Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After Jiang Feng is reunited with her daughter, Zhao Yulin and the Zhao Clan leave to search for treasures left by the Fire Calamity. Nan Yu and the Military Mages also depart, taking the Ghost Woman with them.
• Mo Xie stays behind with Jiang Feng and Zhao Chenying, asking Ding Yumian to accompany the others for safety. He gives Jiang Feng a new Psychic Magic Artifact that lets her communicate aloud with Chenying, prompting an emotional reunion.
• Mo Xie investigates the Star Language Sky Tree because his Qilin Pendant had reacted to it earlier. The pendant glows again, the tree opens a passage, and Mo Xie is pulled inside.
• He finds himself in a vast underground chamber filled with the tree’s extensive roots and fire-element energy. Within a root-woven sphere rests a mysterious cyan, one-legged bird. A beam of light from the sphere enters Mo Xie and carries him into the Totem Space.
• There, the bird is revealed as the legendary Bifang Bird. The Fire Phoenix appears to recognize or welcome it, suggesting the two Totems share a connection.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Xie chooses to remain behind rather than join the resource hunt, prioritizing Jiang Feng and Chenying and following his curiosity about the tree.
• Nan Yu shows unexpected reluctance to part from Mo Xie; they share a warm farewell embrace.
• Jiang Feng and Chenying finally communicate directly through the artifact. Chenying is overwhelmed with emotion and embraces her mother.
• Ding Yumian accepts Mo Xie’s request to protect the group, despite wishing she could stay.
• Chenying and Jiang Feng become alarmed when Mo Xie vanishes into the tree, but they cannot explain what happened.

Significant themes

• Family and reunion: The communication artifact enables mother and daughter to reconnect after separation.
• Duty and care: Mo Xie and Ding Yumian make choices based on others’ safety, while the Zhao Clan and Military Mages pursue their responsibilities.
• Mystery and discovery: The Qilin Pendant’s response leads Mo Xie to a hidden chamber and a newly revealed Totem.
• Connection between Totems: The Bifang Bird’s arrival in the Totem Space—and the Fire Phoenix’s apparent greeting—hints at a wider network of ancient beings.

Key plot points

• Mo Xie realizes the vine-wrapped sphere contains the weakened soul of the Bifang Bird, once likely Dunhuang’s guardian Totem Beast. Its remaining power sustains the Star Language Sky Tree, which in turn nurtured the Flame Belle.
• The Bifang Bird is close to disappearing, which would end the tree’s ability to produce Flame Belles. Mo Xie uses the Qilin Pendant to revive its azure fire and restore its strength.
• The Bifang Bird sends an Azure Flame Fire Seed into Mo Xie. The flame combines destructive fire with wood-based, seemingly inexhaustible energy and a strong healing, life-giving power.
• Sensing that the flame and Jiang Feng are connected, Mo Xie asks whether she wants to become human again. She agrees, and he brings her to the Star Language Sky Tree.
• With Mo Xie’s Azure Flame touching the tree, it channels its starlight into Jiang Feng, beginning to rebuild her body. A woman’s silhouette emerges, but the transformation’s final outcome is not yet shown.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Xie pieces together the ancient relationship between the Bifang Bird, the Star Language Sky Tree, and the Flame Belle. He acts decisively to preserve the Bifang Bird and later offers Jiang Feng a chance to regain human form.
• Jiang Feng moves from anxious waiting to hopeful resolve, choosing to risk the transformation despite uncertainty.
• Zhao Chenying shares her mother’s anxiety and becomes excited at the possibility of her return to human form. Mo Xie reassures her when the transformation begins.
• The Bifang Bird, though largely silent, responds to Mo Xie’s intervention by reviving and entrusting him with its Azure Flame.

Significant themes

• Renewal and life: The Bifang Bird’s power revives the tree, and the tree begins creating Jiang Feng’s body.
• Interdependence: The Bifang Bird, tree, Flame Belle, and Mo Xie’s new Fire Seed are linked through their shared elemental power.
• Choice and hope: Jiang Feng freely accepts the uncertain chance to become human again, supported by Mo Xie and her daughter.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Feng is resurrected with a newly remade human body. She emerges from the mist and forms a crimson robe from nearby fire-maple leaves.
• Zhao Chenying recognizes her mother and breaks down in tears. Jiang Feng embraces and comforts her, promising not to leave again.
• Jiang Feng and Zhao Chenying thank Mo Xie for making her return possible. Mo Xie asks what abilities her new body has.
• Jiang Feng discovers that she has regained her former Magic and reached the Super Level. When asked to demonstrate her Flame Witch form, she transforms: her flames are now pale gold, and her aura has risen to the Monarch Level.

Character developments

• Jiang Feng has a restored body and a new life, while retaining her soul and magical abilities. Her resurrection has also greatly strengthened her Flame Witch form.
• Zhao Chenying is overwhelmed by the return of the mother she has missed for nearly ten years, showing her deep love and grief.
• Mo Xie is pleased by Jiang Feng’s recovery and astonished by the power she has gained.

Significant themes

• Rebirth and renewal: Jiang Feng receives a new body and the chance to live again.
• Family and reunion: Mother and daughter reconnect after years apart.
• Transformation and unexpected power: Jiang Feng’s return restores her former abilities and grants her a higher level of strength.

Character interactions

• Jiang Feng gently comforts her tearful daughter and reassures her that she will stay.
• Both women express gratitude to Mo Xie, who responds modestly and focuses on understanding Jiang Feng’s new capabilities.
• Jiang Feng demonstrates her Flame Witch form at Mo Xie’s request, and he responds with amazement.

Key plot points and events

• Under the Star Language Sky Tree, Mo Xie tests Azure Flame’s healing power by cutting his arm and instantly closing the wound. He considers using the two cultivation boosts granted by the Ice Phoenix and Bifang Bird, weighing the Space and Summoning elements.
• Jiang Feng joins him after Zhao Chenying falls asleep. Mo Xie asks whether she regrets her sacrifice and what she intends to do next.
• Jiang Feng acknowledges the pain of learning that Zhao Yulin moved on and married someone else, but insists she would make the same choice again. She does not want to confront him; her priority is to move forward.
• Mo Xie invites her to join his organization, the Evil Heaven Pavilion. Jiang Feng agrees in principle, but first plans to settle matters with the Zhao Clan and visit her parents.
• Mo Xie thinks ahead to strengthening his organization and seeking the Moon Moth Phoenix. The conversation ends in light, teasing embarrassment when Jiang Feng catches him looking at her legs.

Character developments

• Mo Xie shows practical ambition, planning how to allocate his cultivation gains and build his organization. His anger at Jiang Feng’s former lover reflects his protectiveness, though he respects her choices.
• Jiang Feng demonstrates resilience and emotional resolve. She accepts that her past brought pain but has no regrets, and shifts from guarding the Flame Belle legacy to choosing a future alongside Mo Xie.
• Zhao Chenying is mentioned as exhausted and asleep, highlighting Jiang Feng’s continuing care for her.

Character interactions

• Mo Xie and Jiang Feng’s soul bond makes their relationship unusually intimate: they sense each other’s thoughts and speak with affectionate familiarity.
• Mo Xie questions Jiang Feng about her sacrifice and offers her a place at his side. She welcomes the offer but intends to settle her family affairs first.
• Their serious discussion gives way to playful banter, underscoring their closeness.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and the cost of devotion: Jiang Feng’s choice to protect the Flame Belle legacy brought isolation and heartbreak.
• Resilience and self-determination: Despite her losses, she stands by her past decision and chooses how to shape her future.
• Renewal and belonging: Mo Xie’s role in restoring her life gives Jiang Feng a new purpose and community.
• Power and responsibility: Mo Xie’s plans to cultivate and recruit allies show how personal bonds and strategic ambition intertwine.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Fan’s group returns to Flat-Top Mountain with the resources they have gathered. They find that Jiang Feng has returned to human form, surprising everyone.
• After several days, the Fire Tribulation Fruit ripens and cracks open. A newborn Flame Belle emerges from it, eating the fruit’s shell before meeting the group.
• Mo Fan offers the infant a Fire Element Spirit Seed Fragment, which she happily eats. She then plays with Little Thunder and Little Snow before falling asleep in Jiang Feng’s arms.
• At Jiang Feng’s request, Mo Fan forms a contract with the Flame Belle. The Ancient Method changes to a fire aspect and brands her with a contract mark. Mo Fan now has elemental beings of Thunder, Ice, and Fire.
• Zhao Manyan envies Mo Fan’s good fortune, while Mo Fan points out that the whole group benefited from their journey to the Scorching Plains.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Feng feels an immediate, motherly bond with the Flame Belle and tenderly cares for her. Despite her inherited memories, witnessing a Flame Belle’s birth is new to her.
• Mo Fan treats the newborn gently, feeds her, and accepts Jiang Feng’s request to contract with her. His three elemental companions promise formidable future magic.
• Little Flame Fairy is introduced as an adorable, unusually born infant who is friendly toward Mo Fan and quickly bonds with Little Thunder and Little Snow.
• Little Thunder and Little Snow welcome their new sibling, and the three play together.
• Zhao Manyan briefly imagines the benefits Jiang Feng could bring to his clan, then later expresses envy of Mo Fan’s three elemental beings.
• Ye Xinxia and Ding Yumian whisper together and watch Jiang Feng cautiously, though the chapter does not explain their concern.

Significant themes

• Family and belonging: Jiang Feng’s connection to the Flame Belle takes on the warmth of a mother-daughter relationship, while the elemental beings form a playful sibling bond.
• Inheritance and nature: The Flame Belle is born through a rare process that makes her a uniquely pure creature, closely tied to the natural world.
• Power, fortune, and cooperation: Mo Fan’s growing strength contrasts with Zhao Manyan’s envy, while the group’s shared gains underscore the benefits of their expedition.

Key plot points and events

• As the group leaves the Northern Corner of the Scorching Plains, Jiang Feng reflects on her years protecting the Flame Belles and the Star Language Sky Tree. Mo Xie reassures her that the tree has regained power and can defend itself, and they may return for the next Heaven and Earth Fire Calamity.
• On the way out, Mo Xie hears a mysterious voice calling him “King.” Its repeated, forceful summons causes him severe pain and distress in his Spiritual World.
• While the group tries to help him, the River of Lost Sands begins to shake. White Sand Demon Soldiers rise around them, but Ding Yumian calms them with her Mind Element Magic.
• A gigantic Bone Dragon emerges. Jiang Feng transforms into the Flame Witch and charges at it, telling the others to escape while she holds it off.

Character developments

• Jiang Feng accepts that her duty to protect the Flame Belles has ended, though she remains concerned about the next one. She shows courage and resolve by confronting the Bone Dragon alone.
• Mo Xie is revealed to be the target of an unknown psychic presence that calls him “King”; the episode leaves the source and meaning unexplained.
• Ye Xinxia and Ding Yumian respond to Mo Xie’s distress with their Mind Element abilities, while the others rally around him.
• The group shifts quickly from a relaxed journey home to a desperate escape.

Significant themes

• Duty and letting go: Jiang Feng’s departure marks the end of a long responsibility, even as she hopes the Flame Belles’ legacy will continue.
• Loyalty and protection: The group cares for Mo Xie, and Jiang Feng risks herself to give them a chance to flee.
• Unanswered forces and danger: The voice addressing Mo Xie and the Bone Dragon’s sudden appearance suggest that the River of Lost Sands holds threats beyond the group’s expectations.

Character interactions

• Mo Xie comforts Jiang Feng and reassures her about the Star Language Sky Tree.
• Ye Xinxia and Ding Yumian try to ease Mo Xie’s psychic pain, while Jiang Feng senses that his soul is suffering.
• When the Bone Dragon appears, Jiang Feng stays behind to fight, and the others take Mo Xie and escape.

Key plot points and events

• With Ding Yumian’s Mind Element magic, the team escapes the River of Lost Sands. Jiang Feng, in her Flame Witch form, returns after driving off the Bone Dragon; it stops pursuing her and goes back into the river.
• Mo Xie recovers from a sudden bout of agony, but suspects the disturbance in the river was connected to Sha Yuan and to a mysterious “king.” He decides he must investigate the Ancient Capital.
• The group returns to Dunhuang, rests, then ends its outing and separates at the airport.
• Back at Pearl Academy, Mo Xie uses the Three-Step Tower to advance his Space and Summoning elements. He then uses Star River Veins to raise his four remaining Intermediate elements to Advanced Level, becoming an Advanced Mage with all ten elements at Advanced Level at age nineteen. His Mental Strength does not appear to improve.
• Li Yueqing invites him to the North Country Club at her mother’s request. Mo Xie agrees, partly because he wants to discuss the Evil Heaven Pavilion, and goes to meet Sister Song before speaking with Yueqing.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Xie remains troubled by the river’s message and the possibility that Sha Yuan is seeking him, but hides his pain from Ye Xinxia. His abrupt reassurance upsets her; he later comforts her, and she forgives him.
• Jiang Feng demonstrates the power to confront the Bone Dragon, while recognizing that pursuing a fight would be pointless because it can revive in the river.
• Mo Xie’s rapid magical advancement marks a major milestone, though his unchanged Mental Strength leaves him with a lingering concern.
• Li Yueqing greets Mo Xie warmly, but feels an unusual, unspoken unease when he leaves to speak with Sister Song first.

Significant themes

• Survival and hidden danger: The team escapes, but the River of Lost Sands remains ominous, and Mo Xie suspects its chaos has a deeper purpose.
• Secrecy and concern: Mo Xie conceals his suffering, while Ye Xinxia’s worry shows the strain this places on their relationship.
• Ambition and preparation: Mo Xie carefully allocates resources and presses toward greater power, anticipating future breakthroughs and threats.
• Uncertainty in relationships: Yueqing’s unexplained unease hints at unresolved feelings or tension.

• Plot: Mo Xie visits Song Jingqiu at the North Country Club to ask the Blood Clan for help monitoring the city’s hidden threats. A Sea Monster in the east has occupied some of his forces, while Liu Xian cannot cover the territory alone and Liu Ru is guarding Ye Xinxia. Jingqiu agrees to help, but insists that Mo Xie repay her by satisfying her. Their business discussion turns into an intimate encounter.
• Character developments: Mo Xie remains focused on practical concerns and tries to maintain self-control around Jingqiu, though he is physically overpowered and gradually gives in. Jingqiu is shown as both an effective, willing ally and a playful, assertive seductress; she uses their past encounter to tease and entice him.
• Character interactions: Jingqiu welcomes Mo Xie with flirtation and physical advances. He explains his request, and she readily agrees before making her personal condition. She then pins him down, recalls their earlier massage, and initiates a kiss.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts duty and temptation, showing Mo Xie’s attempt to handle growing supernatural threats alongside his vulnerability to Jingqiu’s charm. It also highlights alliance-building: the Blood Clan’s ability to operate in darkness makes them valuable partners for the Evil Heaven Pavilion.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Xie and Jiang Feng visit Wu Town, a picturesque canal town known for its old streets, traditional crafts, and waterways.
• Mo Xie invited Jiang Feng both to give her a rare outing and to enlist her help investigating reports of moth swarms and a rumored “Moth Woman.” The reports have made him suspect the Moon Moth Phoenix may be nearby, and he hopes to find Yu Shishi as well.
• Jiang Feng has recently ended her marriage to Zhao Yulin and cut ties with the Zhao Clan. Her daughter, Zhao Chenying, plans to leave with her and spend time at her family home.
• Jiang Feng and Mo Xie enjoy sightseeing and taking photos. That night, after Jiang Feng returns to the inn, Mo Xie secretly heads into the surrounding woods. A threatening presence has begun to spread there.

Character developments

• Mo Xie is distracted because his memories with Song Jingqiu have returned after their intimate reunion, and they have grown close again. He hides the reason for his exhaustion from Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng enjoys her freedom and renewed youth, having definitively separated from Zhao Yulin. She begins to notice Mo Xie’s kindness in comparison with her former husband, though she is startled by the thought.
• Zhao Yulin regrets losing Jiang Feng and is motivated both by her power and her youthful appearance. He also views Zhao Chenying’s departure as an opportunity to reconnect with Jiang Feng.

Significant themes

• Freedom and renewal: Jiang Feng’s divorce and excursion mark a fresh start after years of constraint.
• Memory and intimacy: The return of Mo Xie and Song Jingqiu’s memories restores their closeness.
• Beauty and tranquility contrasted with danger: Wu Town’s peaceful scenery and warm daily life give way to an ominous threat in the woods.

Character interactions

• Jiang Feng gently admonishes Mo Xie to take care of himself when he seems tired; he avoids explaining the true reason.
• She appreciates his invitation and spends the day happily with him, asking him to photograph her.
• Zhao Yulin’s attempts to regain Jiang Feng contrast with her growing appreciation of Mo Xie, while Zhao Chenying’s decision to leave with her mother further strains the family ties.

Summary

• Mo Xie investigates Qingyi Lake, whose perfectly still, green surface reflects nothing around it. On closer inspection, he realizes the apparent stars in the water are countless moths resting there. They suddenly take flight together, spreading across the sky like a glowing green veil.
• Following splashing sounds from the woods, Mo Xie finds a woman bathing by a stream. He accidentally sees her naked, retreats, and insists he meant no harm. She dresses and confronts him angrily, threatening to call the police.
• Mo Xie redirects her attention by mentioning the moths. She immediately becomes curious about what he saw, suggesting the swarm matters to her. She says she lives in nearby Wu Town and often visits the area.
• Mo Xie brings up a local rumor about a “Female Monster” in the mountains who supposedly eats people, pointedly asking whether the woman is the one the story describes. The chapter ends in a tense silence.

Character developments and interactions

Mo Xie is observant and quick-thinking: he recognizes the lake’s unnatural appearance, investigates the sound, then changes the subject to defuse the woman’s anger. The woman shifts from embarrassment and hostility to keen interest when the moths are mentioned, but remains guarded about herself. Their encounter moves from accidental intrusion and confrontation to suspicion as Mo Xie tests her against the monster rumor.

Significant themes

The chapter builds mystery and unease through the lake’s impossible lack of reflections, the mass of glowing moths, and the rumor of a man-eating creature. It also contrasts the scene’s dreamlike beauty with the characters’ distrust and the possibility of danger.

Plot and key events

• Mo Xie encounters a woman in the jungle and jokes about finding a girl out alone. She accuses him of peeking at her naked body, though he insists he barely saw anything.
• She points the way out, but secretly signals moths hidden among the trees to attack him and subdue him.
• Mo Xie detects the movement and summons his blood-red Red Lotus Demon Fire. The light and its power frighten the woman, who quickly calls off the moths.
• As they continue through the damp, fragrant jungle, Mo Xie senses that the scent has a sedative effect, though it does not affect him. The woman tries to distract him with questions about his flame while edging closer and preparing another attack.
• Mo Xie warns her that the fire would burn the moths to ash. Fearing for them, she abandons her plan.
• Mo Xie finally turns on her, reveals that he has seen through her identity, and calls her the Moth Woman.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Xie remains alert beneath his teasing manner. He notices the woman’s concealed actions, resists the jungle’s sedative fragrance, and uses the threat of his fire to keep her from attacking.
• Yu Shishi shifts between hostility, feigned friendliness, and alarm. She is protective of her moths and reluctant to risk them, while also taking pride in her beauty and reacting angrily to Mo Xie’s joke about Moth Women being ugly.
• Their exchanges are playful but tense: Yu accuses Mo Xie of lechery, while he teases her, probes her identity, and ultimately confronts her directly.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Yu’s beauty and changing demeanor conceal her identity and intentions; Mo Xie’s joking exterior hides sharp perception.
• Deception and suspicion: Both characters test and mislead each other, turning an apparent walk to safety into a quiet contest of control.
• Power and restraint: Mo Xie’s fire deters Yu without being used, while her concern for the moths limits her willingness to fight.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Xie reveals that he knew Yu Shishi was the Moth Woman and had been teasing her. Yu Shishi summons her moth wings and fills the area with sleep-inducing pollen.
• Mo Xie’s silver-lit eyes activate a Gravity Field, forcing Yu Shishi to the ground. He names the Moon Moth Phoenix, making clear that it is the reason he sought her out.
• He releases Yu Shishi and explains that he wants her to join the Evil Heaven Pavilion. The organization, acting under the Speaker’s orders, aims to find and protect wild Totem Beasts.
• Mo Xie offers protection for Yu Shishi and the sleeping Moon Moth Phoenix, as well as a safe place for her and her moths to live. Though wary of his coercive approach, Yu Shishi agrees to discuss the offer further and leads him home.
• Neighbors see them arrive together and spread crude, jealous gossip about Yu Shishi, assuming she has brought home a lover or wealthy suitor.

Character development

• Yu Shishi shifts from angry and defiant to frightened and cautious when Mo Xie demonstrates his power and identifies the Moon Moth Phoenix. Her concern for the vulnerable creature ultimately makes the offer tempting, though she remains distrustful.
• Mo Xie is confident, teasing, and plainly in control. He uses force to establish dominance, then presents himself as a potential protector and recruiter.

Character interactions

• Mo Xie and Yu Shishi’s exchange is marked by provocation and mistrust: he humiliates her, then tries to persuade her with an offer tailored to her needs.
• Yu Shishi’s neighbors openly judge and sexualize her, turning her arrival with Mo Xie into an occasion for rumor and ridicule.

Significant themes

• Power and trust: Mo Xie’s offer may be genuine, but his use of force makes Yu Shishi’s consent uncertain.
• Protection and vulnerability: The Moon Moth Phoenix’s helpless state leaves Yu Shishi in need of allies.
• Reputation and gossip: The neighbors’ assumptions show how quickly Yu Shishi is condemned based on appearances and rumor.

Plot points and events

• Yu Shishi is targeted by neighbors’ gossip. Mo Xie publicly claims her as his woman and leads her inside, making clear she will leave with him and escape the village’s judgment.
• When Mo Xie asks what is keeping her from joining him, Yu Shishi asks him to kill an Agate-Head Spider in the woods beyond Wu Town. It preys on the moths she raises and has covered the forest in webs.
• Mo Xie agrees, reasoning that Jiang Feng’s Monarch Level strength should make the hunt manageable. The next morning, he and Jiang Feng meet Yu Shishi and set out for the Dark Forest.
• In the forest, they find webs packed with dead and trapped moths. Yu Shishi begins freeing the survivors, but the webs’ vibrations alert the spider. It appears before the group, and its many crimson eyes fix on them.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Shishi is accustomed to gossip, but worries Mo Xie might believe it. His public defense reassures her and signals his intention to take her with him.
• Her request to defeat the spider is driven by both practical need and grief for the moths it has killed. Though still afraid, she acts to save those trapped in the webs.
• Mo Xie is confident and protective, encouraging Yu Shishi to free the moths once he and Jiang Feng are there.
• Jiang Feng readily agrees to help Mo Xie. Yu Shishi feels an affinity with her because both are partly like humans and partly like Demon Beasts; learning Jiang Feng’s strength gives Yu Shishi confidence.

Significant themes

• Prejudice and belonging: Yu Shishi faces suspicion from her neighbors, while Mo Xie offers her acceptance and a place with his group.
• Nature’s balance: Mo Xie recognizes that the spider may have kept the moth population—and the danger it posed to the Safe Zone—in check.
• Care and courage: Yu Shishi’s compassion for her moths overcomes her fear, prompting the encounter with the spider.

Key plot points and events

• The Agate-Head Spider ambushes Mo Xie, Jiang Feng, and Yu Shishi in the Dark Forest, sealing the area with webs and venomous silk.
• Mo Xie relies on Jiang Feng, who counters the spider’s attack with overwhelming pale-gold flames. She blasts it through the forest and burns away the webs it uses to trap her.
• The spider tries to outmaneuver Jiang Feng, but she brings down a gigantic Hellfire Stone, crushing much of its body.
• As the wounded spider attempts to flee, Mo Xie strikes it with a massive lightning pillar, killing it.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Feng demonstrates her immense power and composure, allowing the spider to spring its trap before effortlessly destroying it. Mo Xie trusts her completely and reassures Yu Shishi that she is safe.
• Mo Xie remains calm throughout the ambush and finishes the battle with his own lightning ability once Jiang Feng has severely weakened the monster.
• Yu Shishi is frightened by the spider and alarmed when Jiang Feng appears to be trapped. Watching the fight leaves her stunned by the difference in power.
• Yu Shishi likens Jiang Feng’s brutal defeat of the spider to a mother beating her son, giving the chapter its title.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: The spider’s terrifying reputation is overwhelmed by the much greater abilities of Jiang Feng and Mo Xie.
• Trust and teamwork: Mo Xie delegates the initial fight to Jiang Feng, then intervenes when the spider tries to escape.
• Fear versus confidence: Yu Shishi’s anxiety contrasts with Jiang Feng’s calm control and Mo Xie’s assurance.

• Plot: Yu Shishi asks Mo Xie to let her kill the nearly defeated Agate-Head Spider. Her green moths swarm and tear apart the spider, avenging the young moths it had killed. Afterward, Mo Xie and Yu Shishi discuss her gratitude and her continued reluctance to reveal the Moon Moth Phoenix’s whereabouts while it recovers. Mo Xie demonstrates that he knows about the Phoenix’s condition and offers to explain its past. He reveals that more than twenty years earlier, the Phoenix intervened in a war between the White Demon Eagle Tribe and tribes serving the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree. When it fought against the human forces, Jiang Feng’s mother, then its Totem Guardian, lured it into a Slaughter Formation, gravely wounding it. The Phoenix has never fully recovered.
• Character development: Yu Shishi finds relief in avenging the moths and shows that her loyalty to the wounded Moon Moth Phoenix outweighs her new ties to Mo Xie and the Evil Heaven Pavilion. Jiang Feng recognizes the likely cause of her mother’s past despair and withdrawal from Magic. Mo Xie reveals his knowledge and offers a connection between the women’s histories.
• Interactions: Mo Xie respects Yu Shishi’s request for revenge and accepts her thanks. His teasing suggestion that meeting him was lucky leaves her flustered. Yu Shishi is startled when he identifies her secret, then urgently asks him for the Phoenix’s history. Jiang Feng confirms that her mother was its guardian and listens as Mo Xie recounts the events.
• Themes: The chapter emphasizes vengeance and release, loyalty to chosen family, and the lasting cost of betrayal. It also complicates the divide between humans and magical creatures: although the Phoenix once fought against humanity, Yu Shishi believes it could not have been truly hostile, since it saved her when she was near death. She suspects the story hides a misunderstanding.

Key plot points and events

• Yu Shishi questions whether the Moon Moth Phoenix had a reason for turning against humanity. Mo Xie explains that it had discovered the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree was a monstrous threat and tried to destroy it with the White Demon Eagle Tribe’s help.
• Humanity misunderstood the Moon Moth Phoenix’s actions. Its Totem Guardian, unable to believe the warning, sent it into danger—making the Moon Moth Phoenix a victim of the deception.
• Jiang Feng says her mother, Yan, likely gave up magic after the tragedy. Though already a Peak Ranker and close to becoming a Forbidden Curse Mage, she has made no further progress. The Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree still stands on Outer Kunyu Mountain, its true nature unknown to the public.
• Mo Xie reveals that the Moon Moth Phoenix can reincarnate, but has postponed doing so for over twenty years. It is still waiting to see its former Guardian.
• Yu Shishi agrees to meet Yan. Before arranging the visit, the group plans to move Yu Shishi’s moth swarms away from the Safe Zone to prevent them being mistaken for a Demon Beast tribe and attacked.

Character developments

• Yu Shishi shifts from seeking answers to accepting that the tragedy cannot be judged simply as right or wrong. Learning that the Moon Moth Phoenix still waits for its Guardian moves her to help reunite them.
• Jiang Feng feels compassion for her mother and hopes the meeting will ease her long-standing guilt.
• Mo Xie shows sympathy for Yan and wants to help repair the bond between her and the Moon Moth Phoenix.

Significant themes

• Misunderstanding and deception: The Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree concealed its evil, leading people to misread the Moon Moth Phoenix’s intentions.
• Guilt, sacrifice, and redemption: Yan’s decision and its consequences have shaped her life, while a reunion may offer both her and the Moon Moth Phoenix a chance for release.
• Enduring bonds: The Moon Moth Phoenix’s willingness to endure pain rather than reincarnate reflects its attachment to its Guardian.

Character interactions

• Mo Xie explains the hidden history to Jiang Feng and Yu Shishi, who respond with shock and sorrow.
• Yu Shishi hesitates to face Yan but changes her mind after understanding the Moon Moth Phoenix’s long wait.
• Jiang Feng supports the meeting as a way to help her mother, while Mo Xie urges patience and practical caution before they go.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Xie gives Yu Shishi Feiyue Mountain, a safe home for her and her Green Moths alongside the Blue Moths.
• The Green Moths’ sharp senses make them an extensive early-warning network for the Evil Heaven Pavilion’s outer territory. They can track intruding Demon Beasts, and, if raised into Battle Moths, may be able to eliminate threats themselves.
• Yu Shishi says that with enough numbers, her moths could protect the whole territory. Mo Xie agrees to support her plan, provided the moths do not spread uncontrollably or harm people.
• Mo Xie assures Jiang Feng that she and Chen Ying can settle in the city and receive cultivation resources. Jiang Feng, newly at Super Level, vows to grow stronger and repay his trust.
• Jiang Feng and Mo Xie plan to visit her mother the next day. Jiang Feng has chosen not to reveal the Moon Moth Phoenix in advance.
• Mo Xie visits Yu Shishi at her cabin on Feiyue Mountain. She is happy with the mountain but uneasy about facing the Moon Moth Phoenix’s guardian during the coming visit.

Character developments

• Mo Xie shows himself as a practical leader: he invests in Jiang Feng’s future and recognizes the Green Moths’ value to the Pavilion’s security.
• Jiang Feng moves from uncertainty about accepting help to determinedly committing herself to becoming useful to Mo Xie.
• Yu Shishi gains a home and a meaningful role in defending the Pavilion, but her confidence about the moths contrasts with her personal anxiety about the upcoming meeting.

Significant themes

• Mutual trust and investment: Mo Xie supports allies before they can repay him, expecting their future contributions.
• Security through cooperation: The Green Moths complement the Pavilion’s defenses and could reduce the burden on human guards.
• Responsibility and restraint: Their power must be managed so that protecting the territory does not endanger its residents.
• Facing difficult personal ties: Yu Shishi’s concern about the guardian hints at unresolved emotional stakes.

Character interactions

• Mo Xie reassures Jiang Feng that accepting resources is part of a reciprocal relationship; she responds with a promise to train hard.
• Jiang Feng coordinates the visit to her mother with Mo Xie and decides to disclose the Moon Moth Phoenix in person.
• Yu Shishi presents the moths’ defensive potential, and Mo Xie sets conditions before agreeing to her request.
• Mo Xie notices Yu Shishi’s unease but leaves her to confront the matter herself.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Xie and Jiang Feng visit Jiang Feng’s mother, Lü Yi, in her seaside home in Yantai. Lü Yi is a retired, once-renowned mage who helped build China’s Magic Judgment Hall and is now known locally as “Yan Clan.”
• Lü Yi warmly thanks Mo Xie for saving Jiang Feng, offering him her support and inviting him to call her Grandma Lü.
• Mo Xie introduces Yu Shishi. Lü Yi recognizes the Moon Moth Phoenix’s aura within her and learns that it is alive but still dormant after more than twenty years of recovery.
• The news reopens Lü Yi’s deepest grief: she once sent the Moon Moth Phoenix into a deadly formation because of a misunderstanding, causing its long decline. Though Yu Shishi considers telling her where it is, Lü Yi says she has no right to face it and is simply relieved it survived.

Character developments

• Lü Yi appears frail but remains sharp and caring. Her gratitude toward Mo Xie and anguish over the Moon Moth Phoenix reveal both her warmth and enduring guilt.
• Mo Xie acts as a considerate mediator, reassuring Lü Yi and arranging the reunion without pressuring either woman.
• Yu Shishi struggles between anger on the Moon Moth Phoenix’s behalf and compassion for Lü Yi. She ultimately holds back judgment, reflecting on how the tragedy also led to her own second chance at life.
• Jiang Feng shares an affectionate reunion with her mother, whose relief at finding her daughter alive is still strong.

Significant themes

• Guilt and remorse: Lü Yi’s past mistake continues to shape her life and cost her the chance to advance further in magic.
• Forgiveness and compassion: Yu Shishi recognizes Lü Yi’s long suffering and chooses not to condemn her.
• Life, roots, and correction: Lü Yi’s lesson about pruning dead leaves frames the chapter’s concern with confronting harm before it takes hold.
• Acceptance: Lü Yi chooses the comfort of knowing the Moon Moth Phoenix lives over seeking a reunion she feels she does not deserve.

Character interactions

• Lü Yi and Jiang Feng share a tender mother–daughter reunion.
• Lü Yi thanks Mo Xie and offers him practical help, while he responds modestly.
• Mo Xie brings Yu Shishi to Lü Yi, prompting Lü Yi’s emotional recognition of the Moon Moth Phoenix’s presence.
• Yu Shishi and Lü Yi’s encounter balances Lü Yi’s remorse with Yu Shishi’s conflicted empathy.

Key plot points

• Yu Shishi and Mo Xie urge Lu Yi to trust that the Moon Moth Phoenix never blamed her and has been waiting for her. Lu Yi regains the resolve to meet the creature and apologize; Yu Shishi reveals it is recovering inside a cocoon in the Southern Ridge.
• Mo Xie asks Lu Yi to help destroy the Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree, the hidden cause of the tragedy. Though Lu Yi doubts they can defeat a Supreme Monarch-level enemy, Mo Xie promises a powerful ally.
• Lu Yi agrees to fight, even at the cost of her life, but asks for several days to regain her strength. Zhao Chenying is astonished to learn her grandmother is a Peak Ranker, nearly at the level of a Forbidden Curse.
• Three days later, Mo Xie summons Bei Yue Shangchen, whose powerful dark aura confirms he is also a Peak Ranker. Lu Yi accepts that their chances are good enough to proceed.
• Zhao Chenying and Yu Shishi remain behind. Lu Yi warns Mo Xie to keep clear of the battle, but he insists on coming to watch, promising he can protect himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yi moves from grief and self-doubt toward hope, reconciliation, and determined revenge. Her concern for Mo Xie shows both her gratitude and protectiveness.
• Mo Xie acts as a source of reassurance and confidence, persuading Lu Yi to trust the Moon Moth Phoenix and helping assemble the force to confront the tree. He remains mysterious and self-assured.
• Yu Shishi compassionately encourages Lu Yi and provides the Moon Moth Phoenix’s location.
• Zhao Chenying discovers the hidden extent of her grandmother’s power and quietly shows interest in Mo Xie.
• Bei Yue Shangchen appears as Mo Xie’s formidable ally, making the planned assault seem feasible.

Significant themes

• Trust and forgiveness: Lu Yi’s past failure to trust the Moon Moth Phoenix caused lasting regret; renewed trust may allow both of them to heal.
• Guilt and redemption: Lu Yi hopes that facing the truth and defeating the tree can bring peace, though reconciliation remains her deeper goal.
• Courage and solidarity: A seemingly impossible battle becomes possible through cooperation and shared resolve.
• Hidden strength and identity: Lu Yi’s true power and the depth of Mo Xie’s influence surprise those around them.

Key plot points and events

• Inner Kunyu Mountain is a protected habitat whose rare plants supply medicines such as the Bone-Setting Flask, vital to hunters who lack Healing Mages. Outer Kunyu Mountain, by contrast, is Demon Beast territory ruled by the powerful Kunyu Mountain Beast King.
• The Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree has helped keep the region’s Mountain Demons in check, but it is secretly a man-eating monster. If it devours enough people to become an Emperor, it could threaten eastern China.
• Mo Xie’s group reaches the tree’s vast domain, a deadly grassland filled with concealed Demon Beasts. Their Azure-Feathered Wind Eagle refuses to approach the tree’s terrifying aura.
• Lü Yi confronts the tree, revealing that she once failed to recognize its true nature. She unleashes her power as a Peak Mage, wielding Earth, Fire, Wind, and Space magic to devastate the surrounding area.
• The tree retaliates with enormous roots that tear through the ground and appear to distort space. As one root strikes at Lü Yi, she counters with the Earth spell Rock Dragon Vein. The battle’s outcome is left unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Lü Yi shifts from a frail appearance into a powerful, seemingly rejuvenated Peak Mage. Her admission of an old mistake gives the confrontation a personal, long-standing motive.
• Mo Xie recognizes Lü Yi’s and Bei Yue Shangchen’s roles in the coming fight, asks them to take over, and stays behind as Lü Yi advises.
• Bei Yue Shangchen joins Lü Yi in preparing for the confrontation, though he has not yet acted by the chapter’s end.
• The Heavenly Crown Purple Linden Tree changes from a hidden, seemingly stabilizing presence into an exposed predator. Lü Yi’s attack makes it feel fear for the first time in decades and forces it to reveal its full strength.

Significant themes

• Hidden danger beneath apparent protection: The tree that may have restrained local threats is itself a lethal monster.
• Power and responsibility: Lü Yi’s immense abilities are directed toward confronting a threat that could endanger an entire region.
• Humanity’s dependence on nature: Inner Kunyu’s medicinal resources sustain hunters, while the surrounding wilderness can also harbor catastrophic dangers.