Chapter Summaries

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.