Chapter Summaries

Liuli reunited with Xiao Yan, who revealed that he was the Crown Prince of Great Xiao, and she clung to him after realizing the marriage she feared was with him. Gongsun Lin accepted their intimacy as a good sign, while Xiao Yan and Liuli were left alone together, where he continued kissing her despite her pleas to wait.

• Liuli recognized Xiao Yan, and he revealed that he was the Crown Prince of Great Xiao.
• Liuli threw herself into Xiao Yan's arms, scolded him for hiding his identity, and clung to him as the attendants watched.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the attendants and carried Liuli away to speak in private.
• The red-robed eunuch told Gongsun Lin that Liuli and Xiao Yan had been intimate and gone off alone, and Gongsun Lin ordered the attendants to keep quiet.
• Xiao Yan kissed Liuli in private, and she pleaded with him to wait, but he kissed her again.

Liuli recovered from her exhausting time with Xiao Yan in the Reincarnation Illusion while he cared for her and their marriage was formally arranged. With the two kingdoms now allied, Xiao Yan planned to take Liuli back to Xiao Kingdom and claim the throne, while Liuli imagined becoming Empress.

• Liuli woke sore and embarrassed, and Xiao Yan brought her porridge, apologized, and assured her that her father had been informed.
• Liuli rested for three days as Xiao Yan tended to her, and their marriage was formally settled as the two nations signed a peaceful treaty and became allies.
• After the Xiao Kingdom Army withdrew, Xiao Yan remained in the You Kingdom Capital until he could bring Liuli back to Xiao Kingdom.
• Liuli asked whether Xiao Yan feared his father would reclaim his authority, and Xiao Yan said he could become Emperor if his father tried.
• Xiao Yan planned to make his father abdicate when he brought Liuli to court on the eighth of the next month, and Liuli imagined ruling as Empress.

Liuli left the You Kingdom with Xiao Yan, and a historical account recounted her life as his consort and empress until her death. She awoke in another reincarnation beside a Xiao Yan who did not remember their past, and fled to avoid explaining her grief.

• Liuli and Xiao Yan spent their final night in the You Kingdom together before setting out for the Xiao Kingdom.
• Gongsun Lin saw the exhausted couple the next morning as Xiao Yan escorted Liuli away to marry her.
• Liuli became Xiao Yan’s empress, bore three children, and died in the twenty-first year of Tianshuo; Xiao Yan later died without taking another empress.
• Liuli awoke in a new life and recognized Xiao Yan kneeling in her bedchamber, but he did not appear to remember her.
• Liuli dismissed Xiao Yan, claiming she would enter seclusion, while he wondered whether he could surpass his master and then rejected the thought as betrayal.

Liuli explored the memories and power of her new body, the sect master of Qingyang Sect, and learned about her duty to guard the Dark Demon Emperor’s seal. After Xiao Yan reported a strange mark at a formation eye, Liuli teased him into helping her put on her shoes, but he grabbed her feet and accidentally pulled her off the bed.

• Liuli sensed her formidable power and recalled that she had sealed the Dark Demon Emperor three hundred years earlier.
• Xiao Yan reported an unusual human-shaped mark that had appeared on the Dark Demon Emperor’s sealing formation.
• Liuli urged Xiao Yan to watch the seal and told him that he might one day be able to destroy the Dark Demon Emperor.
• Liuli told Xiao Yan to put on her shoes, and he grabbed both her feet when she tried to withdraw them.
• Xiao Yan accidentally pulled Liuli off the bed, and she struck the back of her head on its corner.

Liuli left the Qingyang Sect and spent years traveling while rebuilding her strength, leaving Xiao Yan as her successor. As the Qingyang Sect's Martial Arts Grand Ceremony approached, she headed back and agreed to travel with a perceptive young man who recognized her sect's cultivation technique.

• Xiao Yan wondered about Liuli's strange behavior and resolved to improve his strength and complete her assigned task.
• Liuli packed her belongings, appointed Xiao Yan as the sect master's successor, left him most of her resources, and departed the Qingyang Sect.
• Xiao Yan appeared at the sect gate after Liuli left, then clutched his head in pain as cold sweat poured down his face.
• After more than a decade of travel, Liuli had mastered her cultivation technique and regained Tenth Realm combat strength.
• Liuli heard people discussing Xiao Yan's succession and decided to attend the Qingyang Sect's Martial Arts Grand Ceremony.
• A young man recognized Liuli's Qingyang Sect aura and asked to travel with her to the ceremony, and she agreed.

Liuli accompanied Yao Xiao to the Martial Arts Grand Ceremony in Yuheng City and entered the competition to keep an eye on him. At the opening ceremony, she learned that Xiao Yan was absent because he had important matters to attend to, leaving her worried about him.

• Liuli and Yao Xiao reached the ceremony venue, and Liuli changed her mind and registered to compete when Yao Xiao said he would participate.
• Liuli paid for a private courtyard while Yao Xiao could afford only a Ding-class Room, then she left him behind.
• The next morning, Liuli and Yao Xiao entered the plaza and took seats among the independent cultivators; Liuli learned their competition numbers placed them in different divisions.
• The Qingyang Sect's Great Elder appeared in the place of honor, prompting Liuli to worry about Xiao Yan and Yao Xiao to ask where the young Sect Master was.
• The Great Elder announced that Xiao Yan had important matters to attend to and that he would oversee the ceremony, while Yao Xiao watched Liuli intently.

Liuli waited through the opening of the Martial Arts Grand Ceremony while worrying about Xiao Yan’s absence, then spoke with Yao Xiao. Two years later, Xun Er learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had vanished and refused to leave Starfall Pavilion as it faced a decisive battle against the Nether River Alliance.

• Liuli worried that the Dark Demon Emperor’s seal or the Extraterrestrial Beings might be involved in Xiao Yan’s disappearance, then watched the Martial Arts Grand Ceremony begin.
• Yao Xiao amused himself by watching Liuli, who rebuked him for staring at her.
• Old Yao told Xun Er that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had vanished and that no one had found Xiao Yan after two years.
• Old Yao explained that Starfall Pavilion had lost ground to the Nether River Alliance, which had called for a decisive battle at the Star Domain in half a month.
• Xun Er refused Old Yao’s request that she return to the Ancient Clan and said she would not hesitate this time.

As the Nether River Alliance arrived to challenge Starfall Pavilion, Old Yao prepared his forces and welcomed the returning Half-Saint Xiao Yi Xian. Old Yao then faced Old Heavenly Nether Demon as the two sides assembled for battle.

• Old Yao gathered Starfall Pavilion's experts and confirmed that weaker disciples and civilians had been relocated to the Flame Alliance, which also sent ten Dou Venerates to help.
• Cai Lin reassured Old Yao that the Flame Alliance had helped because they were family, and Old Yao promised rewards to those who stayed to defend Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared in the main hall as a Half-Saint, surprising Cai Lin, Xun Er, and Qing Lin and raising Old Yao's hopes for the battle.
• Old Yao sensed the Nether River Alliance approaching and led Starfall Pavilion's experts to the plaza outside the main hall.
• Old Heavenly Nether Demon led the Nether River Alliance through a spatial rift into the Star Realm, and Old Yao greeted him as their forces faced each other.

Liuli woke alone in the sleeping palace after spending the previous day with Xiao Yan, then bathed and tried to soothe her sore body. Xiao Yan suppressed a dark-red force within himself before finding Liuli in the bath and rushing to join her.

• Liuli woke at noon, noticed Xiao Yan was gone, and worried that their repeated encounters might have left her pregnant.
• Liuli entered the hot-spring bath and used its spiritual energy to heal her injuries.
• Xiao Yan appeared outside the sleeping palace with dark-red eyes and a mark on his brow, then suppressed the force and vowed to keep it from emerging.
• Xiao Yan returned with food, found Liuli's gauze beside the bed, and followed the sounds of water and panting to the bathroom.
• Xiao Yan saw Liuli touching herself in the pool and charged into the bathroom to join her.

Xiao Yan and Liuli reminisced about their children from a previous reincarnation and agreed to build a future together, but a spatial rift opened and mysterious vines abducted Liuli. Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus destroyed the palace, leaving him injured and Liuli missing.

• Xiao Yan apologized for being rough with Liuli, and she eventually agreed to lift her month-long ban if he was more careful.
• Liuli mourned Xiao Jiu, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ling, their children from a previous reincarnation, and Xiao Yan comforted her by promising they could have children together someday.
• Liuli agreed that she and Xiao Yan could work toward having children, provided she got to name them and he was careful.
• A spatial rift tore open beside them, and vine-like objects emerged and wrapped around Liuli despite Xiao Yan and Liuli attacking them.
• Xiao Yan hurled a Three-Colored Fire Lotus at the vines, but an explosion destroyed the palace and left Liuli missing.

Xiao Yan reincarnated on Blue Star as Zhang Yan, a high school student, and left home after clashing with his controlling mother. Still intent on finding Liuli, he went to his school to seek a place to stay, but was stopped at the gate for lacking his campus card.

• Xiao Yan awoke in Zhang Yan's body and dodged a slap from his biological mother, who berated him and said his older brother Zhang Yu had died.
• Xiao Yan ignored his mother's demands, left home, and spotted Zhang Yu's photograph, learning that his brother had died by suicide six years earlier.
• Xiao Yan considered ending his life to trigger another reincarnation, but decided to first learn how to navigate modern life on Blue Star.
• Xiao Yan took a bus to his school, hoping to arrange to live on campus, and gave a security guard his class, name, and student number when he was stopped at the entrance.

Xiao Yan tried to cultivate in the energyless modern world, adjusted to life at Sakura Lan School, and studied to build the money and influence he needed to find Liuli. He learned that a transfer student was the Xiao Family’s only granddaughter, whose name and family connection left him unsettled.

• Xiao Yan failed to draw Heaven and Earth Energy into his body and spent the next two days studying in the library while sleeping in a storage room.
• Xiao Yan began the school week by studying hard, hoping education could help him earn money and regain his family’s resources.
• Xiao Yan overheard classmates say that the Xiao Family’s only granddaughter had transferred to the school and was reportedly mute.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Xiao Family as one of the Three Great Families and suspected the Bodhi Ancient Tree had arranged the coincidence.

Xiao Yan saw the new student, Xiao Yue Ming, and recognized her as Liuli, the girl he had searched for through countless reincarnations. She did not recognize him, leaving him to consider how to approach her.

• The homeroom teacher introduced Xiao Yue Ming as a new student who could not communicate verbally, and bodyguards escorted her into class.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yue Ming as Liuli and caused a commotion, prompting the teacher to ask him to visit his office after class.
• The class rearranged its seats, and Xiao Yue Ming sat beside the class monitor while her bodyguards brought in her school supplies.
• Wan Jun warned Xiao Yan not to approach Xiao Yue Ming because of her bodyguards, but Xiao Yan kept watching her and planned how to reach her.

Xiao Yan moved into the school dormitory and successfully began cultivating Dou Qi in this reincarnation. Four months later, he had reached the seventh stage and prepared to act on his plan to help Liuli regain her memories.

• Xiao Yan asked the homeroom teacher to let him live on campus, and his guardian agreed after hearing he could join a boarding-student tutoring group.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Yue Ming interact with He Zhi and Zhang Zhi, then moved into a single dormitory room.
• Xiao Yan worried that Liuli had lost her memories and resolved to make her remember in this lifetime.
• Xiao Yan practiced Fen Jue and discovered he could absorb Heaven and Earth Energy to cultivate Dou Qi.
• Four months later, Xiao Yan had reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi and began preparing to carry out his plan.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the villa district and subdued two guards on his way up the mountain. He reached Xiao Yue Ming’s room and told her he had come to take her back to his home.

• Xiao Yan left school before dawn and traveled to the villa district with tools packed in a suitcase.
• Xiao Yan evaded security cameras by crossing rooftops and hid when two guards spotted movement.
• Xiao Yan incapacitated both guards, learned that five security personnel were at the foot of the mountain and ten were on it, and took their guns and walkie-talkies.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Yue Ming’s room, where she woke and asked who he was and how he had entered.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yue Ming he was taking her back to his home, but she replied that her current place was her home for now.

Xiao Yan revealed that he believed Xiao Yue Ming was the Big Sister who had abandoned him and asked her to leave with him. Xiao Yue Ming agreed, and Xiao Yan carried her away from the mountain estate toward his home, leaving her shaken by his inhuman speed and strength.

• Xiao Yan removed his mask, and Xiao Yue Ming recognized his face as Zhang Yan, though he told her to call him Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Yue Ming had always been unable to speak, and she said it happened afterward but refused to explain.
• Xiao Yue Ming agreed to go with Xiao Yan and packed her belongings while he considered how to keep her safe from the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan said they would go to his home, then carried Xiao Yue Ming and her suitcase down the mountain to escape before the Xiao Family could surround the estate.
• Xiao Yue Ming questioned whether Xiao Yan was even human after seeing his speed and strength, and she worried that her small knife could not protect her from him.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yue Ming to his apartment, where she rested while he cared for her. As the Xiao Family launched a massive search for their missing Young Miss, Xiao Yan told Xiao Yue Ming to pack because they would leave the next day.

• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yue Ming to his rented apartment and offered her the bedroom while he slept on the sofa.
• Xiao Yue Ming unpacked her valuables and self-defense knife, then calculated how much money she could raise, since she had planned to disappear even without Xiao Yan's help.
• Old Master Xiao mobilized the Xiao Family to search for Xiao Yue Ming and offered ten million US dollars for information about her whereabouts.
• Xiao Yan woke Xiao Yue Ming at ten in the morning, and she admitted she had stayed up late gaming.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yue Ming to pack for their departure the next day, but she asked him to pack for her.

Xiao Yan reached Dou Zhe and discovered that Xiao Yue Ming’s damaged vocal cords could be healed with Dou Qi. Over the next two months, he helped her regain some ability to speak while growing powerful enough to abandon his plan to flee abroad with her.

• Xiao Yue Ming got up and ate breakfast while Xiao Yan meditated, and he broke through to Dou Zhe by noon.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yue Ming gaming and, after examining her throat, realized he could try to repair her damaged vocal cords.
• Xiao Yan explained that Dou Qi and his Soul Power could gradually heal Xiao Yue Ming’s voice, and she reacted with hope.
• Over the next two months, Xiao Yan secretly dealt with people investigating Xiao Yue Ming while treating her throat and growing stronger.
• Xiao Yue Ming began making simple sounds, and Xiao Yan reached Five-star Dou Zhe and decided to keep their current life rather than flee abroad.

Xiao Yan confronted Old Master Xiao and revealed that he had kidnapped Xiao Yue Ming, claiming she was safe and that he could cure her vocal-cord injury. He refused to return her for now and demanded that the Xiao Family withdraw its search forces from Hu City.

• Old Master Xiao raged over the failed search for Xiao Yue Ming as his people reported narrowing the search to Songjiang District.
• Xiao Yan appeared in Old Master Xiao’s room, admitted he had kidnapped Xiao Yue Ming, and dodged a bullet fired from the old man’s cane.
• Xiao Yan assured Old Master Xiao that Xiao Yue Ming was safe and played a recording of her hoarse voice as evidence that her treatment had begun.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Xiao Family was divided and that Xiao Yue Ming’s injury had likely been caused by someone within the family; he also admitted he liked her.
• Xiao Yan told Old Master Xiao he would respect Xiao Yue Ming’s wishes and would not touch her unless she liked him, then demanded that the Xiao Family withdraw its search forces from Hu City.

Xiao Yue Ming worried about Xiao Yan’s disappearance and realized she had fallen for him while waiting for news. After Xiao Yan returned from meeting her grandfather, she rushed to the station to greet him with a kiss.

• Xiao Yue Ming brooded over Xiao Yan’s absence and remembered how gently he had cared for her during their three months together.
• Xiao Yan messaged Xiao Yue Ming that he had met her grandfather, settled terms for her freedom, and would take her on a date when he returned.
• Xiao Yue Ming hugged her phone and promised to wait for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived back in Hu City with luggage and waited outside the station for a taxi.
• Xiao Yue Ming ran into Xiao Yan’s arms, complained that he was too slow, and kissed him.