Chapter Summaries

Yun Lan arranged for Xiao Tang to protect Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan by becoming their homeroom teacher, then reassured the girls that he would return to visit after leaving for Yungui Mountain. After the New Year, the girls started school and Yun Lan resumed training on the mountain, keeping in touch with the world below through his phone.

• Yun Lan messaged Xiao Tang to stay close to Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan and asked Fufu to arrange her position as their homeroom teacher.
• Yun Lan told Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan that they would start sixth grade after the New Year and that he would return to Yungui Mountain to study.
• Yi Jiang clung to Yun Lan and begged him not to forget her and Yi Xuan or stop visiting them, and Yun Lan promised he would remain responsible for them.
• After the New Year, Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan started school, and Yun Lan returned to Yungui Mountain with a suitcase of health supplements for his master.
• Yun Lan practiced sword forms and meditation on the mountain as his skills improved, while his phone kept him connected to the world below.

Yun Lan kept in touch with Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan throughout their school year and visited them every weekend. When the girls insisted on joining him on Yungui Mountain after elementary school, he offered Yi Jiang their servitude contract, but she refused to leave his side.

• Yi Xuan sent Yun Lan frequent messages about school, while Yi Jiang sent him daily greetings and snapshots.
• Xiao Tang sent Yun Lan weekly reports about the girls' school lives and safety.
• Yun Lan visited Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan every weekend until they graduated from elementary school.
• Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan refused to continue middle school and asked to go to Yungui Mountain to study under a master.
• Yun Lan offered Yi Jiang the servitude contract so she and Yi Xuan could go as free people.
• Yi Jiang rejected the offer, told Yun Lan she wanted to stay with him for life, and asked whether he disliked her and her sister.

Yun Lan found the Thiren girl Ye Shunguang alone at the Yun Family orphanage, took her in, and helped her learn and adjust to life. After returning to Yungui Mountain, he was surprised when she asked to become his disciple, and he postponed his answer.

• Yun Lan visited the Yun Family orphanage and learned from Xia Yu that the children were excluding a Thiren girl.
• Yun Lan met Ye Shunguang, reassured her that Thirens were people like everyone else, and took her home.
• Yun Lan arranged for Ye Shunguang to study practical skills and school subjects, then gently suggested she attend school to make friends.
• Ye Shunguang feared Yun Lan was trying to send her away, so he dropped the idea of school.
• After several months, Yun Lan returned to Yungui Mountain with Ye Shunguang, where she gave him a prepared application to become his disciple.
• Yun Lan noticed something unusual about the application and told Ye Shunguang he would answer the next day.

Yun Lan returned to Yungui Mountain with Ye Shunguang and introduced her to Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan as their prospective junior sister. Yi Jiang concealed her hurt at Yun Lan’s affectionate treatment of Ye Shunguang, leaving the room tense as Xuan Mingzi sent everyone out.

• Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan entered the room and asked Yun Lan who Ye Shunguang was.
• Yun Lan introduced Ye Shunguang and said she would become their junior sister if nothing unexpected happened.
• Ye Shunguang reminded Yun Lan that she had given him her letter of intent to become his disciple, and he affectionately told her he would think about it.
• Yi Jiang questioned Yun Lan’s reasons for bringing Ye Shunguang back, then fell silent after he said he had brought her back for the same reason as the twins.
• Xuan Mingzi told Yun Lan and the others to leave the room.

Yun Lan separated Ye Shunguang from a tense dispute with Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan, then brought the sisters to his room to confront their growing possessiveness. Yi Jiang challenged him over taking in another “sister,” while Yi Xuan silently reproached him, leaving Yun Lan determined not to be cornered.

• Yun Lan sent Ye Shunguang to settle into an empty room and promised to answer her about her situation the next day.
• Yun Lan took Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan to his room, where he noticed how carefully they had been maintaining it.
• Yi Jiang asked Yun Lan whether she and Yi Xuan were no longer enough for him and accused him of taking in another sister.
• Yun Lan sternly rebuked Yi Jiang for making suggestive remarks, while Yi Xuan watched him with a reproachful gaze.
• Yun Lan resolved not to let the sisters corner him so easily.

Yun Lan put off Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan’s feelings by telling them to wait until they were older, but their parting words made clear they would not give up. He then discovered that Ye Shunguang had hidden a marriage contract in her apprenticeship application, leaving him overwhelmed by the girls’ attention.

• Yun Lan told Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan they were too young to distinguish dependence, gratitude, and love, and proposed discussing their feelings later.
• Yi Jiang agreed to wait, warned Yun Lan not to run away, and led Yi Xuan from the room.
• Yun Lan noticed Ye Shunguang’s apprenticeship application and used a flashlight to reveal the hidden words “marriage contract.”
• Yun Lan realized that signing the application would make Ye Shunguang his fiancée and felt distressed by the tangled romantic attention from her and the sisters.

Yun Lan struggled to handle Ye Shunguang’s apprenticeship letter and intense feelings without hurting her or upsetting Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan. Unable to get advice from Faust, he ordered her to monitor the three girls, but she exposed his plan to leave the sect temporarily to avoid making a decision.

• Yun Lan worried that refusing Ye Shunguang’s apprenticeship letter could hurt her or cause trouble with Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan.
• Yun Lan asked Faust for advice, but she said she could not help with matters of the heart.
• Yun Lan told Faust to watch Yi Jiang, Yi Xuan, and Ye Shunguang, ensure their safety, and report unusual interactions.
• Faust concluded that Yun Lan’s order was likely preparation for his planned departure from the sect and offered to map discreet escape routes.
• Yun Lan insisted he was making a strategic retreat, but Faust’s analysis left him speechless, and he closed the chat.

Yun Lan tried to put his past with his three junior disciples behind him while studying at Advanced Nurturing High School, but Honami Ichinose noticed his conflicted mood. A message from Fufu revealed that the three disciples had learned where he was and were expected to arrive in Japan soon.

• Yun Lan remembered leaving a letter and fleeing under the pretext of attending Eden's concert.
• Honami Ichinose found Yun Lan distracted and asked if he had been thinking about his three junior disciples.
• Yun Lan tried to change the subject by offering to wash his lunchbox with Honami.
• Yun Lan received a message from Fufu and went to a quiet staff restroom to read it.
• Fufu told Yun Lan that his three junior disciples knew he was studying at Advanced Nurturing High School and would likely arrive in Japan soon.

Yun Lan realized his mother, Xia Yue, had revealed his location in Japan to Yi Jiang, Yi Xuan, and Ye Shunguang. He ordered the Yun Family’s forces to protect the three girls, while Xia Yue planned to send more people to stir up his romantic life.

• Yun Lan ruled out the Twelve Black Beasts and Uncle Su as the source of the girls’ information and concluded that his mother had told them he was at Advanced Nurturing High School in Japan.
• Yun Lan asked Fufu to add the Twelve Black Beasts’ and Five Fingers’ contacts to his phone, then ordered the forces to confirm the girls’ arrival and protect Yi Jiang, Yi Xuan, and Ye Shunguang.
• Yun Lan also ordered three female ascetics to be sent to Japan.
• Yun Shen told Xia Yue that Yun Lan had mobilized the Index Finger to protect the girls, and Xia Yue proposed sending Xiao Yue and spreading more information to push her son’s romantic affairs forward.

Yun Lan struggled to focus on school after learning that Yi Jiang, Yi Xuan, and Ye Shunguang were probably on their way to Japan. As he headed home, he began preparing to manage their approaching reunion and the complications it could bring.

• Yun Lan returned to class with his lunchbox and shared a warm smile with Honami Ichinose.
• During the afternoon lessons, Yun Lan worried about the message from Fufu that his three younger sisters had likely set out for Japan.
• Yun Lan considered Yi Jiang and Yi Xuan's determination and Ye Shunguang's hidden marriage-contract scheme, and feared their feelings would collide at his school.
• Yun Lan assessed the school's security and possible routes in and out as he planned how to guide his sisters and set boundaries.
• Yun Lan realized he needed more information about their itinerary and his mother's involvement before their arrival.