Chapter Summaries

Dai Mobai restrained Dugu Yan after resisting her Jade Phosphorous Blue Venom and forcibly kissed her in the alley. He left her reeling after squeezing her rear, and she broke free and retreated.

• Dugu Yan punched at Dai Mobai, but he caught her fist before it reached his face.
• Dugu Yan questioned how Dai Mobai could move after being struck by her Jade Phosphorous Blue Venom, and he mocked its taste.
• Dai Mobai pulled Dugu Yan into his arms and kissed her before she could respond.
• Dugu Yan struggled against Dai Mobai, but his grip around her waist left her weak and unable to push him away.
• Dai Mobai squeezed Dugu Yan's rear, jolting her out of her daze, and she broke free and backed away three steps.

Dai Mobai kissed Dugu Yan, stealing her first kiss and leaving her flustered and angry. After she fled, he realized she and Yu Tianheng had not become intimate and looked forward to the trouble his actions might cause in Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Yan struggled to steady herself after Dai Mobai kissed her, then accused him of being shameless.
• Dai Mobai teased Dugu Yan and suggested she might want to experience another kiss, making her recoil and warn him that this was not over.
• Dugu Yan stumbled as she fled the alley, then used her jade-green Soul Power to disappear from Dai Mobai's sight.
• Dai Mobai concluded from Dugu Yan's inexperienced reaction that he had stolen her first kiss and that she and Yu Tianheng were not yet intimate.
• Dai Mobai relished the prospect of poaching Yu Tianheng's girl and considered Dugu Yan's connection to Dugu Bo an unexpected gain during his visit to Heaven Dou City.

Li Yue suspected Dai Mobai had been intimate with Dugu Yan after smelling her scent on him, and Dai Mobai confronted her about being jealous. He kissed Li Yue and held her against him, then asked whether she was still jealous.

• Li Yue noticed Dugu Yan's familiar fragrance on Dai Mobai and imagined that they had been close in the alley.
• Dai Mobai noticed Li Yue lingering behind and asked what she was thinking.
• Dai Mobai pressed Li Yue against a wall and asked whether she was jealous of Dugu Yan's scent on him.
• Li Yue denied daring to feel jealous, but her trembling voice betrayed her feelings.
• Dai Mobai kissed Li Yue, held her as she grew weak, and asked if she was still jealous.

Li Yue calmed her jealousy after Dai Mobai comforted her, and the two returned to their inn. Dugu Yan hurried back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianheng was waiting for her.

• Li Yue told herself she would accept her place beside Dai Mobai and not let jealousy trouble him again.
• Dai Mobai released Li Yue, and they walked through Heaven Dou City toward their inn.
• Dugu Yan fled the alley, unsettled by her encounter with Dai Mobai, and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan spotted Yu Tianheng waiting outside the dormitory and tried to avoid him.
• Yu Tianheng greeted Dugu Yan with relief and asked where she had been, having heard she defended him at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

Yu Tianheng realized Dugu Yan cared for him and resolved to confess, but her distress over Dai Mobai’s forced kiss made her reject his concern. He left without telling her how he felt, while Dugu Yan hurried into her dormitory.

• Yu Tianheng recalled Dugu Yan defending him and concluded that she liked him, so he decided to confess that night.
• Yu Tianheng spent an hour rehearsing his confession before settling on a direct declaration of his feelings.
• Still shaken by Dai Mobai forcibly kissing her, Dugu Yan interpreted Yu Tianheng’s question as an interrogation and snapped that her whereabouts were none of his business.
• Yu Tianheng froze as Dugu Yan said she was tired and rushed into the dormitory without looking back.
• Yu Tianheng withdrew his hand, abandoned his confession, and walked away into the night.

After Dai Mobai stole her first kiss, Dugu Yan hid beneath her blanket and struggled to make sense of her feelings. She fell asleep insisting she would make him pay, though she could not stop thinking about him.

• Dugu Yan rushed into her dormitory, hid beneath the blanket, and remembered Dai Mobai kissing her in the alley.
• Dugu Yan tried to summon anger at Dai Mobai but instead recalled the kiss with longing and wondered what he had said to her.
• Dugu Yan insisted that her reaction had been a normal response to being taken by surprise and vowed to make Dai Mobai pay next time.
• Dugu Yan forced herself to sleep, unaware that Dai Mobai had displaced Yu Tianheng in her heart.

After spending most of the night with Dai Mobai, Li Yue overslept and rushed to his room, where he was waiting with Yang Wudi. Dai Mobai ended their chess game to take Li Yue and Yang Wudi out of Heaven Dou City on business.

• Li Yue silently left Dai Mobai's bed at dawn and returned to her room to sleep, exhausted after their long night together.
• Li Yue woke late and hurried to Dai Mobai's room, where she found him playing chess with Yang Wudi.
• Dai Mobai stopped the game before making his move, saying business came first, and led Li Yue away by the hand.
• Yang Wudi followed Dai Mobai and Li Yue as they walked along Heaven Dou City's busy main road toward a destination beyond the city walls.

Dugu Yan went out walking with Yu Tianheng after he invited her, hoping to clear her head and explain her behavior from the previous night. Yu Tianheng mistook her polite smile as proof she had feelings for him and proposed a two-person spirit battle, secretly planning to confess to her afterward.

• Yu Tianheng visited Dugu Yan at her dormitory and invited her to walk around Heaven Dou City, and she agreed so she could clear her head and explain her behavior from last night.
• As they walked, Dugu Yan searched the streets for the stranger who had kissed her, while Yu Tianheng asked whether she had been unwell the previous night.
• Dugu Yan said she had simply been in a bad mood, and Yu Tianheng concluded that she was not upset with him and still gave him a chance.
• Dugu Yan forced a faint smile when Yu Tianheng asked if she felt better, and he took it as a sign that she had feelings for him.
• Yu Tianheng suggested they enter a two-person spirit battle so Dugu Yan could vent, while secretly planning to confess to her after their victory.

Dugu Yan refused Yu Tianheng’s invitation to a two-person Soul Battle, then spotted Dai Mobai across the street and watched him intently. Dai Mobai noticed her but treated her like a stranger and continued walking.

• Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng’s repeated invitations to fight in the Soul Arena, and he kept trying to persuade her.
• Dugu Yan spotted Dai Mobai approaching with Li Yue and Yang Wudi, and her excitement showed in her gaze and expression.
• Yang Wudi noticed Dugu Yan staring at Dai Mobai, while Li Yue recognized her and kept her hand near her waist before standing down.
• Dai Mobai saw Dugu Yan beside Yu Tianheng, looked at her calmly, and continued walking without stopping.

Dugu Yan saw Dai Mobai ignore her and convinced herself he had mistaken her closeness to Yu Tianheng for a relationship. She chased after Dai Mobai, but he told Yang Wudi to speed up and shake her off, leaving Dugu Yan unable to find him.

• Dai Mobai glanced at Dugu Yan without acknowledging her and continued down the street with Yang Wudi and Li Yue.
• Dugu Yan recalled Dai Mobai's kiss the previous night and wondered why he was treating her like a stranger.
• Dugu Yan decided Dai Mobai had misunderstood her relationship with Yu Tianheng, then abruptly ran after him.
• Yu Tianheng followed Dugu Yan after realizing she had headed toward the north gate rather than the academy.
• Yang Wudi told Dai Mobai that Dugu Yan was pursuing them, and Dai Mobai ordered him to pick up the pace and shake her off.
• Dai Mobai, Yang Wudi, and Li Yue passed through the north gate, and Dugu Yan arrived moments later but could not find them.

Dugu Yan vowed to find Dai Mobai and demand an explanation, while Yu Tianheng realized she was pursuing another man and grew possessively jealous. Dai Mobai, Li Yue, and Yang Wudi reached Sunset Forest, where Dai Mobai led them inside.

• Dugu Yan suppressed her tears and entered the market, promising herself she would find the man who had disappeared.
• Yu Tianheng watched Dugu Yan leave and realized her recent change in mood was because of a man; jealousy and possessiveness drove him to threaten his unknown rival.
• Dugu Yan decided to find Dai Mobai and demand to know what his kiss and his recent look had meant.
• Dai Mobai, Li Yue, and Yang Wudi left the city and traveled toward Sunset Forest by flight and powerful leaps.
• Dai Mobai landed at the forest’s edge and led Li Yue and Yang Wudi into Sunset Forest.

Dai Mobai led Li Yue and Yang Wudi through a passage between an ice mountain and a volcano to a hidden valley filled with Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers. After Dai Mobai insisted they enter, Yang Wudi warned him of the flowers’ deadly poison and asked for time to prepare antidotes.

• Dai Mobai guided Li Yue and Yang Wudi toward the twin peaks, following a faint floral fragrance to a narrow crevice between them.
• Yang Wudi led the group through the dark passage and emerged into a vast valley filled with Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers.
• Yang Wudi recognized the flowers and sensed that their pollen carried deadly poison.
• Dai Mobai said they had found the right place and prepared to enter the flower field.
• Yang Wudi blocked Dai Mobai and warned that the flowers could corrode Soul Power, asking to prepare antidote pills first.

Dai Mobai used the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to command the Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers and open a path through them. Yang Wudi recognized the bone and concluded that the news about it had been bait in a plan to seize a kingdom for Star Luo, leaving him admiring Dai Mobai as a worthy king.

• Dai Mobai brushed aside Yang Wudi’s attempt to stop him and said the poisonous flowers were still plants under his control.
• Dai Mobai revealed the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, causing the Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers to bow toward him.
• Dai Mobai stepped forward, and the flowers moved aside to create a path while their pollen avoided him.
• Yang Wudi recognized the soul bone as the one left by Tang Hao’s wife and realized it was the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone mentioned in the rumors.
• Yang Wudi inferred that the soul-bone rumor had distracted major forces while Star Luo took a kingdom, and he began to regard Dai Mobai as a king worthy of loyalty.
• Li Yue heard Yang Wudi’s praise and felt proud of Dai Mobai.

Dai Mobai led Yang Wudi and Li Yue through the deadly Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers to a hidden valley filled with spiritual mist and Immortal Herbs. Yang Wudi was overwhelmed by the treasures, while Dai Mobai declared the valley one of the most valuable places on the continent.

• Dai Mobai used the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone's aura to lead Yang Wudi and Li Yue safely through the sea of Jade Phosphor Seven-Death Flowers.
• Dai Mobai, Yang Wudi, and Li Yue squeezed through a narrow crevice and emerged into a vast, mist-covered valley.
• Yang Wudi swept the spiritual mist aside with his Soul Power, revealing the valley's lush landscape and many rare Immortal Herbs.
• Yang Wudi recognized the Immortal Herbs, including Aromatic Silk Beauty, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and exclaimed that the valley seemed like the God Realm.
• Dai Mobai told Yang Wudi that the valley was not the God Realm but might be the most valuable piece of land on the continent.

Dai Mobai let Yang Wudi and Li Yue choose herbs from the valley and gave Yang Wudi the immortal herb Aromatic Silk Beauty. Yang Wudi approached the plant to claim the long-coveted treasure.

• Yang Wudi marveled at the rare herbs in the valley while Dai Mobai told him and Li Yue to pick one each.
• Yang Wudi doubted Dai Mobai meant they could choose an immortal herb, but Dai Mobai confirmed they could pick any plant.
• Dai Mobai offered Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining that it would help him work with poisonous herbs.
• Yang Wudi accepted the gift and walked toward the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Dai Mobai gave Yang Wudi and Li Yue Immortal Herbs suited to them, then harvested the rest of the medicinal garden. The chapter ended with the garden completely cleared of Immortal Herbs.

• Yang Wudi carefully collected the Aromatic Silk Beauty and thanked Dai Mobai.
• Dai Mobai chose the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Li Yue, explaining that it might evolve her Rainbow-Winged Dream Kite into a Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Li Yue initially refused the herb as too valuable for a dark guard, but accepted it when Dai Mobai offered it to her as his woman.
• Dai Mobai warned Li Yue to swallow the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower whole and endure its effects.
• Dai Mobai gathered every remaining Immortal Herb in the medicinal garden and stored them in his Soul Tool.

Dai Mobai ordered Yang Wudi to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Yang Wudi cut down the ice herb and approached the fire herb, but had not yet harvested it.

• Dai Mobai surveyed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as the herbs he valued most.
• Dai Mobai ordered Yang Wudi to harvest the two herbs, specifying iron for the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and jade for the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Yang Wudi used his Soulbreaking Spear to cut down the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, releasing a powerful cold poison that spread frost up the spear.
• Yang Wudi shook the frost off his spear, recovered from the cold, and produced a jade knife.
• Yang Wudi walked through the rising heat to the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Yang Wudi harvested the Infernal Delicate Apricot and brought it with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to Dai Mobai, who consumed both herbs together to counter their opposing poisons. Their effects erupted inside him as he walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Yang Wudi and Li Yue to guard him.

• Yang Wudi cut down the Infernal Delicate Apricot and narrowly escaped the flames that burst from its severed stem.
• Yang Wudi placed the Infernal Delicate Apricot beside the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and urged Dai Mobai not to consume them.
• Dai Mobai and Yang Wudi observed the herbs' opposing cold and heat begin to neutralize each other, and Yang Wudi realized they could be used together.
• Dai Mobai took both Immortal Herbs at once, then told Yang Wudi and Li Yue to guard him as he headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The herbs' effects erupted inside Dai Mobai, turning the left side of his face icy blue and the right side crimson.

Dai Mobai plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Yang Wudi realized the valley’s medicinal plants had been deliberately cultivated and might belong to a dangerous owner. Li Yue agreed to grow stronger by absorbing the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and endured its scorching effects in silence as Dai Mobai remained beneath the water.

• Dai Mobai leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as red and blue forces enveloped his body, and Yang Wudi told Li Yue to leave him to stand guard.
• Yang Wudi pointed out that the medicinal plants were arranged deliberately, leading Li Yue to realize someone might own the valley.
• Yang Wudi warned that the owner could return and attack after the Immortal Herbs had been harvested, so Li Yue decided she needed to become stronger.
• Li Yue swallowed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower whole and endured the intense heat spreading through her body without crying out.

Li Yue endured the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s effects and awakened a rainbow phoenix image, raising her Soul Power from level sixty-five to sixty-nine. As she feared for Dai Mobai, who had been submerged in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a full day and night, she tried to enter the spring, and the water suddenly rippled.

• Li Yue silently endured the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s medicinal effects while Yang Wudi guarded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The next morning, a rainbow phoenix image appeared behind Li Yue as her Soul Power surged to level sixty-nine.
• Li Yue asked whether Dai Mobai had emerged, and Yang Wudi told her that the spring had shown no signs of disturbance.
• After a day and night passed without any sign of Dai Mobai, Li Yue resolved to enter the spring and find him.
• Yang Wudi blocked Li Yue as her rainbow phoenix image reappeared, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well suddenly rippled.