Recaps

Fu Shouci organized a secret investigation to find the Demon Clan spies hiding in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and assigned the Peak Masters to take turns guarding Tang Yan. He and Liang Qiu then planned to warn the Human Region's major sects, while Liang Qiu agreed to bring Tang Yan to the Divine Medicine Sect's competition in a month.

• Fu Shouci ordered a discreet investigation of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, a search of suspicious incidents from the past decade, and repairs to the Shadow Prison's formations.
• Fu Shouci agreed to have Ji Xue take Tang Yan to visit the peaks and assigned the Peak Masters to guard him in seven-day shifts without letting him notice.
• The senior members discussed using Xu Zhenzhen and Jiang Liu'er to lure out the hidden Demon Clan spies.
• Liang Qiu asked to borrow Tang Yan, and Fu Shouci agreed that Liang Qiu would bring him to the Divine Medicine Sect in a month.
• Fu Shouci asked Liang Qiu to announce an investigation into Demon Clan spies across the Eastern Region, and the two agreed to focus on protecting the Human Region.

Tang Yan gave Xiao Jixue a jade hairpin he had carved himself, and Xiao Jixue treasured the gift so much that his affection for Tang Yan rose to 100. Feng Sheng became convinced the two had romantic feelings for each other, though Li Mo and Cui Yishu failed to understand her hints.

• Xiao Jixue warned Li Mo, Feng Sheng, and Cui Yishu about the Demon Clan spy and ordered Li Mo and Feng Sheng to alert their families and everyone to improve their cultivation.
• Xiao Jixue announced that he would personally supervise their training, requiring them to report to Purple Dawn Peak every day at the hour of the Rabbit.
• Tang Yan gave Xiao Jixue a jade hairpin he had carved as a belated birthday present, and Xiao Jixue said he would treasure it.
• Xiao Jixue's affection for Tang Yan increased by 50 points, bringing the total to 100.
• Feng Sheng excitedly suspected that Xiao Jixue and Tang Yan had feelings for each other, but Li Mo and Cui Yishu misunderstood her hints as concern about her eyes.

After sharing dinner with Xiao Jixue and his fellow disciples, Tang Yan unlocked the points shop using Xiao Jixue’s affection points and learned that the Life-Bone Divine Lotus cost one million points. The system reminded him that he might still find the lotus in an Eastern Region Lesser Secret Realm, leaving him hopeful that he could regain his ability to cultivate.

• Xiao Jixue invited Feng Sheng, Li Mo, and Cui Yishu to stay for dinner after Tang Yan chose the dishes.
• Xiao Jixue served the meal he had cooked, and Feng Sheng watched his interactions with Tang Yan with growing excitement.
• Tang Yan exchanged one hundred of Xiao Jixue’s affection points to unlock the points shop, reducing Xiao Jixue’s affection to zero.
• Tang Yan checked the shop and learned that the Life-Bone Divine Lotus cost one million points.
• The system told Tang Yan that the lotus might still be found in an Eastern Region Lesser Secret Realm, and Tang Yan regained hope.

Tang Yan accompanied Xiao Jixue to Talisman Peak, where a talisman-crafting competition drew disciples and hidden elders eager to hear his gossip. The competition was underway when Ye Sheng arrived, and Tang Yan’s thoughts hinted that the Artifact Peak Master had juicy gossip of his own.

• Tang Yan agreed to accompany Xiao Jixue to Talisman Peak, earning Xiao Jixue three affection points, while Feng Sheng and the other disciples persuaded Xiao Jixue to let them follow later.
• Fei Zhong secretly followed Tang Yan and Xiao Jixue, then discovered that Xiao Jixue had advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage and admired his stable cultivation.
• Tang Yan and Xiao Jixue arrived at Talisman Peak for a competition, where Tang Yan recognized Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan among the participants and prompted the gathered disciples to hope for gossip.
• Ye Sheng arrived and sat beside Li Rong, but Tang Yan’s thoughts about Ye Sheng having juicy gossip made the crowd eagerly turn their attention to him.

Tang Yan exposed Ye Sheng’s secret habit of wearing women’s robes and makeup, revealing that Dong Yi had fallen for Ye Sheng during one such outing. The chapter ended as Tang Yan uncovered more gossip and began to explain that Ye Sheng had his reasons for cross-dressing.

• Tang Yan revealed through Xi Tong that Ye Sheng collected and wore fashionable women's enchanted robes, embarrassing Ye Sheng in front of his peers and disciples.
• Li Rong, Jiang Mei, and Xu You teased Ye Sheng, while Dong Yi realized that the woman he had fallen for three years earlier was his master.
• Tang Yan revealed that Dong Yi had fallen in love with Ye Sheng after seeing him dressed and made up as a woman on a moonlit stroll.
• Dong Yi hid his sinister intentions behind an innocent smile, while Yuan Bao recognized that his senior brother had set his sights on Ye Sheng.
• Tang Yan uncovered further gossip about Ye Sheng and began to explain that Ye Sheng had reasons for wearing women's clothes.

At the sect competition, Li Rong’s inner voice revealed that Ye Sheng had nearly died after losing Su Ningzhen, provoking Dong Yi’s jealousy. Xiao Jixue entered the competition, and Tang Yan learned his mission progress while his admiration for Xiao Jixue raised the senior brother’s affection for him.

• Li Rong recalled Ye Sheng’s despair and suicide attempt after returning to the sect, and the others realized Su Ningzhen had been his late true love.
• Dong Yi crushed a teacup in jealousy over Ye Sheng’s devotion to Su Ningzhen and decided Ye Sheng should belong only to him.
• Xiao Jixue entered the competition, and Tang Yan learned that his importance score with Xiao Jixue was 300, still short of the mission threshold.
• Tang Yan admired Xiao Jixue’s appearance as he drew talismans, and Xiao Jixue gained 20 affection points, bringing his total to 28.

Tang Yan uncovered that Ye Sheng’s first love, Su Ningzhen, was alive and was actually Su Ning, the Holy Son of the Greenwood Sect. Ye Sheng left abruptly, apparently heading to confront him.

• Tang Yan heard gossip that Ye Sheng had mourned his supposedly dead first love and secretly dressed in women’s clothes to remember him.
• Dong Yi imagined dressing up for Ye Sheng, while Yuan Bao moved away from his unsettling senior brother.
• Tang Yan discovered that Su Ningzhen was alive and was the Greenwood Sect’s Holy Son, Su Ning.
• Ye Sheng was stunned by the revelation, then left after claiming the Sect Leader had summoned him.
• Li Rong and the others suspected Ye Sheng had gone to the Northern Domain to confront Su Ning.

After learning Su Ningzhen was alive, Ye Sheng rushed toward the Northern Domain to find him, while Tang Yan’s system revealed the history of Ye Sheng and Su Ning’s repeated encounters and romance. As the gathered disciples eagerly listened, Tang Yan reached a new revelation that left them stunned.

• Dong Yi resolved to take Ye Sheng for himself, relying on the protection and influence of his powerful family.
• Ye Sheng overcame his hesitation and headed for the Northern Domain to confront Su Ning after fifty years apart.
• Tang Yan read the system’s gossip, which recounted how Ye Sheng repeatedly met Su Ning in different disguises and fell for him each time.
• The listeners reacted excitedly to the account of Ye Sheng and Su Ning becoming a couple, while Dong Yi grew jealous.
• Tang Yan’s next thought left the gossiping crowd dumbstruck.

The disciples and elders of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect reacted to Ye Sheng’s tangled past with Su Ning, whose memories of their relationship had been sealed after Su Ning cured Ye Sheng’s poison. As the gossip left everyone wondering whom Ye Sheng’s senior brother truly liked, the disciples tried to suppress their laughter and worried about becoming targets of romantic advances themselves.

• Li Rong sprayed wine over Fei Zhong after hearing that Ye Sheng had learned his beloved was a man, while Jiang Mei and Xu You laughed over Ye Sheng’s past.
• Tang Yan and the disciples struggled to hide their laughter as they read Ye Sheng’s gossip, and Gu Qingling accidentally laughed out a snot bubble.
• Tang Yan learned that Ye Sheng had cured Su Ning’s poison, but Su Ning had used the Memory-Sealing Mirror to erase Ye Sheng’s memories of their relationship before running away.
• The disciples speculated about whether Ye Sheng’s senior brother liked Ye Sheng or Su Ning, while Yuan Bao imagined a romantic rivalry among them.
• The disciples resolved to protect themselves from potential romantic pursuers, and Gu Qingling and Qiu Ziyuan were embarrassed when the others teased them again.

Tang Yan admired Wei Lianyi’s prodigious talents, prompting Xiao Jixue to become jealous and question whether Tang Yan liked her. After Tang Yan denied it and asked Xiao Jixue the same question, Xiao Jixue’s favorability toward him rose, while Xu You rushed off after learning Wei Lianyi’s destined partner was Nangong Lin.

• Wei Lianyi joined the talisman competition, and Tang Yan thought about her future mastery of alchemy, arrays, talismans, and artifact refining.
• The disciples admired Wei Lianyi’s talents, while Xiao Jixue grew jealous as Tang Yan watched her and his favorability toward Tang Yan fell by ten.
• Tang Yan denied having feelings for Wei Lianyi and thought that she would eventually become Nangong Lin’s cultivation partner.
• Xiao Jixue relaxed when Tang Yan said he did not like Wei Lianyi, and his favorability toward Tang Yan rose by one hundred.
• Xu You learned that Nangong Lin was Wei Lianyi’s destined partner and rushed toward Ten Thousand Swords Peak, while Tang Yan asked Xiao Jixue whether he liked Wei Lianyi.
• Xiao Jixue denied liking Wei Lianyi, and Tang Yan’s pleased reaction raised Xiao Jixue’s favorability by ten.

Xiao Jixue and the others drew information from Tang Yan about Demon Clan spies hiding in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Tang Yan revealed that Wei Lianyi could identify demons and evil cultivators through her innate aversion to them, leaving the group stunned by her unexpected ability.

• Xiao Jixue told Li Mo and Feng Sheng that the sect had set traps around the Shadow Prison and had questioned Xu Zhenzhen's mother, Jiang Liu'er.
• Tang Yan thought that many spies had infiltrated the sect, naming supervising elders Ding Liyun, Chai Rong, and Lin Feng as future traitors.
• Xiao Jixue silently memorized the three elders' names, and the disciples from their peaks reacted with shock because the elders seemed kind and trustworthy.
• Tang Yan advised Xiao Jixue to investigate the outer sect as well, and Xiao Jixue agreed to pass on the suggestion.
• Tang Yan thought that Wei Lianyi's aversion to demons and evil cultivators could expose spies, and Wei Lianyi recalled feeling repulsed by a woman outside the Shadow Prison.

Xiao Jixue won the minor competition and planned to use his prize to make Tang Yan a hairpin, while the sect arrested several Demon Clan spies based on Tang Yan’s warnings. As the Ten Thousand Swords Sect tightened security and prepared for a coming threat, its disciples also started a bizarre trend of crafting protective talismans and formations.

• Xiao Jixue won first place with a twelfth-tier spirit talisman and received a Clearlight Stone, which he intended to make into a hairpin for Tang Yan.
• Bai Wuxia and Qi Yan arrested Chai Rong, and Fu Shouci gathered him, Ding Liyun, Lin Feng, their disciples, and other suspected Demon Clan agents in the Shadow Prison.
• Fu Shouci reinforced the Shadow Prison and summoned Xu Yi, who beat Xu You for losing his daughter and trusting an impostor.
• Fu Shouci assigned Wei Lianyi to the Law Enforcement Hall and had her travel with its members as they searched for more Demon Clan agents.
• Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples developed and privately sold butt-guarding talismans and formations, prompting Fu Shouci to order the Law Enforcement Hall to crack down on them.

Feng Sheng learned that her brother Feng Chen and the Feng Family were destined for ruin, while Tang Yan uncovered that Lü Rongrong and the Immortal Silence Tower were tied to the catastrophe. The chapter left Feng Sheng and her senior brothers alerted to the Tower’s betrayal as Tang Yan began learning how Lü Rongrong ensnared Feng Chen.

• Feng Sheng received a message saying her brother Feng Chen planned to hold a Dao Companion Ceremony with Lü Rongrong, who was carrying his child.
• Tang Yan recalled that Feng Chen and the Feng Family would meet horrific ends, and Feng Sheng overheard his thoughts.
• Tang Yan learned that Lü Rongrong was the holy maiden of the Immortal Silence Tower, whose master had defected to the remnants of the Demon Clan.
• Feng Sheng told Xiao Jixue that the Immortal Silence Tower was colluding with the remnants of the Demon Clan, and he said Tang Yan's warning had come in time.
• Tang Yan learned that Lü Rongrong had staged an injury to get Feng Chen to rescue her and later used a trick to become his Dao companion.

Tang Yan’s inner gossip revealed Lü Rongrong’s betrayal of Feng Chen and her history of targeting young heirs, then exposed her past attempt to abduct Li Mo. Li Mo remembered the trauma and resolved to protect Feng Sheng from harm.

• Tang Yan’s inner voice revealed that Lü Rongrong and Feng Han had poisoned Feng Chen and helped destroy the Feng Family, making Feng Sheng furious.
• Tang Yan learned that Lü Rongrong had ruined thirteen young heirs and prodigies across several families and sects, and Feng Sheng regretted that Feng Chen could not hear the revelations.
• Tang Yan’s gossip revealed that Lü Rongrong was over three hundred years old, had seven children, and claimed Li Mo as her unattainable true love.
• Li Mo remembered that Lü Rongrong had abducted him when he was fifteen, before righteous cultivators rescued him.
• Li Mo looked at Feng Sheng and vowed to protect her from harm, whatever the cost.

Feng Sheng learned that Lü Rongrong might threaten the Feng Family and resolved to investigate her, then tried to coax Li Mo into sharing an embarrassing story from ten years ago. Their overheard gossip caused a flying-sword collision, and Li Mo warned the gathered disciples not to repeat it, especially around his youngest junior brother.

• Tang Yan warned Feng Sheng that he had seen Lü Rongrong with the young pavilion master of Xiaoxiang Pavilion and urged her to investigate her.
• Feng Sheng left Purple Dawn Peak with Li Mo and pressed him to explain what had happened to him ten years earlier.
• Feng Sheng guessed aloud that Li Mo had been involved with a three-hundred-year-old woman, drawing a crowd of gossip-hungry disciples after them.
• An eager disciple crashed into the crowd, sending three disciples falling; one hit the ground, one landed in a tree, and one was drenched in liquid manure.
• Li Mo stopped the disciples from following and threatened to visit their masters if they mentioned the three-hundred-year-old woman around his youngest junior brother.

Li Mo and Feng Sheng were summoned to the Council Hall, where Fu Shouci instructed them to investigate Lü Rongrong and stop her marriage to Feng Chen if necessary. The sect leaders planned to seek evidence against the Immortal Silence Tower, and Li Mo and Feng Sheng set out for the Feng Family well supplied with protective items.

• Li Mo and Feng Sheng received Xiao Jixue's message and went to the Council Hall to meet Fu Shouci and the other elders.
• Fu Shouci told Li Mo to expose Lü Rongrong's suspicious behavior to the Feng Family or prevent Feng Chen from marrying her.
• Bai Wuxia proposed involving her grandmaster and the Two Arts Sect to pressure the Immortal Silence Tower and uncover evidence of its ties to the Demon Clan's remnants.
• Fu Shouci ordered Li Mo to accompany Feng Sheng to the Feng Family and protect her, while Jiang Mei joked that Li Mo could use his handsome face to charm Lü Rongrong.
• Fu Shouci, the Peak Masters, and Xiao Jixue gave Li Mo and Feng Sheng techniques, talismans, pills, and other supplies for their journey.

Xiao Jixue’s affection for Tang Yan increased as he watched over him and offered to help him regain his cultivation. The two went to Artifact Peak’s competition, where Xiao Jixue prepared food and Peach Blossom Wine for Tang Yan, leaving him warmly reminded of someone from his past.

• Xiao Jixue saw Tang Yan reading beneath the peach blossom tree, and his affection for Tang Yan rose as he struggled to understand his feelings.
• Xiao Jixue promised to find Tang Yan a cultivation method and invited him to watch Artifact Peak’s competition.
• Disciples followed the pair to Artifact Peak, where several brought snacks to enjoy while watching the competition and gossiping.
• Xiao Jixue prepared pastries, fruit, and Peach Blossom Wine for Tang Yan, who recognized the wine’s familiar taste and recalled someone’s thoughtfulness in his past life.
• Tang Yan praised the wine, and Xiao Jixue offered to give him several more flasks.

Tang Yan’s private gossip revealed that Li Qingrong’s future husband, Peng Liangyi, would destroy her family and ruin her life. Li Qingrong left to act against him, while the system announced it had detected even more shocking gossip.

• Tang Yan recognized Li Qingrong as Wei Lianyi’s friend and learned that she was destined to suffer at Peng Liangyi’s hands.
• Tang Yan revealed that Peng Liangyi exploited Li Qingrong for money, then would seize the Li Family and Azure City, kill her family, cripple her, and sell her to the Drunken Red Pavilion.
• Li Qingrong resolved to stop Peng Liangyi before he could harm her family and quietly left to take care of it.
• After Tang Yan finished eating, the system announced that it had detected the most explosive gossip it had ever encountered.

Tang Yan learned that Han Zhongjin was a terrifying predator who mutilated male cultivators, and the gossip horrified everyone listening. The system hinted that Han Zhongjin had done something even worse, leaving Tang Yan and the spectators in suspense.

• Han Zhongjin arrived at Artifact Peak, and Xiao Jixue shielded Tang Yan while warning him not to get close to the Artifact Peak elder.
• Wei Lianyi felt intense revulsion toward Han Zhongjin and left for the Law Enforcement Hall, suspecting he might be a demon spy.
• Fu Shouci joined Xu You, Jiang Mei, and the others in the void to watch the competition and hear Tang Yan's gossip.
• Han Zhongjin began assessing Li Jiang, Liu Yunsheng, and Jiang Xiao as they prepared to refine Superior Magical Treasures.
• Tang Yan revealed through his thoughts that Han Zhongjin was a man who cut off male cultivators' genitals, horrifying the spectators.
• The system confirmed the gossip and hinted that Han Zhongjin had done something even more perverted, leaving Tang Yan and the listeners shocked.

Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Han Zhongjin was suspected of abducting male disciples, castrating them, and preserving their body parts at a secret base. The disciples and Han Zhongjin’s own apprentices were horrified, while Han Zhongjin mistook their fearful glances for admiration and began appraising them.

• Fu Shouci and the disciples connected Han Zhongjin to the disappearances of nearly ten male cultivators from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Tang Yan read the system’s gossip that Han Zhongjin castrated male cultivators and preserved their parts at his secret base.
• The revelations horrified the disciples, including Han Zhongjin’s apprentices Liu Yunsheng and Jiang Xiao.
• The system hinted that Han Zhongjin had other perverted habits, leaving the crowd even more alarmed.
• Han Zhongjin mistook the disciples’ covert glances for admiration and inspected the male cultivators as though selecting merchandise.

Tang Yan uncovered that Han Zhongjin had been luring, abusing, and castrating male disciples, while concealing his crimes behind his reputation in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Fu Shouci and Bai Wuxia prepared to capture him, and Tang Yan learned that a missing disciple was being held in Han Zhongjin’s hideout.

• Tang Yan read that Han Zhongjin dressed as a woman to lure male disciples out of the sect, then violated and castrated them.
• Tang Yan learned that Han Zhongjin had turned against a close friend after his confession was rejected and had tried to kill the friend’s beloved in a secret realm.
• Fu Shouci told Bai Wuxia, Jiang Mei, and the others that they would lure Han Zhongjin out and seal off the void to capture him.
• Tang Yan read that Han Zhongjin had become impotent after an injury in the secret realm and that his crimes were linked to several missing disciples.
• Tang Yan learned that the recently missing disciple was being held in Han Zhongjin’s secret hideout, then tugged on Xiao Jixue’s sleeve as he considered how to alert his master.

Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Han Zhongjin as a Demon Clan mole raising an Evil Being with abducted disciples, prompting the hidden elders to prepare to act without alerting him. Han Zhongjin then ordered Liu Yunsheng to leave the sect soon, while Liu and Jiang Xiao realized they were in danger.

• Xiao Jixue quietly told Tang Yan that the Sect Leader and Bai Wuxia already suspected Han Zhongjin, and Tang Yan pretended to be shocked.
• Tang Yan’s thoughts revealed that Han Zhongjin was secretly raising an Evil Being with abducted disciples and intended to use it against the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Bai Wuxia nearly confronted Han Zhongjin, but Jiang Mei stopped him from risking the suspect’s escape.
• Tang Yan’s thoughts exposed Li Jiang as Han Zhongjin’s accomplice and revealed that Liu Yunsheng and Jiang Xiao were innocent but targeted as future victims.
• Han Zhongjin told Liu Yunsheng to leave the sect in a couple of days, and Liu accepted after realizing the elders were watching Han Zhongjin.

Tang Yan left the artifact-forging competition with Xiao Jixue, while Fu Shouci and the other elders confronted Han Zhongjin over a missing Artifact Peak disciple. After defeating and binding Han Zhongjin, they took him to Pill Peak for Xu Yi to perform a soul search.

• Tang Yan grew bored watching the artifact-forging competition, so he left with Xiao Jixue to return to Purple Dawn Peak.
• Fu Shouci and the other elders brought Han Zhongjin to Artifact Peak Hall under the pretense of discussing the missing disciple.
• Han Zhongjin tried to flee when Fu Shouci turned hostile, but the elders sealed the area and Fu Shouci defeated him.
• Bai Wuxia trapped Han Zhongjin in a golden net, and Fu Shouci accused him of being involved in the disciple's disappearance.
• The elders rejected Han Zhongjin's denials and decided that Xu Yi should perform a soul search, then escorted Han Zhongjin to Pill Peak.

After Xu Yi discovered the horrifying crimes Han Zhongjin had committed, Fu Shouci led the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in a nighttime assault on Han’s concealed estate. They destroyed the Evil Being, rescued more than a hundred captives, and brought a blind, confused prisoner back to the sect.

• Fu Shouci asked Xu Yi to search Han Zhongjin’s soul, and Xu Yi discovered that Han had fed cultivators to an Evil Being and had been directed by an unknown Demon Clan member.
• Xu Yi reduced Han Zhongjin to a crippled, witless state and ordered Fu Shouci to attack the estate that night.
• Fu Shouci brought Jiang Mei, several Peak Masters, powerful disciples, and two Tribulation Transcendence Dao Venerables to the town, where Jiang Mei broke the concealment formation.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Sect defeated the town’s defenders by dawn, and Fu Shouci destroyed the horrifying collection in Han’s main hall.
• Xiao Jixue found Qiu Ling alive but tortured, while the sect searched the town and rescued more than a hundred captured or lured cultivators.
• Fu Shouci killed the Divine Incarnation-stage Evil Being, and the sect found a blind, confused man imprisoned in its quarters and took him back to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

Li Qingrong tracked Peng Liangyi to the Drunken Red Pavilion after hearing gossip about him and caught him boasting about exploiting her and seeking other women. She beat him publicly in the street while the crowd cheered.

• Li Qingrong arrived at the Peng residence with ten Divine Incarnation guards and demanded to know where Peng Liangyi was.
• When Peng Liangyi's parents claimed he had left on an errand, Li Qingrong went to the Drunken Red Pavilion instead.
• The madam led Li Qingrong upstairs, where she overheard Peng Liangyi boasting that he used her for resources and planned to control her after marriage.
• Li Qingrong kicked open Peng Liangyi's door, sent him through a window, and continued beating him in the street.
• Peng Liangyi begged for forgiveness as the crowd and the Drunken Red Pavilion's madam encouraged Li Qingrong to keep kicking him.