Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Minghui and her companions uncovered clues about the Beast-Shifters and discussed Qian Ziyan’s history with Meng Ruo Yu as they traveled toward Dalai City. The chapter ended with the group sheltering from a storm, while Qian Ziyan noticed Toothless’s powerful aura.

• Dongfang Minghui showed Qian Wanyu blue and green granules left by the Beast-Shifter’s ashes and learned that Qian Wanyu and Qian Ziyan had found a nearby base where Beast-Shifters were being experimented on.
• Qian Wanyu decided the group should leave Fish-Dragon Town, and the travelers continued toward Dalai City while Dongfang Minghui worried about reaching the auction and having too few spirit stones.
• Dongfang Minghui questioned Qian Ziyan about Meng Ruo Yu, and he confirmed that Meng Ruo Yu had once used plants to mark a path before becoming a Death Spirit Master through the Corpse Refining Art.
• Qian Ziyan explained that Dream Family seers never lived past thirty, and Qian Wanyu suspected the rumor about a life-restoring medicine had concealed the real reason Meng Ruo Yu betrayed them.
• The group raced to find shelter as a storm began and took refuge in a cave, where Qian Ziyan noticed an unusually powerful aura emanating from Toothless.

Toothless’s uncontrolled heavenly fire destroyed the cave, and the dragon flew away while Qian Ziyan survived. After reaching Dalai City, Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui tried to search the Cloud Pavilion for its auction goods, but Pei Tian’s guards surrounded them.

• Qian Wanyu recalled Little White Ball after it lost fur near the unconscious Toothless, whose leaking flames trapped everyone in the cave.
• Qian Ziyan played his harp to control the heavenly fire while the others crawled outside, but the music stopped and a fire dragon burst from the cave before flying away.
• Qian Wanyu rescued Qian Ziyan from the collapsed cave, and the group continued through the rain before reaching Dalai City four days later.
• At the Cloud Pavilion, Little Fatty transformed into a mouse, prompting Qian Wanyu to explain that Little Sprout’s mutation came from the Soul-Tempering Furnace; Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui then sneaked into the pavilion.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui searched the Cloud Pavilion and took spirit medicines, but Pei Tian’s guards surrounded their room and demanded they come out.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui uncovered clues about the suspicious Mairon and found the Cloud Pavilion’s hidden auction goods in an underground pleasure house, where people were exploited as cultivation vessels. The group returned the next morning and reached a locked iron gate guarded by unconscious sentries.

• Qian Wanyu warned Nangong Yuntian that Mairon might be an impostor and learned that a revolt had disrupted the Cyril Tribe after Cyril subjected his family to cruel modifications.
• Little Lecher and Little Fatty led Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui to the Cloud Pavilion’s hidden auction goods beneath an underground pleasure house, where Qian Wanyu fought off people who targeted her five-element spirit body.
• Qian Wanyu told Nangong Yuntian to watch Mairon, and he ordered Pei Tian to investigate him while letting the women leave with the missing spirit medicines.
• Little Fatty took the form of a mouse, and Qian Wanyu agreed to return to the hidden site the next morning; Mu Sheng and Qian Ziyan joined them.
• Qian Wanyu and her companions knocked out the guards at the iron gate, and Dongfang Minghui began opening its lock with silver needles before Qian Wanyu handed her a key.

Qian Wanyu and her companions broke into Cloud Pavilion’s storeroom, took an iron chest, and discovered that it held the missing Little Sprout. At the auction, Qian Wanyu reunited with Qian Yiling while Dongfang Minghui bid on a Light Element Holy Qilin Egg as a wedding gift for Situ and Bai Rou.

• Little Fatty led Qian Wanyu and the others to an iron chest in Cloud Pavilion’s storeroom, and Qian Wanyu took it after failing to open its hidden lock.
• Pei Tian delivered a Cloud Pavilion Admission Pass, and intruders tried to steal it before Uncle Wood and Qian Ziyan drove them off.
• The chest opened in the inn, and Little Fatty caught Little Sprout as it tried to escape with the Heavenly Sound Helmet.
• Qian Wanyu and her companions attended the auction, where Qian Yiling arrived and the Soul-Returning Pill sold for more than eight hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Dongfang Minghui bid one million spirit stones on a Light Element Holy Qilin Egg for Situ and Bai Rou, then worried that they lacked enough spirit stones.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu attended the Cloud Pavilion auction, where the Eye of Truth and a Fire Element Dragon Core sparked fierce bidding and danger. After reclaiming Little Sprout from Nangong Yuntian, they left the auction and found the Hilaris tribe under attack for the Dragon Core.

• Dongfang Minghui won the Light-Element Qilin Holy Egg, while Qian Mama bid thirteen million spirit stones for the Eye of Truth and won it.
• The auction’s final item was a Fire Element Dragon Core, which Little Fatty coveted and Dongfang Minghui nearly bid on before Qian Wanyu stopped her.
• Nangong Yuntian denied that his people had killed a dragon for the core and admitted that the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth had been brought to the auction by the same person.
• Dongfang Minghui challenged Nangong Yuntian over the stolen Heavenly Sound Helmet, and Little Sprout chose her, allowing her to question the Beast Tribe man who had found it.
• Nangong Yuntian revealed that the Hilaris tribe had acquired the Dragon Core, and Qian Wanyu hurried the group away after predicting someone would target the treasures.
• Dongfang Minghui and her companions saw black-clad attackers assaulting the Hilaris tribe in the street and hurried around the battle toward the inn.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui escaped an ambush over a fake Dragon Core, reunited with Karu, and learned about the Cass Tribe’s conflict with the Cyril and Hilaris Tribes. After Zhi Lan revealed that Qian Yiling had been delayed and was hiding in the city, Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui secretly followed her to a brothel, where they sensed blood and demanded to be taken to Qian Yiling.

• Qian Wanyu led Dongfang Minghui, Qian Ziyan, and Mu Sheng through an ambush, while Qian Ziyan tossed away the fake Dragon Core and helped them escape.
• Qian Wanyu and Qian Ziyan explained that the Dragon Core was a decoy, and Mu Sheng admired the Light-Element Qilin Holy Egg.
• Karu found the group, recognized Dongfang Minghui as the Little Witch, and told them about the Cass Tribe’s war with the Cyril and Hilaris Tribes and the peace negotiations led by Jacob.
• Zhi Lan told Qian Wanyu that Qian Yiling could not meet her and arranged for them to meet at Cloud Pavilion the next day.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui followed Zhi Lan to a brothel in disguise, while Qian Ziyan and Mu Sheng entered separately.
• Dongfang Minghui smelled blood near the hidden meeting place, and Qian Wanyu urgently asked Zhi Lan to take her to Qian Yiling.

Dongfang Minghui helped Qian Wanyu save the wounded Night Fox tribesman Duo Nuo while Qian Yiling reunited with her brother Qian Ziyan after twenty years apart. Qian Yiling learned that Dongfang Minghui was the Dongfang Family’s ninth young lady who had bullied Qian Wanyu, and the chapter ended with Qian Wanyu confirming it.

• Dongfang Minghui used a Life-Extending Pill and a potion made with Pig Immortal Grass and Little Lecher’s parts to treat Duo Nuo, while Qian Wanyu removed the black-mist-tainted ice spikes from his wounds.
• Qian Wanyu and Qing Mo created an Aura-Locking Formation, coaxing Pig Immortal Grass out of hiding and learning that it feared meeting Xiu Qi.
• Qian Ziyan arrived with Mu Sheng, and Qian Yiling reunited tearfully with her brother after twenty years apart.
• Duo Nuo woke, and Qian Yiling questioned him about the Night Fox Tribe’s attempt to steal the Dragon Core and Lance’s disappearance.
• Qian Yiling asked Qian Wanyu whether Dongfang Minghui had been the Dongfang Family girl who bullied her, and Qian Wanyu confirmed it while explaining that Minghui had also saved her from the Dragon-Trapping Seal.

Qian Wanyu openly asked Qian Yiling to promise her hand to Dongfang Minghui, then left with her to investigate the fire that destroyed Cloud Pavilion and retrieve a chest Qian Yiling had stored there. Back at the inn, Little Fatty awakened as a living flame, while Qian Wanyu fought off attackers seeking the Eye of Truth and began opening its box; Little Fatty then drove intruders from their room.

• Qian Wanyu asked Qian Yiling to promise her hand to Dongfang Minghui, then left the cave with Dongfang Minghui despite Qian Yiling's shock.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui learned Cloud Pavilion had burned down, questioned Nangong Yuntian, and recovered a chest Qian Yiling had left in his underground storehouse.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui found Little Fatty burning in their inn room, carried her outside, and fought off black-clad attackers seeking the Eye of Truth.
• Qian Wanyu used dark-type spiritual power to defeat the remaining attacker, while Little Fatty burned the others; Qian Wanyu bluffed that the Eye of Truth and Dragon Core were connected.
• Qian Wanyu returned to the inn and began opening the iron box as intruders searched their room, while Dongfang Minghui and Little Fatty stayed concealed in a formation.
• Little Fatty knocked two intruders out of the room and down the stairs after they threatened to fetch a formation master.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu discovered that the Eye of Truth could break formations and agreed to meet Mason to uncover its connection to the Dragon Core. At the meeting, Mason tried to seize the Eye of Truth, and a battle erupted as Lien and Little Fatty joined the fight.

• Little Fatty escaped the ruined inn, and Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu remained hidden behind a formation while Qian Wanyu opened the iron chest.
• Qian Wanyu revealed the Eye of Truth, then agreed to cooperate with Mason and chose an open meeting place outside Dalai City.
• Harlow and his men ambushed the group on the way, but Qian Wanyu confronted Harlow while Little Fatty and Little Lecher exposed hidden attackers, including Lien.
• Mason arrived at the meeting with bloodied followers and demanded the Eye of Truth, but Qian Wanyu refused and prepared to leave.
• Mason's men blocked the group's way, Lien fired an arrow to signal for help, and Mason attacked Qian Wanyu as the others fought back.

Sparks spread across the grasslands in the various people's Soul Seas, and a trace of golden fire mingled with the red flames.

• Sparks darted into the various people's Soul Seas.
• The sparks ignited a fierce fire that burned across the endless grasslands.
• A trace of golden fire mingled with the blazing red flames.

Qian Wanyu and her companions survived a ring of strange flames, joined forces with a black-robed old man to investigate the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth, and discovered a beautiful girl in a cave. As the group began using the Eye of Truth to reveal a map, the girl seized the Dragon Core and revealed that it belonged to one of her clansmen.

• Qian Wanyu fought Mason while a black-robed old man and a flame-controlling boy trapped the group inside a ring of fire, and Little Fatty carried Dongfang Minghui safely through the flames.
• The boy’s flames burned Mason and his followers to ashes, while the old man took the Dragon Core and an empty iron box before agreeing to cooperate with Qian Wanyu.
• Little Fatty found an unconscious girl in a cave and brought her back to the group, where Dongfang Minghui treated her fever.
• At moonrise, Qian Wanyu brought out the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth, and the old man explained how they could be used together to uncover a map to the Dragon Clan’s territory.
• The old man attacked Qian Wanyu with Death Aura, but Little Lecher blocked him and Qian Wanyu’s hidden power consumed the black mist.
• The girl woke, snatched the Dragon Core from the air, severed its connection to the Eye of Truth, and declared it the inner core of one of her clansmen.

Qian Wanyu and her companions discovered that the girl who claimed the Dragon Core was Toothless, though she had lost her memories and did not recognize Dongfang Minghui. After Toothless joined them, Qian Wanyu confronted Nangong Yuntian about the auction and secured a Water Element Spirit Pill to help Xiao Miao control his flames; she then revealed that Xiao Miao had accidentally burned down Cloud Pavilion after being incited.

• Toothless unleashed Dragon Clan True Fire, killed the black-robed old man, and agreed to stay with Dongfang Minghui after recognizing the eggshell fragment.
• Toothless failed to remember Dongfang Minghui, but allowed her to touch the beauty mark on her forehead and decided to follow her until she recovered her memories.
• Qian Wanyu left Qian Ziyan and Mu Sheng to return to Qian Yiling, then took Toothless, Dongfang Minghui, Little Fatty, and Xiao Miao to find Nangong Yuntian.
• Qian Wanyu confronted Nangong Yuntian about the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth, while Toothless set his clothes alight until Dongfang Minghui persuaded her to stop.
• Qian Wanyu asked Nangong Yuntian for help controlling Xiao Miao's flames, and he provided a Water Element Spirit Pill.
• Qian Wanyu told Nangong Yuntian that Xiao Miao, not Toothless, had accidentally burned down Cloud Pavilion after someone incited him.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui left Nangong Yuntian after warning him about Toothless and thanking him for letting bygones be bygones on Xiao Miao’s behalf. Nangong Yuntian was left shaken and called for Pei Tian to help him.

• Qian Wanyu warned Nangong Yuntian that Toothless could threaten the entire Cloud Pavilion and his life.
• Qian Wanyu thanked Nangong Yuntian on Xiao Miao’s behalf and departed.
• Dongfang Minghui echoed Qian Wanyu’s farewell while suppressing her laughter.
• Nangong Yuntian watched Qian Wanyu leave, leaned against the wall, and gasped for breath.
• Nangong Yuntian gritted his teeth and ordered Pei Tian to help him.

After the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth revealed part of a map to the Dragon Clan's grounds, Qian Wanyu and her companions prepared to pursue it, while Toothless's growing distance from Dongfang Minghui became increasingly clear. The group ended the night planning their next move, and Qian Ziyan set out to ask whether Lance was connected to the Dragon Clan.

• Qian Wanyu gave Toothless the Eye of Truth, but Qian Ziyan intervened and kept the artifact until they could test it with the Dragon Core that night.
• Dongfang Minghui took Lien to meet Karu, learned that Lien wanted revenge for his foster parents, and warned Karu's people to leave Dalai City because the Hilaris Tribe's forces had been killed.
• Harlow ambushed Dongfang Minghui and demanded Lien; Little Fatty and Little Sprout defeated many of his men, and Lien later confronted Harlow and declared that he would challenge Jacob someday.
• Toothless and Qian Wanyu combined the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth under the moon, revealing a partial terrain map that Dongfang Minghui quickly drew.
• Toothless killed the treasure seekers with a vast blaze, while Qian Wanyu cautioned Dongfang Minghui that Toothless was no longer quite the same person she remembered.
• After the flames died, Qian Wanyu asked Toothless to help plan their route, and Qian Ziyan went to report the map's appearance and inquire about Lance.

Qian Wanyu tried to help Xiao Miao suppress his flames while the group waited for Toothless to return and used the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth to reveal more of the Terrain Map. They discovered a crack in the Eye of Truth’s container and suspected it might be fake, then reached Qian Yiling’s camp and found five uninvited guests waiting there.

• Qian Wanyu gave Xiao Miao the Water Spirit Bead, and he suppressed his flames after evaporating the river.
• Toothless returned after Little White Ball found her, and Dongfang Minghui persuaded her to stay and help complete the Terrain Map.
• Qian Wanyu and Toothless combined the Dragon Core and Eye of Truth, revealing another section of the Terrain Map while Dongfang Minghui copied it.
• Qian Wanyu and Qian Ziyan found a crack in the Eye of Truth’s container and suspected the object was fake.
• The group reached Qian Yiling’s camp and noticed five uninvited guests among her people.

• Key events: The churchwomen inspect the bags and find nothing that looks unusual. Thelma decides to tell her husband, then suggests they go get wine and meat.
• Character developments: Thelma appears practical and ready to act, though the excerpt gives little context for her decision.
• Character interactions: The churchwomen examine the bags together; Thelma speaks to an unnamed companion, who agrees to leave.
• Themes: The brief passage hints at secrecy or concealment, contrasting an ordinary social errand with the unexplained bags.

Qian Wanyu and her companions continued toward the Dragon Clan Lands, where the Eye of Truth began to crack and Qian Wanyu fought Toothless. As Qian Yiling confronted her feelings about Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui’s relationship, Qian Wanyu told her she would leave with Ninth Sister if her mother could not accept them.

• Qian Yiling questioned the Night Fox Tribe members’ identities while Qian Wanyu concealed her doubts about the Eye of Truth from her mother.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui’s group obtained another Terrain Map, and Qian Wanyu discovered that the Eye of Truth’s crack had worsened.
• Qian Wanyu fought Toothless with her elemental powers, leaving Toothless injured, while Qian Yiling learned that Qian Wanyu had a five-element spirit body.
• Qian Ziyan encouraged Qian Yiling to speak honestly with Qian Wanyu, and Qian Yiling later saw Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui reconcile after their quarrel.
• As the group traveled farther south, magic beasts vanished and the temperature fell; Qian Yiling asked Qian Wanyu what she loved about Dongfang Minghui.
• Qian Wanyu told Qian Yiling she would wait for Dongfang Minghui to catch up in cultivation and would leave with her if Qian Yiling could not accept their relationship.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui gained Qian Yiling’s blessing for their relationship while the group prepared to continue through the freezing terrain. Qian Yiling began telling Qian Wanyu about Lance, the Night Fox Tribe member believed to be her father, and Dongfang Minghui shyly called Qian Yiling “Mother.”

• Qian Wanyu aligned the Eye of Truth with the Dragon Core under the moonlight, and Dongfang Minghui copied the revealed Terrain Map before the Eye exploded; Qian Wanyu and Toothless were knocked back.
• Qian Wanyu revealed that she suspected Lance of the Night Fox Tribe was her father, while she and Dongfang Minghui discussed Qian Yiling’s search for him.
• Qian Wanyu proposed sending back anyone unable to withstand the worsening cold, and Qian Yiling arranged for Lien to test the group in elimination matches.
• Lien defeated most of the challengers, while Lahan secured a victory over him; Qian Wanyu arranged for the others to return with a copy of the Terrain Map.
• Qian Yiling told Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui that she accepted their relationship, urged them to remain faithful, and asked them to keep it from the Old Madam until they understood the Thousand Family’s situation.
• Qian Yiling began explaining that Lance was Qian Wanyu’s father, and Dongfang Minghui shyly addressed her as “Mother.”

Qian Yiling recounted how she and Lance had fallen in love, while Dongfang Minghui remembered that Qin Qin had known Qian Wanyu’s identity. As the group traveled toward the Dragon Clan Lands, Mei Wu ensnared Dongfang Minghui in a dreamlike haze, and the chapter ended with Qian Wanyu demanding an explanation after Dongfang Minghui escaped and Little Fatty’s fire energy flared.

• Qian Yiling told Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui how Lance had cared for her after her misfortunes, and how Madam Dongfang had rescued her while she was pregnant.
• Dongfang Minghui recalled signs that Qin Qin had known Qian Wanyu was her Seventh Sister, then promised to treat Qian Wanyu well and discussed preparing betrothal gifts.
• Qian Wanyu and the others continued toward the location on the Terrain Map, while Dongfang Minghui learned that Mei Wu’s special ability could make people act against their intentions.
• Mei Wu lured Dongfang Minghui into her tent, where violet radish incense trapped her in a haze and made her unable to control her actions; Pig Immortal Grass broke the spell and pulled her out.
• Dongfang Minghui discovered that Lien had been missing for hours and warned Qian Wanyu that Xiu Qi might be nearby, while Qian Wanyu calmed Little Fatty’s rising fire energy.
• Dongfang Minghui confessed everything that had happened in Mei Wu’s tent, and Qian Wanyu’s expression turned colder as she listened.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui sealed Love Entwined, then joined the search for Lien, whose bow and arrows they found abandoned in a cave. Mei Wu revealed her deception and attacked the group, but Toothless and Little Fatty triggered an avalanche; trapped in the cave, Dongfang Minghui was seized by a bewitched Mu Sheng while Mei Wu demanded the Terrain Map and a way out.

• Qian Wanyu, Qian Ziyan, and Qian Yiling sealed Love Entwined to conceal the living beings inside it, and Qian Wanyu told Dongfang Minghui to refuse Mei Wu if she tried to isolate her again.
• After the snow stopped, Qian Wanyu led Dongfang Minghui and their companions to search for Lien, and they found his bow and arrows in a dry cave with no signs of a fight.
• Qian Wanyu realized Mei Wu had drugged the group, and Mei Wu dropped her disguise, demanded the Terrain Map and Dongfang Minghui, and attacked them.
• Qian Wanyu fought Mei Wu while Toothless and Little Fatty’s heat melted the surrounding snow, triggering an avalanche that sealed the cave entrance.
• Mei Wu used Mu Sheng to seize Dongfang Minghui and threatened her until Qian Wanyu offered the Terrain Map and began gathering lightning to blast through the snow.