Chapter Summaries

Ye Xiyao arranged an investigation into the Li Clan’s affairs and returned to the Ye Mansion after Madam Li fainted. In the Suspended Realm, Luo Jiutian found Black Lord fighting an old man, then confronted the old man after the guard was killed.

• Ye Xiyao told Yu Jintang that Madam Li had recovered her memories and asked him to investigate the money and confirm Uncle Li’s death; she gave him three hundred taels and planned to accompany him south.
• Madam Li fainted after Yu Jintang left, and Ye Xiyao took her back to the Ye Mansion; a month later, the Li Clan’s funeral was held, and Ye Jingtian saw a young man and an older woman arrive near the ancestral graves.
• At Luoxian Mountain, an envoy from the Holy Temple requested an audience with the old man in black, who argued with Black Lord before they began fighting.
• Luo Jiutian and two companions watched the fight, then Luo Jiutian rushed in after a black object killed a guard; the old man fled with the corpse, and Luo Jiutian blocked his escape.
• Luo Jiutian fought the old man and burned him with spirit fire, but the old man broke free and struck him; Luo Jiutian recovered and advanced on him.

Luo Jiutian captured and crippled Chen Desheng, then left while Yun Xi cared for her exhausted mother and met Mo Yan in the capital. Yun Xi returned home and learned Yun Yun was determined to protect her from her father’s plan to sell her.

• Luo Jiutian learned Chen Desheng was a Tiangang Sect disciple, knocked him unconscious, destroyed his dantian, and reduced the guards and black-robed woman to ashes before departing.
• Yun Qianchen and Yun Xi took the exhausted Yun Qianyu to a clinic, where the medical officer said she would recover after resting.
• Yun Xi went into town, bought new clothes, and encountered Mo Yan, who left after learning she came from Green Cloud Village.
• Mo Yan reached the Yun Residence and ordered the kitchen to replace his planned dinner with hare or pork trotters and a bowl of porridge.
• Yun Yun told Yun Xi that her father wanted to sell her and that she would not allow it, leaving Yun Xi overwhelmed and in tears.

Yun Xi learned more about the family’s past as Yun Yun told her how Yun Ao had betrayed the woman he once loved. Yun Ao took Yun Xi to Spirit Mountain and offered to show her Lin Wan’er’s grave, leaving Yun Xi eager to learn about the mother she had never known.

• Yun Xi told Yun Yun and Yun Ao that someone had taken her and left her on the outskirts, and Yun Ao promised that her status in the Cloud King Residence would protect her.
• Yun Yun told Yun Xi that Yun Ao had sold away his pregnant lover and ordered Yun Xi not to call him Father or Grandfather.
• Yun Yun took Yun Xi out, and later Yun Ao invited her to tour the residence and gave her a box of Snow Lotus Balm.
• Two days later, Yun Ao brought Yun Xi to the Cloud King Residence estate on Spirit Mountain, where she sensed abundant Spiritual Qi.
• Yun Ao told Yun Xi that Lin Wan’er’s grave was on Spirit Mountain and offered to take her there; Yun Xi eagerly agreed.

Yun Ao took Yun Xi to Spirit Mountain to pay respects at her mother’s grave, then brought her to Hidden Spirit Temple to find the mother consort he believed was still alive. There, they discovered Xiao Xue’s body, and the divine physician revealed her identity as the Grand Princess of Southern Chu and widow of its former Crown Prince.

• Yun Ao took Yun Xi to Clear Spring Temple, where she paid respects to her mother and mourned her loss.
• Yun Ao brought Yun Xi to Hidden Spirit Temple and asked the old divine physician to let him see his mother consort.
• The old man insisted Yun Ao’s wife had died forty-nine years earlier and said her soul was trapped in Hidden Spirit Temple.
• Yun Ao followed the old man to a meditation room and found Xiao Xue’s body on a bed, then wept over her.
• The old man told Yun Ao that Xiao Xue had been the Grand Princess of Southern Chu and the widow of its former Crown Prince.

Yun Ao and Yun Xi left the Mourning Hall after learning Yun Ao’s mother had died, and they decided to return to Southern Chu, where Yun Xi planned to study medicine under her father. Meanwhile, the Jade Qi Emperor ordered an attack on Southern Chu, then attended a banquet and announced his decision to send troops.

• The old man told Yun Ao that his wife had died and accepted Yun Ao’s jade token in exchange for protecting Yun Xi from the Guardian Army.
• Yun Ao received a letter saying his mother had died and that the Grand Princess would accept responsibility for regicide if he refused to return to Southern Chu, so he chose to go back with Yun Xi.
• Yun Xi asked Yun Ao to teach her medicine, and he agreed to find her a master; in town, they encountered Liu Shi, who recognized Yun Xi.
• The Jade Qi Emperor ordered his forces to prepare to destroy Southern Chu, learned that Southern Chu princes and its Third Princess were colluding with the Demon Clan, and decided to attend a banquet there.
• At the Southern Chu palace banquet, the Jade Qi Emperor announced to his ministers that he had decided to send troops against Southern Chu.

The Jade Qi Emperor announced plans to marry Yun Er and prepare Yu Long to inherit the throne, while secretly investigating a mastermind and confronting rumors about his conduct. When Yu Jintang denied knowing how commoners had learned the emperor’s secrets, officials accused others of framing him, and the chapter ended with the Jade Qi Emperor asking whether they doubted him.

• The Jade Qi Emperor overruled Chen Zhong and ordered a marriage alliance with Southern Chu, then told officials he would marry Yun Er.
• The Jade Qi Emperor told Yu Long that Ming Nan would become Crown Princess and that Yu Long would perform the wedding rites in three days before taking over the realm.
• The Jade Qi Emperor questioned Li Shangshu and Liu Shangshu, then ordered Black Shadow to keep investigating the mastermind behind the rumors and another unexplained matter.
• After Li Shangshu reported rumors calling the emperor foolish and tyrannical, the Jade Qi Emperor ordered the rumor-spreaders arrested and sentenced them to death.
• Yu Jintang and Su Shi arrived before the execution, and the Jade Qi Emperor questioned Yu Jintang about how commoners had learned his secrets; Yu Jintang denied knowing them.
• Officials claimed the rumors were a conspiracy to frame the Jade Qi Emperor, who asked the kneeling ministers whether they doubted him.

The Jade Qi Emperor investigated Jade Prime Minister and announced plans to arrange a marriage for his eldest grandson at the Flower Viewing Festival. At the banquet, Yu Jin Lian agreed to marry Crown Prince Yu Jin Chen, while Yu Jin Chen rejected Li Xueying’s plea to marry him.

• The Jade Qi Emperor suspected Yu Mo Sheng was involved in Jade Prime Minister’s downfall, but agreed not to punish her after Yu Jintang pleaded for her.
• News spread that Jade Prime Minister had been stripped of his post and placed under investigation, and Yu Jintang told Yu Mo Sheng about the upcoming Flower Viewing Festival.
• At the Flower Viewing Festival, the Jade Qi Emperor announced that he would select an official’s daughter to marry his eldest grandson.
• Yu Jin Lian objected to the proposed match, then agreed to marry Yu Jin Chen as his consort after Yu Mo Sheng supported asking her opinion.
• The Jade Qi Emperor had the Virtuous Prince draft an imperial edict for Yu Jin Chen and Yu Jin Lian’s marriage.
• Li Xueying declared her wish to marry Yu Jin Chen, but he rejected her, leaving her distraught.

Yu Xue Lian gave up her marriage to Yu Jin Che, but her concealed pregnancy and an alleged attempt to harm Xue'er’s child led the Jade Qi Emperor to order an investigation and grant her death. Yuqi Che was arrested for treason, while the Jade Qi Emperor summoned senior ministers to discuss the evidence against him.

• Yu Xue Lian agreed to divorce Yu Jin Che, then left the banquet after hiding her sudden abdominal pain and pregnancy.
• Yu Jintang protested the Jade Qi Emperor’s plan to make Yu Jin Che heir apparent and was dragged to the Great Prison.
• Yuqi Che denied spying on Yu Jintang, and he and the Jade Qi Emperor discussed whether Yu Xue Lian’s actions violated the Yu Clan’s succession trials.
• The National Teacher confirmed Yu Xue Lian was two months pregnant, and Yu Jintang learned that the emperor’s investigation had exposed his scheme.
• Yuqi Che was sent to the Heavenly Prison, Noble Consort Su was sent to the Cold Palace, and Yu Xue Lian was granted death.
• Noble Consort Su told the Jade Qi Emperor that Yu Xue Lian had tried to harm Xue’er’s child, prompting him to summon senior ministers over evidence that Yuqi Che had betrayed the nation.

The Jade Qi Emperor stripped Yuqi Che of his duties and confined him to the Ancestral Temple, while Yu Jintang and Yu Xue Yao maneuvered around the fallout. After Yu Xue Yao mourned Yuqi Che and left the Jade Clan, she fell from a cliff and awoke in an unfamiliar place beside Yuqi Chen and Bai Qi Ze.

• The Jade Qi Emperor ordered Yuqi Che confined for life and privately sought a divine physician for his long-standing illness.
• Yu Jintang told Yu Xue Yao that Yuqi Che’s crimes left them no choice but to eliminate him, and she asked him to help remove her enemies.
• Yu Xue Yao mourned Yuqi Che’s death, kept vigil for seven days, and left the Jade Clan after giving Yu Jintang a letter.
• Bandits attacked Yu Xue Yao’s carriage, and she fell from a cliff as her soul escaped her ruined body.
• Yu Xue Yao awoke in an unfamiliar place, where Yuqi Chen defeated the Black-Clad People and Bai Qi Ze caught her as the ground shook.

Bai Qi Ze took Yu Xue Yao to a mist-covered forbidden ground, where they fought their way out and returned to her residence. The Third Princess agreed to help Yu Xue Yao escape an illusion formation in exchange for rare spirit herbs, and the next day led her to a secluded residence for reasons still unknown.

• Bai Qi Ze led Yu Xue Yao up the mountain through the Bewitching Array, then reunited with her in the black mist.
• Bai Qi Ze fought off the uniformed guards while Yu Xue Yao stayed close to him, and they escaped the secret realm together.
• Yu Xue Yao returned home, where the Third Princess promised to help her destroy an illusion formation and gave her a list of thousand-year-old spirit herbs to gather.
• Mo Yun Ting appeared at the residence, reunited with Yu Xue Yao, and took her to eat.
• The next day, the Third Princess led Yu Xue Yao by carriage to a secluded residence in an alley.

Yu Xue Yao won Second Master and Yang Mengying's approval of her engagement to Mo Jinchen, then survived an attack at the lakeside before spending time with him. The chapter ended with Mo Jinchen kissing her and Yu Xue Yao accusing him of wanting to take her as a concubine.

• Yu Xue Yao told Second Master and Yang Mengying that she was betrothed to Mo Jinchen, and Second Master agreed not to break off the engagement.
• The Third Princess showed Yu Xue Yao the scar from an old attack and promised to help her whenever she needed it.
• A sinister man seized Yu Xue Yao by the lake, but a man in blue knocked him away before the Third Princess and Mo Jinchen arrived.
• Mo Jinchen led Yu Xue Yao to a pavilion, where she wrote a letter for him, then left after promising they would meet again.
• Yu Xue Yao avoided Yu Zhu and prepared food outdoors, where Mo Jinchen joined her and asked about her life in her hometown.
• Mo Jinchen kissed Yu Xue Yao; she shoved him away and accused him of wanting to make her his concubine.

Yu Xue Yao escaped Mo Jinchen after he bit her, then accepted his help in seeking to break her engagement while he continued to keep her close. Later, she confronted a silk shopkeeper and Yu Lian Xiang, ending the chapter with Yu Lian He warning her sister not to provoke Yu Xue Yao.

• Yu Xue Yao fled after Mo Jinchen bit her, and Mo Jinchen ordered Qiu Yue to clean up the woods and keep waiting for the rabbit.
• Mo Jinchen took Yu Xue Yao to the Bamboo House, assigned Dong Er to attend to her, and later treated her wrist on the mountaintop.
• Yu Xue Yao asked Mo Jinchen to help break off her engagement, and he promised to raise the matter with Father Emperor.
• Yu Xue Yao went shopping and defended a customer from the Brocade Workshop shopkeeper, where she encountered Mo Jin Chen, whom she recognized as the man who had once rescued her.
• Yu Xue Yao bought two sets of cotton clothes and brushed off Li Momo before returning home, where Yu Lian Xiang insulted her and tried to attack her.
• Yu Lian He dragged Yu Lian Xiang inside and warned her not to provoke Yu Xue Yao.

Yu Xue Yao left the Yu household after the family split, received clothes and an apology from Wang-shi, and later fought off beasts in the forest. After she killed a wild boar, a sinister man confronted her and attacked her, leaving her trapped in danger.

• Yu Xue Yao changed rooms and left the Yu household after Yu Lian Xiang insulted her and Yu Xue Ling refused to apologize.
• Wang-shi brought Yu Xue Yao two new outfits, apologized for making her go hungry, and encouraged her to take care on the road.
• Mo Li watched the white-clad girl wait for him and ordered Purple Moon Fairy to bring him a three-year-old girl found in Fengyang County.
• A wolf pack chased Yu Xue Yao into the forest, where two wild boars attacked the wolves and she killed one boar with her sword.
• A sinister man struck Yu Xue Yao, kissed her, and threatened to take her away after she slapped him back.

Yu Xue Yao was abducted and threatened by a mysterious Masked Woman, but a Black-Robed Man intervened when the woman tried to kill her. After overpowering the Masked Woman, he forced her to reveal that her name was Su Yue.

• A mysterious man dragged Yu Xue Yao into his arms and left her trapped in a Mountain Cave, where she hunted a rabbit and cooked it.
• The Masked Woman seized Yu Xue Yao, accused her of peeking while she bathed, and threatened to sell her to a madam before carrying her away.
• Yu Xue Yao woke in another Mountain Cave and begged a handsome man she mistook for a threat to spare her.
• The Masked Woman prepared to strike Yu Xue Yao, but the Black-Robed Man blocked her attack and challenged her to a fight.
• The Black-Robed Man overpowered the Masked Woman, grabbed her by the throat, and forced her to reveal that her name was Su Yue.

Night Qiyu revealed himself as the Nether King and took Yu Xue Yao to a cave, claiming he could save her grandfather, whose soul was inside. He warned that her family’s survival depended on her cooperation and plainly told her he wanted to marry her.

• A mysterious man helped Yu Xue Yao escape Su Yue, then stopped her from leaving and held her as she stumbled.
• Yu Xue Yao learned that the man was her senior brother, Night Qiyu, and the Nether King; he gave her three days to agree to marry him or be imprisoned in the Netherworld.
• Night Qiyu led Yu Xue Yao toward a cave, saying her grandfather’s soul was inside and that he would save him.
• When Yu Xue Yao demanded to know what Night Qiyu wanted, he said he wanted her to become his woman and repeated that he intended to marry her.

Night Qiyu took Yu Xue Yao to see her grandfather’s portrait and revealed that her grandfather might be in suspended death rather than truly gone. He headed toward the village outskirts to save him, while Sun Po was shown meditating in a secluded cave.

• Night Qiyu told Yu Xue Yao they would discuss marriage when she was older, then led her into the mountain cave to pay respects to his master.
• Yu Xue Yao stopped Night Qiyu from burning offerings, and he promised he could bring back someone who had lived even one day.
• Night Qiyu opened a hidden stone chamber, gave Yu Xue Yao a bead to wear, and said he was responsible for sending her grandfather into reincarnation.
• Night Qiyu and Yu Xue Yao left the cave on his Cloud Swallowing Tiger and went to a courtyard where she found her grandfather’s portrait.
• Night Qiyu said her grandfather’s remains had not fully decayed and that he was only in suspended death, then set off to save him.
• Sun Po sat meditating in a secluded mountain cave, surrounded by the fragrance of medicine.

Yu Xue Yao helped Sun Po refine a pill that saved Yu Zhongping, then prepared to leave the Mountain Cave with her grandfather and Night Qiyu. After meeting Yu Shichuan in town, she told him about the woman who had targeted her, and he reacted angrily.

• Night Qiyu asked Sun Po to refine a Life Extension Pill while Yu Xue Yao watched and discovered Sun Po’s Flame Beast Cores.
• Yu Xue Yao found Red Lotus flowers and brought them to Sun Po, who refined a pill that removed the danger to Yu Zhongping’s life.
• Yu Xue Yao argued with Night Qiyu over payment, and he tore up her ten-tael banknote before chasing her and bringing her back to the Mountain Cave.
• Yu Zhongping woke, thanked Night Qiyu for saving him, and agreed to travel with him; Yu Xue Yao took her grandfather to an inn and sold the shopkeeper her beauty balm.
• Yu Xue Yao went to a jewelry shop, met Yu Shichuan outside, and asked him to help after telling him that a woman had targeted her at the medical hall.
• Yu Shichuan grew angry and asked why the woman had deliberately targeted Yu Xue Yao.

Yu Xue Yao went to the market, intervened when Zhao Shi was beaten over an alleged theft, and forced Zhao Hu and his companions to help her travel toward the capital. At an inn, she recognized that a sick boy’s stomach pains came from hunger, then rejected his mother’s attempt to extort her.

• Yu Xue Yao bought fabric and clothes for her mother at the market.
• Yu Xue Yao stopped Zhao Hu’s men from beating Zhao Shi and used her royal jade token to make them agree to accompany her toward the docks.
• Zhao Hu introduced himself and his companions, while Yu Xue Yao learned they were bandits and challenged their plan to frame Zhao Shi.
• Yu Xue Yao went to an inn with Bi Lan and Bi Liu, where she said a boy’s stomach spasms and diarrhea were caused by hunger.
• The boy’s mother demanded silver from Yu Xue Yao, but Yu Xue Yao refused, and the woman stormed off.

Yu Xue Yao watched A'Fu and A'Bao's family while trying to understand her own connection to them and the village. She followed the woman and child toward town, then claimed she was only engaged to her husband as the ox-cart driver warned her about unreliable men.

• Yu Xue Yao gave a starving boy her last copper coins and cooked porridge for the children before leaving the house.
• The woman told A'Fu and A'Bao they would go to the county town to register their household, and Yu Xue Yao overheard their conversation.
• Yu Xue Yao followed the woman and boys into town, where she learned the woman lived in Green Cloud Village and watched the family interact.
• After a meal, the woman accepted Yu Xue Yao's handkerchief as compensation for a spilled wine jar, and Yu Xue Yao continued following her and the child.
• The woman boarded an ox cart with the child, and Yu Xue Yao told the driver she had been engaged for only half a month when he mistook her for a married local woman.

Yu Xue Yao rode to town with Zhang Shi and A'Fu, then went to Li Family Hamlet to find the family connected to Li Tie Zhu and offer to heal a crippled man. She reached her Third Sister and Fourth Brother, leaving her reason for seeking them still undisclosed.

• Yu Xue Yao rode with Zhang Shi and A'Fu to Ji Ren Hall, where a doctor could not cure a sick woman's husband.
• Yu Xue Yao learned that Li Tie Zhu had brought her to the end of the village and followed Zhang Shi to Li Family Hamlet.
• Zhang Shi offered Yu Xue Yao the jade bracelet her mother had given her, but Yu Xue Yao returned it and thanked her for helping her mother and younger brother.
• Yu Xue Yao told Uncle Li she could cure his long-crippled leg and asked to meet his eldest brother, eldest sister, and second sister.
• Li Zhuang Shi led Yu Xue Yao to a neighboring village, where she met a young girl and called her Third Sister.