Recaps

Qing Mo prepared five hundred spicy braised pig trotters with help from Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan, while the disciples of Purple Cloud Peak fought to reach the kitchen first. The rain-soaked Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan tried to stop the battle as Wen Wan and Feng Cai'er arrived at the courtyard.

• Qing Mo chose Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan by spinning a chopstick to help prepare the pig trotters, and they bought the ingredients that evening.
• Feng Cai'er tried to arrange a meal at Purple Cloud Peak, and Wen Wan agreed only if Feng Cai'er lent her the Colorful Cloud Necklace.
• Qing Mo, Bai Ruyi, and Wu Menghan made soup dumplings for breakfast before preparing five large pots of spicy braised pig trotters.
• Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan tasted the finished trotters and found that their skin had become fairer and softer.
• Qing Mo announced that the food was ready, and hundreds of disciples fought on the mountainside to reach the courtyard as rain began to fall.
• Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan shielded the pots from the rain and flew out to stop the fighting, while Wen Wan and Feng Cai'er arrived at the courtyard.

Qing Mo won over Purple Cloud Peak with his pig-trotter rice and roasted lamb legs, then prepared smashed cucumber salad to cut through the richness. The Supreme Elder revealed himself and announced he would visit for meals every day, while Wen Wan said his wine could not compare to the wine at Qing Mo's restaurant.

• Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, Wen Wan, and Feng Cai'er ate Qing Mo's pig-trotter rice, and its effects on their skin prompted Purple Cloud Peak's female cultivators to rush the kitchen courtyard.
• Qing Mo met an old man roasting lamb on the back mountain and invited him to taste his own roasted lamb legs that evening.
• Qing Mo, Bai Ruyi, and Wu Menghan marinated and roasted hundreds of lamb legs, and the old man helped tend the fire before enthusiastically tasting them.
• The Supreme Elder arrived, revealed his identity, praised Qing Mo's cooking, and said he would come to Purple Cloud Peak for meals every day.
• Qing Mo made smashed cucumber salad to accompany the lamb, and the Supreme Elder offered his wine, which Wen Wan said was inferior to the wine at Qing Mo's restaurant.

Qing Mo’s wine helped the Supreme Elder break through to the late Life Wheel Realm, and Qing Mo took him to the shore to gather seafood for a feast. At the fishing harbor, an enemy from Qing Mo’s past recognized him and told her master he could help them take revenge.

• Wen Wan brought several kinds of wine from Qing Mo’s restaurant, and the Supreme Elder drank Comprehend True Self, regained clarity, and left to break through.
• Feng Cai’er drank Comprehend True Self and gained a substantial increase in strength, while the others crowded Wen Wan for wine and Qing Mo slipped away.
• The Supreme Elder, Bai Ruyi, and Wu Menghan visited Qing Mo for breakfast, and Qing Mo served them tomato and egg noodles.
• The Supreme Elder took Qing Mo to the seaside, where Qing Mo cooked Buddha’s hand barnacles and convinced the Supreme Elder they were delicious.
• Qing Mo and the Supreme Elder bought sea crabs, shrimp, and other seafood at a fishing harbor, where a woman recognized Qing Mo and told her master he could help them take revenge.

Qing Mo and the Grand Elder returned from the harbor and shared a seafood feast with the disciples, then Qing Mo proposed planting grapes to make wine. Chu Yun'er and her injured master Cang Lanyue hoped Qing Mo could help them, but they lost track of him while searching.

• Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue spotted Qing Mo at the fishing harbor, and Chu Yun'er believed his help could let them avenge the United Moon Sect.
• Qing Mo noticed Chu Yun'er and sensed a heavenly treasure clinging to Cang Lanyue, then returned to the kitchen courtyard with the Grand Elder.
• Qing Mo cooked shrimp, crab, fish, and sea snails, and Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, the Grand Elder, and the gathered disciples enjoyed the seafood.
• Qing Mo asked to reclaim wasteland behind Purple Cloud Peak so he could grow grapes and make wine, and Wen Wan agreed to arrange the work.
• Feng Cai'er decided to plant grapes on Azure Cloud Peak too after Wen Wan refused to share her future wine.
• Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue searched for Qing Mo but lost track of him after hesitating to follow too closely.

Qing Mo hosted a hotpot feast and later completed his brewing process, attracting the Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty and his fifth-grade spirit chef, Du Shengcai. Du Shengcai challenged Qing Mo to a cooking contest, and Qing Mo proposed four dishes with two days to prepare.

• Qing Mo prepared a huge yin-yang hotpot, and the Grand Elder, Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, and the others discovered that beef offal was delicious.
• After five days, the Grand Elder moved in to wait for Qing Mo’s wine, and the Supreme Elder helped finish brewing Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon and Ten Years of Great Dreams.
• Wu Menghan went home for her mother’s birthday, while the Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty arrived with Du Shengcai to visit the Supreme Elder.
• The Supreme Elder praised Qing Mo’s cooking over Du Shengcai’s, prompting Du Shengcai to challenge Qing Mo to a cooking contest.
• Qing Mo agreed to prepare one cold dish, one soup, one hot dish, and one pastry, asking for two days to get ready.

Qing Mo defeated the fifth-grade spirit chef Du Shengcai with an elaborate feast, prompting Du Shengcai to ask to learn from him and resign from the imperial kitchen. The Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's retired emperor tried to persuade Qing Mo to return with him, and the Grand Elder angrily objected.

• The Supreme Elder worried that Qing Mo might lose, but Qing Mo chose four dishes and explained the origin of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Bai Ruyi.
• Qing Mo and Bai Ruyi prepared the ingredients for the competition, and the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's retired emperor and Du Shengcai arrived at the Morning Cloud Sect.
• Du Shengcai finished his dishes first, and Qing Mo recognized them as dishes he had taught Wu Menghan; Qing Mo then revealed his own dishes, whose aroma impressed everyone.
• The Supreme Elder and the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's retired emperor devoured Qing Mo's food, and Du Shengcai conceded the contest and asked to learn from Qing Mo.
• Wu Menghan revealed that Qing Mo had taught her the dishes Du Shengcai made, and Du Shengcai asked permission to resign and remain at the Morning Cloud Sect.
• The Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's retired emperor proposed that Qing Mo return to the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty and oversee the imperial kitchen, prompting the Grand Elder to roar in anger.

Qing Mo rejected the retired Qinwu Emperor’s offer to work in the imperial kitchen, while Chu Yun’er and Cang Lanyue found his companions and pleaded for help with Cang Lanyue’s worsening injuries. The group brought them back to the restaurant, where they became new employees, as Qing Mo later went to the seaside with his companions to gather seafood.

• Qing Mo declined the retired Qinwu Emperor’s offer, and the emperor moved into a newly built house beside Qing Mo’s courtyard so he could keep eating there.
• Chu Yun’er followed Qu Ziyun out of town with Cang Lanyue, and Qu Ziyun’s companions surrounded them after they were exposed.
• Little Tail and Da Bai recognized Chu Yun’er as someone who had previously ambushed Qing Mo, but Qu Ziyun and Mo Wangshu agreed to help when Cang Lanyue’s injuries worsened.
• Mo Wangshu brought Chu Yun’er and Cang Lanyue back to the restaurant, where they received medicine and became new employees.
• Qing Mo, Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, the Grand Elder, the retired Qinwu Emperor, and Du Shengcai went to the seaside to forage for seafood.

Qing Mo and the others gathered seafood and made oyster sauce, dried oysters, and grilled oysters, while the Supreme Elder and the retired emperor competed over wine and food. Later, Qing Mo taught Du Shengcai and the others to cook braised ribs and taro pork belly, ending with the two elders pleading to be let into the locked kitchen.

• Qing Mo found goose barnacles and oysters by the shore, and the group gathered them along with other seafood to take home.
• Qing Mo cooked oysters into broth for oyster sauce, dried the spent oysters, and grilled smaller ones with garlic chili sauce; the Supreme Elder brought out wine that the retired emperor eagerly drank.
• Qing Mo processed the gathered seafood into dried goods while the retired emperor repeatedly visited the Supreme Elder to ask for more wine.
• Qing Mo taught Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan how to braise pork ribs, then guided Du Shengcai as he made taro steamed pork belly.
• The Supreme Elder and the Grand Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty stole the braised ribs, so Du Shengcai locked the kitchen while the others ate the taro pork belly.
• The two elders pounded on the door and insisted they wanted to join in, while Qing Mo teased them about eating too much fatty meat.

Qing Mo returned to the tavern, reunited with his disciples, and heard Cang Lanyue’s account of the Bone-Rotting Flower in the death zone. He left her request for help undecided and resumed teaching the tavern staff new dishes.

• Qing Mo returned to the tavern after brewing hundreds of jars of wine at Morning Cloud Sect, where the Supreme Elder and Emperor Emeritus guarded the jars from each other.
• Mo Wangshu, Qu Ziyun, and Xia Qiyue welcomed Qing Mo back, and Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue asked him to heal Cang Lanyue’s severe injuries.
• Qing Mo said he would consider helping Cang Lanyue after hearing about the death zone, and she described escaping a Bone-Rotting Flower that grew among white bones.
• Qing Mo explained the flower’s dangers but neither accepted nor refused their request, then spent the night with Mo Wangshu.
• The next day, Qing Mo taught Qu Ziyun, Xia Qiyue, and Mo Wangshu to make Three-Cup Chicken and Salt-and-Pepper Mantis Shrimp, while Da Bai and Yinzi tried to sneak some chicken.

Qing Mo subdued Qu Yangwei and Wang Jianren after they invaded his restaurant, then let Mo Wangshu, Chu Yun’er, and Cang Lanyue take revenge for their crimes against the United Moon Sect. After returning to Morning Cloud Sect, he began preparing a birthday banquet and cooked two new seafood dishes for the elders, leaving them admiring his cooking as he served the pan-braised lobster.

• Qing Mo forced Qu Yangwei and Wang Jianren to kneel after they threatened him and Mo Wangshu while searching for Chu Yun’er and Cang Lanyue.
• Chu Yun’er and Cang Lanyue identified the men as sect elders responsible for the United Moon Sect’s destruction, and Qing Mo let them and Mo Wangshu decide their punishment.
• Mo Wangshu sealed the men’s movements and shattered their dantians, then Chu Yun’er and Cang Lanyue dragged them into the cellar to be tortured.
• Bai Ruyi brought Qing Mo back to Morning Cloud Sect, where the Supreme Elder asked him to prepare a banquet for his birthday in two months.
• Qing Mo selected seafood brought back by the Supreme Elder and cooked Charcoal-Grilled Sea Conch, which the Supreme Elder and Supreme Emperor praised.
• Qing Mo prepared Pan-Braised Little Azure Dragon with Garlic Butter and Soy Sauce while Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan watched him cook.

Qing Mo taught the Morning Cloud Sect and Feng Cai'er’s disciples how to brew grape wine, planned the Supreme Elder’s birthday banquet, and later prepared grilled fish for the gathered elders and imperial chefs. The chapter ended with the finished fish sending its fragrance through the courtyard as everyone watched.

• Qing Mo instructed Feng Cai'er’s disciples and the others in harvesting grapes and brewing wine, and Feng Cai'er returned to Azure Cloud Peak with the method.
• Qing Mo presented his birthday banquet menu to the Supreme Elder, who approved it and arranged for Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, Wen Wan, and imperial chefs to help.
• The gathered cultivators tasted the grape wine, and Qing Mo recited a poem that moved the Supreme Emperor to recall his youth.
• Du Shengcai brought more than a hundred imperial chefs from the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty to help prepare the banquet, and Qing Mo assigned Du Shengcai to catch fish for dinner.
• Qing Mo grilled the fish, prepared a sauce and side dishes, and finished the dish with dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, green garlic, and hot oil.

Morning Cloud Sect hosted the Supreme Elder’s birthday banquet, where Qing Mo’s dishes impressed the visiting sects with their flavor and cultivation benefits. After the feast, Qing Mo asked the Supreme Emperor to let the imperial chefs stay longer so he could teach them more recipes, while several people continued trying to arrange a marriage for him.

• Qing Mo supervised the imperial chefs as they prepared the birthday banquet, and Wen Wan and Feng Cai'er discussed finding him a wife, each suggesting herself as a possible match.
• Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan led the disciples in serving Qing Mo’s dishes in the order he specified, and the visiting representatives praised them before scrambling to eat.
• The Supreme Emperor left the crowded banquet tables and joined Qing Mo and the kitchen staff, explaining that he preferred their larger, calmer meal.
• The Supreme Emperor again offered Qing Mo a place in the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty and proposed one of his granddaughters as a bride, but Qing Mo declined both offers.
• Qing Mo asked the Supreme Emperor to let the imperial chefs remain for a few more days to learn more dishes, and the Supreme Emperor agreed.

Qing Mo rejected the women who wanted to marry him, then revealed his cultivation and extracted the Soul-Attracting Stone from the earth vein before leaving the Morning Cloud Sect. Days later, on the way to Martial City to settle the four little ones’ grudge with the Wei Family, he encountered Wang Ya and Wang Yang and heard someone object to his familiarity with Elder Liu.

• The Grand Elder, Supreme Emperor, Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, Wen Wan, and Feng Cai'er pressed Qing Mo about marriage, but he clearly rejected them and said he had no romantic feelings for them.
• Two days later, Qing Mo announced that he was leaving the Morning Cloud Sect, gave Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan cookbooks, and shared his wine recipes with the elders.
• Qing Mo revealed his profound cultivation, raised a formation around the Morning Cloud Sect, and extracted the Soul-Attracting Stone from the earth vein without harming it.
• Yinzi revealed his true form as a colossal silver-white dragon, and Qing Mo departed with Ren Tianye and Mo Wangshu as the sect members realized who he was.
• Several days later, Qing Mo and his companions traveled toward Martial City to settle the four little ones’ grudge with the Wei Family, where Qing Mo encountered Wang Ya and Wang Yang.
• A member of Wang Ya and Wang Yang’s group rebuked Qing Mo for addressing Elder Liu by name and mentioned that their Young Pavilion Master was pursuing her.

Qing Mo reunited with Wang Ya and Wang Yang, then traveled with them to Pill City to find Liu Yurou. After Liu Yurou passed her sixth-grade alchemist assessment with an extraordinary performance, she hurried to meet Qing Mo, leaving Xiao Miao furious.

• Wang Ya and Wang Yang explained how Liu Yurou became an elder of the Pill Pavilion, and Qing Mo killed a peak Mortal Shedding Realm disciple who tried to rebuke him.
• Qing Mo introduced the siblings to Ren Tianye and the others, and the group traveled to Pill City, where Liu Yurou was taking her sixth-grade alchemist assessment.
• Liu Yurou refined eleven Spirit Resonance Pills in half an hour, astonishing the crowd and impressing Xiao Chenzi.
• Xiao Miao approached Liu Yurou and invited her to eat pastries, but she told him to stop calling her Yurou and rejected his advances again.
• Wang Ya reunited with Liu Yurou and told her Qing Mo had come to Pill City, so Liu Yurou eagerly went to find him while Xiao Miao grew furious.

Qing Mo reunited with Liu Yurou, defended her from Xiao Miao, and revealed the power behind his seemingly ordinary appearance. He then brought his group to Martial City, where Ren Tianye and the four little ones avenged their grievances by wiping out the Wei Family, and Qing Mo ordered the city lord to clean up.

• Liu Yurou embraced Qing Mo, greeted his companions and disciples, and gave them pills while Mo Wangshu presented her with cosmetics.
• Xiao Miao confronted Qing Mo over Liu Yurou, but Liu Yurou unleashed her killing intent after Xiao Miao insulted her master.
• Qing Mo revealed Yinzi's enormous dragon form, and Liu Yurou asked him to spare Xiao Miao after his Dao heart shattered.
• Qing Mo and his group flew to Martial City, where the Wei Family begged for mercy and presented the two relatives who had wronged his followers.
• Ren Tianye and the four little ones killed the Wei Family members, and Qing Mo told the Martial City Lord to clean up the mess.

Qing Mo’s group entered the White Rosy Cloud Deadland while fleeing the forces hunting Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue, and began searching for the Bone-Rotting Flower. They left their pursuers waiting outside as Qing Mo protected the group from the deadly mist and directed Jing Yubai deeper into the deadland.

• Qing Mo used the Tracking Blood Curse to send a blood thread to Huayun Holy Land and kill the Wei Family’s second young master.
• Qing Mo taught Liu Yurou World in the Palm and taught Qu Ziyun, Jing Yubai, Ren Tianye, and others the Immortal Emperor-level Cosmos Finger.
• Qing Mo’s group traveled toward the White Rosy Cloud Deadland, killing the righteous pursuers who tried to intercept their carriage along the way.
• Several thousand pursuers chased the carriage, but Jing Yubai countered their attack with a punch and drove the group into the deadland.
• The pursuers stopped at the entrance and sealed off the perimeter, while Qing Mo’s group entered the white fog and recalled the destruction of Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue’s sect.
• Qing Mo shielded the group from the mist, sent Da Bai to frighten away the demon beasts, and gave Jing Yubai directions toward the Bone-Rotting Flower.

Qing Mo took the Bone-Rotting Flower and its mountain of bones from the Deadland, then lured the forces pursuing Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue into a confrontation. After exposing their crimes and summoning the Heavenly Dao of Linhai Continent, he trapped the survivors with the flower as it devoured them and bloomed.

• Qing Mo judged the Bone-Rotting Flower unfinished, lifted its bone-covered habitat, and took the Bone-Like Flowing Gold Tree trunk for Mo Wangshu.
• Jing Yubai led the group out of the Deadland, where pursuers attacked; Qing Mo's companions fought them while more forces gathered.
• Cang Lanyue and Chu Yun'er confronted the leaders, and Qing Mo exposed their hidden crimes by reading their memories.
• Qing Mo summoned the Heavenly Dao, which knelt before him and issued a decree exposing the forces' crimes and ordering their sects and clans destroyed.
• Qing Mo trapped the surviving pursuers and their corpses with the Bone-Rotting Flower, whose roots devoured them as it rapidly bloomed.

Qing Mo plucked the Bone-Rotting Flower, then joined Jing Yubai, Wang Weixiu, and Liu Minghua at a poetry gathering where he saw through Xuan Qingyin’s disguise and recognized her fatal cauldron-physique side effect. When Xuan Qingyin sought his help the next day, Qing Mo left her plea unanswered and asked Jing Yubai whether he wanted to marry her.

• Qing Mo plucked the fully bloomed Bone-Rotting Flower and returned the bone heap to the White Rosy Cloud Deadland so the unique plant would not go extinct.
• Jing Yubai, Wang Weixiu, and Liu Minghua planned to sneak out to see Xuan Qingyin, but Qing Mo caught them and insisted on joining them.
• At the poetry gathering, Qing Mo recognized Xuan Qingyin in disguise and explained that her cauldron physique was consuming her life force and that her attempted remedy would not work.
• Xuan Qingyin learned who Qing Mo was and waited for him on the road to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, desperate for help as her life dwindled.
• When Xuan Qingyin begged Qing Mo to save her, he instead asked Jing Yubai whether he wanted to marry her.

Qing Mo arranged Xuan Qingyin’s marriage to Jing Yubai, then brought his party to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, where they received an elaborate welcome and his promise to guide Yun Jiange. When Yun Jiange learned the Cloud Jade Secret Realm was about to open, he asked whether Qing Mo wanted to go.

• Qing Mo asked Xuan Qingyin to marry Jing Yubai, and the Xuan Family Patriarch encouraged her to accept; Qing Mo promised to cure the side effects of her furnace vessel physique.
• Jing Yubai drove Qing Mo’s party to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, where Yun Tianchen and tens of thousands of disciples welcomed them at the mountain gate.
• Yun Jiange and Zhang Ao delivered two trunks of Soul-Nourishing Heart-Warming Wood, and Qing Mo offered to give Yun Jiange cultivation guidance during their stay.
• Yun Jiange’s group visited Qing Mo over the next few days for advice and sparring, while Jing Yubai and Xuan Qingyin grew closer and Wang Weixiu and Liang Shuying began spending time together.
• After hearing that the Cloud Jade Secret Realm would open soon, Yun Jiange asked Jing Yubai whether Qing Mo was interested in going.

Qing Mo sent Jing Yubai and Heavenly Cloud Sect disciples into the Cloud Jade Secret Realm to kill Shi Tian and recover his weapon, while he prepared to rebuild the Flowing Moon Sect and traveled alone to another world. There, he met a refined young scholar and recognized him as “Brother.”

• Qing Mo learned that Shi Tian would enter the Cloud Jade Secret Realm and ordered Jing Yubai to kill him, recover his weapon, and bring Yinzi along.
• Jing Yubai and Xuan Qingyin joined Yun Jiange and Heavenly Cloud Sect disciples on the journey to the secret realm, while the sect’s elders arranged support and protection.
• Wang Weixiu and Liang Shuying received Qing Mo and Ren Tianye’s approval to marry, and Qing Mo gave Liang Shuying a venerable-grade spirit sword.
• Jing Yubai disguised himself with a mask before entering the secret realm, where Shi Tian noticed him but failed to recognize him.
• Qing Mo selected a site for the Flowing Moon Sect, left Mo Wangshu and the others to oversee matters, and traveled alone through a spatial passage to another world.
• Qing Mo encountered a young scholar on a wilderness path and called him “Brother.”

Qing Mo traveled with Ning Caichen to Lanruo Temple, where they encountered Yan Chixia and Xiahou Swordsman before settling in for the night. After Qing Mo secretly dealt with ghosts threatening Ning Caichen, he sent a clone to watch Xiahou Swordsman encounter Xiao Qian by the river.

• Qing Mo met Ning Caichen on the road, shared food with him, and accompanied him toward Guobei County.
• Qing Mo bought Ning Caichen a painting, and the two headed to Lanruo Temple after Ning Caichen learned he could stay there for free.
• At Lanruo Temple, Ning Caichen and Qing Mo witnessed Yan Chixia defeat Xiahou Swordsman, then decided to stay the night despite Yan Chixia’s warning.
• Qing Mo cleaned their sleeping mat and secretly destroyed the ghosts attracted by Ning Caichen’s bleeding finger.
• Qing Mo sent a clone to the river, where Xiahou Swordsman encountered Xiao Qian bathing.

Qing Mo confronted Tree Demon Matriarch after Ning Caichen’s encounters with ghosts and defeated her with a single slap. He split her in two, restored one copy’s power and memories, then appointed the remaining Matriarch chairman of the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club.

• Tree Demon Matriarch drained Xiahou Swordsman, and Yan Chixia cremated his transformed corpse before fighting her in the forest.
• Yan Chixia warned Ning Caichen and Qing Mo about Lanruo Temple, while Ning Caichen returned at night and was lured into repeated encounters with Nie Xiaoqian and Tree Demon Matriarch.
• After Ning Caichen mistook Yan Chixia for a wanted murderer and left with Nie Xiaoqian, Qing Mo lured Tree Demon Matriarch to the mansion and blocked her tongue with an invisible barrier.
• Qing Mo slapped Tree Demon Matriarch, scattering one-fifth of her origin, then sealed the watching female ghosts inside and erased their memories.
• Qing Mo split Tree Demon Matriarch into two copies, restored one copy’s origin and memories, and appointed the other chairman of the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club.

Qing Mo took Tree Demon Matriarch to the Island Nation, where she established a club and began feeding on passersby, then returned to Lanruo Temple and joined Yan Chixia in using Ning Caichen to lure out the ghosts. Nie Xiaoqian appeared outside Ning Caichen’s room after Yan Chixia scolded him for giving away their trap.

• Qing Mo brought Tree Demon Matriarch to the Island Nation, set her up at a mass grave, and left her to open the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club behind a barrier that let people enter but not leave.
• Qing Mo met Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen at Lanruo Temple, and Ning Caichen learned that Nie Xiaoqian was a ghost when he saw her gravestone in the back mountain.
• Yan Chixia asked Qing Mo to help lure out Nie Xiaoqian and the demon, and Qing Mo agreed while pretending his Daoist skills were limited.
• Yan Chixia gave Ning Caichen a Diamond Sutra and copper bell, while Qing Mo protected him with a Jade Pendant, talismans, and the Calming Mind Mantra.
• Ning Caichen repeatedly rang the bell and chanted, so Yan Chixia scolded him and the two men waited outside; Nie Xiaoqian then arrived at Ning Caichen’s room.

Qing Mo, Yan Chixia, and Ning Caichen fought the Tree Demon Matriarch and rescued Nie Xiaoqian from the underworld so she could be buried in her hometown. After parting with Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia, Qing Mo returned to Righteousness Manor, where he planned to rejoin Ning Caichen as the second story began.

• The Tree Demon Matriarch attacked Ning Caichen, Qing Mo, and Yan Chixia, but the three escaped her assaults and drove her underground.
• Ning Caichen asked Qing Mo and Yan Chixia to help him take Nie Xiaoqian’s ashes home, and they agreed to rescue her from the underworld first.
• Qing Mo, Ning Caichen, and Yan Chixia retrieved Nie Xiaoqian’s ashes and gave her a chance to say farewell to Ning Caichen before burying her before sunset.
• Qing Mo secretly arranged for Nie Xiaoqian to be reborn into a safe, wealthy family and expected her to live a long, happy life.
• After a considerable time had passed, Qing Mo left the Aegean Sea and arrived at Righteousness Manor to await Ning Caichen’s arrival.

Qing Mo reunited with Ning Caichen at Righteousness Manor, where the awakened giant corpse drove them into the woods and they encountered people disguised as ghosts. Ning Caichen was mistaken for Zhuge Wolong by Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi's group, who planned to rescue their father, Fu Tianchou.

• Qing Mo welcomed Ning Caichen to Righteousness Manor, where Ning explained why a roasted chicken leg reminded him of his time in prison.
• A coffin opened and a chilling wind swept through the manor, so Qing Mo sent Ning Caichen outside while the giant corpse left to seek people elsewhere.
• Hanging ghosts caught Ning Caichen in the woods, but Zhiqiu Yiye cut him free and helped Qing Mo fight the ghost-costumed people.
• Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye discovered that their attackers were human, and Ning Caichen accidentally swung from a tree with Fu Yuechi before a woman resembling Nie Xiaoqian intervened.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi mistook Ning Caichen's command tablet for proof that he was Zhuge Wolong and explained that they were trying to rescue their father, Fu Tianchou.