Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong admitted to Zhu Zhuqing that she had slept with Ye Qiu, while Zhu Zhuqing urged her to focus on cultivating. Back in Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan sent Dugu Bo away so she could spend the night with Ye Qiu, and the two reunited in private.

• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing that she had been Ye Qiu's first woman, and Zhu Zhuqing warned that neglecting cultivation would not make her more likable.
• Ye Qiu told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan about his romantic entanglements, prompting Dugu Bo to tease him about winning over Ning Fengzhi's daughter.
• Dugu Yan sent Dugu Bo away and told Ye Qiu to come inside for the night.
• Ye Qiu embraced Dugu Yan as she made the bed, and she told him to wash up before they continued.
• Dugu Yan lit the red candles, undressed, and joined Ye Qiu in the washroom.

Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan consummated their relationship at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Dugu Yan recalled the earlier night when his restraint convinced her of his sincerity. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang still being tortured in the Crown Prince's Mansion dungeon.

• Ye Qiu washed Dugu Yan and carried her from the bath, and the two became intimate.
• As they embraced, Dugu Yan remembered the rainy night when Ye Qiu had waited outside her room rather than enter without permission.
• Dugu Yan welcomed Ye Qiu into her room, and they spent the night together before going outside to admire the moon at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Snake Lance handed over his duties to Pufferfish in the Crown Prince's Mansion dungeon, where Yu Xiaogang remained tied up and was whipped whenever he tried to sleep.

After spending the night with Dugu Yan by the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Ye Qiu carried her back to their room. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe showed Liu Erlong Yu Xiaogang’s severed finger and claimed he had captured him for her sake.

• Ye Qiu woke beside Dugu Yan, who was sore and embarrassed after their night together.
• Ye Qiu carried Dugu Yan to the room and helped her clean up.
• Liu Erlong went to the Crown Prince’s Mansion hoping Xue Qinghe could help free Flender and the others from Spirit Hall’s dungeons.
• Xue Qinghe gave Liu Erlong a box containing Yu Xiaogang’s severed finger and admitted he had ordered Yu Xiaogang beaten and injured.
• Xue Qinghe told Liu Erlong that he had captured Yu Xiaogang for her sake, leaving her confused.

Xue Qinghe forced Liu Erlong to choose between marrying him and letting her cousin die, while Ye Qiu cared for Dugu Yan after they spent the night together. Liu Erlong agreed to marry Xue Qinghe and was ordered to take an unknown pill.

• Xue Qinghe told Liu Erlong he wanted to marry her and threatened her cousin when she refused.
• Liu Erlong attacked Xue Qinghe, but Pufferfish and Snake Lance subdued her.
• Ye Qiu cooked meat soup for Dugu Yan and comforted her as she recovered from their first night together.
• Xue Qinghe demanded that Liu Erlong marry him or her cousin would die, and Liu Erlong reluctantly agreed.
• Xue Qinghe presented Liu Erlong with a Complete Tonic Pill and told her to take it.

Xue Qinghe forced Liu Erlong to accept a marriage by disabling her Soul Power and threatening Yu Xiaogang, while promising to release Flender and the others. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu took Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and they discussed his plans to leave the city.

• Liu Erlong swallowed Xue Qinghe's pill, which sealed her Soul Power for seven days, and he threatened Yu Xiaogang if she tried to leave Heaven Dou City.
• Liu Erlong agreed to marry Xue Qinghe in exchange for Yu Xiaogang's safety, promised not to act recklessly, and agreed to say Xiaogang had left with Tang San.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to have Spirit Hall release Flender and the others, then sent Liu Erlong away to await arrangements with Yu Luomian.
• Outside the Crown Prince's Mansion, Liu Erlong blamed Bibi Dong for what had happened to her.
• Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ye Qiu refused to join the Imperial Fighting Team.

Ye Qiu returned from the Imperial Fighting Team's training grounds after meeting Dugu Yan and spent a playful afternoon with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He told Ning Rongrong that he needed her help with something, but did not reveal what it was.

• Dugu Yan visited the Imperial Fighting Team's training grounds, and Ye Qiu left with her after they shared an intimate farewell.
• Ye Qiu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and greeted Zhu Zhuqing, who had been practicing Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Ye Qiu teased Zhu Zhuqing and spent time with her in the courtyard while she practiced.
• Ning Rongrong joined Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Qiu used their shared memories to tease Ning Rongrong about his time with Dugu Yan.
• Ye Qiu asked Ning Rongrong for her help with something, leaving her curious about his request.

Ye Qiu took Qian Renxue in disguise to Anle Pavilion, a brothel where Xue Beng was known to go, intending to find him and kill the future ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire. They paid for a private room overlooking the entrance and waited for Chunxiang.

• Ye Qiu asked Ning Rongrong to investigate Xue Beng, and she soon found out which brothel he frequented and which women he usually called for.
• Ye Qiu spent the night cultivating with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then flew to Heaven Dou City after breakfast.
• Ye Qiu met Qian Renxue in disguise and led her to Anle Pavilion, explaining that they were there to kill the future ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Pufferfish and Snake Lance watched in shock as Qian Renxue followed Ye Qiu into the brothel.
• Ye Qiu turned away the brothel's women, paid the madam to summon Chunxiang, and went with Qian Renxue to a private room overlooking the entrance.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue waited at Anle Pavilion while Ye Qiu disguised as Tang San flirted with courtesan Chunxiang. Xue Beng arrived acting like a spoiled lecher, and Ye Qiu explained that the behavior was a performance hiding a dangerous nature; he waited for Xue Beng to come upstairs.

• Ye Qiu invited Chunxiang to sit with him, then sent her to play the zither after she recognized his face as Tang San's and became frightened.
• Qian Renxue criticized Ye Qiu's behavior, and he told her the person they were waiting for had arrived.
• Xue Beng entered Anle Pavilion with his lackeys, groped a woman, and demanded to see Chunxiang.
• Ye Qiu told Qian Renxue that Xue Beng's lecherous, arrogant behavior was an act concealing a venomous nature.
• Xue Beng shoved the madam aside and started toward the upper floor as Ye Qiu waited for him.

Ye Qiu, disguised as Tang San, killed Xue Beng at Anle Pavilion and escaped with Qian Renxue. He left her to manage the political fallout and asked her to obtain two treasures for him.

• Ye Qiu told Qian Renxue that Tang San could kill both Xue Beng and the Crown Prince, then Xue Beng arrived and challenged him.
• Ye Qiu revealed himself as Tang San, ensnared Xue Beng and his attendants with Blue Silver Grass, and killed Xue Beng with arrows and a palm strike.
• Ye Qiu carried Qian Renxue out of Anle Pavilion as the witnesses raised the alarm, and Pufferfish and Snake Lance followed them.
• In an alley, Ye Qiu told Qian Renxue to use the incident to demonstrate her loyalty to Xue Ye and suggested she buy Anle Pavilion for its information and to protect its women.
• Ye Qiu asked Qian Renxue to get him the Celestial Herb compendium and Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then left as Qian Renxue fumed over his insults and boldness.

After Xue Beng's death, Emperor Xue Ye issued a nationwide warrant for Tang San, leaving Xue Qinghe as the undisputed heir. Ye Qiu obtained the Celestial Herb Illustrated Guide and brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to offer her a herb that could evolve her Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue ordered the Celestial Herb Illustrated Guide sent to Heaven Dou City and arranged to use Yu Luomian to cheer the royal family during its mourning.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered a nationwide search for Tang San, while the Clear Sky Sect disavowed Tang Hao and his son.
• Court nobles rallied behind Xue Qinghe, and Prince Xue Xing withdrew from politics, leaving the Crown Prince with unmatched influence.
• Ye Qiu received Chrysanthemum Douluo's copy of the Celestial Herb Illustrated Guide and asked Ning Rongrong to investigate the Speed Clan.
• Ning Rongrong worried that Ye Qiu was involved in Xue Beng's death but offered to seek help from Grandpa Jian and the others.
• Ye Qiu brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and gave her Dragon Soul Immortal Algae, which he said could evolve her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan absorbed the Dragon Soul Immortal Algae, raising her cultivation and evolving her Martial Soul while eliminating its toxin backlash. Dugu Bo refused the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, saving it for a future descendant, and later Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan were alone together.

• Dugu Yan thanked Ye Qiu for the Dragon Soul Immortal Algae and asked how to absorb it.
• Ye Qiu told Dugu Yan to inhale the flower’s golden mist and circulate her Soul Power, and she cultivated as the herb crumbled away.
• Ye Qiu offered Dugu Bo an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, but Dugu Bo refused it so it could be saved for a future great-grandchild.
• Dugu Yan’s cultivation rose from level forty-two to forty-five, her Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, and her External Soul Bone fused permanently with her.
• Dugu Bo left Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan alone, and Dugu Yan wrapped her serpent tail around Ye Qiu in the bathroom.

Ye Qiu and Dugu Bo returned from the Speed Clan with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which Ye Qiu had bought for Xiao Wu. Ye Qiu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong told him that Senior Brother Qinghe had visited her father.

• Seven days after Xue Beng's death, Ye Qiu and Dugu Bo flew back toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while teasing each other.
• Dugu Bo said the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng would be more useful to Dugu Yan, but Ye Qiu refused to give it up because he had obtained it for Xiao Wu.
• Ye Qiu left Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and headed back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Qiu had spent ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He of the Speed Clan.
• Ye Qiu arrived at the sect and ate with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who asked how his errand had gone.
• Ning Rongrong told Ye Qiu that Senior Brother Qinghe had visited her father after Ye Qiu left.

Ye Qiu visited Qian Renxue after learning she had summoned him and discovered she was marrying Liu Erlong. The wedding was scheduled for the day after Xue Beng’s seventh-day memorial, and Qian Renxue left Ye Qiu to think of a wedding gift.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Qiu that Qian Renxue had asked him to visit and had something to give him.
• Ye Qiu went to the Crown Prince’s Mansion and found Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe eating a modest meal.
• Qian Renxue gave Ye Qiu a gilded invitation announcing her wedding to Liu Erlong.
• Qian Renxue explained that she, Liu Erlong, Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanzhen, and Emperor Xue Ye had agreed to the match and scheduled the wedding for the day after Xue Beng’s seventh-day memorial.
• Ye Qiu congratulated Qian Renxue, who teased him to start choosing a wedding gift.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue headed to the Spirit Hall to meet Liu Erlong, while Qian Renxue struggled to endure Ye Qiu’s teasing. On the way, Qian Renxue reconsidered how much Ye Qiu knew about the future, and they reached the Spirit Hall with Pufferfish sent ahead to announce them.

• Qian Renxue ordered Ye Qiu to accompany her to the prison, then clarified that they were going to the Spirit Hall to see Liu Erlong.
• Ye Qiu changed his appearance and showed Qian Renxue a Pope’s Order, explaining that he had taken it from Tang Hao.
• Qian Renxue questioned Ye Qiu about the token and mocked him for stealing it, while Ye Qiu teased her about her failed coup.
• Qian Renxue realized Ye Qiu knew only one fixed future and could not predict events after that future changed, which made her trust him somewhat more.
• Qian Renxue sent Pufferfish ahead to announce their arrival at the Spirit Hall despite Ye Qiu carrying the Pope’s Order.

Qian Renxue learned that a prisoner in Spirit Hall's Sacred Hall had been assaulted and ordered Salas to release the prisoners according to their records and identities. Ye Qiu followed her toward a grove as the imprisoned Shrek group suffered in their cells.

• Salas told Qian Renxue that one prisoner had repeatedly humiliated another and might be left disabled.
• Qian Renxue ordered Salas to release prisoners without prior records and hand the Star Luo prince over to representatives from the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue rebuked Ye Qiu for seeming interested in the prisoners, and he explained that he had only wanted to know where she was going.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji endured severe injuries and restraints, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the other Shrek students remained imprisoned.
• Oscar lay injured and numb after Ma Hongjun had assaulted him, while Ma Hongjun was chained up and had permanently lost the ability to become erect.
• Qian Renxue led Ye Qiu into a small grove.

Qian Renxue challenged Ye Qiu to a fight after agreeing to grant him one condition if he won. Their battle began with a clash of fists, and Ye Qiu then taunted her by standing still to demonstrate his defense.

• Pufferfish and Snake Lance kept watch as Qian Renxue led Ye Qiu into the woods and returned to her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and agreed to Ye Qiu's condition, confident she could defeat him.
• Ye Qiu revealed his Venom Martial Soul, and he and Qian Renxue activated their Soul Skills and charged at each other.
• After exchanging several punches, Qian Renxue was pushed back and marveled at Ye Qiu's strength.
• Qian Renxue attacked again, and Ye Qiu stood with his hands on his hips; her golden punch struck his chest with a metallic clang, scattering his black covering and sending sparks flying.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue fought in the air, each revealing powerful abilities as Ye Qiu sought to challenge her pride and meet her as an equal. Qian Renxue unleashed her Angel Domain, but Ye Qiu answered with black-and-green wings that began converting its energy, leaving her shocked.

• Ye Qiu endured Qian Renxue's Angel's Assault, then used Instant Transmission and Hell Stab to attack her, only to discover her Wings of Void made her body ethereal.
• Qian Renxue struck back with her Sacred Sword, but Ye Qiu escaped with Instant Transmission and avoided the blow.
• Qian Renxue summoned six Angel Feather Blades, and Ye Qiu blocked them with his Eight Spider Lances and rose into the air to challenge her.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel Domain to strengthen herself, weaken Ye Qiu, and dissolve his Soul Power.
• Ye Qiu spread black-and-green wings that transformed the domain's energy into his Soul Power, stunning Qian Renxue.

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue fought in the sky, each using their domains and powerful attacks. After Qian Renxue unleashed her stored sword waves, Ye Qiu broke through with his Invincible Golden Body and nearly struck her, forcing her to activate Angel’s Protection; the chapter ended as she looked up and saw his next move.

• Ye Qiu activated his Blue Silver Domain, surprising Qian Renxue, who declared herself ruler of the sky and attacked with her Sacred Sword.
• Qian Renxue’s sword waves wounded Ye Qiu and destroyed his tentacle attack, while he defended with his wings and used Instant Transmission to close the distance.
• Qian Renxue stored her missed sword waves in the Angel Domain and unleashed Sacred Sword: Endless Judgment when Ye Qiu appeared close to her.
• Ye Qiu survived the barrage with his Invincible Golden Body and moved in to strike Qian Renxue, while his Eight Spider Lances aimed at her.
• Qian Renxue activated her fourth Soul Skill, Angel’s Protection, but the defense left her drained; she looked up at Ye Qiu in alarm.

Ye Qiu defeated Qian Renxue and punched her repeatedly, leaving her bruised and bleeding. He stopped when she stood firm and refused to call Pufferfish and Snake Lance for help, while Qian Renxue vowed to repay him and insisted that one defeat would not make her keep losing.

• Ye Qiu broke Qian Renxue's shield with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear and Hell Stab, then struck her face and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish and Snake Lance to stay out of the woods, even as Ye Qiu hit her twice more.
• Qian Renxue rose and charged Ye Qiu, but he landed another punch and knocked her down again.
• Ye Qiu stopped his fist against Qian Renxue's forehead and praised her pride for keeping her from summoning help.
• Qian Renxue wiped the blood from her face, threatened to repay Ye Qiu twice for every punch, and declared that she would not keep losing.

After defeating Qian Renxue, Ye Qiu demanded a kiss as his favor, but she tried to punch him instead and injured her hand against his armor. He treated her wounds and asked her to share her Soul Skills, leaving Qian Renxue agreeing as he continued healing her face.

• Ye Qiu reminded Qian Renxue that she owed him a favor and demanded that she kiss him.
• Qian Renxue pretended to approach for a kiss, then swung her fist at Ye Qiu, whose iron armor protected him and hurt her hand.
• Ye Qiu took Qian Renxue’s injured hand and healed it while she complained that the injury was his fault.
• Ye Qiu explained his first Soul Skill and asked Qian Renxue to share her Soul Skills, including their memories.
• Qian Renxue agreed, and Ye Qiu began healing her swollen face while teasing her.