Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen told Bibi Dong he planned to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire to help Qian Renxue and chose to stay by her side. Before he departed, Bibi Dong gave him medicinal pills to take to Qian Renxue.

• Jiang Chen asked Bibi Dong for permission to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire the next day.
• Bibi Dong explained that Jiang Chen could work through the temple or stay beside Qian Renxue, and he chose to stay with her.
• Bibi Dong advised Jiang Chen to find Bishop Salas in Heaven Dou City and have him arrange a meeting with Qian Renxue.
• Jiang Chen asked whether Bibi Dong had a message or anything to send to Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong gave Jiang Chen a large supply of medicinal pills and told him to give more of them to Qian Renxue.

Bibi Dong gave Jiang Chen clothes to deliver to Qian Renxue and agreed to share a meal with her once their plans were complete. Jiang Chen left the study, intending to depart the next day.

• Jiang Chen encouraged Bibi Dong to consider giving Qian Renxue gifts, and Bibi Dong cried as she faced her feelings about her daughter.
• Bibi Dong handed Jiang Chen several sets of custom-made clothes for Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong asked Jiang Chen to tell Qian Renxue that they would share a meal after everything was accomplished and they could step down.
• Jiang Chen thanked Bibi Dong and left her study, deciding not to visit Zhao Youyue and Jing Wuming before his departure.

Jiang Chen hurried to Hu Liena’s room, determined to fulfill their long-awaited desire, but their intimacy was interrupted when he realized she was menstruating. He cleaned himself up, left frustrated and embarrassed.

• Jiang Chen washed up and hurried to Hu Liena’s room wearing only his briefs.
• Hu Liena noticed Jiang Chen’s arrival and became shy as he approached her.
• Jiang Chen discovered blood on his hand and learned that Hu Liena had her period.
• Jiang Chen realized he had forgotten her cycle and cursed in frustration.
• Jiang Chen took time to clean himself up.

Jiang Chen spent his last night with Hu Liena before leaving Spirit City for the Heaven Dou Empire. Hu Liena accepted his departure and saw him off, while the empire’s weakening authority made it Spirit Hall’s likely point of expansion.

• Jiang Chen learned Hu Liena’s period had begun and held her, saddened that he would leave for the Heaven Dou Empire the next day.
• Jiang Chen told Hu Liena he was going, and she said she would wait for his return despite feeling hurt.
• Jiang Chen and Hu Liena spent the night embracing, then shared breakfast the next morning.
• Hu Liena folded Jiang Chen’s clothes and saw him off at the entrance of Pope Palace, where he kissed her forehead before leaving.
• Spirit Hall viewed the Heaven Dou Empire’s fragmented authority as an opening, since Spirit City’s position between the empires made open domination likely to provoke a joint attack.

Jiang Chen traveled to Heaven Dou City to help Qian Renxue take control of the Heaven Dou Empire. He chose to seek her out before contacting Salas, but found no one at her secluded courtyard.

• Jiang Chen set out for Heaven Dou City, aiming to help Qian Renxue seize control of the empire.
• He rode north for nearly five days, guided by the Little Black Sparrow, and arrived outside Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Chen decided not to visit Salas at Spirit Hall's temple, fearing the Heaven Dou Empire might discover his connection to Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Chen went to the secluded courtyard where Qian Renxue had once brought him, but no one answered the door.

Jiang Chen entered Qian Renxue’s courtyard and was ambushed by a concealed assassin in the room containing the secret passage. He used his domains to suppress the attacker, but the dagger failed to penetrate his armor.

• Jiang Chen vaulted over the wall and entered the courtyard, using his spiritual power to search for living creatures.
• Jiang Chen sensed a concealed life fluctuation in the room where the secret passage was located and went inside.
• A mysterious assassin blinded Jiang Chen with a reflection and lunged at his chest with a dagger.
• Jiang Chen released two domains that inflicted killing intent and evil resentment while suppressing the assassin’s strength.
• The assassin repeatedly stabbed Jiang Chen, but the dagger struck his armor without harming him.

Jiang Chen caught a woman who attacked him with a poisoned dagger, then recognized her as someone he had met before. She failed to escape his grip and demanded that he let her go.

• Jiang Chen caught the woman's wrist after she attacked him, and his defenses prevented her from breaking through.
• Jiang Chen examined the woman's familiar face but could not remember her name.
• The woman tried to strike Jiang Chen with her knee, but the blow hurt her instead.
• Jiang Chen asked whether she remembered him and kept hold of her hand.
• The woman struggled to free herself and ordered Jiang Chen to let go.

Jiang Chen reunited with the girl guarding the place and explained that he had visited with his sister a year earlier and had been sent by the Pope to assist Xue'er. The girl recognized him but, angered by his behavior and wary of his connection to her lady, prepared to attack him.

• The girl questioned Jiang Chen about entering her home and considered whether he knew the place's secret.
• Jiang Chen reminded her that his sister had brought him there a year earlier and said he could visit freely.
• The girl recognized Jiang Chen after examining his changed appearance.
• Jiang Chen said the Pope had sent him to assist Xue'er.
• The girl summoned the black snake spirit and declared she would beat Jiang Chen first.

Jiang Chen subdued the girl after she attacked him, but his attempt to discipline and then comfort her ended with her hurting her foot. The two were left in an awkward standoff, with the girl hopping around in pain.

• The girl used Martial Soul Possession and attacked Jiang Chen, intending to teach her new colleague a lesson.
• Jiang Chen pinned the girl down and refused to release her until she promised not to attack again.
• When the girl threatened to complain to the young lady, Jiang Chen spanked her, making her cry.
• Jiang Chen let the girl up and offered to let her hit him in return.
• The girl kicked Jiang Chen, hurt her toes against his hard body, and hopped around in pain.

Jiang Chen stopped the tearful girl from leaving and convinced her that reporting him to Qian Renxue would not help. He introduced himself, but she remained cold and privately remembered him as a lecherous devil.

• The girl opened a secret passage and tried to leave, but Jiang Chen grabbed her and pulled her back.
• Jiang Chen told the girl that Qian Renxue was like a sister to him and argued that the girl had started their fights.
• The girl reconsidered reporting Jiang Chen and gave up on the idea.
• Jiang Chen asked the girl her name and introduced himself, but she stayed silent and privately labeled him a lecherous devil.

Jiang Chen explored Heaven Dou City before returning to the courtyard at night to enter the secret passage with the wary girl. The passage descended nearly a hundred meters underground, and the girl followed him to protect her young lady.

• Jiang Chen left the girl's room and wandered through Heaven Dou City, seeing its academies and the strongholds of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall.
• After nightfall, Jiang Chen returned to the courtyard and knocked on the girl's door.
• The girl dressed in a way that guarded against Jiang Chen, who teased her before opening the secret passage.
• The girl followed Jiang Chen into the passage, which descended nearly a hundred meters by a small ladder.

Jiang Chen and the girl descended into a pitch-black underground passage, where she worried he might have reached her mistress. After she collided with him and he continued onward without using soul rings for light, she began to fear that he could see in the darkness.

• Jiang Chen noticed the girl following him down the ladder and looked away as he dropped to the bottom.
• The girl descended the nearly hundred-meter passage by ladder and found no trace of Jiang Chen's aura.
• She rushed forward with four soul rings glowing and slammed into Jiang Chen in the darkness.
• Jiang Chen grabbed the girl's hand, then walked onward without answering her question.
• The girl followed him and wondered how he could see without releasing his soul rings.

Jiang Chen led the girl through a hidden passage lined with stones that blocked spiritual power, while she remained upset that he had stared at her. They reached the area beneath Qian Renxue’s room, leaving Jiang Chen to explain himself to her.

• The girl hurried after Jiang Chen through the dark passage and realized he could see without light.
• Jiang Chen examined the stones in the passage and guessed they prevented spiritual power from passing through.
• The girl grew tearful as she remembered Jiang Chen staring at her, but held back from attacking him because of his strength.
• Jiang Chen apologized, and the girl challenged him over how long he had looked at her.
• Jiang Chen and the girl walked for nearly half an hour and arrived beneath Qian Renxue’s room.

Jiang Chen followed Xiao Ying through a secret passage and emerged in Qian Renxue’s room. Qian Renxue recognized him and hurried to greet him, leaving Xiao Ying’s injuries and complaints unanswered.

• Jiang Chen followed Xiao Ying up the steep stairs of the secret passage.
• Xiao Ying checked the room, knocked, and opened the passage exit.
• Qian Renxue turned from the window and asked Xiao Ying why she had come, noticing her bundled clothes and swollen forehead.
• Jiang Chen crawled out of the passage, and Qian Renxue recognized him as Xiao Chen.
• Qian Renxue hurried toward Jiang Chen and ignored Xiao Ying.

Jiang Chen reunited with Qian Renxue, and they caught up after his year of training. After Xiao Ying left, Qian Renxue asked him how her mother was.

• Jiang Chen embraced Qian Renxue, and she looked him over and teased him about charming girls at the academy.
• Qian Renxue asked why Jiang Chen had come only now, and he explained that his teacher had sent him away to train for a year.
• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Ying about her injuries, and Xiao Ying claimed she had fallen and felt unwell.
• Qian Renxue sent Xiao Ying away to rest and speak with Jiang Chen privately, and Jiang Chen gave her a healing pill before she left through the secret passage.
• Qian Renxue asked Jiang Chen whether her mother was well.

Jiang Chen brought Qian Renxue clothes from Bibi Dong, making her overjoyed and grateful that he had helped reconcile her with her mother. He hinted that he wanted a kiss as thanks.

• Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong missed her and had sent her a gift.
• Jiang Chen gave Qian Renxue more than a dozen sets of women's clothes prepared by Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue hurried into the bathroom and returned wearing a light green gauze dress, then asked Jiang Chen how it looked.
• Qian Renxue thanked Jiang Chen for helping her reconcile with Bibi Dong.
• Jiang Chen tapped his cheek and hinted that Qian Renxue should kiss him.

Jiang Chen passed Qian Renxue a message from her mother inviting her home for a meal, moving her to tears. He then told her about his year of training in Slaughter City.

• Qian Renxue kicked Jiang Chen after he joked with her, and the two stared each other down until she blushed and looked away.
• Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue that Teacher wanted her to come home for a meal after completing her mission and stepping down.
• Qian Renxue cried with happiness at the invitation and thanked Jiang Chen.
• Qian Renxue asked Jiang Chen about his training, and he told her about his experiences in Slaughter City.

Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue about his harsh training and said he had endured it to return to her, leaving her flustered by his feelings. They discussed her efforts to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall’s plan to defeat the two empires one at a time.

• Jiang Chen recounted his training while exaggerating his own heroism and minimizing Hu Liena’s role, and Qian Renxue felt sympathy for him.
• Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue that thoughts of returning to her had kept him alive, and she grew embarrassed and unsettled by his words.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had eliminated two princes, that the Fourth Prince posed little threat, and that she had become Crown Prince.
• Qian Renxue said she needed to seize military authority from the ailing Emperor Xue Ye before Spirit Hall could use the Heaven Dou royal identity to strengthen its position.
• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue agreed that they would then deal with the Star Luo Empire, since Spirit Hall could not risk fighting both empires at once.

Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue discussed her poisoning of Xue Ye and the threat posed by Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing. Qian Renxue gave Jiang Chen a mask that could disguise him from Dugu Bo, allowing him to stay by her side without revealing his identity.

• Qian Renxue admitted that she had poisoned Xue Ye with a slow-acting toxin made by a Spirit Hall poison master.
• Jiang Chen considered the risks posed by Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, and the possibility that Dugu Bo might uncover the poisoning.
• Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo had joined Spirit Hall, and she confirmed that he was still beside Prince Xue Xing and did not know her identity.
• Qian Renxue gave Jiang Chen a mask that could change his appearance and block spiritual power probes because Dugu Bo recognized his face.
• Jiang Chen asked whether the mask was made from human skin, and Qian Renxue explained that it only looked and felt similar.

Qian Renxue helped Jiang Chen put on a disguise mask, and he admired his new face. She asked whether his teacher had given him any tasks, and he said his teacher had told him to stay with her and learn how to scheme against people.

• Jiang Chen praised his own looks and examined the skin-soft disguise mask Qian Renxue had made.
• Qian Renxue adjusted the mask for Jiang Chen, then caught him staring at her and dragged him to the vanity.
• Jiang Chen complimented Qian Renxue and inspected his handsome new face in the mirror.
• Qian Renxue asked what task Jiang Chen's teacher had assigned him, and Jiang Chen said he had been told to stay by her side and learn to scheme against people.