Chapter Summaries

Tang Yu gathered Lu Junzhuo and Huang Xiaoyun at Nine Springs Mountain and prepared them for a coming attack on the Ye Family’s forces in Yanjing. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu infiltrated Nine Dragon Spring and found the inscription he believed would lead him to the second half of his cultivation art.

• Nan Huaiyun showed Tang Yu to a courtyard far from her own and told him Lu Junzhuo and Huang Xiaoyun had arrived.
• Tang Yu asked Lu Junzhuo to help eliminate the Ye Family’s pawns in Yanjing and gave him a golden lotus seed to aid his breakthrough.
• After Lu Junzhuo left, Tang Yu helped Huang Xiaoyun cultivate so she could break through to the Heaven Realm.
• Ye Qiu sneaked past Nine Springs Mountain’s patrols and traps to reach Nine Dragon Spring.
• Ye Qiu lifted the bluestone slab at the spring’s bottom and excitedly read the words inscribed beneath it.

Ye Qiu memorized the missing half of the Yin-Yang True Dragon Art, destroyed its inscription, and went into seclusion at home. At Nine Springs Mountain, the Four Saints Sect arrived to confront Nan Huaiyun, and Tang Yu stepped in as Zhou Sipeng insulted her.

• Ye Qiu photographed and memorized the technique from the bluestone slabs, then destroyed the carved writing and concealed the slabs again.
• Ye Qiu disguised himself with a Human Skin Mask, returned home, and told the seven Heavenly Stems Squad members he would cultivate in seclusion for two days.
• Four Saints Sect members arrived at Nine Springs Mountain after three days, where Elder Stone insulted Nan Huaiyun and Tang Yu knocked him unconscious.
• Zhou Sipeng confronted Nan Huaiyun and revealed that he had reached the Heaven Realm, so Nan Huaiyun deferred to Tang Yu.
• Zhou Sipeng mocked Nan Huaiyun as an old cow, and Tang Yu demanded that he apologize to her.

Tang Yu defeated Zhou Sipeng and helped Nine Springs Mountain crush the Four Saints Sect’s attack. Afterward, he told Nan Huaiyun that the Ye Family was behind the incident and revealed their connection to Nine Dragon Spring, leaving her worried about his conflict with the powerful family.

• Zhou Sipeng charged Tang Yu, but Tang Yu restrained him and used a cactus rod to incapacitate him.
• The Four Saints Sect attacked Tang Yu, and Nine Springs Mountain fought back while Tang Yu stayed out of the melee and Lu Junzhuo took down the elders.
• Nine Springs Mountain defeated the Four Saints Sect, tied up the survivors, and planned to cripple their cultivation and demand the sect’s manuals as compensation.
• Tang Yu spared Zhou Sipeng and told him to ask Ye Qiu what it felt like to be a woman.
• Tang Yu told Nan Huaiyun that the Ye Family was behind the incident and revealed their connection to Nine Dragon Spring, prompting her to worry about his conflict with them.

Tang Yu gave Nan Huaiyun Nine-Turn Pills in exchange for help from Nine Springs Mountain, while Ye Qiu completed the Yin-Yang True Dragon Art and reached the peak of the Heaven Realm. The breakthrough left Ye Qiu with a shrill voice and a shrunken body, just as the Heavenly Stems Squad received a call from the Four Saints Sect.

• Tang Yu offered Nan Huaiyun Nine-Turn Pills, then insisted she accept them in exchange for borrowing Nine Dragon Spring.
• Tang Yu joked about Nan Huaiyun's figure with Lu Junzhuo after she left.
• Ye Qiu completed the Yin-Yang True Dragon Art and broke through from the middle stage to the peak of the Heaven Realm.
• Ye Qiu discovered that his voice had become shrill and his little brother had shrunk to the size of a peanut.
• Brother Tiger saw Ye Qiu's condition but pretended he had seen nothing.
• A member of the Heavenly Stems Squad put a call from Zhou Sipeng of the Four Saints Sect on speaker.

Ye Qiu led the Heavenly Stems Squad and nearly a hundred martial artists to Nine Springs Mountain to kill Tang Yu, enraged by a message mocking his altered voice. Tang Yu’s hidden allies attacked the group, and Old He confronted Brother Tiger as the battle began.

• Zhou Sipeng relayed Tang Yu’s taunt to Ye Qiu, who smashed the phone and ordered everyone to move out for Nine Springs Mountain.
• Ye Qiu gathered the Heavenly Stems Squad and nearly a hundred martial artists from Dragon Soul Organization-linked sects, then led them up the mountain.
• Ye Qiu found Tang Yu waiting in the plaza beside a sign mocking him as a eunuch, and Tang Yu taunted him.
• Empress Huang Xiaoyun revealed herself among Ye Qiu’s followers and began killing them with her daggers.
• Old He appeared and charged Brother Tiger, while Ye Qiu ordered two men to help Brother Tiger hold him back.

Ye Qiu’s forces fought Tang Yu’s group, but Chi Yin and Ling Han overwhelmed the Heavenly Stems Squad while Lu Junzhuo engaged Ye Qiu. Tang Yu joined Huang Xiaoyun against Ye Qiu’s underlings, leaving the battle turning decisively against Ye Qiu’s side.

• Old He fought Brother Tiger’s group and two members of the Heavenly Stems Squad while Ye Qiu confronted Tang Yu.
• Chi Yin and Ling Han challenged the four remaining Heavenly Stems Squad members and gained the upper hand with their perfected ancient martial arts.
• Lu Junzhuo blocked Ye Qiu from attacking Tang Yu and wounded him with his flexible sword, though Ye Qiu cut Lu Junzhuo’s face in return.
• Tang Yu went to help Huang Xiaoyun, who had been holding back Ye Qiu’s underlings and killing several Heaven Realm fighters.
• Tang Yu and Huang Xiaoyun overwhelmed the underlings, while the people of Nine Springs Mountain watched the fight in astonishment.

Tang Yu’s forces defeated Ye Qiu’s attack on Nine Springs Mountain, though Ye Qiu escaped after three Heavenly Stems Squad members self-destructed. As Tang Yu treated the wounded, Ye Qiu ordered the last survivor, Mao, to attempt a suicide attack that night.

• Nan Huaiyun explained that Ye Qiu had brought the Ye Family’s forces to attack Tang Yu and Nine Springs Mountain.
• Old He defeated Brother Tiger and his fighters, while Tang Yu’s allies wiped out the Heaven Realm and Earth Realm experts among Ye Qiu’s sect forces.
• Three Heavenly Stems Squad members self-destructed to help Ye Qiu escape with Mao, leaving Lu Junzhuo badly injured.
• Ling Han told Tang Yu what had happened, and he warned her and Chi Yin to retreat if they could not win before treating Lu Junzhuo.
• Ye Qiu stopped Mao on the mountain path and ordered him to hide with him, then later instructed him to self-destruct near Tang Yu that night.

Ye Qiu sent Mao to plant a bomb on Nine Springs Mountain, but Mao repeatedly balked and finally fled, leaving the bombs behind. Ye Qiu took them himself and slipped onto the mountain, while Tang Yu recovered from the battle and received the system’s Beast Taming Art reward.

• Ye Qiu ordered Mao to infiltrate Nine Springs Mountain and bomb Tang Yu, but Mao returned without planting the bomb because he could not find Tang Yu.
• Ye Qiu sent Mao back up the mountain and promised him a grand funeral, but Mao remembered Xiao Hong and chose to leave the bombs behind and flee.
• Ye Qiu found the abandoned bombs, cursed Mao, and entered Nine Springs Mountain to attack Tang Yu himself.
• Tang Yu finished treating Lu Junzhuo, who rested under Old He’s protection, while Chi Yin and Ling Han patrolled and Huang Xiaoyun returned to the Dark Night Organization for help.
• Tang Yu asked the system for his reward and received the Beast Taming Art as the system’s voice faltered.

Tang Yu tested the Beast Taming Art by controlling a rat, but it died after sneaking into Nan Huaiyun’s bathroom. The next day, Tang Yu brought Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin to Nine Dragon Spring, unaware that Ye Qiu was following them with a bomb.

• Tang Yu used the Beast Taming Art to control a rat and share its senses as it ran to Nan Huaiyun’s courtyard.
• Nan Huaiyun struck the rat down with water after spotting it in her bathroom, severing Tang Yu’s connection to it.
• Tang Yu mourned the rat briefly, then praised Nan Huaiyun’s figure and went to sleep.
• Ye Qiu watched Tang Yu, Nan Huaiyun, and Ning Shiqin head to Nine Dragon Spring, then followed them with a bomb, believing Tang Yu knew the spring’s hidden secret.
• Tang Yu told Nan Huaiyun that the Ye Family had altered the feng shui and suppressed Nine Dragon Spring, while Ning Shiqin asked whether feng shui was real.

Tang Yu found and destroyed the cursed stone knife that had dried up Nine Dragon Spring, restoring its flow. He, Nan Huaiyun, and Ning Shiqin began cultivating in the spring while its unusually strong effects lasted.

• Tang Yu dug up a wooden box containing a bloodstained stone knife and identified it as the cause of Nine Dragon Spring's decline.
• Tang Yu smashed the stone knife into powder, and Nine Dragon Spring began flowing again.
• Tang Yu entered the spring to cultivate, explaining that its effects would be strongest for only two hours.
• Nan Huaiyun joined Tang Yu in the spring and urged Ning Shiqin to make use of the rare cultivation opportunity.
• Ning Shiqin undressed with Tang Yu's eyes closed, entered the spring, and sat beside Nan Huaiyun.

Ye Qiu trapped Tang Yu, Nan Huaiyun, and Ning Shiqin inside Nine Dragon Spring by bombing the cave entrance while they cultivated. As they waited for rescuers in the freezing cave, Tang Yu helped the women change out of their wet clothes and tried to lighten the mood with a joke.

• Ye Qiu set off a bomb at the entrance to Nine Dragon Spring, collapsing the passage and fleeing into the mountains.
• Tang Yu rescued Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin from falling rocks by carrying them to a safer corner of the cave.
• Tang Yu inspected the collapsed entrance and concluded Ye Qiu had likely escaped after failing to bring down the entire cave.
• Chi Yin, Ling Han, and the people of Nine Springs Mountain began heading toward the explosion to investigate and rescue them.
• Ning Shiqin retrieved their clothes, and Tang Yu urged the women to change out of their wet undergarments to avoid freezing.
• Tang Yu told Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin a bawdy joke as they waited in the cave.

After Nine Dragon Spring collapsed, Tang Yu, Ning Shiqin, and Nan Huaiyun were trapped in the cold cave while Chi Yin and Ling Han called for help from outside. Tang Yu made a cramped shelter and had the women strip and lie beside him for warmth, leaving Ning Shiqin embarrassed by their close contact as they waited for rescue.

• Chi Yin and Ling Han reached the blocked entrance, called out to Tang Yu, and heard him confirm he was alive.
• Tang Yu estimated that clearing the passage could take hours and dug a half-meter-deep pit as a temporary shelter.
• Tang Yu told Ning Shiqin and Nan Huaiyun to use their clothes as padding and remove them so they could huddle together for warmth.
• Ning Shiqin and Nan Huaiyun reluctantly undressed and lay with Tang Yu in the cramped pit.
• Ning Shiqin blushed as she felt Tang Yu pressed against her while the three waited for rescue.

Tang Yu used Flame Fist to warm Nan Huaiyun while they waited for a rescue, but their cramped shelter led to increasingly awkward physical contact. Ning Shiqin overheard their exchange through Tang Yu’s inner voice and finally offered to take her master’s place.

• Tang Yu activated Flame Fist to warm Nan Huaiyun, and she shifted around in the cramped shelter.
• Nan Huaiyun asked Tang Yu to turn toward her side, and he changed position to ease Ning Shiqin’s discomfort.
• Nan Huaiyun grabbed Tang Yu, then apologized by writing on his leg and asked him to take his hand away because Ning Shiqin was watching.
• Tang Yu and Nan Huaiyun continued communicating by writing on each other, and he began teaching her how to ease their discomfort.
• Ning Shiqin heard Tang Yu’s inner thoughts expose their exchange and shouted that she would do it instead.

After Ye Qiu’s explosion trapped Tang Yu, Nan Huaiyun, and Ning Shiqin in a cave, the rescue team freed them and confirmed they were safe. Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin hurried away in embarrassment, while Tang Yu complained that the others had not come to check on him.

• Ning Shiqin offered to help Nan Huaiyun, but Tang Yu suggested they each take a turn, upsetting both women.
• Outside the cave, Lu Junzhuo and Ling Han blamed Ye Qiu for the collapse, and Ling Han said his tracks led down the mountain.
• Rescue experts arrived by helicopter, and Lu Junzhuo used a thermal imager to confirm that Tang Yu and the two women were unharmed.
• After about three and a half hours, the rescuers cleared the passage, and Tang Yu, Nan Huaiyun, and Ning Shiqin emerged safely.
• Nan Huaiyun thanked the Nine Springs Mountain disciples and hurried down the mountain with Ning Shiqin.
• Tang Yu asked Chi Yin, Ling Han, and Lu Junzhuo why they had not checked on him, and Lu Junzhuo offered him a cigarette.

Tang Yu attended Nine Springs Mountain’s celebration after Nine Dragon Spring was restored, while Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin struggled with memories of their awkward encounter with him. The banquet descended into embarrassment when Old He loudly claimed Tang Yu was his brother in a bizarre story about eating shit.

• Chi Yin and Ling Han teased Tang Yu about the master-and-disciple rice bowl before he changed the subject to Ye Qiu.
• Nine Springs Mountain’s elders restored Nine Dragon Spring, and the mountain held a banquet honoring Tang Yu for saving it.
• Nan Huaiyun and Ning Shiqin avoided milk and coconut juice as they recalled what had happened with Tang Yu.
• Old He shouted that he wanted girls’ shit and introduced Tang Yu as his brother, the Tiger-Subduing Celestial Venerable.
• Old He told the banquet guests that Tang Yu had once eaten a bucket of shit to save him, and Tang Yu dragged him down and reminded him to keep their identities secret.
• Tang Yu stuffed a Seven-Colored Phoenix-Tail Chicken leg into Old He’s mouth, and the elders concluded that Old He had mental issues.

Tang Yu learned that Old He might be connected to the Nine Heavens Alliance, but respected his choice not to be cured. Ning Shiqin then brought Tang Yu to Nan Huaiyun and accused him of sleeping with her, leaving both Tang Yu and Nan Huaiyun stunned.

• An elder told Tang Yu that Old He's shoulder tattoo resembled the Nine Heavens Alliance's mark and described the secretive martial arts force.
• Lu Junzhuo urged Tang Yu to treat Old He so he might reveal what he knew about the Nine Heavens Alliance and the Ye Family massacre.
• Tang Yu asked Old He whether he wanted to live as an ordinary person, and Old He refused, so Tang Yu chose not to force a cure.
• Ning Shiqin took Tang Yu to Nan Huaiyun's courtyard and demanded that he take responsibility for what he had done to her master.
• Ning Shiqin bluntly claimed Tang Yu had slept with Nan Huaiyun, shocking them both.

Ning Shiqin accidentally learned that Nan Huaiyun had been intimate with Tang Yu, leaving both women embarrassed. Meanwhile, Tang Yu and his allies tracked Mao to a restaurant in Yanjing and confronted him as he dined with Li Chushuang.

• Nan Huaiyun realized Ning Shiqin had misunderstood what happened with Tang Yu, and Ning Shiqin fled after deciding to pretend she remembered nothing.
• Tang Yu tried to reassure Nan Huaiyun and joked that she could take advantage of his cauldron physique, but she shouted for him to leave.
• Mao escaped to Yanjing, used a prepared identity, and left his hotel to meet someone while a Dark Night Organization agent watched him.
• Huang Xiaoyun learned Mao's location and alerted Tang Yu, who brought Chi Yin, Ling Han, and Lu Junzhuo down from Nine Springs Mountain.
• Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo found Mao dining with Li Chushuang, an ordinary woman who planned to open a nail salon.
• Mao recognized Tang Yu and asked him to go outside to talk.

Tang Yu interrogated Mao, who offered intelligence about Ye Qiu’s mission to the Nine Heavens Alliance in exchange for his life. Tang Yu assigned Mao to help him and began planning to infiltrate the alliance to uncover Ye Qiu’s plans.

• Mao left Li Chushuang at the restaurant and confessed to Tang Yu that he had abandoned the Dragon Soul Organization and refused to carry out Ye Qiu’s order to bomb him.
• Mao revealed that the Old Dragon King had sent Ye Qiu to the Nine Heavens Alliance on a mission tied to the Ye Family’s revival.
• Tang Yu demanded proof of Mao’s loyalty and ordered him to help Lu Junzhuo kill people on a list; Mao agreed to assist with tasks that were not too dangerous.
• Tang Yu handed Mao over to Lu Junzhuo and asked Huang Xiaoyun to investigate how he could enter the Nine Heavens Alliance under another identity.

Liu Ruyan secretly prepared to conceive Tang Yu's younger brother's child while managing the Wei Group, and Yun Shishi's sudden nausea raised the possibility that she was pregnant. The chapter ended with Yun Shishi unsure whether her brief affair with Tang Yu's younger brother had resulted in a pregnancy.

• Ye Qiu headed toward the Nine Heavens Alliance, intent on completing a mission to revive the Ye Family.
• Liu Ruyan drank Tang Yu's herbal medicine and agreed to continue with the artificial insemination plan, while secretly arranging to use Tang Yu's younger brother's seed.
• Wei Yanghu confronted Liu Ruyan over firing his son and promoting her own associates, but Wei Yangcheng defended her and approved her plans for acquiring Wuji Group.
• Wei Yangcheng said Liu Ruyan would soon bear a Wei descendant and that the child would inherit the company's shares.
• Liu Ruyan visited her villa to meet Tang Yu's younger brother and found Yun Shishi there, who suddenly dry-heaved; Liu Ruyan asked if she was pregnant.

Tang Yu confirmed that Yun Shishi was not pregnant, then prepared to finalize the acquisition of Wuji Group with her. He arrived at the company as its new majority owner and was greeted by its senior executives.

• Liu Ruyan teased Yun Shishi about a possible pregnancy, but Tang Yu examined her and found that her pharyngitis had flared up instead.
• Tang Yu examined Liu Ruyan and confirmed that her health was ready for pregnancy, so she took him away to rest together.
• Tang Yu took the signed share acquisition agreement and went with Yun Shishi to Wuji Group, where he held sixty percent of the shares and the Yun Family received five percent.
• Wuji Group's senior executives welcomed Tang Yu and escorted him to the conference room.