Chapter Summaries

Yao Chen woke as a weakened soul and angrily confronted Su Baichen for calling himself his father, leading the two old friends to spar. They stopped before deciding a winner, while Cao Ying urged them to continue.

• Yao Chen regained consciousness and recognized Su Baichen, then lashed out at him for claiming to be his father.
• Su Baichen teased Yao Chen, and Yao Chen attacked him with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Su Baichen defended himself with wind-attributed Dou Qi as the clash drew Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Caidie, and Yun Yun to watch.
• Su Baichen and Yao Chen exchanged several moves before stopping and concealing their mutual warmth from the younger spectators.
• Cao Ying protested that they had stopped before deciding a winner and challenged Su Baichen as though he were afraid.

Su Baichen introduced his friend Yao Chen to Caidie, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying, revealing his extraordinary past as an Eighth-Rank High-Level Alchemist and Nine-Revolution Dou Zun Peak. After the women greeted him, Su Baichen led Yao Chen inside to hear what had happened to him.

• Su Baichen punished Cao Ying for provoking people by assigning her a medicinal herb memorization test, and she tried to talk her way out of it.
• Su Baichen introduced Yao Chen as Venerable Yao, an Eighth-Rank High-Level Alchemist who had reached the Nine-Revolution Dou Zun Peak.
• Yao Chen explained that he was now only a surviving fragment of a soul, while the women reacted with shock and respect.
• Caidie, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying introduced themselves to Yao Chen, who recognized Xiao Yi Xian's unusual constitution and Cao Ying's talent for alchemy.
• Su Baichen took Yao Chen inside to ask what had happened to him.

Yao Chen explained how Han Feng deceived him twice, and Su Baichen offered to help restore him. Yao Chen learned that Su Baichen had refined the resurrection method in the Nameless Cultivation Technique and successfully verified it.

• Su Baichen challenged Yao Chen for trusting Han Feng after he confessed his collusion with the Soul Hall and appeared to repent.
• Yao Chen explained that he had used Han Feng's detailed intelligence to plan a trap, but Han Feng betrayed him again at the crucial moment.
• Su Baichen asked Yao Chen whether he wanted help being reborn because his weakened soul could not last forever.
• Yao Chen recognized that Su Baichen was referring to the resurrection method in the Nameless Cultivation Technique and asked whether it could truly be cultivated.
• Su Baichen said he had refined and verified the technique, including its resurrection method, and had succeeded.

Su Baichen offered to resurrect Yao Chen in exchange for Yao Chen refining pills for him, giving his old friend a way to accept help without feeling indebted. As they discussed the preparations in the Jia Ma Empire, Yao Chen reflected on Han Feng’s betrayal and found comfort in Su Baichen’s reassurance.

• Su Baichen asked Yao Chen to stay with him and refine pills for free while he replenished the resources consumed by his puppets and evaded Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen accepted the arrangement and realized Su Baichen had asked for a modest favor so the resurrection would not feel like a one-sided debt.
• Yao Chen thanked Su Baichen, then recalled how Han Feng had changed from a devoted young disciple into a greedy betrayer.
• Su Baichen reassured Yao Chen that he had not been at fault for Han Feng’s choices and explained that withholding a cultivation technique may have saved Han Feng’s life.
• Su Baichen told Yao Chen to stay with him in the Jia Ma Empire while he prepared the resurrection, and mentioned an interesting little girl he had found there.

Su Baichen told Cailin he needed to leave to find a suitable place to revive Venerable Yao, and she responded with complete trust and support. He gave her a cultivation art that could let her and Xiao Cai coexist and grow stronger together, then carried her to bed while Xiao Cai tried to block out their intimacy.

• Su Baichen told Cailin he planned to leave and explained Yao Chen’s betrayal, dormant soul, and his plan to save him.
• Cailin accepted Su Baichen’s departure without questioning him and offered to support him, with Caidie staying by her side.
• Su Baichen gave Cailin the Nine Heavens Spirit-Nurturing Art, which could nurture Xiao Cai and let the two souls coexist.
• Cailin eagerly studied the art, and Su Baichen carried her to bed when she became absorbed in reading.
• Xiao Cai panicked and tried to block out hearing and touch as Su Baichen and Cailin shared an intimate moment.

Caidie surprised Cailin in bed after Su Baichen had disappeared, then teased and pounced on her sister. Cao Ying entered while the sisters were tangled together and announced that someone was looking for the master.

• Cailin woke to Caidie touching her hair and, mistaking her for Su Baichen, murmured to her husband before realizing who was beside her.
• Cailin kicked Caidie off the bed, then demanded to know why she was in the room and where Su Baichen had gone.
• Caidie recalled how she had fallen for Su Baichen and how Cailin had confessed to him first, then turned her attention back to her sister.
• Caidie pounced on Cailin and teased her about her figure while Cailin struggled to push her away.
• Cao Ying opened the door and began telling the master that someone was looking for him.

Xiao Xun'er visited Su Baichen’s residence to thank the young man who had saved her from the Heavenly Flames, but he was not there to greet her. Cao Ying went to find him, then accidentally walked in on Cailin and Caidie in an embarrassing position, leaving Xiao Xun’er waiting in the sitting room.

• Xiao Xun’er confirmed with Ling Ying that Su Baichen lived at the residence and knocked on its gate.
• Cao Ying welcomed Xiao Xun’er inside after learning she was looking for her master, Su Baichen, and served her his special fruit juice.
• Ling Ying entered the residence after Xiao Xun’er and relaxed once he saw she was safe.
• Cao Ying went to find Su Baichen but opened the wrong door and saw Caidie sprawled atop a disheveled Cailin.
• Cao Ying closed the door and told Cailin and Caidie to continue, while Cailin became furious at Caidie and Cao Ying hurried back toward the main hall.

Cao Ying and Xiao Xun'er became closer while each secretly planned to use the other to get nearer to Xiao Xun'er's mysterious rescuer. Meanwhile, the Xiao Clan elders confronted Xiao Zhan over Xiao Yan's attempt to enter Xiao Xun'er's room and suspected that he had helped his son.

• Cao Ying learned from Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan had sneaked into her courtyard and that a mysterious Big Brother had rescued her and calmed her Heavenly Flames.
• Cao Ying offered to spend time with Xiao Xun'er, secretly planning to tease her, while Xiao Xun'er hoped to use Cao Ying to learn more about Big Brother.
• Cao Ying took Xiao Xun'er to find her junior sister and go out to play.
• Xiao Xun'er's remark about the guards alerted the Xiao Clan elders, who secretly uncovered Xiao Yan's nighttime intrusion.
• Great Elder Xiao Shan, Second Elder Xiao Lin, and Third Elder accused Xiao Zhan of letting Xiao Yan enter Xiao Xun'er's room and questioned how the guards had failed to notice him.

Xiao Zhan faced the elders’ accusations over Xiao Yan’s conduct toward Xiao Xun'er, but a guard’s report revealed that unknown young women were accompanying her. Suspecting Gu Clan members were secretly protecting Xun'er, Xiao Zhan ordered his people to stop watching her and commanded the Xiao Clan to treat her with the highest respect.

• Xiao Zhan denied deliberately arranging Xiao Yan’s approach to Xiao Xun'er and claimed the guards’ failure was an oversight.
• When Xiao Zhan tried to leave after a guard arrived, the Great Elder insisted that the guard report in front of the elders.
• The guard reported that Xiao Xun'er had visited an unfamiliar courtyard and then explored the southern market with two unfamiliar young women.
• The guard explained that an unknown woman had bought the courtyard a month earlier and that more people had recently moved in.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders suspected the courtyard housed Gu Clan members, so Xiao Zhan ordered his investigators to withdraw and forbade anyone from disturbing them.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Clan to treat Xiao Xun'er with the same respect as its clan leader.

Su Baichen and Yao Chen searched the Northwest Continent for a place with enough pure life energy to support a resurrection method, but found none. Xiao Jin led them to a hidden wall of Yinling Crystal, which could conceal Soul Power and might point them toward the rare resource they needed.

• Su Baichen and Yao Chen spent a month searching the Northwest Continent for a suitable source of life energy, without success.
• Su Baichen discovered Xiao Jin was missing and followed its excited call through a narrow fissure.
• Su Baichen found Xiao Jin investigating a cliff, and Yao Chen discovered that his Soul Power could not penetrate the rock face.
• Su Baichen struck the cliff and broke away its surface, exposing a deep-violet wall of Yinling Crystal.
• Yao Chen explained that Yinling Crystal could produce a mineral that concealed Soul Power, and Su Baichen praised Xiao Jin for finding it.

Su Baichen and Yao Chen melted through a wall of Yinling Crystal and discovered a hidden valley rich in life energy, rare medicinal herbs, and two unclaimed Heavenly Flames. They entered the valley with Xiao Jin and began exploring their extraordinary find.

• Yao Chen told Su Baichen that Heavenly Flames could melt the Yinling Crystal, and Su Baichen used the Liuli Burning Heaven Flame to carve through the wall.
• Su Baichen removed dark purple stones that had blocked their Soul Force, revealing a vast valley beyond the wall.
• Su Baichen widened the passage, and he, Yao Chen, and Xiao Jin entered a valley filled with dense life energy and rare medicinal herbs.
• Su Baichen and Yao Chen searched the valley and found no nearby creatures, but detected two Heavenly Flames in its depths.
• Yao Chen identified the Flame of Life and the Nether Poison Flame, and Su Baichen credited Xiao Jin for leading them to the valley.

Su Baichen prepared a formation and began refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet from a high-level Dou Zun skeleton. In Wutan City, Cao Ying practiced alchemy while Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, and Yun Yun cultivated or watched over the peaceful courtyard, and Cailin appreciated their quiet life.

• Su Baichen stored the Nether Poison Flame and poisonous herbs, then built a formation with the Flame of Life as its core.
• Su Baichen suspended Venerable Cangmu's skeleton in the formation and told Yao Chen how he had found it among the ruins of an ancient battlefield.
• Yao Chen assessed the skeleton as an excellent body-refining material and warned Su Baichen that the puppet refining had to succeed in one attempt.
• Su Baichen activated the formation, drawing in energy that the Flame of Life purified and used to restore the skeleton as he prepared to temper it with the Liuli Burning Heaven Flame.
• In Wutan City, Cao Ying refined Heart Clearing Pills while Xiao Yi Xian studied her technique, Xiao Xun'er cultivated on the Wanhuo Qinglian, and Yun Yun watched over them.
• Cailin watched the women from the main house and murmured that their peaceful life was wonderful.

Cailin worried about the Snake-People Tribe’s search for a new home and decided to ask Su Baichen for advice when he returned. At dinner, Xun'er’s Heavenly Flame was confirmed stable, but the women’s affectionate teasing left her wishing Su Baichen would come back and rescue her.

• Cailin worried that the Snake-People Tribe had been searching for a new habitat for half a month without sending word, and planned to ask Su Baichen for advice when he returned.
• Xiao Cai teased Cailin about missing Su Baichen and recalled that Cailin begged for mercy during their sparring, leaving Cailin embarrassed.
• Cao Ying finished refining high-grade Heart Clearing Pills while Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er prepared for dinner with Cailin.
• At dinner, Xun'er offered Cao Ying the Wanhuo Qinglian, but Cao Ying urged her to keep it while pretending to worry about her Heavenly Flame.
• Xun'er told Cao Ying that the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame had fused with her Dou Qi and would no longer backlash, then pushed away Cao Ying's attempt to muss her hair.
• Xun'er reflected on the women's constant affectionate teasing and silently wished Su Baichen would return to rescue her.

Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian took Xun'er through the night market instead of straight home, then decided to dress her up after she tried to escape. They carried her toward a clothing shop as she called in vain for Ling Ying to rescue her.

• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian stopped to shop at night-market stalls while escorting Xun'er home.
• Xun'er reminded them that the Xiao Clan gates might close, but their attention shifted to dressing her up.
• When Xun'er tried to run, Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian each grabbed an arm and lifted her off the ground.
• Xun'er pleaded to go home and said she had a powerful bodyguard, but the two women refused to let her go.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian carried Xun'er toward a clothing shop to try children's outfits while she cried for Ling Ying to help.

Ling Ying watched Xun'er enjoy herself with Cao Ying and Xian'er, while Jialie Ao ordered his men to abduct the women in Su Baichen's group. Jialie Ao tried to break into Yun Yun's room, but a sword-wielding woman in white appeared behind him and said, "Die."

• Ling Ying reflected that Xun'er seemed happier and more childlike among Cao Ying and Xian'er in Wutan City.
• Jialie Ao learned that several beautiful women lived in the courtyard and ordered his men to capture them and the three girls at Nishang Pavilion.
• Jialie Ao sent one group to seize the girls at the store and led eight men to the courtyard.
• Jialie Ao crept toward Yun Yun's room while his men entered the courtyard.
• A woman in white appeared behind Jialie Ao with a drawn sword and told him to die.

Yun Yun and Ling Ying killed groups of men who had targeted their companions, and Yun Yun flew toward the Jialie Clan estate to eradicate the threat. Meanwhile, Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian finally ended their late-night shopping with Xun'er and headed home, unaware of the violence outside.

• Yun Yun killed Jialie Ao after detecting his group approaching the courtyard, and Cailin told her Caidie had dealt with the eight men outside.
• Yun Yun decided to eradicate the Jialie Clan and flew toward its estate using her Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
• Ling Ying killed the black-clad men who planned to abduct Xun'er, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian, then recognized Yun Yun's aura heading toward the Jialie Clan estate.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian stopped making Xun'er try on dresses after the shopkeeper pointed out that the store was closing, and Cao Ying paid for their selections to be delivered to the Xiao Clan.
• Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er left the store while Ling Ying followed them from the shadows, and Yun Yun descended above the Jialie Clan estate.

Yun Yun slaughtered the Jialie Clan in Wutan City, killing its clan head, Jialie Bi, and leaving no one alive in the residence. Before departing, she remembered that her master needed gold coins and Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian needed medicinal ingredients, so she returned to search the clan’s estate.

• Yun Yun entered the Jialie Clan residence and silently killed the guards and everyone she encountered.
• Yun Yun attacked Jialie Bi in his bedroom, severed his arm, then killed him and Third Madam.
• Yun Yun used her Soul Power to locate and kill every remaining person hiding in the residence.
• Yun Yun remembered her master needed gold coins and Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian needed medicinal ingredients, then turned back into the residence.

Yun Yun looted the Jialie Clan’s hidden wealth after wiping out the clan, while Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian returned Xun’er home late from their shopping trip. Xiao Yu welcomed Xun’er and received a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid from Cao Ying before Xun’er finally went to sleep.

• Yun Yun searched the Jialie Clan manor, took its entire fortune, and flew away from the massacre site.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian brought Xun’er back to the courtyard, where Xiao Yu had waited anxiously for her.
• Cao Ying gave Xiao Yu Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and promised her Juqi Powder when she reached Nine-Duan Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Cao Ying away, leaving Xun’er with Xiao Yu, who urged her to rest.
• Xun’er waited until Xiao Yu had left, changed into her nightgown, and fell asleep.

Su Baichen used a Formation Arts array and a Heavenly Blood Bone-Generating Pill to restore Yao Chen to life in a body forged from a high-level Dou Zun’s remains. After Yao Chen regained consciousness and contained his aura, the two friends secured the hidden valley and left to celebrate.

• Su Baichen told Yao Chen the gathered life energy was ready, and Yao Chen swallowed the Heavenly Blood Bone-Generating Pill before merging with the skeleton.
• The Formation Arts array rebuilt Yao Chen’s body, and he awakened with his soul and body about eighty percent fused and his strength restored to Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Yao Chen accidentally unleashed a powerful aura, so Su Baichen sealed the valley and urged him to rein it in.
• Su Baichen gave Yao Chen clothes, and Yao Chen said he expected to recover to Eight-Star or possibly Nine-Star Dou Zun once fully fused.
• Su Baichen concealed the valley, collected the spent array materials, and placed thirty-six concealed array talismans around it.
• Su Baichen and Yao Chen tore open a spatial rift and left the valley to find food and celebrate.

The Jialie Clan was massacred overnight, throwing Wutan City’s major clans into panic as they feared a Dou Wang-level attacker might target them next. Xiao Yu learned that Xun'er’s allies were involved, while Xun'er returned to bed without revealing what she knew.

• Wutan City residents discovered that the Jialie Clan had been wiped out, including its leader Jialie Bi, and rumors spread about the unknown killer.
• Xiao Zhan concluded that a Dou Wang-level expert was responsible and ordered the Xiao Clan to strengthen its defenses and build a good relationship with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yu woke after using Cao Ying’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and advanced into the early stage of Nine-Duan Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu told Xun'er about the massacre, and Ling Ying explained that Yun Yun had killed Jialie Bi after he harbored improper intentions toward Xun'er and then destroyed the clan.
• Xun'er dismissed the massacre as heavenly retribution, while Xiao Yu suspected she knew more; Xun'er closed her door and went back to sleep.