Chapter Summaries

Xiaobai arrived at Yuqing Hall and met Lu Xueqi, while Ji Changfeng introduced Lu Xueqi as his future wife. Their teasing exchange drew the attention of the Qingyun Sect's Peak Masters, who recognized Xiaobai as a Peak Supreme Purity Realm expert.

• True Master Daoxuan invited Xiaobai into Yuqing Hall, and Qi Hao stepped aside to give her and Ji Changfeng room.
• Xiaobai asked Ji Changfeng to introduce Lu Xueqi, and he identified Xiaobai as the Fox Tribe Chieftain and the Six-tailed Fox's mother.
• Ji Changfeng called Lu Xueqi his future wife, making her blush and shyly lean against him.
• Xiaobai squeezed between Ji Changfeng and Lu Xueqi and jokingly claimed Lu Xueqi as her wife too.
• Lu Xueqi's master, Master Shuiyue, and the other Peak Masters arrived and sensed Xiaobai's Peak Supreme Purity Realm aura.

Xiaobai joined the Qingyun Sect as an elder of the Tongtian Peak lineage, and the Seven-Pulse Conference welcomed her while discussing the Western Death Swamp and the upcoming Succession Ceremony. Ji Changfeng brought her to Dazhu Peak for a meal, where the residents were surprised to see him arrive with another woman.

• Lu Xueqi explained to Master Shuiyue that she had come to Yuqing Hall after hearing the bell toll, and Tian Buyi arrived shortly afterward.
• True Master Daoxuan introduced Xiaobai as the Fox Tribe chieftain and the world's last Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, who intended to join the Qingyun Sect as a Tongtian Peak elder.
• True Master Daoxuan discussed the Western Death Swamp and the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, then reminded the Peak Masters to keep their disciples in order before the Succession Ceremony.
• True Master Daoxuan asked Ji Changfeng to arrange Xiaobai's accommodations, and Xiaobai requested a courtyard beside Little Six's.
• Ji Changfeng invited Xiaobai to Dazhu Peak for a meal, and Tian Buyi welcomed her there.
• Ji Changfeng brought Xiaobai into Shoujing Hall, startling the Dazhu Peak residents, and introduced her as the Fox Tribe chieftain who had joined the Qingyun Sect.

Xiaobai visited Dazhu Peak and was tricked by Ji Changfeng into eating Du Bishu’s terrible cooking. She tracked Ji Changfeng down in the back mountain and attacked him in anger.

• Su Ru welcomed Xiaobai, and Ji Changfeng offered her his portion of the meal.
• Xiaobai forced herself to eat Du Bishu’s salty cooking while Ji Changfeng slipped away.
• Xiaobai sealed off her sense of taste, finished the food, and erupted with a Peak Supreme Purity Realm aura before leaving Shoujing Hall.
• Xiaobai found Ji Changfeng roasting lamb in the back mountain and accused him of tricking her about Dazhu Peak’s food.
• Ji Changfeng explained that he had only called Dazhu Peak the birthplace of cooks, and Xiaobai bit his lips in retaliation.

Xiaobai and Ji Changfeng playfully took turns overpowering and kissing each other beside a campfire in a bamboo grove. The encounter left Ji Changfeng disheveled and wondering why Xiaobai seemed to have gotten the better of him.

• Xiaobai bit Ji Changfeng's lip after he teased her, and he subdued her and kissed her until she stopped resisting.
• Xiaobai turned the tables, suppressed Ji Changfeng, and claimed she had forgiven him for tricking her.
• Ji Changfeng gave Xiaobai roasted lamb, and she noticed that her mouth tasted of blood because she had bitten his lip.
• Xiaobai approached Ji Changfeng again and pinned him down, while he resigned himself to letting her have her fun.
• Xiaobai straightened Ji Changfeng's clothes afterward and told him he smelled nice, leaving him disheveled and baffled.

After Xiaobai and Ji Changfeng reconciled, she accompanied him to Miaoyin Peak to visit Jin Ping'er, where he introduced Xiaobai as the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox. Jin Ping'er welcomed them but warned Ji Changfeng that Lu Xueqi might punish him for bringing home another sister.

• Xiaobai enjoyed roasted lamb after making up with Ji Changfeng, then insisted on accompanying him to find his wife.
• Ji Changfeng took Xiaobai to Miaoyin Peak rather than Xiaozhu Peak, explaining that he and Lu Xueqi were engaged.
• Jin Ping'er sensed their arrival and greeted Ji Changfeng with an embrace.
• Ji Changfeng introduced Xiaobai to Jin Ping'er, and Xiaobai declared that Jin Ping'er was their wife.
• Jin Ping'er teased Ji Changfeng about whether he wanted to experience Lu Xueqi's Divine Sword Thunder True Art.

Ji Changfeng teased Xiaobai about joining him and Jin Ping'er in the hot spring, but she fled before he took Jin Ping'er to the Back Mountain. There, Jin Ping'er discussed recruiting disciples and Xuanzha Sect's future with him, while Xiaobai reflected on her growing trust in Ji Changfeng.

• Jin Ping'er invited Ji Changfeng to try the hot spring, and he provoked Xiaobai into agreeing to join them.
• Xiaobai grew uncomfortable, made an excuse about Little Six, and fled Xuanzha Sect.
• Ji Changfeng carried Jin Ping'er to the Back Mountain hot spring after Xiaobai left.
• Jin Ping'er told Ji Changfeng she planned to take disciples after he became Qingyun Sect Leader.
• Xiaobai looked back at Xuanzha Sect and realized she felt safe with Ji Changfeng, though she was not yet ready to be open with him.

Ji Changfeng tried to comfort Xiaobai as she adjusted to life at Qingyun Sect and felt lonely when he spent time with others. After he brought her wine and tucked her into bed, Xiaobai revealed she had only pretended to get drunk and remained dissatisfied that he had left.

• After cultivating with Jin Ping'er, Ji Changfeng agreed with her suggestion to invite Lu Xueqi to Xuanzha Sect so he could meet her there, then left Jin Ping'er at Dazhu Peak and went to Tongtian Peak to find Xiaobai.
• Ji Changfeng found Xiaobai chatting with Six-tailed Fox and Three-tailed Fox, and Xiaobai asked why he had come after he sat beside her.
• Six-tailed Fox and Three-tailed Fox left them alone, and Ji Changfeng comforted Xiaobai as she admitted nothing outright but stayed beside him in a subdued mood.
• When Xiaobai asked for wine, Ji Changfeng secretly took several jars of Wan Jianyi's aged wine from the Ancestral Hall and brought her to a courtyard to drink.
• Xiaobai appeared to pass out drunk, so Ji Changfeng carried her to bed and left, but she opened her eyes afterward and revealed she had pretended to be drunk.

Ji Changfeng reassured Xiaobai that he would protect her from Incense Valley, then secretly visited Lu Xueqi at Xiaozhu Peak. He and Lu Xueqi shared an intimate moment, but he stopped before they went further, determined to wait until their promised wedding.

• Ji Changfeng resolved to show Xiaobai that she would be safe by his side and planned to confront Incense Valley after becoming Qingyun Sect Leader.
• Ji Changfeng returned to Dazhu Peak for dinner, then secretly left for Xiaozhu Peak to meet Lu Xueqi.
• Ji Changfeng told Lu Xueqi about Incense Valley's alliance with the Southern Border Barbarian Tribe and the sealed Beast God.
• Ji Changfeng asked Lu Xueqi to call him husband, and she bashfully did so before they kissed and embraced.
• Ji Changfeng stopped before their intimacy went further, intending to honor his promise to give Lu Xueqi a grand wedding.

Qingyun Sect prepared for its Succession Ceremony as rumors spread that Ji Changfeng had reached the Grand Purity Realm. As Incense Valley arrived, Yun Yilan came intending both to attend the ceremony and demand accountability over Red Brazier Immortal Sword and Qingyun Sect’s ties to Xuanzha Sect and the fox demons.

• Righteous cultivators gathered at Qingyun Sect for the Succession Ceremony while Lu Xueqi, Tian Ling'er, and Jin Ping'er waited with the sect’s leaders.
• True Master Daoxuan left the reception hall to consult Ji Changfeng, Wan Jianyi, and Cang Song at the Ancestral Hall.
• Ji Changfeng and True Master Daoxuan planned for Xiaobai to appear as Qingyun Sect’s Mountain Guardian Elder and prepared for a clash with Incense Valley.
• Yun Yilan led Incense Valley’s elite disciples to Qingyun Sect after suspecting Red Brazier Immortal Sword’s identity and resolving to demand accountability.

Yun Yilan challenged Qingyun Sect’s reception of Incense Valley, and Tian Buyi confronted him before escorting the guests to Yuqing Hall. The Succession Ceremony began, and Ji Changfeng entered the hall as the assembled masters watched.

• Faxiang greeted Song Daren and the other Qingyun Sect disciples at Sea of Clouds Plaza.
• Yun Yilan objected that Qingyun Sect had sent only a disciple to receive Incense Valley, and Tian Buyi stepped in to answer him.
• Yun Yilan and Tian Buyi briefly released their auras against each other, then Tian Buyi escorted Incense Valley toward Yuqing Hall.
• A Tongtian Peak disciple announced that the Succession Ceremony had begun, and the gathered guests proceeded to Yuqing Hall.
• True Master Daoxuan welcomed the Righteous Sect masters and officially opened the ceremony.
• Ji Changfeng entered Yuqing Hall wearing a dark green Daoist robe, with Dragon Slayer and the Ink Snow Divine Sword at his waist.

Ji Changfeng was formally installed as Qingyun Sect’s new leader, taking over from True Master Daoxuan. The ceremony ended with the sect and the gathered righteous disciples paying respects to him as True Master Ji.

• Ji Changfeng arrived in Yuqing Hall as Qingyun Sect disciples and guests watched his approach.
• True Master Daoxuan called Ji Changfeng forward and praised him before handing him the Seven Star Sword as the symbol of the sect leadership.
• Daoxuan yielded the Sect Leader and Tongtian Peak Master positions, becoming Qingyun Sect’s Grand Elder.
• Ji Changfeng took the leader’s seat, and Qingyun Sect members and righteous disciples stood to pay their respects to him.

At Ji Changfeng’s Qingyun Sect leader coronation, Yun Yilan ignored the new leader and approached former sect leader Daoxuan about Lu Xueqi, drawing Ji Changfeng’s anger. The chapter ended with Ji Changfeng silently marking Yun Yilan and Li Xun for death.

• Ji Changfeng lifted the bowing disciples with his power, and Divine Monk Puhong praised his cultivation, prompting speculation that he had reached the Grand Purity Realm.
• After the coronation, Yun Yilan asked Daoxuan to discuss several matters, while Ji Changfeng stayed silent and the Qingyun Peak Masters watched him warily.
• Yun Yilan asked Daoxuan whether Qingyun Sect had a disciple named Lu Xueqi, and Li Xun eagerly looked toward her.
• Ji Changfeng glanced at Yun Yilan and Li Xun with killing intent, while Lu Xueqi received his reassuring gaze and ignored Incense Valley.
• Daoxuan and the Peak Masters realized Yun Yilan was asking about Lu Xueqi for Li Xun, and Ji Changfeng silently put both men on his kill list.

Ji Changfeng stopped Yun Yilan from proposing a marriage between Li Xun and Lu Xueqi, declaring that Lu Xueqi was his Dao Companion and the future Sect Master's Wife. He forced Yun Yilan to choose between Li Xun's death and taking one sword from him, then summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Yun Yilan proposed a marriage alliance with Qingyun Sect on Li Xun's behalf, unaware that Lu Xueqi was important to Ji Changfeng.
• Ji Changfeng revealed that Lu Xueqi was his Dao Companion and the future Sect Master's Wife, then unleashed his Grand Purity pressure and forced Li Xun to his knees.
• Yun Yilan accused Ji Changfeng of declaring war, and Qingyun Sect's disciples answered that they were ready to fight.
• Ji Changfeng demanded that Li Xun take his own life or Yun Yilan take one sword from him, and Yun Yilan agreed to face the strike.
• Ji Changfeng summoned a sword from Qingyun Sect's Back Mountain, and the gathered cultivators recognized it as the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Ji Changfeng summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword and challenged Yun Yilan to a sword strike after Incense Valley provoked him. The two faced off above Tongtian Peak as Ji Changfeng declared that Supreme Purity was only the threshold to meet him.

• The Immortal Slaying Sword flew into Yuqing Hall, and Ji Changfeng took hold of it as the gathered righteous masters watched in shock.
• Ji Changfeng lifted Tongtian Peak’s flying restriction and called Yun Yilan out to take his sword strike.
• Yun Yilan left the hall to face Ji Changfeng, while Li Xun remained kneeling beneath Ji Changfeng’s Sword Intent.
• The crowd gathered above Tongtian Peak, and True Master Daoxuan shielded them from the pressure of the two fighters.
• Ji Changfeng raised the Immortal Slaying Sword and told Yun Yilan that Supreme Purity was merely the threshold to meet him.

Ji Changfeng faced Yun Yilan in a battle between Grand Purity experts and defeated him with a single sword strike. As Yun Yilan fell gravely wounded, the crowd witnessed Ji Changfeng’s overwhelming power, while Tian Buyi’s own Grand Purity cultivation was revealed.

• Ji Changfeng declared that Supreme Purity was only the threshold for meeting him, then raised the Immortal Slaying Sword against Yun Yilan.
• Yun Yilan unleashed the Incense Jade Scroll and a sea of crimson flames as Ji Changfeng’s Seven-Colored Sword Light filled the sky.
• True Master Daoxuan praised Ji Changfeng’s strength, and Tian Buyi predicted that his sword would show the world what invincibility meant.
• Su Ru and the red-clad girl realized that Tian Buyi had also reached the Grand Purity Realm, and Tian Buyi smiled without confirming it.
• Ji Changfeng’s sword cleaved through Yun Yilan’s sea of flames and shattered his defenses, gravely wounding him.
• Yun Yilan fell from the heavens and crashed to the ground as the crowd watched in shock.

Ji Changfeng defeated Yun Yilan and humiliated him before the gathered righteous experts. When Yun Yilan accused Xiaobai of attacking Incense Valley, Ji Changfeng and the others denied the charge, leaving Yun Yilan isolated and Xiaobai beside Ji Changfeng.

• Ji Changfeng struck Yun Yilan down, leaving him badly injured and unable to accept his defeat.
• When Ji Changfeng feinted with the Zhuxian Sword, Yun Yilan panicked and begged True Master Daoxuan to save him, drawing laughter from the crowd.
• Ji Changfeng gave Yun Yilan a Great Yellow Pill and denied being the one who had invaded Incense Valley three months earlier.
• Xiaobai appeared, and Yun Yilan recognized her as the Nine-tailed Demonic Fox and called on the righteous experts to capture her.
• Ji Changfeng stood in front of Xiaobai and called her a mountain-protecting elder of the Qingyun Sect, while Divine Monk Puhong and the other experts supported his denial.

Ji Changfeng defended Xiaobai after Yun Yilan accused her of being a demon and condemned Qingyun Sect for protecting her. Ji Changfeng then hinted that Yun Yilan himself knew who was colluding with demons, leaving the gathered righteous figures to wonder what he meant.

• Yun Yilan accused the gathered righteous figures of turning a blind eye to Xiaobai and colluding with demons, but they dismissed his claims.
• Xiaobai felt reassured by Ji Changfeng's protection and decided she wanted to stay by his side, while Lu Xueqi felt displeased at Xiaobai's attachment to him.
• Divine Monk Puhong and the other righteous figures defended Ji Changfeng and questioned whether Yun Yilan had mistaken Xiaobai for a demon.
• Yun Yilan accused Qingyun Sect of colluding with demons, and Ji Changfeng warned him to stop slandering the sect and declared he would protect Xiaobai.
• Yun Yilan insulted Qingyun Sect, but Ji Changfeng replied that Yun Yilan knew who was truly keeping company with demons and devils.

Ji Changfeng exposed Lü Shun’s alleged dealings with the Southern Border Barbarian Tribe, then crippled Li Xun for offending his Dao Companion. Yun Yilan left Qingyun Sect in fury, while the other righteous figures stayed to seek ties with Ji Changfeng.

• Ji Changfeng said he had seen Lü Shun trading with the Southern Border Barbarian Tribe to resurrect the Beast God.
• Yun Yilan denied Lü Shun’s involvement, claiming someone had impersonated or framed his junior brother, then announced he was returning to the Southern Border.
• Ji Changfeng stopped Yun Yilan from leaving without Li Xun and destroyed Li Xun’s qi sea and meridians with Sword Intent.
• Ji Changfeng said Li Xun deserved death for offending his Dao Companion, and Yun Yilan left Qingyun Sect with his disciples.
• The other righteous figures remained at Qingyun Sect, hoping to build ties with Ji Changfeng.

Ji Changfeng became Qingyun Sect's new Sect Leader and promised to bring Lin Jingyu to Tianyin Temple to settle the karmic ties from fifteen years ago. After the ceremony, he visited Xiaobai, who asked whether he liked her, and he answered that he did.

• Ji Changfeng told Divine Monk Puhong he would bring Lin Jingyu to Tianyin Temple to settle the karmic ties from fifteen years ago.
• True Master Daoxuan led the final Succession Ceremony ritual, offering incense to Qingyun Sect's ancestral masters.
• Ji Changfeng took his place as Qingyun Sect Leader and dismissed the Peak Masters and disciples to rest.
• Ji Changfeng went to Xiaobai's courtyard after everyone had left Yuqing Hall.
• Xiaobai asked Ji Changfeng whether he thought she was beautiful and whether he liked her, and Ji Changfeng said he did.

Xiaobai asked Ji Changfeng whether he liked her, and he told her that he did. They embraced in the courtyard, where a Formation Flag arrived and concealed them from view.

• Xiaobai straddled Ji Changfeng and asked why he was laughing, then bit his lips.
• Ji Changfeng took the initiative, and Xiaobai waited for an answer to whether he liked her.
• Ji Changfeng told Xiaobai that he did, making her smile and draw close to him.
• Xiaobai and Ji Changfeng embraced as their clothes came loose in the courtyard.
• A Formation Flag flew into the courtyard and spread an invisible Formation that concealed it.