Chapter Summaries

Li Yichen survived the Yin-Yang Twin Flames’ ordeal, healed, and advanced to the Golden Core Stage. The Ghost Emperor sent him back with a Jade Slip and orders to bring him a car and ten beautiful women, while White Impermanence offered him three mysterious beads.

• The Ghost Emperor used the White Flame to heal Li Yichen after the black yin fire nearly burned him to death, and the two flames merged within him.
• The Ghost Emperor helped Li Yichen condense his spiritual power into a black-and-white Golden Core, and Li Yichen awoke feeling stronger.
• The Ghost Emperor warned Li Yichen about powerful cultivators in the mortal world, told him not to cause trouble, and gave him a Jade Slip containing artifact- and pill-refining methods.
• The Ghost Emperor told Li Yichen to send him a car and ten beautiful women, then vanished.
• Black and White Impermanence appeared to escort Li Yichen home, and White Impermanence offered him three white beads as a gift.

Li Yichen returned from the Underworld with a Youth-Restoring Pearl and discovered he could fly, but his arrival at Jinling University coincided with a sudden heavenly tribulation. Elder Mo identified it as Li Yichen’s golden core tribulation, and Ouyang Xuanxuan rushed back to him as the others evacuated.

• White Impermanence gave Li Yichen a Youth-Restoring Pearl, and Li Yichen returned to the surface with several traded items.
• Li Yichen tested his new ability to fly and hurried toward Jinling University, overshooting it before arriving late to military training.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan heard that Tang Ling'er had waited outside the boys' dorm with a sword, while Tang Ling'er privately recalled kissing Li Yichen.
• Black clouds and lightning abruptly appeared over the university, prompting the loudspeakers to order the students to evacuate.
• Su Xiaoxiao reported the phenomenon to Elder Mo, who identified it as Li Yichen’s golden core tribulation and ordered everyone to stay at least a thousand meters away.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan ran back to Li Yichen and grabbed his arm as the tribulation clouds gathered overhead.

Li Yichen faced his lightning tribulation after Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan left to keep from making it stronger. As the strikes intensified, he summoned the Yao Light Sword to confront the next volley.

• Tang Ling'er explained that Li Yichen was undergoing a lightning tribulation, and she took Ouyang Xuanxuan away after warning that staying nearby would double its strength.
• Li Yichen taunted the Tribulation Cloud, which struck him with six bolts and sent him crashing into a crater; he climbed out with only superficial injuries.
• Li Yichen used the Fur to dodge another volley, but a lightning bolt changed course and badly wounded him.
• Li Yichen used the Yin-Yang Twin Flames to heal, then rushed to the Wooden Box when twelve bolts came at him from every direction.
• Li Yichen summoned the Yao Light Sword and unleashed the Star River Cascading Skyward Sword technique.

Li Yichen survived his tribulation by destroying the lightning finger and the Tribulation Cloud, but he fled after seeing the damage he had caused to Jinling University. Su Xiaoxiao helped Military Command contain the aftermath while Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan searched for him, and Li Yichen waited outside a bathhouse.

• Li Yichen poured his remaining spiritual energy and Yin-Yang Twin Flames into the Yao Light Sword, then struck the Tribulation Cloud’s lightning finger at the weak spot revealed by his Yin-Yang eyes.
• Li Yichen shattered the lightning finger and dispersed the Tribulation Cloud, but collapsed from his injuries and fell until Su Xiaoxiao caught him.
• Li Yichen saw the destruction across the university plaza, worried about paying for it, and ran away before Su Xiaoxiao could stop him.
• Su Xiaoxiao told Elder Mo that Li Yichen had survived his tribulation, and Elder Mo ordered Military Command to secure the plaza and the university to switch military training to wilderness survival.
• Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan asked Su Xiaoxiao where Li Yichen had gone, and Su Xiaoxiao pointed them toward the east gate.
• Li Yichen waited outside the newly opened bathhouse, wondering whether Tang Ling'er and the others had finished bathing.

Li Yichen was caught lusting after Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan, while Zheng Liang prepared a blood sacrifice and fought for control of his body. Mantou began evolving after absorbing a Vengeful Spirit, and Tang Ling'er feared its lingering resentment was turning it dark.

• Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan caught Li Yichen fantasizing about seeing them after their bath, then walked away while he hurried after them.
• Zheng Liang planned to open the Heavenly Treasury with a blood sacrifice to Ghostface City and briefly struggled against the Great Yin-Yang Master's control over his body.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan fed Mantou ginseng, and Tang Ling'er sensed that the rabbit was about to evolve.
• Mantou turned black, grew larger, and revealed blood-red eyes as Li Yichen warned Tang Ling'er not to approach it.
• Tang Ling'er discovered her Spirit-Sealing Register was missing and realized Mantou had released and swallowed its sealed Vengeful Spirit.
• Tang Ling'er saw that the Vengeful Spirit's resentment had become entangled with Mantou's soul and feared Mantou was turning dark.

Li Yichen used a life-filled white flame to purify Mantou’s corrupted energy, though he nearly roasted it in the process. Mantou recovered and grew stronger, then tearfully pointed at Li Yichen and Tang Ling'er as if tattling on them.

• Mantou attacked, and Tang Ling'er froze it with a spell before asking Li Yichen to kill it because she could not bring herself to do so.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan begged Li Yichen to save Mantou and promised he could ask anything of her if he succeeded.
• Li Yichen summoned a white flame that made the magnolia tree blossom and began purifying Mantou’s black and gray energy.
• Tang Ling'er struggled to keep Mantou immobilized as Li Yichen intensified the flame, purifying its corruption and doubling its soul energy.
• Li Yichen noticed the smell of roast meat and withdrew the flames after Mantou began smoking; Ouyang Xuanxuan caught the recovered creature.
• Mantou pointed tearfully at Li Yichen and Tang Ling'er, and Li Yichen demanded to know whether it was cursing him.

After saving Mantou, Li Yichen walked Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling'er back to their dormitory, then learned that the next day's military training had been changed to wilderness survival. He went to the Good Karma Hall to place an unusual order, leaving Elder Mo stunned when he requested a hundred blonde beauties.

• Li Yichen teased Ouyang Xuanxuan about her promise to grant him a request, but she clarified that she could still refuse.
• Zheng Liang told Li Yichen that military training would move to wilderness survival because Military Command had requisitioned the square, then watched Stone Mountain with a strange smile.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling'er discussed Li Yichen's ability to keep the rain off himself and argued over who should be called the big sister.
• Li Yichen visited the Good Karma Hall, met Elder Mo, and ordered a hundred blonde beauties.

Li Yichen bargained with Elder Mo to have him prepare a special order in exchange for the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness. He paid a deposit, took two pairs of bracelets and a jade bottle from Elder Mo, then revealed the legendary waters and left him astonished.

• Elder Mo asked Li Yichen for one jin of the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness, then agreed to prepare the order in three days when Li Yichen offered another half-jin.
• Elder Mo rushed away and returned with a palm-sized mutton-fat jade bottle for Li Yichen to use as a deposit.
• Li Yichen admired the bottle and took two pairs of bracelets from Elder Mo as well.
• Li Yichen used Meng Po's method to draw a walnut-sized ball of water from his uncapped bottle.
• Elder Mo sensed the soul-like fluctuations in the water and recognized it as the legendary Waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

Li Yichen learned about the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness and teased Elder Mo about the Love-Forgetting Potion before being kicked out. Later, he shared instant noodles with Ouyang Xuanxuan, nearly kissed her, and then joined her and Tang Ling'er on a search for the Spirit-Sealing Register at Fengxiang Peak.

• Elder Mo explained that the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness strengthened talismans and could be used to make a Love-Forgetting Potion, then drove Li Yichen out and told him to return in three days for his belongings.
• Li Yichen returned to his shop, where Ouyang Xuanxuan arrived in the rain and asked him to make instant noodles.
• When the shop's water dispenser failed, Li Yichen boiled mineral water for the noodles with a black-and-white flame.
• After Ouyang Xuanxuan finished eating, Li Yichen and she leaned toward each other for a kiss, but Tang Ling'er interrupted them.
• Tang Ling'er asked Li Yichen to help search for the Spirit-Sealing Register at Fengxiang Peak, and Ouyang Xuanxuan asked to come along.
• Tang Ling'er flew ahead on the Yao Light Sword while Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan prepared to follow.

Li Yichen gave Ouyang Xuanxuan a magical feather that let her fly, easing her fear that she would someday be left behind. After she learned to fly, they playfully chased each other through the sky before remembering Tang Ling'er was waiting for them.

• Li Yichen carried Ouyang Xuanxuan through the air, and she admitted she feared being unable to follow him and Tang Ling'er someday.
• Li Yichen gave Ouyang Xuanxuan a dark red feather and taught her how to use it to fly.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan briefly hovered, then plummeted before regaining control and learning to fly freely.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan teased Li Yichen into chasing her, and the two played together in the sky.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan reminded Li Yichen that Tang Ling'er was waiting, so they hurried on before she could get angry.

Tang Ling'er demanded a gift after learning Li Yichen had given Ouyang Xuanxuan a feather that let her fly, and Li Yichen gave her a Youth-Restoring Pearl. The chapter left Ouyang Xuanxuan asking to trade her flight feather for a pearl of her own.

• Tang Ling'er saw Ouyang Xuanxuan flying with Li Yichen's feather and demanded a present from him.
• Li Yichen offered Tang Ling'er a pearl, and she tossed it away before he caught it and revealed it was a Youth-Restoring Pearl.
• Tang Ling'er called Li Yichen Brother Chen, accepted the pearl, and told him to offer her future treasures first.
• Tang Ling'er flew ahead to the summit, and Ouyang Xuanxuan offered Li Yichen her feather in exchange for a Youth-Restoring Pearl.

Li Yichen gave Ouyang Xuanxuan a Youth-Restoring Pearl, then joined the Journalism Department’s field-training trip to Stone Mountain, where a legend about the Heavenly Treasury and Zheng Liang’s sinister aura raised concerns. He boarded the bus between Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan as the students set off for their destination.

• Li Yichen secretly gave Ouyang Xuanxuan the Youth-Restoring Pearl, and Tang Ling'er returned with the Spirit-Sealing Register.
• Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan argued about eating rabbits before Li Yichen led them back to the university.
• The next morning, Zheng Liang told Li Yichen their field-training destination was Stone Mountain and mentioned the Heavenly Treasury legend.
• Su Xiaoxiao and Hao Shuai noticed Stone Mountain on the itinerary, but agreed to follow the university’s plans while staying alert.
• Li Yichen boarded the bus and sat between Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan.

During the wilderness training trip, Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan teased Li Yichen on the bus, then Su Xiaoxiao taught the students how to camp safely. As the group struggled to light a fire and clear the campsite, Li Yichen chose a massive rock to move.

• Tang Ling'er and Ouyang Xuanxuan clung to Li Yichen on the bus and teased him about their figures, leaving him embarrassed and uncomfortable.
• Su Xiaoxiao and her companions taught the students wilderness survival skills as they walked to a riverside clearing.
• Su Xiaoxiao explained camping safety rules and assigned the boys to pitch tents and the girls to prepare fires and food.
• The girls struggled to light a fire with damp wood while the boys pitched tents and Li Yichen organized the removal of rocks.
• Li Yichen inspected a large, slippery rock and decided it was the one he would move.

Li Yichen impressed the other students by lifting a massive rock, then reassured Ouyang Xuanxuan when she failed to start a fire. He left with Tang Ling'er to check on her, confident he could solve the problem.

• Li Yichen lifted the huge rock by himself while the boys watched in disbelief.
• Tang Ling'er won a bet that the skeptical boy would have to eat a stone, but Li Yichen let him off with a joke.
• Tang Ling'er linked arms with Li Yichen and went with him to check whether Ouyang Xuanxuan had started a fire.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan tearfully worried that she was too stupid to light the damp firewood, and Li Yichen comforted her.
• Li Yichen assured Ouyang Xuanxuan that he could solve any problem.

Li Yichen used his Otherworldly Flame to start a campfire, and he and the others spent the evening eating and joking at the campsite. At midnight, Zheng Liang and Shadow activated the Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array at Ghostface Pool and sent blood butterflies toward the sleeping students.

• Li Yichen ignited the firewood with a tiny flame from his fingertip, impressing Xiao Lu and the other girls.
• Mantou emerged from Tang Ling'er's Deerskin Pouch, ate noodles from Ouyang Xuanxuan, and fell asleep in her arms.
• Tang Ling'er teased Li Yichen about sharing the girls' tent, but he escaped to sleep with Hao Jun and the others.
• At midnight, Zheng Liang met Shadow on the walls of Ghostface City and learned that the Huaxia students were asleep.
• Zheng Liang and the black-robed figures invoked Amaterasu, activated the Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array, and sent swarms of blood butterflies toward the campsite.

Li Yichen and the camp were attacked by the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect’s Dreamlike Blood Butterflies beneath a blood-red moon. After Hao Jun and Wang Meng were possessed, Li Yichen used his Yin Flame to destroy the swarm, leaving Su Xiaoxiao stunned by another of his secrets.

• Li Yichen noticed Zheng Liang was missing and sensed blood spreading through the camp as the moon turned blood-red.
• A swarm of blood butterflies descended on the tents and attacked Li Yichen, Hao Jun, and Wang Meng.
• Hao Jun and Wang Meng fought the butterflies, but both were possessed after butterflies burrowed into their bodies.
• Tang Ling'er identified the attack as the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect’s Dreamlike Blood Butterflies, while she, Ouyang Xuanxuan, Mantou, and Su Xiaoxiao joined the defense.
• Li Yichen gathered the group and spread Yin Flame into a sea of fire that burned the blood butterflies to ash.
• Su Xiaoxiao questioned how many secrets Li Yichen was keeping, and Li Yichen concealed that he had not used his Yang Flame.

Li Yichen and the others followed students controlled by blood butterflies to Ghostface City, where the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect prepared a blood sacrifice. They discovered the ritual was led by Blood Between · Jingzhen, a demon Tang Ling'er’s grandfather had sealed away.

• After the blood butterflies vanished, Hao Jun, Wang Meng, and the other students walked toward Ghostface City with glowing red eyes, so Li Yichen’s group followed them.
• Li Yichen agreed to let Ouyang Xuanxuan come along with Mantou protecting her, and the group pursued the students cautiously.
• At Ghostface City, Zheng Liang’s ritual drew bloody vapor from the pool into a ghostly face, and he called the approaching students his sacrifices.
• Tang Ling’er recognized the ritual as the Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array and accidentally revealed the group’s presence to Zheng Liang.
• Zheng Liang identified himself as Blood Between · Jingzhen, and Tang Ling’er realized he might be the Blood Demon her grandfather had sealed inside the Spirit-Sealing Register.

Blood Between revealed his true face and ordered Dark Shadow to kill Li Yichen, but Li Yichen burned the ninja to ashes with yin flame. Blood Between then controlled Hao Jun, Wang Meng, and the others as Blood Slaves, forcing Li Yichen and the women to defend themselves without hurting their classmates; the chapter ended with Wang Meng's Blood Butterfly reviving him and his punch sending Li Yichen flying.

• Blood Between tore off his human skin and revealed his true face, then ordered Dark Shadow to attack Li Yichen.
• Tang Ling'er tossed Li Yichen the Yao Light Sword, and Li Yichen dodged Dark Shadow's Reincarnation Slash and destroyed his Wooden Escape decoy.
• Li Yichen sensed Dark Shadow underground and killed him with yin flame, leaving Blood Between frightened and unwilling to fight directly.
• Blood Between used an incantation to turn Hao Jun, Wang Meng, and the others into Blood Slaves and ordered them to attack Li Yichen's group.
• Li Yichen tried to knock out Wang Meng, but the Blood Butterfly on Wang Meng's neck flashed and Wang Meng punched Li Yichen into the air.

Li Yichen defied Blood Between’s demand to surrender and used White Flame to destroy the Blood Butterfly Marks controlling the people below. Blood Between was left facing Li Yichen after the captives fell asleep, their lives apparently spared.

• Li Yichen asked Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling'er to fly everyone to safety, but Tang Ling'er could not carry Su Xiaoxiao, so Li Yichen carried her himself.
• Blood Between threatened to kill the people below unless Li Yichen became his servant, while Ouyang Xuanxuan, Tang Ling'er, and Su Xiaoxiao urged Li Yichen to escape.
• As Blood Between began counting and activated the Blood Butterfly Marks, Li Yichen told Su Xiaoxiao to hold on and summoned White Flame.
• Li Yichen unleashed “Blazing Flames Burn the Heavens,” engulfing the people below in White Flame.
• Li Yichen drew the White Flame back to himself, leaving the people unharmed and asleep, with their Blood Butterfly Marks gone.

Li Yichen and Tang Ling'er confronted Blood Between, who sacrificed his Onmyoji followers to summon Amaterasu’s power through Divine Descent. After Tang Ling’er’s thunder attack failed and left her injured, Li Yichen entrusted her to Ouyang Xuanxuan and Mantou before preparing to face Blood Between alone.

• Li Yichen assigned Su Xiaoxiao and Ouyang Xuanxuan to protect the others, then flew with Tang Ling'er to confront Blood Between.
• Blood Between and his Onmyoji followers performed a ritual, sacrificing their hearts to channel blood into him and summon Amaterasu’s power.
• Blood Between transformed and claimed that his divine power made Li Yichen and Tang Ling'er helpless.
• Tang Ling'er called down Divine Thunder, but Blood Between’s black flames destroyed it and wounded her.
• Li Yichen carried Tang Ling'er to Ouyang Xuanxuan, told her and Mantou to protect the injured girl, and turned to face Blood Between as a Yin-Yang Fish appeared in his eyes.