Chapter Summaries

• Plot: Qian Wanyu remembers that Ding Ding acted strangely when approaching the mirror. She suspects this may mean the mirror will be difficult to retrieve.
• Character development: Qian Wanyu draws on her observation of Ding Ding and becomes more cautious about recovering the mirror.
• Themes: The excerpt hints at uncertainty and hidden dangers surrounding the mirror.
• Character interactions: Ding Ding’s earlier behavior shapes Qian Wanyu’s thinking, though Ding Ding is not present in this moment.

Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou tried to retrieve the Soul-Severing Mirror, but Ding Ding’s contact with it caused it to transform into the Longevity Cauldron and drain their spiritual power. After learning Little Hui and White-Haired Little Hui hoped the mirror could reunite their split souls, Qian Wanyu agreed to try again with Little Hui’s help; the attempt ended with the mirror pulling her toward the mountain wall.

• Ding Ding woke and said it disliked the Soul-Severing Mirror, but Qian Wanyu decided she still had to retrieve it to find the hidden path to the Dragon Clan Lands.
• Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou tried to pull the mirror from the mountain, but Ding Ding touched it, fell into the depths, and caused the mirror to slam back into the wall.
• After the group rescued Ding Ding, it transformed into the Longevity Cauldron and began draining Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui until Qian Wanyu forced it to stop.
• Yuchi Shou explained that his clan’s ancestral painting showed the Longevity Cauldron at the Dragon God’s final battle, and he believed its owner was dead.
• Little Hui and White-Haired Little Hui asked to risk their lives by replacing the mirror, hoping its removal would reunite their split souls; Qian Wanyu agreed to let them help.
• Qian Wanyu began a third attempt with Little Hui and Yuchi Shou, but a human figure appeared in the mirror, Yuchi Shou’s grip loosened, and the mirror yanked Qian Wanyu toward the mountain wall.

Qian Wanyu obtained the Soul-Severing Mirror at the cost of Little Hui’s life, and Dongfang Minghui’s dreams revealed the mirror’s role in Ding Ding’s past and lost memories. The group chose to investigate the mirror, and Qian Wanyu decided they should help Ding Ding recover those memories.

• Qian Wanyu retrieved the Soul-Severing Mirror as Yuchi Shou fell into a trance, and Little Hui died after sacrificing itself to secure the mirror.
• Yuchi Shou explained that the mirror had shown him his ancestor and the Dragon God, while Qian Wanyu kept the mirror covered and waited for Ding Ding to wake.
• Dongfang Minghui dreamed of the Dragon God, Ding Ding’s master, and the Soul-Severing Mirror’s battle with the Longevity Cauldron, then realized parts of the dream reflected real events.
• Qian Wanyu confirmed that Dongfang Minghui’s dream had revealed how the mirror’s Soul-Loss had affected Ding Ding and helped shatter the mirror in the past.
• Dongfang Minghui dreamed again of the Dragon Queen striking Ding Ding with the mirror, and Qian Wanyu concluded that Ding Ding’s lost memories were connected to it.
• Qian Wanyu said they should help Ding Ding recover those memories.

Qian Wanyu planned to use the Soul-Severing Mirror to restore the Worm Clan, while a storm forced the others to shelter in Ding Ding’s Longevity Cauldron as she endured seven days of lightning. After the rain transformed the mountain and Qian Wanyu went missing, Dongfang Minghui waited with Yuchi Shou, who prepared to test the mirror, before an icy hand touched her back.

• Yuchi Shou agreed to use the Soul-Severing Mirror, and Qian Wanyu explained that he should direct its soul-gathering side toward the Worm Clan on a clear day.
• When lightning pursued Ding Ding, Qian Wanyu drew it away, while Dongfang Minghui and Yuchi Shou sheltered in the Longevity Cauldron and Dongfang Minghui hid Ding Ding in the archway.
• Dongfang Minghui sparred with Ding Ding, recovered her Plum Blossom Nails from the Fierce Beast, and checked on Toothless in the Ice Coffin.
• Qian Wanyu endured seven days of lightning, was thrown far down the mountain, and returned to the transformed mountain stream after half a month; she saved a one-armed Worm who had once guided them.
• After the storm cleared, Dongfang Minghui and Yuchi Shou emerged from the Longevity Cauldron but could not find Qian Wanyu, while Yuchi Shou prepared to test the Soul-Severing Mirror.
• Ding Ding complained that something was biting its bottom, and Dongfang Minghui felt an icy hand touch her back.

Dongfang Minghui and her companions entered a primeval forest, where Ding Ding was trapped after plucking a Blue-Eyed Fruit. As Dongfang Minghui tried to negotiate with the old tree, Little Hui returned, and the chapter ended with vines capturing Yuchi Shou as he ignited a flame.

• White-Haired Little Hui awoke, and Yuchi Shou confirmed that Little Hui was still alive and might return after recovering.
• Qian Wanyu rejoined the group, explained that the Soul-Severing Mirror had revealed a path toward the Dragon Clan Lands, and led them onward with White-Haired Little Hui.
• Ding Ding plucked a Blue-Eyed Fruit and was swallowed by the old tree's vines, while Dongfang Minghui calmed the plants and tried to negotiate Ding Ding's release.
• Dongfang Minghui learned the old tree would not accept her spirit medicines, and Little Hui transformed back into Little Hui and offered to take Ding Ding's place.
• Dongfang Minghui listened to the forest's plants and followed their voices, while Qian Wanyu went after her and Yuchi Shou stayed behind with Little Hui.
• Vines bound Yuchi Shou and lifted him into the air after he ignited a flame, while Little Lecher warned him not to play with fire.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu learned that an ancient tree held Ding Ding and controlled the forest in exchange for Lifespan-Extending Liquid, then planned to rescue Ding Ding and seize the treasure. Their plan triggered a battle with the ancient tree and its reinforcements, and the chapter ended with the group divided under attack and Little Hui missing.

• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu investigated the ancient tree’s territory, then learned that Lifespan-Extending Liquid came from a cavern beneath it and that the tree extorted tribute from the forest.
• Little Lecher told Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu that Yuchi Shou had accidentally set trees on fire, so the vines beat and suspended him and Little Hui until the flames were extinguished.
• Dongfang Minghui persuaded the old Blue Fruit tree to arrange a tribute visit three days later, while Little Lecher convinced the vines to release Yuchi Shou and Little Hui.
• After Yuchi Shou recovered, Dongfang Minghui led the group to the ancient tree with Ding Ding bound in a vine ball, while Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass secretly went to search for the Lifespan-Extending Liquid.
• Ding Ding escaped during the meeting, Qian Wanyu attacked the ancient tree, and Yuchi Shou and the others fought its vines as the tree summoned enormous water beasts for reinforcements.
• The ancient tree tried to keep Dongfang Minghui as its companion and split its vines to attack her and Qian Wanyu separately, while Yuchi Shou fought the water beasts and Little Hui disappeared.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu fought their way through the Woods against a thousand-year-old tree spirit, then entered a cavern to find the Lifespan-Extending Liquid. They defeated the creature guarding it and found Little Lecher, Pig Immortal Grass, and Little Hui, but Little Hui was badly injured.

• Dongfang Minghui, Ding Ding, Qian Wanyu, and Yuchi Shou battled the old tree spirit as it trapped them with vines and attacked with sharp leaf vortices.
• Ding Ding smashed the tree's roots with the Longevity Cauldron, forcing it to return Qian Wanyu's Water-Thunder Whip and reveal a way to the cavern below.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui entered the cavern and collected some Lifespan-Extending Liquid while Ding Ding pursued the blue spirit beast guarding it.
• Qian Wanyu knocked Little Lecher, Pig Immortal Grass, and Little Hui down from their hiding place above, and Dongfang Minghui found Little Hui gravely injured.
• Ding Ding subdued the spirit beast, and Qian Wanyu took some of the blue substance from the cavern wall before they returned to the others above.

They retrieved what they had come for and prepared to leave the cave. Ding Ding took two glittering objects to give to Little Ninth, and the hole they had dug remained behind.

• They asked after the others with concern upon seeing them.
• They said they had what they came for and decided to leave.
• Ding Ding fluttered out of the cave with two glittering objects.
• Ding Ding put away the Longevity Cauldron, leaving the great hole as a mark of their work.

After the group escaped a scorpion swarm, Ding Ding accidentally lifted a stone marked Soul-Calming and unleashed a black-energy blade and a storm of flying weapons. The sky darkened as the danger closed in, leaving Qian Wanyu and the others facing the catastrophe Ding Ding had caused.

• Dongfang Minghui treated Yuchi Shou, Little Hui, Qian Yiling, and Qian Ziyan, and Qian Wanyu realized that the Child Immortal Body had likely changed Qian Ziyan’s constitution in Dragon-Trapping Valley.
• Ding Ding produced two Water Element Pearls and captured a scorpion that Qian Wanyu identified as the local Scorpion King, drawing the swarm after it as the group crossed the mounds.
• After the exhausted group rested, Dongfang Minghui took Ding Ding nearby, where Ding Ding lifted a stone marked Soul-Calming and released a black-energy blade and a storm of flying weapons.
• Dongfang Minghui and Ding Ding returned to Qian Wanyu as the sky turned black, and Qian Yiling warned that the dark clouds were nearly upon them.

Qian Wanyu and Ding Ding faced the death aura and rogue swords unleashed from the Sword Mound while the others waited inside the Longevity Cauldron. After Ding Ding retrieved the Soul-Calming Stone and the sword that had been pinned beneath it, Qian Wanyu followed the sword back to the mound and found death aura streaming from a hole in the ground.

• Qian Ziyan and Qian Wanyu left the Longevity Cauldron to investigate the black mist, but death aura corroded Qian Ziyan’s hand and forced him to return while Qian Wanyu stayed outside.
• Dongfang Minghui treated Qian Ziyan’s injury and reassured the others as they waited inside the cauldron; Little Hui awoke and recovered.
• Ding Ding joined Qian Wanyu, caught the rogue swords, and consumed the golden artifact spirits inside them while Qian Wanyu absorbed death aura.
• Ding Ding chased the sword that had been pinned beneath the Soul-Calming Stone, retrieved both objects, and brought them to Qian Wanyu.
• The sword led Qian Wanyu and Ding Ding back to the Sword Mound, where they saw death aura streaming from a hole in the ground, and Qian Wanyu caught Ding Ding as it tried to flee.

Qian Wanyu resealed the death aura with the golden blade and Soul-Calming Stone, then cultivated and advanced while the others waited by a shifting elemental shield near the suspected entrance to the Dragon Clan Lands. After testing the shield, she concluded it used six elements and realized their journey had exposed them to all ten elements of spiritual power.

• Qian Wanyu followed the blade to a multicolored iron gate, where a light-element barrier injured her and the group suspected the gate led to the Dragon Clan Lands.
• Qian Wanyu returned to the death-aura source and, with Ding Ding’s help, forced the blade and Soul-Calming Stone into the hole to suppress the spreading death aura.
• Ding Ding returned to Dongfang Minghui, and Pig Immortal Grass emerged from the blue liquid, turned pale blue, and ran amok before retreating to Dongfang Minghui’s soul sea in anger.
• Qian Wanyu advanced amid a storm of lightning, then returned to the group and learned that the barrier changed every four hours without repeating.
• Qian Wanyu tested the barrier and identified its six elements as light, thunder, wind, fire, water, and ice, then recalled that the group had encountered all ten elements on their journey.

The group tried to open the barrier blocking the way to the Dragon Clan Lands, while Dongfang Minghui waited for Ding Ding to wake and helped prepare for the attempt. Once the five elemental powers created an opening, she discovered the Iron Gate needed the iron fragments Toothless had collected, and Little Fatty revealed it could serve as the missing key.

• Qian Ziyan proposed using five elemental spirit masters and the ice-type fierce beast to weaken the barrier, while Dongfang Minghui tried unsuccessfully to wake sleeping Ding Ding.
• After three days, Yuchi Shou touched the barrier and was blasted away by a thunder-element surge, so the group waited and cultivated while Dongfang Minghui prepared medicines.
• Ding Ding woke, agreed to help, and persuaded the fierce beast to accept Qian Wanyu’s offer of the Ice Spring Pearl in exchange for joining the attempt.
• Qian Ziyan, Qian Yiling, Qian Wanyu, Yuchi Shou, and the fierce beast opened a gap in the barrier, allowing Dongfang Minghui and Ding Ding to reach the Iron Gate.
• Dongfang Minghui found that the Iron Gate would not open by force, and Pig Immortal Grass worked out that Toothless’s iron fragments were pieces of its key.
• Little Fatty entered the barrier and transformed into a key resembling the Dragon-Trapping Seal, revealing that it could supply the missing piece.

Dongfang Minghui fitted the iron fragments into the door, but the gate remained motionless as the group waited outside the barrier. As the barrier drained their spiritual power and the Thunder Element changed into the Ice Element, she wondered if they had made a mistake.

• Dongfang Minghui joined the iron fragments and fitted them into the hollow in the door, silently urging it to open.
• Pig Immortal Grass returned to Dongfang Minghui's Soul Sea and said the outcome was now up to fate.
• Qian Wanyu and the others held on outside the barrier, which continued drawing in their spiritual power.
• Dongfang Minghui felt the Thunder Element transform into the Ice Element and asked Pig Immortal Grass if they had gotten it wrong.

Dongfang Minghui and her companions opened the iron door, entered a land where the Soul-Severing Mirror suppressed spiritual power, and were captured by savages who planned to sacrifice them. Dongfang Minghui escaped into a cave, found the other half of the mirror, and emerged into a wilderness where she could no longer find the way back.

• Dongfang Minghui and Ding Ding opened the iron door, and Qian Wanyu and the others withdrew from the barrier and entered after them.
• Savages ambushed the group, bound them, and took them to their settlement to prepare them for a sacrifice to heaven.
• Dongfang Minghui freed the others and agreed to investigate the sacrificial grounds while Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou stayed behind.
• The savages took Dongfang Minghui to a cave, where she fought a two-headed snake and discovered the Soul-Severing Mirror embedded overhead.
• Dongfang Minghui failed to remove the mirror and left the cave to find Qian Wanyu, but she and her companions could not locate the way back through the wilderness.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu reunited the two halves of the Soul-Severing Mirror, whose light restored their spiritual power and sent them to the Dragon Clan’s territory. Separated from her companions, Dongfang Minghui searched for them and confronted the Dragon Queen, claiming she had been the Dragon God’s younger sister a hundred years earlier.

• Dongfang Minghui retrieved the half of the Soul-Severing Mirror from the cave, found the injured Little Hui, and reunited with Yuchi Shou and Qian Wanyu.
• Qian Wanyu tried to join the mirror halves, and Dongfang Minghui rolled a light-element egg over them to cleanse their mixed auras.
• The Soul-Severing Mirror pieces joined and released a blinding light that restored the group’s spiritual power and left them unconscious.
• Dongfang Minghui woke in the Purple Bamboo Grove, escaped the purple-haired dragon potion master, and learned that Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou were imprisoned on Dragon Summit.
• Dongfang Minghui set up a grilled-meat stall to lure Ding Ding, but the Dragon Queen and the purple-haired potion master arrived before it appeared.
• Dongfang Minghui told the Dragon Queen that she had been the Dragon God’s younger sister a hundred years earlier and reminded her that she had entrusted Xuan'er to her.

Dongfang Minghui bluffed the Dragon Queen with a story about Xuan'er to secure Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou’s release, while the Dragon Queen gave her three days to produce Xuan'er. Afterward, Ke Han recognized Dongfang Minghui as Xiang Jun, and Qian Wanyu attacked him with her whip.

• Dongfang Minghui’s barbecue caused several dragons to advance while others suffered weakening spiritual power, and she defended herself by reminding them she had warned them about the meat.
• The Dragon Queen summoned Dongfang Minghui and questioned her about Xuan’er, then strangled her until Dongfang Minghui threatened that the Dragon Queen would never find her daughter if she killed her.
• Dongfang Minghui demanded to see Qian Wanyu and Yuchi Shou and secured their release by claiming she had raised Xuan’er, who was supposedly somewhere in the Dragon Clan Lands.
• The Dragon Queen gave Dongfang Minghui three days to reveal Xuan’er’s location and warned she would otherwise throw her into the Black Hole.
• Ke Han called Dongfang Minghui Xiang Jun and claimed he recognized her aura, while Qian Wanyu grew jealous and lashed him with her Water-Thunder Whip.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu found Ding Ding and brought Toothless, who the Dragon Queen recognized as Xuan'er, to her. When Ziyu attacked Dongfang Minghui, the Heart-Guarding Mirror repelled her, and the Dragon Queen revealed that it was connected to Xiang Jun.

• Dongfang Minghui treated Yuchi Shou and learned that the dragons suspected the Dragon Queen had killed the missing Dragon God.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu searched Ziyu's bamboo grove, found Ding Ding, and escaped Ziyu's attack with Yuchi Shou.
• Qian Wanyu chose to return to the Dragon Queen with Toothless, and the Dragon Queen recognized the sleeping girl as Xuan'er in the Ice Coffin.
• Ke Han attacked Dongfang Minghui, while Ziyu tried to tear out her heart; the Heart-Guarding Mirror repelled Ziyu and left her unconscious.
• The Dragon Queen sensed Xiang Jun's aura in the mirror and asked Dongfang Minghui what the Heart-Guarding Mirror was made from.

Summary

A woman leaves the house and gently sets Ziyu down outside a bamboo house. No further events or context are given in this excerpt.

Character developments

• The woman acts carefully and gently toward Ziyu.
• Ziyu’s condition and response are not described.

Themes

• The careful handling suggests tenderness or concern, though the excerpt is too brief to establish a broader theme.

Character interactions

• The woman physically carries and sets Ziyu down; their relationship is unspecified.

Dongfang Minghui learned that the Heart-Guarding Mirror she carried was Xiang Jun’s Heart-Guard Scale, prompting the Dragon Queen to order Qian Wanyu’s death. After they hid in the Dragon God’s Bedchamber, they discovered the supposedly dead Dragon God was a chained living dead, and Dongfang Minghui agreed to try to restore his reason.

• The Dragon Queen demanded Qian Wanyu’s life over Dongfang Minghui carrying Xiang Jun’s Heart-Guard Scale, so Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui fled while Ke Han was delayed by Qian Wanyu’s formation.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui slipped into the Dragon God’s Bedchamber, found a secret passage, and met the elderly Potion Master hidden inside.
• The Potion Master revealed that the Dragon God was alive but had become a living dead, and Dongfang Minghui discovered that the Potion Master had also been infected.
• Dongfang Minghui agreed to develop a potion to restore the Dragon God’s reason, while Qian Wanyu prepared to seek the Dragon Queen’s cooperation.
• Qian Wanyu told the Potion Master they might be able to help the Dragon God, then challenged him to explain why Dongfang Minghui should save the Dragon Queen’s husband.

Qian Wanyu offered a way to help, but demanded that the Dragon Queen come speak with her in person. The unnamed man was left to consider the threat that Qian Wanyu could either save or kill him.

• Qian Wanyu saw that the man remained silent.
• Qian Wanyu said she had a way to help, but required the Dragon Queen to speak with her in person.
• Qian Wanyu warned that they could save or kill him.