Chapter Summaries

After awakening a system that let her copy talents from people and their offspring, Ye Xiaoyao decided to target the Female Protagonist and build enough strength to escape before the Male Lead appeared. The Female Protagonist suddenly claimed Ye Xiaoyao was carrying her child, while Ye Xiaoyao’s first attempt to copy talents succeeded.

• Ye Xiaoyao learned that she was fated to be killed by the Male Lead and resolved to use her new system to copy the Female Protagonist’s talents.
• The Female Protagonist chained Ye Xiaoyao’s ankle and claimed Ye Xiaoyao was carrying her child, leaving Ye Xiaoyao demanding an explanation.
• Ye Xiaoyao attended an elder’s lecture beside the Female Protagonist, who recognized her as the Junior Sister she had once brought to the sect.
• The system reported that Ye Xiaoyao had successfully copied a random talent and extracted a talent from an offspring.
• Ye Xiaoyao planned to have several children, gain self-protection, and leave the sect before the Male Lead appeared.

Heavenly Sword Venerable monitored Ye Xiaoyao, believing her plan had prevented the little girl from becoming a world-destroying Great Devil King. Unaware of this, Ye Xiaoyao discovered a system that could make her pregnant and began plotting to rule the world, though she decided to stay harmless and avoid the Male and Female Leads for now.

• Heavenly Sword Venerable revealed that she had become Ye Xiaoyao's master to keep the future Great Devil King under surveillance, and she concluded that Ye Xiaoyao's ordinary life had reduced the threat to zero.
• Ye Xiaoyao examined her system panel and realized that copying an innate talent had made her pregnant.
• Ye Xiaoyao planned to have many children to build her talent, become immortal, and eventually rule the world.
• After a cold breeze reminded her how small and weak she was, Ye Xiaoyao decided to keep a low profile and stay away from the Male and Female Leads until she grew up.
• Ye Xiaoyao studied her reflection in a water mirror and reassured herself that she still looked like a well-behaved, harmless little girl.

Ye Xiaoyao searched the Scripture Depository for a child-rearing guide, and Ye Qingxian caught her with it and warned her against getting involved with men. Three weeks into her pregnancy, Ye Xiaoyao remained determined to hide her baby from Ye Qingxian and headed out to set bait.

• Ye Xiaoyao reached for a Child-rearing Guide in the Scripture Depository, and Ye Qingxian took it down for her.
• Ye Qingxian questioned why Ye Xiaoyao was reading about raising children, and Ye Xiaoyao claimed a man with a Ghost Fire Flying Sword had promised to show her a meteor shower.
• Ye Qingxian warned Ye Xiaoyao that people might be tricking her and asked her to introduce the man, then left believing her warning would be heeded.
• A week later, Ye Xiaoyao worried that Ye Qingxian would discover her pregnancy and resolved to keep making up stories to conceal it.
• After another half month, Ye Xiaoyao, now three weeks pregnant, left her cave dwelling to set bait.

Ye Xiaoyao searched Heavenly Sword Peak and Bright Moon Peak for talented cultivators whose abilities she could exploit through her system, while enduring mockery and accepting spirit stones from the kind Senior Sister Shuangyue. Back at her cave abode, she brooded over her plans until a message arrived: the Female Protagonist had invited her to a flower-viewing banquet.

• Ye Xiaoyao visited the Mission Hall, where Luo Xiao'er, Shuang Shisan, and Zhuge Yun mocked her, and she secretly vowed to sabotage them.
• After failing to find a suitable prodigy among Heavenly Sword Peak's disciples, Ye Xiaoyao traveled to Bright Moon Peak to look for a famous Direct Disciple.
• Senior Sister Shuangyue comforted Ye Xiaoyao and gave her two spirit stones, which Ye Xiaoyao eventually accepted.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave abode, added names to her Death Note, and reflected on why she felt awkward around kind people.
• A disciple's message informed Ye Xiaoyao that the Female Protagonist had invited her to a flower-viewing banquet.

Ye Xiaoyao attended Ye Qingxian’s flower-viewing banquet, where her eager eating and awkward attempts to avoid attention drew the fairies’ sympathy instead of their disdain. Yue Wuhua befriended her and offered her crab, but the smell made Ye Xiaoyao suddenly feel sick in front of everyone.

• Ye Qingxian invited Ye Xiaoyao to the flower-viewing banquet, and Ye Xiaoyao decided to go for the free food.
• Ye Qingxian called Ye Xiaoyao to sit beside her, then kindly offered her water as she devoured the banquet dishes.
• Ye Qingxian asked whether Ye Xiaoyao had contacted someone again, and Ye Xiaoyao claimed she no longer liked him because his Ghost Fire Flying Sword had been confiscated.
• Yue Wuhua arrived, sat beside Ye Xiaoyao, and encouraged her to take an interest in something better than an ordinary flying sword.
• Yue Wuhua gave Ye Xiaoyao a plate of nourishing crabs, but Ye Xiaoyao smelled them, felt nauseated, and threw up in front of the gathered fairies.

At a flower-viewing banquet, Ye Xiaoyao struggled to hide her pregnancy symptoms as Ye Qingxian grew suspicious and Yue Wuhua offered to take her to Bright Moon Peak. After returning to her cave abode, Ye Xiaoyao worried that Ye Qingxian still suspected the truth and wondered whether she had invented the child’s father.

• Ye Xiaoyao nearly vomited after eating crab roe, and Yue Wuhua gave her a pill while Ye Qingxian watched her suspiciously.
• Qi Yue explained Ye Xiaoyao’s nausea as an upset stomach, but Ye Qingxian continued to doubt her.
• Yue Wuhua invited Ye Xiaoyao to become her junior sister at Bright Moon Peak, but Ye Qingxian objected and Ye Xiaoyao declined.
• After the banquet, Ye Qingxian gave Ye Xiaoyao a bag of food and questioned whether she had contacted that person again; Ye Xiaoyao denied it.
• Alone in her cave abode, Ye Xiaoyao worried that Ye Qingxian still suspected her pregnancy and questioned whether she had made up the child’s father.

Ye Xiaoyao secretly tampered with Luo Xiao'er, Shuang Shisan, and Zhuge Yun’s resources while handing them out, then spotted Jian Wushuang and decided to use her as a scapegoat for her pregnancy. Jian Wushuang approached the tiny Direct Disciple intending to flirt, but Ye Xiaoyao eagerly praised her and asked to touch her Ghost Fire Flying Sword.

• Ye Xiaoyao distributed altered spirit stones, Spirit Water, and Spirit Nurturing Pills to Luo Xiao'er, Shuang Shisan, and Zhuge Yun, who each accepted them without suspecting her.
• After closing the resource hall, Ye Xiaoyao left with her Death Note and mooncake.
• Jian Wushuang saw Ye Xiaoyao struggling to shut down the hall’s formation and considered using her new Ghost Fire Flying Sword to flirt with her.
• Jian Wushuang realized Ye Xiaoyao was a Junior Sister from her own sect and hesitated to make a move on her.
• Ye Xiaoyao decided Jian Wushuang would make a perfect scapegoat and bounced over, calling her handsome and asking to touch her sword.

Ye Xiaoyao kept her pregnancy hidden while cultivating Jian Wushuang’s interest and avoiding Ye Qingxian’s suspicions. When Ye Qingxian confronted her about the unborn child, Ye Xiaoyao’s sudden morning sickness exposed the lie and prompted Ye Qingxian to take her pulse.

• Jian Wushuang met Ye Xiaoyao, gave her a Communication Talisman, and planned to win her over for the sake of her Ruthless Dao cultivation.
• Ye Qingxian visited Jian Wushuang, questioned whether she had met the new Junior Sister, and warned her not to do so.
• Ye Xiaoyao quietly met Jian Wushuang over the following weeks while advancing through her pregnancy and overhearing rumors about a thief on Heavenly Sword Peak.
• At two and a half months pregnant, Ye Xiaoyao heard female cultivators gossip about an unpartnered woman having a child, and Ye Qingxian confronted her about the scandal and threatened to revoke her resources.
• Ye Xiaoyao insisted she was well-behaved, but a sudden bout of morning sickness made Ye Qingxian suspect she had been lying.
• Ye Qingxian grabbed Ye Xiaoyao’s arm and declared that she would take her pulse.

Ye Qingxian forced Ye Xiaoyao to submit to a pulse examination and discovered she was two or three months pregnant. Ye Xiaoyao defended her child and rejected Ye Qingxian’s attempts to decide her future, while Ye Qingxian resolved to find and kill the man she believed had deceived her Junior Sister.

• Ye Qingxian pinned Ye Xiaoyao down and insisted on taking her pulse despite her protests.
• Ye Xiaoyao bit Ye Qingxian, but Ye Qingxian held her wrist and confirmed that she was pregnant.
• Ye Qingxian accused Ye Xiaoyao of hiding the man who had fathered the child and urged her to get rid of the baby.
• Ye Xiaoyao defended her child, rebuked Ye Qingxian for meddling, and left.
• Ye Qingxian wondered whether Ye Xiaoyao loved the man and drew her sword, determined to discover his identity and methods.

Ye Qingxian concluded that someone had wronged Ye Xiaoyao and secretly waited to protect her, while Heavenly Sword Venerable believed her plan to suppress the girl’s ambition was working. Ye Xiaoyao arranged a late-night meeting with Jian Wushuang, intending to make the rendezvous a trap with Ye Qingxian watching.

• Ye Qingxian recalled Ye Xiaoyao’s gentle nature, decided not to report her suspicions to Heavenly Sword Venerable, and set a watch for her at the mountain’s foot.
• Ye Xiaoyao reflected on her origins, her unborn child, and her limited cultivation while Heavenly Sword Venerable dismissed a sudden sense of unease and trusted that her plan was keeping the girl powerless.
• Ye Xiaoyao sent Jian Wushuang a message saying she could not sleep and missed her, prompting Jian Wushuang to eagerly prepare for their meeting.
• Ye Xiaoyao dressed elegantly for the rendezvous, and hidden nearby, Ye Qingxian mistook her appearance for evidence of a romantic date.
• Ye Xiaoyao reached the Peach Blossom Forest, delighted that Ye Qingxian was watching and anticipating the plan she had set for Jian Wushuang.

Ye Xiaoyao and Jian Wushuang's secret meeting on Heavenly Sword Peak was interrupted when Ye Qingxian attacked Jian Wushuang, believing she was a man seducing her pregnant Junior Sister. After Jian Wushuang escaped, Ye Qingxian questioned Ye Xiaoyao about the child's father, while Jian Wushuang recovered in her cave mansion and reflected on her failed attempt to lure her Junior Sister away.

• Ye Xiaoyao met Jian Wushuang in the Peach Blossom Forest, where they acted as if they were growing close and discussed going to Jian Wushuang's cave mansion.
• Ye Qingxian secretly watched them, mistook Jian Wushuang for a man pursuing her pregnant Junior Sister, and attacked with a massive sword strike.
• Jian Wushuang fled after being wounded, while Ye Xiaoyao called after her and revealed that she had dropped her Ghost Fire Flying Sword, provoking Ye Qingxian to unleash another attack.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Xiaoyao that Red Flower Sword Shadow would expose Jian Wushuang's identity within a month, then pressed her to reveal the child's father.
• Ye Xiaoyao denied knowing the father and tearfully pleaded with Ye Qingxian to stop pursuing him; Ye Qingxian softened, while Ye Xiaoyao suddenly retched at her fingertip's scent.
• Jian Wushuang recovered in her cave mansion, concluded that Ye Qingxian was ruthless, and reflected on her failed attempt to lure her Junior Sister away.

Ye Qingxian decided to conceal Ye Xiaoyao’s pregnancy out of guilt over having once brought her to Heavenly Sword Peak and then neglected her. Shuang Yue misread their encounter as evidence that Ye Qingxian was secretly dating and abusing Ye Xiaoyao, and prepared to report her.

• Ye Qingxian wondered whether her pregnancy made her unable to approach Ye Xiaoyao and asked how the pregnant, low-level cultivator would manage her life.
• Ye Xiaoyao acted wronged, and Ye Qingxian let her go rather than punish her or force her to abort the child.
• Ye Qingxian blamed herself for forgetting the girl she had brought to Heavenly Sword Peak and resolved to cover up Ye Xiaoyao’s pregnancy.
• Shuang Yue watched Ye Xiaoyao leave the Peach Blossom Forest and mistook Ye Qingxian’s sadness for romantic feelings toward her.
• Shuang Yue concluded that Ye Qingxian was abusing Ye Xiaoyao and took out a Communication Talisman to report her to Yue Wuhua.

Ye Qingxian confronted Jian Wushuang over a failed attempt to abduct Xiaoyao and accused her of seducing and abandoning Xiaoyao, who was supposedly pregnant. The Heavenly Sword Venerable summoned Xiaoyao and promised justice, while Jian Wushuang was left bewildered by the accusation.

• Ye Qingxian questioned Jian Wushuang about where she had been and challenged her over a Ghost Fire Flying Sword, then warned that her Red Flower Sword Shadow would reveal the culprit in a month.
• Xiaoyao secretly read the Wannabe Can Also Rule the World Handbook, and Ye Qingxian decided to report Xiaoyao’s situation to their Master and protect her.
• Ye Qingxian asked the Heavenly Sword Venerable to activate the Red Flower Sword Shadow, and Jian Wushuang rushed in to confess before hearing Ye Qingxian accuse her of getting Xiaoyao pregnant.
• The Heavenly Sword Venerable ordered Xiaoyao summoned and promised to punish whoever had harmed her, leaving Jian Wushuang collapsed and confused.

Jian Wushuang faced accusations of making Ye Xiaoyao pregnant, while the Heavenly Sword Venerable rejected every proposed punishment for Ye Xiaoyao. The elders turned their attention to Jian Wushuang, who still could not reveal that she was a woman and could not have fathered the child.

• Ye Qingxian presented a recording that showed Jian Wushuang leading Ye Xiaoyao on, and the Heavenly Sword Venerable used the Red Flower Sword Shadow to reveal more evidence.
• Jian Wushuang denied being responsible, but she could not explain that she was a female cultivator without exposing her greatest secret.
• The elders proposed expelling Ye Xiaoyao, then sending her to the Cold Prison, but the Heavenly Sword Venerable refused both punishments.
• The elders proposed aborting Ye Xiaoyao's child, but the Heavenly Sword Venerable refused again, prompting Ye Qingxian to suspect that Ye Xiaoyao was her master's illegitimate daughter.
• The elders agreed to punish the supposed culprit instead, and their murderous gazes settled on Jian Wushuang, who silently realized she could not have fathered the child.

Jian Wushuang faced a hearing over Ye Xiaoyao’s pregnancy, but Ye Xiaoyao denied Jian Wushuang was the father and secured a lighter sentence. The hearing ended with the elders still wondering who had fathered Ye Xiaoyao’s child.

• Elder Feng announced Jian Wushuang’s sentence of having her bones ground to dust and her ashes scattered, while Jian Wushuang demanded that Ye Xiaoyao be allowed to speak first.
• The Heavenly Sword Venerable ordered the others to keep the hearing secret from Ye Xiaoyao, then stopped Ye Xiaoyao from kneeling and asked whether Jian Wushuang had fathered her child.
• Ye Xiaoyao returned Jian Wushuang’s flying sword and teased her about visiting her cave dwelling, making Jian Wushuang fear that everyone would misunderstand.
• Ye Xiaoyao declared that Jian Wushuang was not the child’s father and said she had met Jian Wushuang in the Peach Blossom Forest because she had feelings for her.
• Elders Feng and Yun sentenced Jian Wushuang to fifty years in the cold pool, and Jian Wushuang accepted the punishment feeling guilty toward Ye Xiaoyao.
• The Heavenly Sword Venerable was pleased that Ye Xiaoyao seemed timid and ordinary, while Ye Qingxian and the elders continued wondering who the child’s father was.

Ye Xiaoyao convinced the elders to let her keep her baby without revealing the other parent's identity, while Ye Qingxian resolved to stop her from being misled. Ye Qingxian then acted on her anger, as Shuang Yue complained about her to Yue Wuhua.

• Ye Xiaoyao claimed the baby's other parent was an important person outside the sect and threatened to leave if forced to reveal their identity.
• Heavenly Sword Venerable allowed Ye Xiaoyao to have the child and forbade anyone from interfering, settling the matter.
• Ye Qingxian decided she had to rescue Ye Xiaoyao from the person she believed was deceiving her.
• Ye Xiaoyao told Ye Qingxian to stop meddling, and Ye Qingxian clenched her fists and moved to beat some sense into her.
• Shuang Yue tearfully told Yue Wuhua that Ye Qingxian had been treating her badly, and Yue Wuhua agreed that it sounded awful.

Ye Qingxian confronted Ye Xiaoyao about her lies and the father of her unborn child, but her questions forced Ye Xiaoyao to reveal how deeply she feared kindness and abandonment. After Ye Xiaoyao left in tears, Ye Qingxian was shaken by her pain but decided she would not give up on her.

• Ye Qingxian caught Ye Xiaoyao as she tried to leave, and Ye Xiaoyao bit the back of her hand.
• Ye Qingxian pinned Ye Xiaoyao down and challenged her about lying about her pregnancy and hinting at the Ghost Fire Flying Sword.
• Ye Xiaoyao admitted she had been messing with Ye Qingxian and rejected her concern, saying she wanted to be left to rot in the sewers.
• Ye Xiaoyao walked away in tears, telling Ye Qingxian that her kindness hurt and asking her to keep her distance.
• Ye Qingxian watched Ye Xiaoyao leave, apologized to herself for hurting her, and resolved not to give up on her.

After Ye Xiaoyao returned to her cave dwelling and tried to recover from her quarrel with Ye Qingxian, Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua confronted Ye Qingxian over what they believed was her abuse of Xiaoyao. The confrontation escalated into a sword duel, with both sides determined to protect Xiaoyao in their own way.

• Ye Xiaoyao counted her thirty-seven spirit stones, hid them beneath a warded flagstone, and went to bed resolved to carry on with her life.
• Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua overheard cultivators discussing Ye Qingxian pinning Ye Xiaoyao down and leaving her in tears.
• Shuang Yue accused Ye Qingxian of bullying Xiaoyao, and Ye Qingxian admitted forcing Xiaoyao to do something a few days earlier while insisting she had meant well.
• Ye Qingxian ordered Shuang Yue and Yue Wuhua to keep quiet, while they condemned her treatment of Xiaoyao and refused to stay silent.
• Yue Wuhua drew her sword and challenged Ye Qingxian, who drew her own sword as Shuang Yue urged Yue Wuhua to defeat her.

Xiao Zhiyan interrupted Ye Qingxian and Yue Wuhua before their fight, and Yue Wuhua accused Ye Qingxian of mistreating Ye Xiaoyao because she believed the two were dating. After Ye Qingxian denied it and revealed that Ye Xiaoyao was pregnant, Yue Wuhua accepted the misunderstanding, while Ye Qingxian wondered how to find the baby's father.

• Xiao Zhiyan stopped Ye Qingxian and Yue Wuhua from fighting inside the sect, and they left to continue their confrontation outside.
• Yue Wuhua accused Ye Qingxian of dating Ye Xiaoyao and bullying her, while Shuang Yue cited seeing them together in the Peach Blossom Forest.
• Ye Qingxian denied dating or bullying Ye Xiaoyao and admitted there was a private matter she could not explain.
• Yue Wuhua guessed that Ye Xiaoyao was pregnant, and Ye Qingxian confirmed it through her silence.
• Shuang Yue resolved to protect Ye Xiaoyao and her baby, while Yue Wuhua told her to wait before condemning the unknown father.
• Ye Qingxian considered using the baby's Essence Blood to locate its father, but the baby had not yet been born.

Pregnant Ye Xiaoyao struggled to tend her spirit field while the Heavenly Sword Venerable withheld her sect allowance to keep her life ordinary. Qing Ye helped her with the work, and Ye Qingxian watched Ye Xiaoyao suffer and felt growing heartache and pity.

• Ye Xiaoyao returned to her spirit field, endured the other disciples' taunts, and pushed herself to work despite pregnancy-related pain.
• The Heavenly Sword Venerable ordered the sect to withhold Ye Xiaoyao's share and leave her to farm for herself.
• When Ye Xiaoyao could no longer work, Qing Ye offered help and turned the soil in her field.
• Qing Ye introduced herself, asked Ye Xiaoyao to tend her field in two days, and left.
• Ye Qingxian recalled seeing Ye Xiaoyao struggle alone and felt increasingly pained and sympathetic.