Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu returned to the Nine Heavens Alliance under the guise of visiting his mother’s grave, while secretly planning revenge against the Qiu Family. Tang Yu cultivated beneath a waterfall and used the Quick Mastery Technique to understand how yin and yang could lead to the Celestial Realm, but decided not to risk copying Ye Qiu’s art.

• Ye Qiu told Qiu Xiaozhu he had come back to visit his mother’s grave and rest, and she agreed to conceal his identity and introduce him as her new disciple.
• Qiu Xiaozhu visited her sister’s unmarked grave and told her that Ye Qiu was alive and would soon come to see her.
• Ye Qiu privately reaffirmed his revenge plan against the Qiu Family but decided he would spare Qiu Xiaozhu.
• Ye Qiu and Tang Yu cultivated near the waterfall, and Ye Qiu considered turning his aunt’s new disciple into a pawn.
• Tang Yu used the Quick Mastery Technique to understand the waterfall’s yin-yang forces and the path to the Celestial Realm, but chose not to cultivate Ye Qiu’s Yin-Yang True Dragon Art.

Tang Yu explored the Nine Heavens Alliance’s feng shui, sent out small animals as spies, and made wild chicken and mushroom soup for himself and Ye Qiu. The poisonous mushrooms left Ye Qiu gravely ill and Tang Yu hallucinating, so Qiu Fenghan rushed them to the infirmary.

• Tang Yu climbed above the waterfall, studied the Alliance’s incense-burner terrain, and suspected its inner sect concealed something valuable connected to the Qiu Family.
• Tang Yu controlled more than eighty small animals and sent them in different directions to spy.
• Tang Yu cooked wild chicken and mushroom soup and invited Ye Qiu to share it; the two ate the potful together.
• Tang Yu and Ye Qiu began hallucinating after eating poisonous mushrooms, though Tang Yu’s immunity to poison kept his symptoms milder.
• Qiu Fenghan found them collapsed, recognized the poisonous mushrooms, and carried them to the infirmary.
• Qiu Fenghan told Old Wang that the disciples had eaten poisonous parasol mushrooms, and Old Wang reacted in alarm.

Tang Yu and Ye Qiu were poisoned after eating poisonous mushrooms, so Old Wang used Golden Juice to make Ye Qiu vomit while Tang Yu recovered without treatment. Afterward, Qiu Zitong noticed Tang Yu’s increased strength, and an elder watching them grew curious about their easy rapport.

• Old Wang diagnosed Ye Qiu and Tang Yu with mushroom poisoning and sent disciples to fetch Golden Juice.
• The disciples gathered Golden Juice from the toilets and brought a crowd of onlookers back to the infirmary.
• Tang Yu sprang up unharmed and refused treatment, while Old Wang had disciples force Golden Juice down Ye Qiu’s throat.
• Ye Qiu vomited violently, prompting several disciples to vomit as well and leaving Old Wang furious at the mess.
• Qiu Zitong noticed Tang Yu had grown stronger, and Tang Yu claimed he had broken through while cultivating in seclusion.
• An observing elder wondered why Qiu Zitong spoke so casually with Tang Yu.

Qiu Zitong prepared to break through while her grandfather teased her about Tang Yu, and Ye Qiu recovered after nearly dying from poisoned mushrooms. Qiu Xiaozhu checked on Tang Yu and learned that he had reached the peak of the Heaven Realm, leaving her astonished by his talent.

• Qiu Zitong told her grandfather she was going into seclusion to make a breakthrough, while insisting she and Tang Yu were only friends.
• Old Wang treated Ye Qiu for poisoning, and Qiu Fenghan told the others to keep the incident from him.
• Ye Qiu woke up, accepted Tang Yu's apology, and pretended to be magnanimous while hiding his anger.
• Qiu Xiaozhu checked on Ye Qiu, then took Tang Yu aside and asked how his cultivation had gone.
• Tang Yu told Qiu Xiaozhu he had gained insight and broken through to the peak of the Heaven Realm, astonishing her.

Tang Yu helped Qiu Xiaozhu clean her room, and she grew more comfortable relying on him. When she asked him to dye her pink hair black, he urged her to reconsider, leaving her questioning whether she should keep it.

• Qiu Xiaozhu told Tang Yu to keep cultivating and clean her room while she went to read.
• Tang Yu cleaned Qiu Xiaozhu's room and washed her clothes, including her intimate garments, surprising and embarrassing her.
• Qiu Xiaozhu praised Tang Yu's work, gave him snacks, and invited him to ask her about cultivation techniques.
• Qiu Xiaozhu asked Tang Yu to dye her pink hair black because it attracted attention.
• As Tang Yu prepared the dye, he told Qiu Xiaozhu that her pink hair suited her and that she should accept her appearance.

Tang Yu dyed Qiu Xiaozhu’s hair black, tricked her into repeating a romantic Japanese phrase, and took a punch before she sent him off to cultivate. He then used the Beast Taming Art to spy on a secret affair and realized the woman worked at the library, giving him a chance to gain access to its materials.

• Tang Yu dyed Qiu Xiaozhu’s pink hair black, and she approved of the new look.
• Tang Yu falsely taught Qiu Xiaozhu that “Onii-chan daisuki” meant her disciple had worked hard, but she saw through his lie and punched him.
• Qiu Xiaozhu told Tang Yu to cultivate for the upcoming chance for outer disciples to advance to the inner sect.
• Tang Yu used the Beast Taming Art to watch a man hide under a bed when an inner disciple returned to his wife.
• Tang Yu learned that the woman worked shifts at the library and decided the affair secret could help him enter it.

Tang Yu used the Beast Taming Art to spy on sect disciples, uncovering Qiu Wuji’s plans to settle his score with Ye Qiu and Wang Kangping’s failed pursuit of a junior sister. Wang Kangping dragged Tang Yu off to drink and revealed that he had spent five years giving Xiao Li his cultivation pills, including the ten pills Tang Yu had just received from the Saintess.

• Tang Yu watched the disciples through his controlled animals and heard Qiu Wuji reject his lackeys’ revenge schemes, while Qiu disciples vowed to confront Ye Qiu in the inner sect.
• Tang Yu saw Wang Kangping give a junior sister a gift and warn her about Senior Brother Liu, but she dismissed his concern and left to meet Liu.
• Tang Yu found Wang Kangping waiting outside his dormitory, and Wang Kangping insisted on taking him out for drinks.
• Wang Kangping asked Tang Yu about his love life, then confessed that he had spent five years giving Xiao Li his monthly Mind-Concentrating Pill.
• Wang Kangping revealed that he had also given Xiao Li the ten Mind-Concentrating Pills the Saintess had rewarded Tang Yu with that day.

Tang Yu mocked Wang Kangping for obsessively pursuing Xiao Li, then knocked him unconscious when he asked to be beaten out of his foolish devotion. Later, Tang Yu gained entry to the inner sect library by threatening Nie Mei'er with exposure of her affair, but she mistakenly thought he wanted sex.

• Tang Yu teased Wang Kangping about his devotion to Xiao Li, and Wang Kangping admitted he wanted to stop living that way.
• Tang Yu struck Wang Kangping with a wine bottle, knocking him unconscious, and told the others to call him if Wang Kangping started simping again.
• Tang Yu went to the inner sect library and introduced himself to Nie Mei'er as the Saintess's disciple, but she refused to let him enter.
• Tang Yu threatened to tell Nie Mei'er's husband about her affair with He Dayi, so she unlocked the library and began undressing.
• Tang Yu clarified that he only wanted to read books and was not interested in Nie Mei'er, wounding her pride.

Tang Yu sneaked into the library, learned dozens of ancient martial arts techniques, and uncovered the history of the Ye Family’s feud with the Qiu Family. After mastering the techniques, he learned that the Holy Maiden had arranged for him to register for an inner sect examination.

• Nie Mei'er let Tang Yu into the library for an hour, and he learned more than fifty ancient martial arts techniques before searching for records of the Nine Heavens Alliance.
• Tang Yu found the account of Ye Feilong’s failed attempt to seize the Nine Dragons Array, which ended with most of the Ye Family and many Qiu Family experts dead.
• Tang Yu left the library, wondered what lay inside the Nine Dragons Array, and returned to his dormitory without investigating it.
• Tang Yu used the Quick Mastery Technique to master the techniques he had learned, bringing his cultivation to the verge of the Heaven Realm.
• Wang Kangping came to Tang Yu’s dormitory and told him that the Holy Maiden had asked him to register for an inner sect examination in a couple of days.

Tang Yu signed up for the inner sect assessment, took a Focus-Settling Pill, and visited Qiu Xiaozhu and Ye Qiu. His questions about romance disrupted Ye Qiu’s cultivation and sent him away to reward himself first.

• Wang Kangping complained about Tang Yu hitting him, but Tang Yu blamed him for saying to beat him awake and urged him to stop being devoted to Xiao Li.
• Tang Yu registered for the inner sect assessment and bribed the disciple in charge with a watch, who promised to seek an easier matchup.
• Tang Yu collected and swallowed a Focus-Settling Pill, then learned from Wang Kangping that outer disciples could not access pill formulas or the alchemy room.
• Tang Yu swept Qiu Xiaozhu’s courtyard, left her a note about washing clothes, and placed several packs of stockings beneath it.
• Tang Yu questioned the pale Ye Qiu about his health and whether he liked a girl, disrupting his cultivation and prompting Ye Qiu to leave and reward himself first.

Tang Yu watched the outer disciples’ advancement examination while Qiu Xiaozhu arrived wearing the stockings he had bought her. The chapter left Ye Qiu about to fight three hostile inner disciples as Qiu Xiaozhu joined Tang Yu below the arena.

• Tang Yu felt satisfied that Ye Qiu had hurried away, while Qiu Xiaozhu returned to her courtyard, found her note, and tried on the black stockings.
• Qiu Xiaozhu prepared Spirit-Concentrating Pills for Tang Yu and Ye Qiu as the monthly advancement examination began.
• The outer disciples gathered to watch the exam, and one of the first three candidates passed after fighting three inner disciples.
• Ye Qiu entered the next round and drew three peak-Heaven Realm inner disciples surnamed Qiu, including Qiu Wuji’s cousin.
• Qiu Xiaozhu arrived and greeted Tang Yu, who wiped scallion from her face and thought about her wearing the stockings he had bought.

Tang Yu fought Qiu Gaofeng in the inner sect examination while Ye Qiu advanced after defeating three opponents. Tang Yu left Qiu Gaofeng pinned and demanded twelve Focus-Settling Pills.

• Tang Yu massaged Qiu Xiaozhu, making Ye Qiu jealous as he watched from the arena.
• Ye Qiu defeated three inner sect disciples surnamed Qiu and advanced, despite the elder warning him to show restraint.
• Qiu Xiaozhu advised Ye Qiu to control his temper and told Tang Yu to avoid getting hurt in his match.
• Qiu Gaofeng attacked Tang Yu because he was Ye Qiu’s fellow disciple and demanded that he insult Ye Qiu to end the fight peacefully.
• Tang Yu used a numbing technique to pin Qiu Gaofeng, who surrendered and agreed to pay him Focus-Settling Pills.
• Tang Yu raised his demand from ten Focus-Settling Pills to twelve.

Tang Yu extorted Qiu Gaofeng during the examination, then used his acupoint-sealing technique and the Invisible Energy Whip to force a bottle of Focus-Settling Pills from a second opponent. After both opponents left the platform, the examination continued with Tang Yu richer in pills.

• Qiu Gaofeng gave Tang Yu his Focus-Settling Pills after losing, and Tang Yu demanded another pill to release the acupoint he had sealed.
• An inner sect senior sister challenged Tang Yu and attacked him with kicks, while he dodged and watched her skirt.
• Tang Yu seized the senior sister's wrist and sealed her acupoint, then used the Invisible Energy Whip to draw tally marks on her legs.
• Tang Yu demanded compensation for the kicks, and the senior sister handed him a bottle of Focus-Settling Pills before leaving the platform.

Tang Yu passed the outer sect examination after extorting Focus-Settling Pills from several senior disciples, then joined Ye Qiu in the inner sect. Qiu Xiaozhu tried to celebrate with a homemade meal, but after Ye Qiu forced himself to eat it and later vomited, Tang Yu offered to cook noodles for her.

• Tang Yu extorted Focus-Settling Pills from an inner sect senior brother, then told Qiu Gaofeng and the others he would trade their pills back for Heart-Questioning Incense.
• The outer sect elder confirmed that Tang Yu passed, and Qiu Xiaozhu realized Tang Yu wanted the incense to test his inner demon, which had appeared as her.
• After the examination, four outer sect disciples, including Tang Yu and Ye Qiu, advanced to the inner sect, and Qiu Xiaozhu invited them to a celebratory meal.
• Qiu Xiaozhu served badly cooked dishes, and Ye Qiu praised them and forced himself to eat most of the meal to please her.
• Ye Qiu left and vomited violently, while Qiu Xiaozhu admitted she could not eat her cooking and accepted Tang Yu's offer to make noodles.

Tang Yu cooked crab roe noodles for Qiu Xiaozhu, then took her offer to fulfill a request as permission to pinch her face and was chased from the valley. Back at his dormitory, he met the inner disciples he had extorted and demanded Heart-Questioning Incense in exchange for their Focus-Settling Pills.

• Tang Yu served Qiu Xiaozhu crab roe noodles, and she decided to ask him what he wanted as his master.
• Qiu Xiaozhu offered to fulfill a reasonable request, and Tang Yu pinched her face.
• Qiu Xiaozhu punched Tang Yu, chased him with a stick, and beat him until he fled the valley.
• Tang Yu returned to his dormitory and found three inner disciples waiting to reclaim their Focus-Settling Pills.
• Tang Yu demanded one stick of Heart-Questioning Incense for each pill, and Qiu Gaofeng agreed to find some.

Tang Yu secured promises from three inner disciples to obtain Heart-Questioning Incense, then moved his belongings toward Qiu Xiaozhu’s valley and tried to establish himself in her home. Qiu Xiaozhu rejected him after he spent the night in her flower garden, but he continued acting as her live-in disciple the next morning.

• An inner sect senior sister offered to return Tang Yu’s Focus-Settling Pills if he gave them back and let her set him up with her friend, but Tang Yu rejected the deal and she promised to find Heart-Questioning Incense within three days.
• Wang Kangping congratulated Tang Yu on entering the inner sect and helped him pack, while Tang Yu gave him a bottle of Focus-Settling Pills.
• Tang Yu told Wang Kangping he planned to live with Qiu Xiaozhu and carried his luggage to her valley after nightfall.
• Qiu Xiaozhu woke and ordered Tang Yu out of her courtyard, so he made a bed in the flower garden instead.
• Tang Yu cooked breakfast and entered Qiu Xiaozhu’s room to wake her, then claimed she had agreed in a dream to let him live with her.
• Qiu Xiaozhu told Tang Yu to finish breakfast and leave, but he insisted he could not live without her.

Qiu Xiaozhu brought Ye Qiu to visit his mother's grave, where he vowed revenge on the Nine Heavens Alliance, then took him to the library with Qiu Fenghan to choose martial arts techniques. Qiu Xiaozhu also picked out four defensive techniques for Tang Yu so he would be less likely to get beaten to death.

• Tang Yu persuaded Qiu Xiaozhu to let him build a house outside her courtyard, and she left him to cultivate while she went out.
• Qiu Xiaozhu visited Ye Qiu at the waterfall and took him to see his mother's grave after he described his cultivation progress.
• Ye Qiu mourned at his mother's grave and silently vowed to make the Nine Heavens Alliance pay for her death.
• Qiu Xiaozhu and Ye Qiu met Qiu Fenghan, who discussed Ye Qiu's hostility and took him to the library to choose techniques.
• Qiu Xiaozhu searched the library and chose four defensive ancient martial arts techniques for Tang Yu.

Tang Yu built a bamboo hut beside Qiu Xiaozhu’s courtyard and prepared dinner while waiting for her. After she caught him bathing by her well and threw him into a lotus pond, he returned to find that she had saved him a place at her table.

• Tang Yu built a bamboo hut beside Qiu Xiaozhu’s courtyard and cooked a lavish meal while waiting for his master to return.
• Tang Yu bathed naked in Qiu Xiaozhu’s courtyard well, and Qiu Xiaozhu found him there and carried him and the tub to the lotus pond.
• Qiu Xiaozhu hurled Tang Yu and the tub into the pond, where the inner disciples watched as he paddled ashore in the damaged tub.
• Qiu Xiaozhu returned home, ate the meal Tang Yu had prepared, and let him come inside to eat after he returned in a bath towel.
• Tang Yu asked what Qiu Xiaozhu wanted for dinner the next day, and she requested Cantonese sausage.

Ye Qiu trained obsessively to reach the Celestial Realm and become an elder, while Tang Yu persuaded Qiu Xiaozhu to accompany him on a herb-gathering assignment. After dinner, Qiu Xiaozhu caught Tang Yu privately joking about her weight and chased him through the courtyard.

• Ye Qiu studied ancient martial arts techniques and planned to reach the Celestial Realm so he could become an elder and advance his scheme without Qiu Xiaozhu obstructing him.
• Tang Yu chose a mountain herb-gathering assignment, and Qiu Xiaozhu warned him about the dangerous, unfamiliar forest.
• Tang Yu massaged Qiu Xiaozhu until she agreed to accompany him on the assignment, then asked about Ye Qiu's cultivation and how to become an elder.
• Tang Yu admitted he had been monitoring Ye Qiu and learned that Ye Qiu was determined to become an elder as soon as possible.
• After dinner, Qiu Xiaozhu noticed she had gained weight, heard Tang Yu's teasing thoughts about her belly, and threw him out before chasing him with a stick.

Qiu Xiaozhu took Tang Yu into the forest to gather herbs and teach him how to avoid getting lost, but after her dress tore, the pair stopped to mend it. When sudden rain interrupted their trip, Tang Yu produced an umbrella and teased his embarrassed master.

• Qiu Xiaozhu agreed to accompany Tang Yu into the forest, and Tang Yu told her he had beaten Qiu Tianlin in another spar.
• Qiu Xiaozhu demonstrated how she could slice through venomous snakes and a tree with leaves, then began teaching Tang Yu to leave markers.
• Qiu Xiaozhu tore her dress on a thorny branch, so she changed into banana leaves while Tang Yu sewed the dress back together.
• Qiu Xiaozhu put her repaired dress back on and predicted it would not rain, but a sudden downpour began.
• Tang Yu teased Qiu Xiaozhu with a middle finger before revealing an umbrella, and she asked what else he was hiding.