Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu awoke in the Hehuan Sect after being killed by Bai Yue and Ye Zhirou, then learned the Jade Maiden Sect had lost the war and its captured disciples were being distributed as prizes. When the Wicked Woman Judgment System appeared, it identified the disguised, crippled Bai Yue nearby and offered Xiao Yu the chance to send her directly to the Judgment Room.

• Bai Yue and Ye Zhirou tortured Xiao Yu, killed A Xiang and her family, and killed Xiao Yu after he refused to reveal the Hehuan Sect's plans.
• Xiao Yu awoke at the Hehuan Sect's frontline stronghold, where Mei Chunlan pursued him and told him Bai Yue had been defeated and Jade Maiden Sect captives were prizes in a drawing.
• Xiao Yu joined the drawing, while Zhao Feiji warned him that Mei Chunlan planned to force herself on him.
• Elder Wu displayed captured Jade Maiden Sect cultivators, and one captive gouged out a disciple's eyes before Elder Wu burned her to death.
• The Wicked Woman Judgment System activated and identified the obese-looking captive as Bai Yue, whose true appearance and identity were revealed through its information panel.
• The system offered Xiao Yu the privilege of sending Bai Yue directly to the Judgment Room, and he resolved to take revenge on her.

Xiao Yu rescued the disguised Bai Yue from the Hehuan Sect and brought her into his Judgment Room, where he revealed himself as her captor and sought revenge. After spending the night with her, he discovered that his cultivation had risen from the Third Layer to the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering, apparently because of her Innate Dharma Body.

• Xiao Yu claimed the obese, blind female cultivator and took her away from the Hehuan Sect's main hall as chaos broke out among the imprisoned women.
• Xiao Yu used his ability to bring the woman into his Judgment Room, where her disguise vanished and he recognized her as the beautiful Bai Yue, sect master of the Jade Maiden Sect.
• The system told Xiao Yu that Bai Yue's evil value toward him had to reach 100% before he could activate Judgment Mode, but he chose to confront her and take revenge regardless.
• Xiao Yu entered the Judgment Room, taunted Bai Yue by asking her to guess his identity, and said she would remain there to atone for her sins.
• After several hours, Xiao Yu found that his cultivation had advanced to the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering and suspected Bai Yue's Innate Dharma Body was responsible.

Xiao Yu accepted an herb-gathering mission to leave the Hehuan Sect and pursue Ye Zhirou, while Bai Yue tried to bargain for her life. After reaching Jiangliu Mountain with a group of cultivators who intended to use him as cannon fodder, Xiao Yu encountered three righteous-path cultivators who attacked the group.

• Xiao Yu escaped Senior Sister Mei by disguising himself, but the gate guards refused to let him leave without a sect mission.
• Bai Yue offered Xiao Yu cultivation techniques and treasures in exchange for her freedom, then revealed that Ye Zhirou had gone to deliver a message to a Jade Maiden Sect branch.
• Xiao Yu accepted an herb-gathering mission and joined five Hehuan Sect disciples, who gave him a dangerous Bloodburst Pill as a supposed life-saving measure.
• The group traveled to Jiangliu Mountain and began gathering herbs while Xiao Yu waited for a chance to escape.
• Three white-robed cultivators arrived, and their leader, Lin Ce of the Profound Spirit Sect, declared that the Hehuan Sect would pay for destroying the Jade Maiden Sect.

Xiao Yu fled a fight between cultivators, then used Bai Yue to draw the attention of nearby righteous disciples and rescued her from their assault. After using the Bloodburst Pill to defeat them, he sheltered with Bai Yue and recovered by borrowing her Innate Dharma Body, while her Sin Value rose to 40%.

• Xiao Yu hid from the battle, looted two dead Hehuan Sect disciples, and fled as the system urged him to raise Bai Yue's Sin Value.
• Xiao Yu released Bai Yue and carried her away, but dropped her when a blade-wielding cultivator attacked; three cultivators then recognized her and pursued her for her Innate Dharma Body.
• The three cultivators kicked Bai Yue down and prepared to assault her, prompting the system to warn Xiao Yu to rescue her before someone else judged her.
• Xiao Yu swallowed a Bloodburst Pill, reached Body Tempering Grand Completion, and killed the three cultivators before taking Bai Yue to the Judgment Room.
• Xiao Yu hid in a cave, borrowed Bai Yue's Innate Dharma Body, and recovered from the pill's side effects by dawn; the system reported that Bai Yue's Sin Value had risen to 40%.

Xiao Yu forced Bai Yue to choose between teaching him cultivation and becoming his captive, then escaped the mountain with her hidden in his supposed magical artifact. Bai Yue offered to teach him powerful techniques, but Xiao Yu distrusted her.

• Bai Yue woke weakened and resentful after the Profound Spirit Sect abandoned her, while Xiao Yu had advanced to the eighth level of Body Tempering.
• Xiao Yu demanded that Bai Yue teach him cultivation or become his captive, and Bai Yue reluctantly asked him to take her along.
• Xiao Yu examined Bai Yue's storage bag, found the Joyful Union Art, and considered using it with her Innate Dharma Body to improve his cultivation.
• Xiao Yu hid Bai Yue in his supposed Safe House magical artifact and fled the mountain with the Eagle Claw Saber.
• Hungry and thirsty, Bai Yue asked for meat and offered Xiao Yu several cultivation techniques, but he accused her of taking him for an idiot.

Xiao Yu questioned Bai Yue about cultivation and learned that he needed to temper his body before he could use spells or magical artifacts. As war made every route dangerous, he decided to investigate Jiangliu City.

• Xiao Yu brought Bai Yue roast chicken and water, then asked her why he could not use magical artifacts.
• Bai Yue explained the cultivation stages and said Xiao Yu needed to temper his body before advancing to Qi Refining.
• The system reported that Bai Yue’s Sin Value had risen to 72% after she accepted food but withheld cultivation techniques.
• Xiao Yu demanded that Bai Yue help him temper his body, struck her when she raised her voice, and pulled her into his arms.
• Bai Yue warned Xiao Yu that checkpoints and soul searches made fleeing east dangerous, and suggested traveling by sea toward Nanhua Province.
• Xiao Yu considered the war and the risks of traveling, then decided to go to Jiangliu City.

Xiao Yu disguised himself as a refugee to escape the righteous sects, but Elder Wu recognized him and brought him back to the Hehuan Sect, offering to take him as a disciple. After testing Xiao Yu's Spiritual Root, Elder Wu discovered he had a worthless four-element False Spiritual Root and looked at him with killing intent.

• Xiao Yu joined a refugee procession in disguise, but Elder Wu spotted him from the sky and confronted him.
• Xiao Yu recognized Elder Wu and claimed he had fled after Lin Ce chased him down the mountain.
• Elder Wu told Xiao Yu that the Profound Spirit Sect had seized Jiangliu Mountain and invited him to become his disciple.
• Elder Wu took Xiao Yu to the Hehuan Sect's pill-refining chamber and tested his Spiritual Root.
• The test revealed Xiao Yu had Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth Four-Element Spiritual Roots, and Elder Wu's expression darkened as he looked at Xiao Yu with killing intent.

Xiao Yu discovered Hua Lian, Bai Yue’s disciple, tortured and bleeding in the storeroom, and saved her from dying while keeping his own identity and safety in mind. As he prepared food to appease Elder Wu, news arrived that the elder had met with an accident.

• Wu Chang dismissed Xiao Yu’s offer of two storage pouches and left, ordering him to grind medicinal ingredients.
• Bai Yue taught Xiao Yu how to identify and store herbs, then begged him to investigate a familiar sound from the storeroom.
• Xiao Yu found Hua Lian hanging from steel hooks among medicine vats and used a Blood-Staunching Pill to help her survive.
• Hua Lian attacked and cursed Xiao Yu after he saved her, and he refused Bai Yue’s plea to do more for her disciple.
• Xiao Yu finished grinding the herbs, cleaned the alchemy room, and began cooking to curry favor with Elder Wu.
• Someone shouted that Elder Wu had met with an accident and called for help from the people in the alchemy room.

After Elder Wu’s death leaves Xiao Yu in charge of the alchemy room, he rescues Bai Yue’s disciple Hua Lian and searches for pills to meet a demanding order due the next day. With a new elder arriving soon and no easy escape, Xiao Yu chooses to stay, keep Bai Yue concealed, and have Hua Lian help refine the missing pills.

• Two Hehuan Sect disciples told Xiao Yu that Elder Wu had died and ordered him to deliver a large supply of pills by noon the next day.
• Xiao Yu told Bai Yue the news, then took her to the storeroom, where she reunited with Hua Lian and freed her from the steel hooks.
• Xiao Yu searched Elder Wu’s room, found stored pills and a Jade Maiden Gourd, and decided to remain in the alchemy room to build his strength.
• Xiao Yu brought pills to Bai Yue and Hua Lian, but distrusted their intentions and placed Bai Yue in the Judgment Room while Hua Lian stayed outside.
• Bai Yue explained that Hua Lian would have to refine the pills manually with spirit stones and ordinary fire, and Xiao Yu urged her to begin before sunset.

Xiao Yu and Hua Lian refined Blood-Staunching Pills while Bai Yue recalled her disciple’s plan to poison him and escape to the Jade Maiden Sect’s branch. After discovering Hua Lian’s attempted poison and improving his own alchemy, Xiao Yu locked the door and told the women they would not be leaving.

• Xiao Yu stopped Hua Lian from adding Poisonblood Herb to the furnace and learned that she and Bai Yue intended to poison him.
• Xiao Yu read Elder Wu’s Alchemy Art, identified the poison, and pretended to practice alchemy while Hua Lian ground more ingredients.
• Bai Yue remembered Hua Lian’s plan to use poison to control Xiao Yu, escape to Donghua Province, and seek help from the Jade Maiden Sect’s branch.
• Xiao Yu refined batches of Blood-Staunching Pills, gradually improving his results as the day turned to night.
• Hua Lian asked Xiao Yu to release Bai Yue and help them leave, but Xiao Yu locked the door and said they would not be able to leave.

Xiao Yu used Bai Yue’s threat against him to activate Judgment Mode and gain the Nine Yang Divine Body and Elysian Union Art, then restrained Hua Lian. At the outpost, Mei Chunlan pursued him until Elder Zhang arrived, and the system identified Mei Chunlan as a new wicked woman.

• Xiao Yu tricked Hua Lian into approaching him, and she collapsed after he used a hidden method to knock her unconscious.
• Bai Yue’s intent to kill Xiao Yu triggered Judgment Mode, rewarding him with a Judgment Room, the Nine Yang Divine Body, and the Elysian Union Art.
• Xiao Yu struck Hua Lian when she cursed him and declared that she would not return to the righteous sects.
• Mei Chunlan confronted Xiao Yu and threatened to use force to take him with her, while Senior Sister Liu worried that he was an Alchemist.
• Elder Zhang arrived at the outpost and questioned why Xiao Yu was only at the Body Tempering Ninth Layer, as the system identified Mei Chunlan as a new wicked woman.

Xiao Yu proved his alchemy skills to Zhang Ziling and learned that she planned to attack the Profound Spirit Sect to reclaim Jiangliu Mountain. After stopping his coercive treatment of Hua Lian, he discovered that her damaged meridians and Spiritual Root had been restored, while she began to feel attracted to him.

• Xiao Yu survived Zhang Ziling's slap, showed her prepared pills, and followed her to the pill room to prove he was an alchemist.
• Zhang Ziling discovered Xiao Yu's unusual physique as he refined five first-grade Marrow-Cleansing Pills, then pardoned him and summoned him to her study at sunset.
• Zhang Ziling ordered the others to prepare for a surprise attack on the Profound Spirit Sect and to reclaim Jiangliu Mountain.
• Mei Chunlan grew eager to obtain Xiao Yu for his alchemy, while Xiao Yu feared she would target him and shut the pill-room doors and windows.
• Xiao Yu stopped his coercive treatment of Hua Lian after the system warned she might die, then went to Bai Yue's Judgment Room.
• Hua Lian regained consciousness and discovered that her meridians and Spiritual Root had been repaired, and she wondered if Xiao Yu had caused it.

Xiao Yu left Hua Lian hidden in the storeroom and sought Zhang Ziling’s help securing his alchemy room. As Bai Yue’s judgment continued and her injuries began healing, Zhang Ziling set up a protective formation for Xiao Yu and promised to take him as her disciple once he reached Qi Refining.

• Xiao Yu warned Hua Lian to stay hidden in the storeroom, but after he left, Hua Lian recovered a woodcutter’s knife and planned to attack him to save Bai Yue.
• Bai Yue’s cultivation and damaged meridians improved during her judgment, but she continued to insist she was innocent and was subjected to escalating torment.
• Xiao Yu met Zhang Ziling and asked for protection because people in the sect were targeting him for his constitution.
• Zhang Ziling flew Xiao Yu to the alchemy room, set up a small Black Tortoise Formation around the surrounding grounds, and said only they could enter or leave.
• Zhang Ziling promised to take Xiao Yu as her disciple when he reached Qi Refining and gave him a Puppet Eagle with Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement cultivation; the system reported that she did not meet the criteria for a wicked woman.

Zhang Ziling protected Xiao Yu, gave him a formation and a Puppet Eagle, and ordered him to make pills while discussing the Hehuan Sect’s history. Xiao Yu decided to use his new safety to cultivate and deal with Bai Yue and Hua Lian, but Hua Lian attacked him and fled after the powder on her clothes made her dizzy.

• Zhang Ziling warned Xiao Yu not to harm children or mortals, explained the Hehuan Sect’s past, and ordered him to make one thousand pills in a month.
• Xiao Yu flirted with Zhang Ziling, who angrily left after giving him a formation and a Puppet Eagle.
• Xiao Yu decided to focus on closed-door cultivation and make Bai Yue refine pills for him.
• Hua Lian ambushed Xiao Yu in the storeroom, but the Puppet Eagle stopped her attack and knocked her down.
• Hua Lian demanded that Xiao Yu release Bai Yue and threatened him with her martial aunt, while Xiao Yu said she could no longer return to the righteous path.
• Hua Lian fled into the woods after Xiao Yu revealed that he had soaked the clothes he gave her in Hehuan Powder.

Xiao Yu trapped Hua Lian in the Black Tortoise Formation, fed and healed her, and watched her begin to reconsider her hostility and fall asleep in his arms. Her repentance unlocked Judgment Mode early, while Xiao Yu left her asleep in the second Judgment Room and turned to Bai Yue in the first.

• Xiao Yu pursued Hua Lian through the forest until she ran into the Black Tortoise Formation and realized she could not escape.
• Xiao Yu offered Hua Lian food and used his Nine Yang Divine Body to restore her Spiritual Root, heal her wound, and raise her cultivation to Body Tempering Second Layer.
• Hua Lian reflected on her past, decided she might stay near Xiao Yu to save her master, and fell asleep in his arms instead of running away.
• The System announced that Hua Lian had begun repenting on her own and unlocked Judgment Mode early.
• Xiao Yu placed Hua Lian in the second Judgment Room without judging her, then entered the first room and addressed Bai Yue.

Xiao Yu reached Qi Refining, First Layer, tested his magical artifacts, and rescued four women from the Jade Maiden Gourd. He learned they had been captured for Human Pills and grew suspicious of the cultivator Zhao Hongye, who had protected them.

• Bai Yue cursed Xiao Yu and denied that she had done anything wrong, while he challenged her view of their conflict.
• The second day's trial began, and Xiao Yu discovered that he could use his spiritual power to control the Eagle Claw Saber and inspect the Jade Maiden Gourd.
• Xiao Yu found Zhao Hongye shielding three mortal women from flames inside the gourd and released all four.
• Xiao Yu carried the unconscious Zhao Hongye into the house, gave her a Qi-Replenishing Pill, and asked the mortals to care for her.
• Li Qingyun, Zhang Lan, and Huang Xiang thanked Xiao Yu, and Li Qingyun explained that Zhao Hongye had protected them after they were captured for Human Pills.
• Xiao Yu suspected that Zhao Hongye had awakened and was pretending to be unconscious.

After rescuing Zhao Hongye and the others, Xiao Yu made them serve him and began planning to secure their loyalty. He then manually judged Hua Lian and received a new Judgment Room and a supreme-grade dharma artifact.

• Zhao Hongye mistook Xiao Yu for a demonic cultivator, but Li Qingyun, Zhang Lan, and Huang Xiang explained that he had rescued and treated them.
• Xiao Yu ordered the women to work in his pill-refining room, and Li Qingyun offered to serve him in Zhao Hongye’s place.
• Xiao Yu gave Li Qingyun cultivation, assigned her household duties, and she said she had no standing to complain after he saved her life.
• Xiao Yu found the Blood-Forged Soul Restriction in Elder Wu’s storage pouch and considered using it on the women while planning how to make Hua Lian refine a thousand pills.
• Xiao Yu entered the second Judgment Room and manually judged Hua Lian.
• The system declared Hua Lian judged and awarded Xiao Yu a Third Judgment Room and the supreme-grade dharma artifact Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting.

Xiao Yu questioned Hua Lian about her hidden affection for Lin Ce and used her master Bai Yue’s danger to pressure her into swearing loyalty. Hua Lian remained torn between her feelings and her devotion to Bai Yue as the chapter ended with her weeping and apologizing to her master.

• Xiao Yu tested the Thousand Fragrances, Ten Thousand Beauties Painting and discovered its power before returning to Hua Lian’s Judgment Room.
• Hua Lian told Xiao Yu she would stay and asked him to help repair her Spiritual Root, while warning him that the invasion of Hexi Province was only the vanguard of a larger force.
• Xiao Yu found Hua Lian’s Lovers’ Knot and pressured her until she admitted that she had pledged herself to Lin Ce of the Profound Spirit Sect.
• Xiao Yu told Hua Lian that Lin Ce and his junior brothers had attacked him and Bai Yue on Jiangliu Mountain, but Hua Lian struggled to believe him and clung to her feelings for Lin Ce.
• Xiao Yu threatened to withhold Hua Lian’s chance to recover and let her hear Bai Yue’s screams, demanding that she swear upon her Dao heart to follow him.
• Hua Lian wept and apologized to Bai Yue, remembering how her master had cared for her when she was an orphan.

Hua Lian swore loyalty to Xiao Yu, unlocking the Maidservant Pavilion, and revealed a looming Jade Maiden Sect threat. After Xiao Yu reinforced the others’ restrictions and learned Zhao Hongye’s identity, he flew out to warn Zhang Ziling while Mei Chunlan and Ma Cuihong plotted to seize his secrets.

• Hua Lian recalled how Bai Yue rescued her from famine, then swore never to betray her master again, activating the maidservant functions.
• Xiao Yu began planning Hua Lian’s cultivation and pill-making, then asked her to share her cultivation arts and Bai Yue’s secrets.
• Xiao Yu reinforced the restrictions on Li Qingyun, Zhang Lan, Huang Xiang, and Zhao Hongye, who revealed that she was Elder Zhao’s daughter from the Profound Spirit Sect.
• After learning that a Jade Maiden Sect elder might be near Jiangliu City, Xiao Yu flew out on the Puppet Eagle to warn Zhang Ziling.
• Mei Chunlan and Ma Cuihong discussed fleeing and conspiring to take Xiao Yu’s secrets and divide the gains.

Xiao Yu arrived at the Sect Affairs Hall and was drawn into a confrontation with Zhang Ziling’s first disciple, Wang Mei, after she slapped Lü Ling’er and Zhao Gang mocked him. Xiao Yu turned the crowd against them, and Zhang Ziling punished the pair before summoning Xiao Yu to accompany her.

• Lü Ling'er introduced herself to Xiao Yu and explained that Zhang Ziling was setting up a defensive formation.
• Wang Mei and Zhao Gang arrived, mocked Xiao Yu’s low cultivation, and Wang Mei slapped Lü Ling'er when she defended him.
• After the system identified Wang Mei as a villainess, Xiao Yu pretended to beg for his life and accused her and Zhao Gang of demanding his pills and bullying disciples.
• Xiao Yu pointed out Lü Ling'er's slap mark and challenged Zhao Gang’s claim that the branch had no rules, prompting nearby disciples to protest.
• Zhang Ziling silenced Wang Mei and Zhao Gang, ordered them to copy the sect rules ten times, and told Xiao Yu to come with her.