Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.