spirit stones and expected her to return, convinced greed would keep drawing her into the game.
• Ye Ranxing returned to Ye Xiaoyao and claimed she had bought unsuitable cultivation techniques, then demanded more spirit stones.
• Ye Xiaoyao gave Ye Ranxing another three hundred spirit stones and told her to be careful of being cheated.
• Ye Zhaoxuan overheard Ye Ranxing's demands but held back her anger, believing Ye Xiaoyao needed to uncover the truth herself.

Ye Ranxing lost spirit stones gambling with Ghost Hand, then attacked him when he refused to let her inspect the dice. After a Law Enforcement Hall disciple told Ye Xiaoyao what happened, she realized Ranxing had been gambling and wondered whether her daughter had lied about what she did with the spirit stones.

• Ye Ranxing secretly slept in the new bed while Ye Xiaoyao comforted an envious Ye Zhaoxuan.
• Ye Ranxing took three hundred spirit stones to the handyman area and bet fifty against Ghost Hand, losing repeatedly.
• Ye Ranxing accused Ghost Hand of cheating and punched him, damaging shelves and a spirit-gathering formation.
• A Law Enforcement Hall disciple confirmed the dice were fair and went to Ye Xiaoyao to collect compensation for the damage.
• Ye Xiaoyao learned that Ranxing had been gambling and feared her daughter had deceived her about the spirit stones.

Ye Xiaoyao confronted Ye Ranxing about gambling away the spirit stones she had saved and disciplined her for cursing and refusing to stop. The chapter ended with Ye Ranxing beginning to doubt that Ye Xiaoyao had any stones left and insisting Ye Qingxian could provide more.

• Ye Zhaoxuan comforted Ye Xiaoyao as she grieved over Ye Ranxing gambling away her spirit stones.
• Ye Ranxing returned and demanded more spirit stones, then tried to take Ye Xiaoyao's Storage Ring when she refused.
• Ye Ranxing admitted she knew she was gambling, and Ye Xiaoyao tied her to a branch and punished her for cursing.
• Ye Ranxing refused to promise she would stop gambling and compared Ye Xiaoyao unfavorably to Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Xiaoyao revealed the lost stones were her lifetime savings, leaving Ye Ranxing fearful and uncertain as she argued that Ye Qingxian could give her more.

Ye Xiaoyao punished Ye Ranxing for gambling and later comforted Ye Zhaoxuan, but woke the next day with catlike ears. She convinced herself they were demonic magic and returned to her daughters as if nothing had happened.

• Ye Xiaoyao scolded Ye Ranxing for gambling and whipped her until she promised to stop, then locked her in the woodshed for the night.
• Ye Xiaoyao broke down crying, and Ye Zhaoxuan reassured her that she was a wonderful mother before comforting her to sleep.
• Ye Ranxing escaped the woodshed the next morning and told Ye Zhaoxuan she wanted Ye Qingxian to raise her.
• Ye Zhaoxuan found Ye Xiaoyao hiding under a blanket after Ye Xiaoyao discovered two ears on her head and nearly cut them off.
• Ye Xiaoyao decided the ears were demonic magic, hid them under a hat, and went to make breakfast for her daughters.

Ye Ranxing exposed Ye Xiaoyao’s cat ears to Ye Qingxian, hoping the revelation would make Ye Qingxian abandon her mother and accept her instead. Ye Qingxian rejected Ye Ranxing outright, and when the girl returned to Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode in distress, the door did not open.

• At mealtime, Ye Ranxing pulled off Ye Xiaoyao’s hat and laughed at her cat ears, while Ye Xiaoyao pleaded with her daughters not to tell Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Ranxing flew to Ye Qingxian’s cave abode and reported that Ye Xiaoyao was an ordinary cat with no use.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Ranxing she would never accept her as a daughter and revealed she had urged Ye Xiaoyao to abandon her before birth.
• Ye Qingxian hurled Ye Ranxing out of her cave abode, leaving her devastated by the realization that Ye Qingxian had never loved her.
• Ye Ranxing returned to Ye Xiaoyao’s cave abode and repeatedly pounded on the door, but it did not open.

Ye Xiaoyao refused to open the cave abode door after Ye Ranxing revealed Ye Qingxian knew she was a cat, leaving Ranxing convinced she had been abandoned. As Ranxing wandered into an uninhabited part of Heavenly Sword Peak, Ye Xiaoyao asked Shuang Yue to watch over her, while Ye Qingxian planned to give her Junior Sister time to calm down.

• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Zhaoxuan not to open the door for Ye Ranxing, then decided to leave Ranxing outside for a few days to learn who cared for her.
• Ye Ranxing cried and accused Ye Xiaoyao and Ye Qingxian of rejecting her, then ran away from the cave abode.
• Ye Ranxing set out to survive alone in the forest, believing Ye Xiaoyao would eventually apologize when she got hungry.
• Ye Xiaoyao sent Shuang Yue the location and asked her to make sure nothing happened to Ye Ranxing.
• Ye Qingxian worried that her Junior Sister knew she knew she was a cat, and decided to wait a day or two before explaining herself.

After an argument with Ye Ranxing, the narrator struggled with guilt over her daughter and fear of her emerging catlike bloodline. Her ears vanished after she fainted, and she left to find Ye Qingxian while Ye Zhaoxuan stayed behind alone.

• The narrator sat alone in the woodshed, regretting her conflict with Ye Ranxing and hoping her daughter would reflect on her behavior.
• Ye Zhaoxuan found the narrator, comforted her, and reassured her that she would always be her mother despite her ears.
• The narrator worried about her bloodline and Ye Qingxian’s reaction, then fainted after trying to convince herself she was not a cat.
• An hour later, the narrator woke to find her ears gone and decided to visit Ye Qingxian and ask her not to hate Ye Ranxing.
• Ye Zhaoxuan let the narrator leave, then hid under the covers until her own glow helped ease her fear of the dark.