Recaps

Xiao Yu helped Li Yunma and Lü Rui drive off Lin Meng, then returned to the branch with them. After Zhang Ziling exposed the plot against Lü Ling'er and punished Wang Mei, Xiao Yu intervened and asked to take Wang Mei for his blood-based pill refining.

• Xiao Yu used his Puppet Rat and Fireball Talismans alongside Li Yunma to injure Lin Meng and force the Profound Spirit Sect disciples to retreat.
• Li Yunma praised Xiao Yu for risking his life and declared him his own little brother, while Lü Ling'er reunited with Lü Rui before fainting from exhaustion.
• At the branch, Zhang Ziling confronted Wang Mei and Zhao Gang over the failed plot against Lü Ling'er, and Zhao Gang blamed Wang Mei while his subordinate was killed after implicating her.
• Zhang Ziling struck Wang Mei down, but Xiao Yu pleaded for her life and asked to take her for blood to refine pills, saying he would drain her for more than three months.

Zhang Ziling sealed Wang Mei in a Puppet-Human Talisman and gathered the Jade Maiden Sect captives, while Xiao Yu took the talisman back to his alchemy room. There, he discovered Wang Mei had been hideously disfigured and began considering how to make her sin against him.

• Zhang Ziling sealed Wang Mei in a golden talisman after the crowd demanded her punishment, then warned the branch not to harm fellow disciples.
• Several people released Jade Maiden Sect captives, and Hua Lian recognized her mutilated junior sisters before Zhang Ziling stored the women away for questioning.
• Xiao Yu returned to the alchemy room with the Puppet-Human Talisman and learned from Hua Lian that it could not be refined by her.
• Xiao Yu examined Wang Mei through the talisman and saw her badly disfigured face, while she begged him not to look at her.
• Xiao Yu checked Wang Mei's information and considered treating her kindly to provoke her into committing evil against him, as Wang Mei wept over her ruined face.

Xiao Yu restored Wang Mei’s beauty and injuries, then used her sudden infatuation to bring her into the Judgment Room. After she accepted judgment and became his maidservant, she woke in the Maidservant Pavilion calling for him.

• Xiao Yu used his blood and the Joyful Union Art to heal Wang Mei and restore her youthful beauty.
• Wang Mei fell in love with Xiao Yu and promised to protect him, while becoming jealous of Hua Lian.
• Xiao Yu carried Wang Mei into the alchemy room and told her he had loved her from their first meeting.
• The system confirmed Wang Mei had recognized her wrongs, and Xiao Yu placed her in the Judgment Room for judgment.
• Wang Mei received a full Judgment Score, and the system awarded Xiao Yu the Thunderwalking Art and a fourth Judgment Room.
• Wang Mei woke in the Maidservant Pavilion and called for Xiao Yu as her husband.

Xiao Yu learned the first layer of the Thunderwalking Art, then spent twenty days cultivating until he reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement. He emerged exhausted and ravenous to find his companions gathered around him, and asked how their cultivation was going.

• Xiao Yu practiced the Thunderwalking Art until he mastered its first layer.
• Xiao Yu brought Wang Mei into Bai Yue's Judgment Room and ordered her to behave herself around the others.
• Bai Yue recalled her extraordinary cultivation history and resolved to survive in hopes that her situation would change.
• After twenty days in seclusion, Xiao Yu emerged gaunt and weak, having reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement.
• Li Qingyun and Zhao Hongye mistook Xiao Yu for an intruder, then Li Qingyun prepared him a meal.
• Hua Lian delivered the pills she had refined, while Zhang Lan and Huang Xiang joined the others; Xiao Yu asked about everyone's cultivation.

Xiao Yu concealed his cultivation, reunited with Li Yunma and Lü Rui, and learned that Ye Zhirou had joined the Profound Spirit Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators. He then reported to Zhang Ziling, who assigned him a mission in Jiangliu City and promised to grant him one wish if he succeeded.

• Xiao Yu used a Qi-Concealing Pill to disguise his cultivation and told Li Yunma that he had been badly injured but had slain his attacker.
• Lü Rui gave Xiao Yu a Puppet Rat, and Li Yunma invited him home to collect a defensive Mystic Armor and share drinks.
• Xiao Yu and Lü Rui were alone at Li Yunma’s residence, but they hid their intimacy when Li Yunma returned; Xiao Yu then gave Li Yunma a bottle of Qi-Replenishing Pills.
• Li Yunma told Xiao Yu that Ye Zhirou was among the Profound Spirit Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Xiao Yu remembered her killing A Xiang’s family and vowed revenge.
• Xiao Yu visited Zhang Ziling, reported that Wang Mei had recovered, and accepted a mission to find someone in Jiangliu City in exchange for one wish.

Xiao Yu accepted Zhang Ziling’s mission to obtain a High-Grade Dharma Artifact in Jiangliu City, but refused the promised secret-realm reward because he wanted to stay by her side. After confessing his feelings and giving her a Supreme-Grade Dharma Artifact, he left Zhang Ziling flustered, while Lü Ling'er arrived with Ye Haotian to meet her.

• Zhang Ziling gave Xiao Yu the Qi-Concealing Jade, two hundred thousand spirit stones, and a Ghost Wolf skeleton, and tasked him with obtaining a High-Grade offensive Dharma Artifact from Fire Monk in Jiangliu City.
• Xiao Yu asked Zhang Ziling to give his Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm slot to Lü Ling'er and said he wanted to stay beside her to protect her.
• Zhang Ziling told Xiao Yu that Lü Ling'er already had a Dao companion and offered to choose one for him, prompting Xiao Yu to whisper that he wanted her as his Dao companion.
• Zhang Ziling struck Xiao Yu and threatened to kill him, but hesitated when he insisted he had no regrets and gave her the Supreme-Grade Dharma Artifact Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting.
• Zhang Ziling grew flustered and gave Xiao Yu a Blood-Staunching Pill as Lü Ling'er arrived with Ye Haotian to meet her.

Xiao Yu convinced Zhang Ziling to let him handle a mission involving the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm and Jiangliu City, while he secretly smuggled Li Qingyun and the others away. He reached Jiangliu City disguised as a firewood gatherer and found its gates under intense guard.

• Zhang Ziling rejected Ye Haotian's marriage proposal to Lü Ling'er and ordered Lü to prepare for the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yu warned Zhang Ziling about spies and urged her to make plans to escape or negotiate with the Profound Spirit Sect, persuading her to trust him with the mission.
• Zhang Ziling gave Xiao Yu her storage pouch and a token, and he returned to the alchemy room and hid Li Qingyun and the others inside the Jade Maiden Gourd.
• Xiao Yu left the sect disguised as a firewood gatherer and traveled toward Jiangliu City with the Qi-Concealing Jade hidden in his clothes.
• At Jiangliu City's gate, Xiao Yu saw crowds of refugees and soldiers conducting thorough searches, and suspected righteous cultivators were among the guards.

Xiao Yu entered Jiangliu City and discovered that its northern residents had been deeply affected by the Hehuan Sect, then learned that the Profound Spirit Sect was feuding with Shen Mengya’s Jade Maiden Sect faction. After hearing that Fire Monk was at Spirit Light Temple, Xiao Yu spotted a beautiful nun selling prayer beads and approached her.

• Xiao Yu passed the city gate without being searched and was propositioned by a pale-faced man, then realized that many men in Jiangliu City were intimate with other men.
• Xiao Yu consulted Li Qingyun, learned that the south of the city was more normal but had Profound Spirit Sect cultivators, and decided to gather information elsewhere first.
• At a crowded tavern, Xiao Yu overheard Profound Spirit Sect cultivators accuse Shen Mengya and Ye Zhirou of trying to seize Jade Maiden Sect supplies after Bai Yue’s defeat.
• Xiao Yu heard that the cultivators were going to Spirit Light Temple to find Fire Monk and set out to look for him.
• Xiao Yu saw a beautiful nun offering Nine-Spirit Bodhi beads to women and asked to borrow the prayer beads for a closer look.

Xiao Yu followed Lingxin after she sold him Buddhist trinkets and discovered she used the money to care for homeless children. After he assaulted Lingxin and the children, he paid her with his remaining gold and left; he later arrived at Spirit Light Temple, where Lingxin warned him about its Eighteen Bronze Warriors.

• Xiao Yu bought Lingxin’s prayer beads and trinkets, then followed her to a courtyard where she distributed food and clothes to children.
• A wealthy woman accused Lingxin of cheating her, and Xiao Yu knocked out her servants before giving Lingxin ten taels of gold for her Buddhist beads.
• Xiao Yu overheard Lingxin and the children laughing about scamming him, returned to the courtyard, and fought the children before dragging Lingxin into a room and assaulting her.
• Xiao Yu gave Lingxin fifty-two taels of gold, then left after she demanded more money to keep from reporting him.
• Xiao Yu reached Spirit Light Temple, where Lingxin warned him to leave before its Eighteen Bronze Warriors discovered he had no money.

Xiao Yu rescued Lingxin from abuse at Spirit Light Temple and persuaded her to leave with him so he could help the orphaned children she cared for. They set out with the children for the Li Residence, where the youngsters argued over whether Xiao Yu intended to sell them as servants.

• Xiao Yu saw the temple's wealth and watched a monk expect him to donate money, then hid when nuns began beating Lingxin.
• Xiao Yu used the Jade Maiden Gourd to make the three nuns disappear after one of them stole Lingxin's money and another threatened her with a stone.
• Lingxin warned Xiao Yu that cultivators from the Profound Spirit Sect collected money from the temple and said Venerable Ling Huo would be away for three days.
• Xiao Yu urged Lingxin to leave Spirit Light Temple with him, and she eventually followed him, insisting she only wanted to help the orphaned children.
• Xiao Yu and Lingxin returned to the courtyard and told the children they would go to the Li Residence, where Da Long argued that accepting the offer would give them food and shelter.

Xiao Yu rescued Li Qingyun and found her gravely ill mother, Han Qiushui, threatened by Li Wancai. After Li Qingyun killed Li Wancai, she begged Xiao Yu to treat her mother, and the chapter ended as they prepared to use his healing method.

• Xiao Yu slipped into the Li Residence and found Li Wancai threatening Han Qiushui for the storeroom key.
• Xiao Yu dragged Li Wancai into the gourd, where Li Qingyun killed him and kicked his body into the fire.
• Li Qingyun reunited with Han Qiushui, who revealed that she had only half a year to live.
• Li Qingyun pleaded with Xiao Yu to save her mother using his Nine Yang Divine Body.
• Li Qingyun shut the doors and windows as Xiao Yu prepared to treat Han Qiushui.

Xiao Yu gave Han Qiushui pills that Li Qingyun believed were Hehuan Pills, and Han Qiushui tried to kill herself after realizing what had happened. Though her illness had eased, she remained furious with her daughter until Zhang Yan burst in demanding to know where Li Wancai was.

• Xiao Yu gave Han Qiushui three pills and called them Marrow-Cleansing Pills, while Li Qingyun recognized them as Hehuan Pills and helped her mother take them.
• The next morning, Han Qiushui confronted Li Qingyun, who knelt and begged her mother not to blame Xiao Yu; Xiao Yu recalled that Han Qiushui had tried to hang herself overnight.
• Han Qiushui found that she could sit and stand more easily, but she wept over what had happened and told Li Qingyun to leave.
• Li Qingyun explained that she had trusted Li Wancai and gone to Jiangliu Mountain for medicine, where she had been captured before Xiao Yu rescued her.
• Zhang Yan kicked open the door, shouted for Li Wancai, and accused Han Qiushui of hiding him.

Han Qiushui drove Zhang Yan and her children out of the Li Residence after they failed to find Li Wancai, while Xiao Yu watched from hiding. Xiao Yu then remembered the orphans he had brought to the gates and hurried to tell Han Qiushui, as Lingxin and the others worried he had been captured.

• Zhang Yan accused Han Qiushui of seducing Li Wancai, and Han Qiushui slapped her and threatened her with a sword.
• Xiao Yu and Li Qingyun watched from hiding as Han Qiushui explained her authority in the Li family and Xiao Yu considered recruiting her to cultivate.
• Li Jin and Li Weiwei arrived with Zhang Yan, and Han Qiushui wagered her estate against their claim that Li Wancai was inside.
• Zhang Yan, Li Jin, and Li Weiwei searched the residence but found no sign of Li Wancai, so Han Qiushui had the guards throw them out.
• The steward told Han Qiushui that he had driven away the orphans waiting outside, and Xiao Yu revealed that he had brought them there.
• Lingxin and the other orphans worried that Xiao Yu had been captured until he returned, and Lingxin tearfully demanded to know where he had gone.

Xiao Yu arranged for Lingxin and the orphans to stay at the Li Residence, then learned that Han Qiushui wanted to leave and pursue revenge against Ye Zhirou of the Jade Maiden Sect. He escaped with Han Qiushui and Li Qingyun, but Lingxin ended the chapter threatening not to take him to Spiritfire Uncle-Master.

• Xiao Yu brought Lingxin and the orphans to the Li Residence, where Li Qingyun agreed to shelter them and arrange lessons for the children.
• Han Qiushui summoned Xiao Yu, revealed her desire to avenge her husband’s death at Ye Zhirou’s hands, and asked him to take her and Li Qingyun away.
• Han Qiushui warned Xiao Yu that the Profound Spirit Sect and Jade Maiden Sect knew Qingyun had gone missing, so they planned to leave the residence before noon.
• Xiao Yu gave Worry-Forgetfulness Pills to the household servants, the steward, and the orphans, while Lingxin helped Han Qiushui leave in a carriage.
• Xiao Yu met Han Qiushui and Lingxin outside the residence, put Han Qiushui and Li Qingyun into the Jade Maiden Gourd, and took the family’s valuables for himself.
• Lingxin pouted and threatened not to take Xiao Yu to Spiritfire Uncle-Master after he refused to let her look at the money.

Xiao Yu questioned Bai Yue about Ye Zhirou and Shen Mengya while using food and humiliation to pressure the starving sect master into admitting fault. Bai Yue’s Judgment Score remained at thirty percent, and the chapter left her agreeing to dance rather than be starved again.

• Xiao Yu returned to the ruined courtyard with Lingxin, tempted her with his wealth, and later released the three nuns who had bullied her.
• Xiao Yu learned he could ask Bai Yue about Ye Zhirou and entered the Judgment Room, where Wang Mei and Hua Lian reported that Bai Yue’s Judgment Score had reached thirty percent.
• Xiao Yu told Bai Yue that Ye Zhirou had joined Shen Mengya, who had rebuilt the Jade Maiden Sect and gathered three thousand members, and suggested Shen Mengya might kill Bai Yue if she found her.
• Bai Yue accepted food from Xiao Yu, then reluctantly admitted she had wronged him, but her Judgment Score did not increase.
• Xiao Yu ordered Bai Yue to wear a revealing outfit and dance; when he threatened to starve her for seven days, she agreed to dance.

Xiao Yu confronted Bai Yue over her past cruelty until she revealed secrets about the Jade Maiden Sect and her desire for revenge raised her Judgment Score. He promised to help her recover and reclaim her sect if she accepted judgment, then returned to the courtyard and released Han Qiushui.

• Xiao Yu accused Bai Yue of regretting her suffering rather than recognizing the harm she had caused, and threatened to intensify her judgment.
• Bai Yue revealed that Ye Zhirou had a younger sister named Ye Zimei and that a Spirit Vein lay beneath the Jade Maiden Sect.
• Hua Lian confirmed Ye Zimei’s cultivation level and the Spirit Vein’s existence, adding that she could pass through its restrictions.
• Bai Yue begged Xiao Yu to help her cultivate, heal her eyes, take revenge, and reclaim her sect, while her Judgment Score rose to 42%.
• Xiao Yu agreed to help Bai Yue if she continued accepting judgment, then returned to the courtyard, released Han Qiushui, and prepared food.

Xiao Yu secured a high-grade dharma artifact for Zhang Ziling and learned that Profound Spirit Sect cultivators were gathering at Spirit Light Temple before he encountered Jade Maiden Sect disciple Ye Zimei. He ambushed Ye Zimei and her companions with a supreme-grade dharma artifact, and the chapter ended as he sent out his Puppet Eagle and Puppet Rat.

• Xiao Yu visited Fire Monk at Spirit Light Temple, where Fire Monk agreed to forge Zhang Ziling's artifact in exchange for Xiao Yu taking his grandson Huo Feng into the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm and finding him a fire-attributed spirit beast.
• Fire Monk spent two days forging the Ghost Wolf Lock, then gave Xiao Yu the artifact-forging manual and warned him to leave the city within three days.
• Xiao Yu saw Profound Spirit Sect cultivators and Jade Maiden Sect cultivators enter the temple, then disguised himself as a woodcutter and hurried toward the Hehuan Sect Branch.
• Xiao Yu encountered Ye Zimei and two Jade Maiden Sect cultivators, and his system identified Ye Zimei as a wicked woman who had killed many mortals and male cultivators.
• Xiao Yu tricked Ye Zimei into turning around, then attacked her companions with a supreme-grade dharma artifact that killed both junior sisters before Ye Zimei forced back its fairy phantoms.
• Xiao Yu faced Ye Zimei and released his Puppet Eagle and Puppet Rat.

Xiao Yu fought Ye Zimei with the Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting, Puppet Beasts, and Wang Mei while accusing her of killing ordinary people. Ye Zimei revealed a powerful collection of artifacts and pursued him, but Xiao Yu discovered that the painting suppressed her with visions of women and swallowed a Bloodburst Pill to press his advantage.

• Xiao Yu had Wang Mei recover the valuables from Ye Zimei's two fallen junior sisters and burn their bodies while Ye Zimei cursed him.
• Xiao Yu and Ye Zimei argued over her sect's killing of ordinary people who went to Jiangliu Mountain for firewood as the painting's illusions strained her defenses.
• Ye Zimei detonated a defensive artifact, used a Smoke-Burst Pearl, and revealed vermilion armor and a high-grade spear before smashing the Puppet Beasts and attacking Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu dodged Ye Zimei's spear with the Thunderwalking Art, retrieved the unconscious Wang Mei, and fled while using the painting to slow the weapon.
• Xiao Yu's illusions of handsome men enraged Ye Zimei instead of suppressing her, so he switched back to immortal maidens and realized she was attracted to women.
• Xiao Yu swallowed a Bloodburst Pill, raised his cultivation to the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining, and intensified the painting's attack as Ye Zimei panicked.

Xiao Yu defeated and captured Ye Zimei, then used their cultivation practice to advance to Qi Refining, Sixth Layer. At the Jade Maiden Sect, Shen Mengya moved to take control and ordered Ye Zhirou to continue searching for Bai Yue and Hua Lian.

• Xiao Yu used the Ghost Wolf Lock and the Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting to disarm and capture Ye Zimei, then stored her in the Jade Maiden Gourd.
• Xiao Yu inspected Ye Zimei's spoils and found Foundation Establishment Pills, the Five Elements Goddess Art, and a Teleportation Token that Hua Lian said could take them to other provinces.
• Ye Zimei cursed Xiao Yu inside the Jade Maiden Gourd, and he took her to a nearby cave, where their cultivation practice raised him to Qi Refining, Sixth Layer.
• Shen Mengya argued that she should become Jade Maiden Sect master and announced plans for an attack alongside the Profound Spirit Sect when the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm opened.
• Ye Zhirou told Shen Mengya that she had killed Li Ke'er and drowned two other junior sisters, while Shen Mengya revealed Bai Yue's soul lamp had grown brighter and ordered Ye Zhirou to search for Bai Yue and Hua Lian.

Ye Zhirou discovered that someone had taken the bodies from Bai Yue’s ambush site and concluded Bai Yue had survived with her cultivation gone, so she infiltrated the Hehuan Sect Branch to search for her. Xiao Yu recognized Ye Zhirou and warned Zhang Ziling about her and a possible righteous-sect attack, then reminded his master of her promise to grant him a wish.

• Ye Zhirou found that a cultivator had removed the bodies of the four people she killed and suspected Bai Yue had escaped using Form-Shifting Escape.
• Ye Zhirou disguised herself as a devilish cultivator, suppressed her cultivation, and entered the Hehuan Sect Branch using a token.
• Xiao Yu’s system identified Ye Zhirou and revealed her crimes, prompting him to hurry to Zhang Ziling and report the intruder.
• Xiao Yu warned Zhang Ziling that righteous-sect cultivators were gathering storage bags and magical artifacts, possibly preparing an assault, and Zhang Ziling said she had arranged a retreat route and would warn the front lines.
• Zhang Ziling questioned how Xiao Yu recognized Ye Zhirou, and he said he remembered her from erotic picture books before asking his master to grant the wish she had promised.

Xiao Yu pressed Zhang Ziling for affection while accepting her assignment to retrieve a treasure from the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm with Wang Mei. Back in the alchemy room, he confronted Ye Zimei and helped keep her captive, while Zhang Ziling prepared a midnight plan involving Ye Zhirou.

• Xiao Yu flirted with Zhang Ziling and asked for a private meeting in exchange for finding her a treasure, but she assigned him and Wang Mei to the Ten Thousand Demons Secret Realm instead.
• Zhang Ziling decided to let Xiao Yu keep his Qi-Concealing Artifact and began considering how to deal with Ye Zhirou.
• Xiao Yu returned to the alchemy room, released Ye Zimei and the others, and teased Ye Zimei about her affection for Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun drugged Ye Zimei's tea, and Wang Mei and Xiao Yu restrained her as she struggled against them.
• Zhang Ziling told two elders that Ye Zhirou had become Shen Mengya's disciple and asked them to help her act at midnight.

Zhang Ziling, Elder Meng, and Elder Liu prepared to ambush Ye Zhirou while Xiao Yu hurriedly raised his cultivation and handled the needs of those around him. The Hehuan Sect Branch’s formation activated, and Ye Zhirou arrived with two women to confront them.

• Zhang Ziling asked Elder Meng and Elder Liu to help kill Ye Zhirou and planned to trap her with a formation before using her Heavenly Fragrance Physique to confuse her.
• Xiao Yu raised his cultivation to Qi Refining, Seventh Layer, while Ye Zimei helped Wang Mei and Hua Lian reach Qi Refining, Sixth Layer.
• Xiao Yu gave Wang Mei three bottles of Hehuan Pills to feed Bai Yue and told Li Qingyun that he had hidden the gravestones and would treat Han Qiushui after the crisis.
• A booming sound triggered a blue formation around the Hehuan Sect Branch, and Xiao Yu put everyone into the gourd.
• Zhang Ziling, Elder Meng, Elder Liu, and several hundred disciples faced Ye Zhirou and two other women as Zhang Ziling greeted Ye Zhirou.

Ye Zhirou was trapped by Zhang Ziling and the Hehuan Sect elders, but she fought back while the formation and Zhang Ziling’s Heavenly Fragrance Physique disrupted her. As Zhang Ziling battled her, Elder Meng and Elder Liu appeared to hold back, and Xiao Yu watched from hiding, angered by their inaction.

• Ye Zhirou tried to stall Zhang Ziling, while Elder Meng and Elder Liu exposed her past murders to provoke her.
• Ye Zhirou summoned the Three-Leaf Azure Light Sword and unleashed its sword formations as Zhang Ziling activated the formation.
• Ye Zhirou broke through the desert illusion, but the Heavenly Fragrance Physique briefly distracted her before Zhang Ziling and the elders attacked.
• The formation changed to an icy landscape, and Ye Zhirou’s two helpers disappeared as Zhang Ziling trapped her leg with the Ghost Wolf Chain.
• Ye Zhirou pretended to be losing against Zhang Ziling while Elder Meng and Elder Liu held back, and Xiao Yu watched them loaf around from hiding.

Xiao Yu stirred chaos outside the Bewildering Trail Formation to help Zhang Ziling escape Ye Zhirou, using Soul-Entrancing Smoke and disguising himself as Ye Zhirou to lure Elder Meng and Elder Liu away. The smoke and Zhang Ziling’s Heavenly Fragrance Secret Art left the attackers entranced, while Ye Zhirou searched for Xiao Yu’s disguise and Elder Meng and Elder Liu turned on each other.

• Xiao Yu had Wang Mei rally the disciples to attack Ye Zhirou while Wang Mei and others used talismans to create chaos outside the formation.
• Xiao Yu disguised himself as Ye Zhirou, sent a Puppet Beast at Elder Meng and Elder Liu, and led the two elders on a chase.
• Wang Mei released Soul-Entrancing Smoke, forcing Zhang Ziling to abandon the formation and flee as Ye Zhirou emerged into the crowd.
• Xiao Yu returned with pursuers and told Zhang Ziling to use the Hehuan Pills on Elder Meng and Elder Liu, so Zhang Ziling unleashed her Heavenly Fragrance Secret Art.
• Ye Zhirou attacked the crazed cultivators and searched for the disguised Xiao Yu, while Elder Meng and Elder Liu became entranced and began fighting over her.

Ye Zhirou fought Elder Liu and Zhang Ziling while the Soul-Entrancing Smoke sent the branch disciples into chaotic embraces and brawls. Xiao Yu tried to exploit the confusion to approach Lü Ling'er, but the battle ended with Ye Zhirou’s Talisman Treasure killing Elder Liu as Zhang Ziling urged Xiao Yu to flee.

• Ye Zhirou injured Elder Meng, prompting Elder Liu to take a Bloodburst Pill, raise his cultivation, and pursue her while Zhang Ziling joined the chase.
• The entranced disciples embraced and quarreled, and Xiao Yu knocked out Zhao Feiji’s lover and Li Yunma while trying to reach Lü Ling'er.
• Elder Liu swallowed more Bloodburst Pills and burned his lifespan after Elder Meng chased Ye Zhirou with a love confession, and Xiao Yu was knocked down when Elder Meng’s severed head fell onto him.
• Ye Zhirou used a golden Talisman Treasure to blast Zhang Ziling and kill Elder Liu with a golden dagger through his forehead.
• Zhang Ziling shouted for Xiao Yu to run.