Arc 1Gossip at Ten Thousand Swords

Tang Yan joined the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and his inner thoughts exposed secrets that changed the fates of the sect’s disciples and leaders. As the Demon Clan’s schemes surfaced, Tang Yan’s companions resolved to protect him and confront the threats gathering around the Shadow Prison.

  • Xiao Jixue rescued Tang Yan from Tang Feiyang’s lackeys, treated his injuries, and brought him to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, where Tang Yan accepted the task of keeping Xiao Jixue from becoming a villain.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Jiang Liu’er’s crimes against Wei Lianyi, leading Xu You to reunite with his biological daughter and pursue vengeance.
  • Tang Yan joined Fu Shouci’s disciples and revealed secrets about Huo Zerui, then warned Xiao Jixue that the Huo Family faced a threat from the Lian Family.
  • At a sect meeting, Tang Yan exposed Bai Yi’s deception and the connection between Bai Yi, Fu Shouci, and Liang Qiu, prompting the two leaders to investigate.
  • During the Golden Core competition, Tang Yan warned that the Demon Clan would return and that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s disciples faced devastating losses.
  • Tang Yan’s gossip exposed Xu Zhenzhen’s ties to a Demon Clan soul and revealed Elder Sun as a spy, prompting Fu Shouci and the Peak Masters to investigate the Shadow Prison.
  • Fu Shouci and Xu You interrupted the Demon Saint’s attempt to possess a Divine Incarnation elder, and Tang Yan revealed Xu Zhenzhen’s future betrayal and the danger she posed to Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan.
  • Tang Yan left with Xiao Jixue as Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan absorbed the revelations about their fates, while an alluring Artifact Peak man flirted with them.
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Ch. 1Targeted the Moment He Entered the Novel: A Hellish Start

After transmigrating into the novel as Tang Yan, a ruined prodigy, he remained unconscious in the Divine Seclusion Mountains while his system relayed scandalous gossip. As Tang Feiyang’s lackeys arrived, the system revealed they planned to assault Tang Yan, leaving him terrified and unable to move.

  • Tang Yan’s system gossiped about the White Tiger Demon Venerable and his wife’s affairs while Tang Yan begged it to help him wake up.
  • Tang Yan recalled transmigrating into the body of a fake young master whose spiritual root and Golden Core Tang Feiyang had stolen, and remembered the character’s destined role as a self-sacrificing simp.
  • The system warned Tang Yan that two of Tang Feiyang’s lackeys had found him in the mountains.
  • The system revealed that the lackeys wanted to take Tang Yan’s chastity, and Tang Yan panicked because he remained unconscious and helpless.

Ch. 2Saved! His virtue and his life were safe—he could pass out in peace

Tang Yan woke before two lackeys could assault him and killed one, but the other grievously wounded him. An unknown rescuer killed the second lackey, and Tang Yan passed out wondering whether his virtue was truly safe.

  • Tang Yan woke early with the system’s help as two lackeys groped him, then lured one close and stabbed him through the heart with a hidden magical dagger.
  • The surviving lackey attacked Tang Yan and sent him crashing into a tree, leaving him badly injured.
  • The lackey raised his saber to kill Tang Yan, but a streak of sword light arrived and killed him first.
  • Tang Yan wondered whether Xu Zhenzhen had rescued him, then lost consciousness after the system assured him he was safe.

Ch. 3Saved by the Villain Boss?

Xiao Jixue rescued Tang Yan and treated his grave injuries aboard his Spirit Boat. After Tang Yan woke, the system told him to win Xiao Jixue over and prevent him from becoming evil, leaving him stunned by Xiao Jixue’s appearance.

  • Xiao Jixue carried the unconscious Tang Yan to his Spirit Boat and burned the two men who had hunted him to ashes.
  • Xu Zhenzhen arrived at the scene, sensed she had missed a great opportunity, then pursued Wei Lianyi after her followers found a trace of her.
  • Xiao Jixue gave Tang Yan a supreme-quality healing pill, treated his injuries, cleaned him, and dressed him in his own robes.
  • Tang Yan woke several days later, and the system explained Xiao Jixue’s standing as a prodigy destined to become the novel’s villain.
  • The system assigned Tang Yan the task of winning Xiao Jixue’s affection and stopping him from turning evil, and Tang Yan agreed to try.
  • The system warned Tang Yan that Xiao Jixue was a dragon, and Tang Yan froze when he saw Xiao Jixue’s face.

Ch. 4You want me to win over my past life's sworn enemy?

Tang Yan realized that Xiao Jixue, the man who saved him, was his sworn enemy from his past life and the main villain of the novel he had entered. Xiao Jixue heard Tang Yan’s thoughts but concealed it, while Tang Yan concluded that Xiao Jixue did not share his memories.

  • Tang Yan asked the system whether Xiao Jixue was the novel’s main villain, and the system confirmed it while secretly giving Tang Yan a mind-reading halo.
  • Tang Yan recalled how Xiao Jixue had disrupted his romances and later become a top director, despite their tense encounters and the fans who shipped them.
  • Xiao Jixue brought Tang Yan medicine, and Tang Yan thanked him before learning his name.
  • Tang Yan introduced himself and studied Xiao Jixue, then decided that Xiao Jixue seemed unfamiliar with him and likely had no memories of their past life.
  • Xiao Jixue wondered what Tang Yan meant by his thoughts of relief, felt displeased by Tang Yan’s distant gaze, and left him to rest.

Ch. 5Souls Shattered, a Secret Realm That Silenced Everyone Who Entered

While recovering aboard the Spirit Boat, Tang Yan revealed through his thoughts that Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang were destined to die after Tang Chu lured them into a Lesser Secret Realm. They avoided the invitation, learned Tang Yan had lost his cultivation, and later gathered eagerly around him to hear more gossip.

  • Xiao Jixue treated Tang Yan until his injuries improved, though Tang Yan remained unable to defeat even a Qi Refining cultivator.
  • Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang heard Tang Yan's thoughts identifying them as Ten Thousand Swords Sect prodigies who would be killed by Tang Chu in a Lesser Secret Realm, and they realized they could both hear him.
  • When Tang Chu invited Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang to the secret realm, they declined by claiming they needed to return to the sect.
  • Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang learned Tang Yan was the former young master of the Tang Family and that he had lost all his cultivation.
  • Tang Yan's passing thoughts about two cultivators rushing to catch someone cheating made Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang eager to follow the story.
  • Days later, Zhu Hua and the other disciples crowded around Tang Yan whenever he emerged, hoping to hear more gossip.

Ch. 6Xiao Jixue, I'll always be by your side

Tang Yan agreed to return to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect with Xiao Jixue, where he hoped to carry out his mission and witness the sect’s drama. During their flight there, Xiao Jixue’s feelings for Tang Yan deepened, though Tang Yan thought of them as good buddies.

  • Xiao Jixue asked Tang Yan whether he would come to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and Tang Yan agreed, raising Xiao Jixue’s favorability to five.
  • The group reached the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and Xiao Jixue carried Tang Yan on his Trace Snow Sword because Tang Yan had lost his cultivation.
  • Xiao Jixue slowed the sword so Tang Yan could enjoy the view of the sect’s mountains and buildings.
  • Tang Yan silently promised to stay by Xiao Jixue’s side, making Xiao Jixue blush and his sword wobble.
  • Tang Yan grabbed Xiao Jixue’s robes to steady himself, raising Xiao Jixue’s favorability by five more points.

Ch. 7Poor Peak Master Xu, poor heroine!

After Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Xu Zhenzhen was a fake and Wei Lianyi was Xu You’s missing biological daughter, Xu You realized his wife had been murdered and his child switched at birth. He rushed out when he learned Xu Zhenzhen had gone to hunt Wei Lianyi.

  • Tang Yan’s thoughts about gossip reached Fu Shouci and the Peak Masters, who wondered how they could hear him.
  • Tang Yan revealed that Wei Lianyi was Xu You’s biological daughter and Xu Zhenzhen had been switched with her.
  • Tang Yan disclosed that Jiang Liu'er had exchanged the babies, helped kill Xu You’s wife, and left Wei Lianyi to suffer as a medicine puppet.
  • Xu You recognized the details as true and swore vengeance on Jiang Liu'er for killing his wife and stealing his daughter.
  • Tang Yan revealed that Xu Zhenzhen had left to hunt Wei Lianyi, and Xu You burst out of the hall and raced away.

Ch. 8Only half the gossip—how were they supposed to sleep tonight?

Tang Yan entered the hall, where Fu Shouci’s attempt to probe him injured the Sect Leader and revealed the protection of Tang Yan’s mysterious system. As Tang Yan left with Xiao Jixue, his unintentional gossip exposed that Fu Shouci had broken off his engagement for someone else, but Xiao Jixue interrupted before anyone heard the rest.

  • Tang Yan introduced himself to Fu Shouci and stood beside Xiao Jixue.
  • Fu Shouci probed Tang Yan with Divine Sense, but the Purple Star Sea struck back and injured him.
  • Fu Shouci dismissed everyone from the hall, and Xiao Jixue led Tang Yan toward the exit.
  • Tang Yan paused as the system began sharing gossip about the White Tiger Demon Venerable and his spouse, startling the disciples and Peak Masters.
  • Tang Yan’s next gossip revealed that Fu Shouci had broken off his engagement ten years earlier because he had fallen for another woman.
  • Xiao Jixue called Tang Yan away before the gossip continued, leaving the others disappointed and Fu Shouci relieved.

Ch. 9He really was easy to look after

Xiao Jixue brought the exhausted Tang Yan to Purple Dawn Peak and arranged for him to rest, earning his affection and an increase in his own affection for Tang Yan. Meanwhile, Xu You tracked the Jade Pendant’s signal to the Outer Divine Seclusion Mountains in search of his biological daughter.

  • Xiao Jixue took Tang Yan to Purple Dawn Peak and instructed the servant disciples to treat him as they would Xiao Jixue.
  • Xiao Jixue settled Tang Yan in the bedchamber beside his own, and Tang Yan praised him in his thoughts as a wonderful person.
  • Xiao Jixue overheard Tang Yan’s thoughts and gained five affection points, bringing his total affection to 15.
  • Xu You used his blood to activate the Jade Pendant and followed its signal out of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
  • Ten days later, Xu You reactivated the Jade Pendant above the Outer Divine Seclusion Mountains and hurried toward the western forest.

Ch. 10Bringing the Heroine Home!

Xu You saved Wei Lianyi from Xu Zhenzhen and revealed that Wei Lianyi was his biological daughter. After Xu You swore a heavenly dao oath to protect her, Wei Lianyi agreed to go with him to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, leaving Xu Zhenzhen fearful that she would lose everything.

  • Xu Zhenzhen attacked the injured Wei Lianyi with her whip, but Xu You's strike shattered it and left Xu Zhenzhen badly wounded.
  • Xu Zhenzhen lied to Xu You about why she had attacked Wei Lianyi, and Xu You warned her not to abuse her power.
  • Xu You helped Wei Lianyi up and told her that she was his biological daughter, then sealed Xu Zhenzhen's mouth when she tried to object.
  • Wei Lianyi questioned Xu You's claim, so he swore a heavenly dao oath that he was telling the truth and would protect her.
  • Wei Lianyi accepted Xu You's offer to take her to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, while Xu Zhenzhen despaired.

Ch. 11These two were definitely up to something! Hehehe!

Tang Yan tried to make longevity noodles for Xiao Jixue’s birthday, but accidentally blew up the kitchen, and Xiao Jixue reassured him while growing more affectionate toward him. After Xiao Jixue introduced Tang Yan to Huo Zeyu, Si Yu, and Lin Yichen, Tang Yan’s thoughts about having juicy gossip made the others curious.

  • Tang Yan accidentally blew up the kitchen while trying to make Xiao Jixue birthday noodles, then apologized and explained that he wanted to celebrate his birthday.
  • Xiao Jixue’s affection for Tang Yan increased twice as he realized Tang Yan remembered his birthday and had tried to cook for him.
  • Xiao Jixue reassured Tang Yan that he was worried about his safety, and Tang Yan agreed to stop cooking and promised to give him a birthday present.
  • Xiao Jixue introduced Tang Yan to Huo Zeyu, Si Yu, and Lin Yichen, who recognized Tang Yan as the Tang Family’s missing false young master.
  • Tang Yan thought that Huo Zeyu had already provided juicy gossip, making Huo Zeyu, Si Yu, and Lin Yichen turn their attention toward him.

Ch. 12The juicy gossip about Huo Zeyu's older brother

Tang Yan’s gossip revealed that Huo Zerui’s newest companion was a Lian Family mole who had framed him and caused the Huo Family to fall into chaos. Huo Zeyu rushed home after receiving news that his second uncle had died, while Si Yu and Lin Yichen resolved to befriend Tang Yan and enjoy his revelations from a safe distance.

  • Tang Yan’s unspoken gossip exposed Huo Zerui’s collection of 108 diverse companions, prompting him to spray tea on Huo Zeyu and leaving Si Yu and Lin Yichen eager for more details.
  • Tang Yan found no unusual gossip about Huo Zeyu, and Xiao Jixue poured him spiritual tea as their game continued.
  • Tang Yan learned that Huo Zerui’s newest companion had turned him against his parents, caused him to injure his uncles, and was a Lian Family mole who framed him.
  • Huo Zeyu received a Message Kite saying his second uncle was dead and the Huo Family was in chaos, then hurried home.
  • Xiao Jixue told Si Yu and Lin Yichen that Dao Venerable Tian Ci had injured his divine sense investigating Tang Yan’s treasure, and they decided to befriend Tang Yan instead of prying into his secret.

Ch. 13Would the Original Plot Go Completely Off the Rails?

Tang Yan learned that the story’s events could shift because the novel had become a real world, after hearing that Wei Lianyi had already been reunited with her family. The system confirmed that Wei Lianyi and Nangong Lin remained the world’s protagonists, while Xiao Jixue’s fate depended on Tang Yan’s mission to keep him from turning evil.

  • Tang Yan took a Fasting Pill before his nap, while Xiao Jixue asked Si Yu and Lin Yichen to help find a cultivation method suited to Tang Yan.
  • Si Yu and Lin Yichen agreed to search through their families’ connections, and Xiao Jixue thanked them before leaving to visit his master.
  • The Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s disciples spread the news that Xu You had discovered Wei Lianyi was his biological daughter and that Xu Zhenzhen was an impostor.
  • Tang Yan heard the gossip and realized Wei Lianyi had reunited with her family years earlier than the original plot predicted.
  • The system told Tang Yan that the world’s events could change, but Wei Lianyi and Nangong Lin would remain its protagonists and Xiao Jixue could avoid becoming a villain if Tang Yan succeeded.

Ch. 14The three-year wait was over...

Xiao Jixue brought Tang Yan to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Council Hall to become Sect Leader Fu Shouci’s disciple, giving the cultivation-less Tang Yan a secure place to stay. As the sect’s leaders and disciples gathered, they secretly anticipated the gossip revealed by Tang Yan’s thoughts, unaware that he believed they had come to gawk at him.

  • Xiao Jixue told Tang Yan that his master was willing to accept him as a disciple, and Tang Yan agreed despite worrying that his loss of cultivation made him unworthy.
  • Tang Yan warned Xiao Jixue to tell Huo Zeyu to investigate the unknown people Huo Zherui brought home, citing the Huo Family’s enemies and the Lian Family’s threat.
  • Xiao Jixue took Tang Yan to the Council Hall, where Fu Shouci, the Peak Masters, and several personal disciples had gathered.
  • Tang Yan bowed to the assembled sect members and thought they had come to gawk at the Ten Thousand Swords Sect accepting a useless disciple.
  • Fu Shouci and the sect’s senior members recalled that Xi Tong had threatened them into keeping quiet about hearing Tang Yan’s thoughts, and they had agreed to enjoy the gossip.

Ch. 15Master's Juicy Gossip? Aaaah! Delicious!

Tang Yan formally became Fu Shouci’s fifth direct disciple and received valuable gifts from his senior brothers and sisters. After he hinted that Fu Shouci’s lover had something wrong with her, the others eagerly waited for gossip, but Tang Yan left with Xiao Jixue before revealing more.

  • Fu Shouci introduced Tang Yan to his senior brothers and sisters, who welcomed him with a Superior Spirit Treasure whip, a Purple-Gold Jade Token, and high-grade Formation Plates.
  • Tang Yan thought his senior brothers and sisters would meet bad ends, alarming Fu Shouci and the others, then completed his initiation ceremony and received more gifts.
  • Fu Shouci left the Council Hall, and Tang Yan privately thought something was wrong with the lover Fu Shouci favored.
  • The Peak Masters and disciples tried to coax more details from Tang Yan, but he asked Xiao Jixue to leave and departed without explaining.

Ch. 16The gossip turned out to be about him—Master was devastated

Tang Yan and Xiao Jixue returned to Purple Dawn Peak before being summoned to a meeting with the Divine Medicine Sect, where Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Liang Qiu’s secret. The revelation that Liang Qiu’s pregnant lover was also Fu Shouci’s lover left both men stunned.

  • Tang Yan chose to keep living on Purple Dawn Peak, and Xiao Jixue’s affection for him rose by five.
  • Fu Shouci visited Bai Yi, confirmed Bai Yi was three months pregnant, gave him five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, and pressed him to agree to a Dao Companion Ceremony.
  • Fu Shouci summoned Tang Yan and Xiao Jixue to the Council Hall for a meeting about the Two-Sect Grand Competition with Liang Qiu and the Divine Medicine Sect.
  • Liang Qiu mocked Tang Yan for being a cripple, and Tang Yan silently insulted him as an old geezer.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Liang Qiu had fallen in love with a woman who became pregnant after ten years together.
  • Tang Yan realized Liang Qiu’s lover was Fu Shouci’s lover, shocking Fu Shouci, Liang Qiu, and everyone in the hall.

Ch. 17A Gorgeous Young Wife Turned Into a Gorgeous Young Man? What an Earth-Shattering Bombshell!

Tang Yan’s gossip revealed that Bai Yi had deceived Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu for ten years while posing as a woman, and the hall learned that Bai Yi was actually a male fox spirit. The revelation left both Dao Venerables stunned and Feng Sheng determined to find the anti-fraud app Tang Yan mentioned.

  • Fu Shouci tried to explain the Two-Sect Grand Competition while he, Liang Qiu, and everyone in the hall listened for Tang Yan’s gossip about Bai Yi’s pregnancy.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Bai Yi was not pregnant with either Fu Shouci’s or Liang Qiu’s child, leaving everyone wondering who the father was.
  • Tang Yan realized Bai Yi was a man, and the hall learned that Bai Yi had faked the pregnancy and posed as a gorgeous young wife and a gentle beauty while living with Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu.
  • Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu were stunned that they had failed to discover Bai Yi’s deception during the ten years they knew him.
  • Tang Yan joked that even powerful Dao Venerables needed protection from scams, and Feng Sheng decided she needed the anti-fraud app so nobody could swindle her money.

Ch. 18Oh No! The Gorgeous Young Man Forgot to Keep His Voice High!

Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu discussed Xi Tong’s power and went to confront Bai Yi, whose illusion concealed his identity. Bai Yi accidentally exposed his real voice and escaped, leaving Liang Qiu furious but unable to bring himself to kill him.

  • Fu Shouci dismissed the others and told Liang Qiu that Xi Tong was the mysterious force suppressing his divine sense and revealing their secrets.
  • Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu left the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and went to find Bai Yi.
  • Bai Yi greeted Fu Shouci in a sweet voice and pretended not to recognize Liang Qiu.
  • Liang Qiu attacked Bai Yi, who cursed him in his rough, masculine voice and revealed his true identity.
  • Bai Yi vanished behind an illusion, and Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu agreed to leave the confrontation there.

Ch. 19Master really had unusual tastes

During the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Golden Core competition, Tang Yan’s gossip about Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu drew the sect leaders’ attention to a possible future plot against their sects. He also met Wei Lianyi, who resolved to protect him.

  • Fu Shouci opened the Golden Core competition while Tang Yan and the spectators followed his gossip about Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts about Bai Yi led the spectators to wrongly believe Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu had fallen in love with him.
  • Tang Yan wondered whether the improved relationship between Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu would prevent the sects from becoming enemies and suffering heavy losses.
  • Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu took Tang Yan’s warning about future discord seriously and grew wary of anyone trying to drive their sects apart.
  • Tang Yan recognized Wei Lianyi as the female lead, and she realized he knew about the opportunity at Thoughtless Cliff and vowed to protect him.

Ch. 20Fu Shouci: He hated it when people left things half-said!

Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed Xu You’s harsh treatment of Xu Zhenzhen and warned that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would be devastated by the Demon Clan’s return. The elders and disciples were left desperate for more details, but Tang Yan turned his attention to fresh gossip about Xu Zhenzhen.

  • The system told Tang Yan that Xu You had imprisoned Xu Zhenzhen and captured Jiang Liu’er, whom he was torturing in Pill Peak’s Blood Prison.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Jiang Liu’er’s crimes and the Sect’s original plot, deepening Xu You’s guilt and hatred while Wei Lianyi silently accepted her father’s care.
  • As Tang Yan watched the matches, he thought about the Demon Clan’s comeback and predicted that most Ten Thousand Swords Sect direct disciples would die, be crippled, or lose their minds.
  • Fu Shouci, Liang Qiu, and the others grew alarmed as they connected Tang Yan’s warning to the Demon Clan remnants and the weakening suppression formations.
  • When Tang Yan stopped thinking aloud, the arena fighters resumed their fierce matches, while Fu Shouci fumed that Tang Yan had left them without answers.
  • The system offered Tang Yan gossip about Xu Zhenzhen, and Tang Yan, Feng Sheng, and the other direct disciples eagerly awaited it.

Ch. 21Was she after his three hundred years without a bath and old-man stink?

At Pill Peak, Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Xu Zhenzhen was secretly involved with an ancient Divine Incarnation cultivator to escape the Shadow Prison, while the disciples reacted with shock and disgust. When Tang Yan sensed a Demon Clan traitor was preparing to rescue her, Xu You and the other Peak Masters hurried off to investigate, leaving Tang Yan curious about what was happening in the prison.

  • Tang Yan’s inner voice exposed Xu Zhenzhen’s apparent intimacy with the Divine Incarnation old monster, shocking the disciples and upsetting her admirers Qiu Ziyuan and Gu Qingling.
  • Tang Yan thought the old monster had not bathed in three hundred years, prompting the onlookers to feel nauseated and the women near Gu Qingling to recoil from him.
  • After hearing the system’s explanation, Tang Yan realized Xu Zhenzhen was using the old monster to escape the Shadow Prison because her mother was captured and her outside support had disappeared.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed a Demon Clan traitor was waiting outside the Shadow Prison to rescue Xu Zhenzhen, so Fu Shouci, Xu You, and several Peak Masters left to investigate.
  • Xiao Jixue explained that the Peak Masters had detected an attack on the prison formation and a demonic presence, while Tang Yan regretted that he could not go watch.

Ch. 22If you don't rush to watch the drama, something's wrong with your head

Tang Yan, Xiao Jixue, and the other disciples hurried to Pill Peak after hearing that a demonic aura had appeared, abandoning the tournament to chase the drama. Outside the Shadow Prison, Fu Shouci immobilized a suspected Demon Clan spy, but the Peak Masters could detect nothing unusual about her.

  • Xiao Jixue invited Tang Yan to Pill Peak, and Tang Yan eagerly took his hand, raising Xiao Jixue's affection to 50.
  • Feng Sheng, Li Mo, and Cui Yishu joined them, and most of the tournament's direct disciples followed after hearing about the demonic aura.
  • The disciples still fighting rushed to finish their matches so they could go to Pill Peak, leaving the junior disciples confused.
  • Outside Pill Peak's Shadow Prison, Fu Shouci spotted a middle-aged inner sect elder acting furtively and immobilized her.
  • Xu You and the other Peak Masters examined the woman but found no trace of demonic aura, leaving them unsure whether she was a spy or the wrong suspect.

Ch. 23Xu Zhenzhen was the Demon Saint?

Fu Shouci captured Elder Sun, a Demon Clan spy whose departed soul had possessed her for over a decade, while Tang Yan’s inner thoughts revealed that Xu Zhenzhen shared her body with the Demon Saint’s soul. Fu Shouci led the others into the Shadow Prison to investigate Xu Zhenzhen, where an embarrassing sound grew clearer as they approached.

  • Xiao Jixue and the other disciples gathered around Tang Yan as Fu Shouci confirmed that the bound Elder Sun was a Demon Clan spy.
  • Tang Yan revealed that Elder Sun had been possessed by a Demon Clan departed soul and had exposed herself while saving Xu Zhenzhen.
  • Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Xu Zhenzhen as a host to the Demon Saint’s soul, which was also the soul in love with Nangong Lin.
  • Gu Qingling realized the Demon Saint’s soul had controlled Xu Zhenzhen during their past relationship, leaving him horrified and regretful.
  • Fu Shouci ordered Xu You to keep Elder Sun locked up and prevent the matter from getting out, then entered the Shadow Prison with the others.
  • Xu You and Pill Peak’s Deputy Peak Master used their tokens to open the prison’s formations, and the group heard an increasingly clear, embarrassing sound as they approached Xu Zhenzhen.

Ch. 24As Expected of the Villainess

Fu Shouci and Xu You interrupted the Demon Saint’s attempt to possess a Divine Incarnation elder and confronted Xu Zhenzhen in the Shadow Prison. Xu You refused to release her, and Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Xu Zhenzhen would later bring devastating harm to the sect and its people.

  • The Demon Saint began possessing the Divine Incarnation elder through Xu Zhenzhen, but Fu Shouci, Xu You, Xiao Jixue, and the others arrived and interrupted the attempt.
  • Xu Zhenzhen pleaded with Xu You and the Pill Peak disciples to release her, but they rejected her act and Xu You ordered her to remain imprisoned until his investigation was complete.
  • Fu Shouci carried the unconscious elder out of the Shadow Prison, and Xu You said he had seen a red glow suggesting the elder was being possessed by someone from the Demon Clan.
  • Tang Yan thought about Xu Zhenzhen’s future crimes, including leading Demon Clan remnants against talented cultivators, draining the sect’s Spirit Vein, and gravely injuring Xu You.
  • Fu Shouci and Xu You were horrified when Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed the extent of Xu Zhenzhen’s future betrayal.

Ch. 25Holy crap! This gossip was just too juicy

Tang Yan’s inner thoughts exposed Gu Qingling’s and Qiu Ziyuan’s grim fates tied to Xu Zhenzhen and the Demon Saint, leaving the two Pill Peak prodigies humiliated and terrified. He also learned that Xu Zhenzhen and the Demon Saint had coveted him, before leaving with Xiao Jixue.

  • Tang Yan recalled his own tragic fate in the book, and Xiao Jixue and the others resolved to protect him.
  • Tang Yan recognized Gu Qingling and revealed that Xu Zhenzhen had used a secret technique to strip Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan of their self-awareness.
  • Tang Yan revealed that the Demon Saint had taken an interest in Gu Qingling, while the system told Tang Yan that Xu Zhenzhen and the Demon Saint had also coveted him.
  • Tang Yan disclosed that Qiu Ziyuan had been ordered to commit murders and would eventually die alongside the Demon Saint, struck down by Nangong Lin.
  • Tang Yan left with Xiao Jixue as Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan mourned their exposed secrets, and an alluring Artifact Peak man flirted with them.
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