Recaps

Dongfang Minghui told Qian Wanyu that Lance had less than a year to live, and Qian Wanyu resolved to tell Qian Yiling. The group reached a city, where the Azure Mist Sect disciples parted ways with them; Qian Wanyu then worried they would not get far.

• Dongfang Minghui confessed that Lance's body was failing and that he had less than a year to live, and Qian Wanyu said she would tell Qian Yiling.
• Huashu Rong told Qian Wanyu that the Azure Mist Sect disciples planned to leave the group and do more for their sect.
• Xuanzhu revealed that Priest Larkin had died at the hands of the Death Corps, then left when Qian Wanyu asked what he had told her.
• Qian Wanyu threatened a gate guard with her Water-Thunder Whip, and the group entered the city after paying the toll.
• Dongfang Minghui gave Huashu Rong medicine for the injured disciple, while Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui spent the night together and Ding Ding was kept outside their room.
• Huashu Rong and the other Azure Mist Sect disciples set out the next morning, and Qian Wanyu worried they would not get far.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu traveled toward the Snow Capital, where they split from their family and disguised themselves to avoid Spirit Exorcists. After Dongfang Minghui secretly silenced the town’s Light-Soul Bells, Qian Wanyu discovered a death seed outside town and prepared to remove it with Xuanzhu, leaving Dongfang Minghui at the inn.

• Qing Mo opened Huashu Rong’s restricted books and began searching for the forbidden resurrection book while the group rested in town.
• The group traveled toward the Purple Jade Empire on a Crawling Beast, and Little Light vomited up fragments of the bell it had swallowed.
• Dongfang Minghui tested Pig Immortal Grass’s method for silencing bells with a flying needle as the group entered the Purple Jade Empire.
• Qian Wanyu split from Qian Yiling, Lance, and the others, then disguised herself, Dongfang Minghui, and Xuanzhu before they entered a city.
• Dongfang Minghui used flying needles to silence the Light-Soul Bells of Spirit Exorcists throughout the town, temporarily preventing them from detecting Dark-Type Spirit Masters.
• Qian Wanyu told Dongfang Minghui and Xuanzhu that she had found a death seed outside town and planned to remove it, while Dongfang Minghui stayed at the inn.

Dongfang Minghui was left alone at the inn, where she chased off a masked intruder and used the encounter to befriend Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie, two young Light-Type Spirit Masters. She agreed to travel with them toward the Spirit Exorcist Guild, leaving before she could reunite with Qian Wanyu and the others, while a red-haired head appeared from her Heaven-Piercing Stalk.

• Dongfang Minghui chased a black-robed intruder from the inn but lost them, then let Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie escort her back.
• Dongfang Minghui learned that Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie were separated from their companions and used Chu Lingge’s name to gain their trust and ask about the Spirit Exorcist Guild.
• Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie explained that replacing a Light-Soul Bell required killing ten Death Spirit Masters, and Dongfang Minghui encouraged them by praising Little Light’s bravery.
• Dongfang Minghui waited at the outskirts for Qian Wanyu and the others, but they did not appear, so she left marks for them and returned to the inn.
• Dongfang Minghui set out with Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie toward Snow Capital, then noticed a red-haired head poking out of her Heaven-Piercing Stalk.

Dongfang Minghui traveled toward Snow Capital with Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie, then reunited with Duan Yichen and his companions after her disguise failed. As they neared the city, the Heaven-Piercing Stalk sensed the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit and the Light-Soul Bells began ringing, signaling nearby Death Spirit Masters and Spirit Exorcists.

• Dongfang Minghui learned that Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie knew of light-type Sacred Fruit, and they fed Little Light spirit liquid before she hurried after the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit's scent.
• Tao Shuang and Zhi Jie stopped to watch Duan Yichen, Yiyang, and Haoran confront robbers, so Dongfang Minghui turned back to find them.
• Duan Yichen recognized Dongfang Minghui when her disguise came off, and she explained that she was traveling to Snow Capital to join the Spirit Exorcist Guild.
• Duan Yichen gave Little Light a light-type Sacred Fruit and offered to take Dongfang Minghui to the Spirit Exorcist Guild when they reached Snow Capital.
• Dongfang Minghui told Yiyang she had gone to Mercyheart Town and met Chu Lingge, easing Yiyang's hostility over his dead junior martial sister.
• Near Snow Capital, the Heaven-Piercing Stalk pointed out the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit as several Light-Soul Bells rang, alerting the group to nearby Death Spirit Masters and Spirit Exorcists.

Dongfang Minghui reunited with Little Fatty and Little Sprout amid a battle against the death spirit master Meng Ruo Yu, who targeted her before fleeing. She and Situ Hao joined Duan Yichen’s group on the way to Snow Capital, where they feared Meng Ruo Yu would attack Mother Qian and Wooden Uncle.

• The Heaven-Piercing Stalk led Dongfang Minghui toward the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit as Duan Yichen, Situ Hao, Yiyang, and Haoran fought a powerful death spirit master.
• Dongfang Minghui found Little Fatty and Little Sprout inside the battle’s encirclement, and Little Sprout used a sonic attack while Little Fatty hurled fireballs at the enemy.
• The death spirit master broke through the Light-Type Energy Barrier and pursued Dongfang Minghui, but Little Light shielded her while Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass’s vines intercepted the death aura.
• Dongfang Minghui recognized the fleeing enemy as Meng Ruo Yu, and Little Lecher recalled that she had seen him in the Three-Life Mirror.
• Dongfang Minghui and Situ Hao agreed to travel with Duan Yichen’s group toward Snow Capital, then worried that Meng Ruo Yu might target Mother Qian and Wooden Uncle.

Dongfang Minghui reached the Snow Capital with Situ Hao and Little Fatty, who joined the Spirit Exorcist Guild after revealing her Spirit Emperor-level fire power. As Dongfang Minghui investigated the guild and learned more about Little Fatty and Little Sprout, Little Fatty claimed that her ordinary face was her own, leaving Dongfang Minghui confused about what she really was.

• Dongfang Minghui asked about joining the Spirit Exorcist Guild, but Situ Hao repeatedly warned her that the guild was unsuitable for her and could cause trouble with the Academy and Potion Masters' Guild.
• Little Light frightened Situ Hao's Twin-Winged Flying Fox, then ate the spirit fruit and spirit liquid the Light-Type Spirit Masters offered it.
• Little Fatty demanded to join the Spirit Exorcist Guild, passed its test with Spirit Emperor-level fire power, and burned several Identity Devices when they were placed on her hand.
• Dongfang Minghui entered the guild with Situ Hao, learned that its Snow Capital elder was a Royal Academy Light Element Hall instructor, and suspected the guild's ties ran deeper than Situ Hao admitted.
• Dongfang Minghui learned that Little Fatty had joined the guild to obtain the Radiant Sword and remove Little Sprout's baleful aura, and Little Fatty explained that the aura had originally been hers.
• Little Fatty said her ordinary face was her own, prompting Dongfang Minghui to question whether she belonged to the Ghost-Face Tree Spirit Clan.

Dongfang Minghui wondered whether Little Fatty was the Heavenly Sound Helmet's Artifact Spirit or a Gold-Devouring Rat. Little Fatty watched her without answering, leaving her uneasy.

• Dongfang Minghui asked whether Little Fatty was the Heavenly Sound Helmet's Artifact Spirit or a Gold-Devouring Rat.
• Little Fatty silently watched Dongfang Minghui.
• Dongfang Minghui suddenly felt uneasy under Little Fatty's gaze.

Dongfang Minghui learned that Little Fatty was Bian Lingyun, the awakened remnant soul of the Heavenly Sound Helmet’s master, and returned to the Thousand Family, where her family began preparing for her marriage to Qian Wanyu. As Qian Ziyan took her toward the Spirit Exorcist Guild, he confirmed that its members were killing innocent Dark-Type Spirit Masters, leaving Dongfang Minghui more suspicious of the guild.

• Little Fatty wrote that she was Bian Lingyun, a remnant soul of the Heavenly Sound Helmet’s master, and explained that Dongfang Minghui’s care had restored her awareness and that they had lost memory fragments in Dragon-Trapping Valley.
• Situ Hao warned Dongfang Minghui that Death Spirit Masters had slaughtered several households in Snow Capital City, while she argued that innocent Dark-Type Spirit Masters still deserved to live.
• Bian Lingyun left for the Spirit Exorcist Guild after Dongfang Minghui asked her to promise never to harm Qian Wanyu, and Dongfang Minghui returned to the Thousand Family to meet Qian Yiling and Lien.
• Qian Yiling told Dongfang Minghui that Potion Masters had found Lance’s condition grave and that the family planned to arrange her wedding to Qian Wanyu when she returned.
• Dongfang Minghui told Qian Yiling that Meng Ruo Yu had reappeared and learned that Qian Ziyan had gone to the Spirit Exorcist Guild; she then asked to accompany him.
• Qian Ziyan admitted that the Spirit Exorcist Guild ignored Dark-Type Spirit Masters’ pleas for mercy and sent its members to kill them, including those who had harmed no one.

Qian Ziyan warned Dongfang Minghui to stay by his side and put the bigger picture first during the ritual. His words left her suspecting that he knew something she did not.

• Qian Ziyan told Dongfang Minghui to stay close to him throughout the ritual.
• Qian Ziyan warned her not to act rashly and said she should not go if she could not follow his instructions.
• Dongfang Minghui felt uneasy and suspected her eldest uncle knew something.

Dongfang Minghui accompanied Qian Ziyan’s team as Little Light tracked a Death Spirit Master into the Mo Residence, where a formation and Mo Lu prevented them from investigating. Little Light continued leading the team back toward the Mo Residence, leaving them in pursuit of its new trail.

• Qian Ziyan introduced Dongfang Minghui as Ninth Lady at the Spirit Exorcist Guild, where Light-Type Spirit Masters gathered around Little Light.
• Dongfang Minghui joined Qian Ziyan, Guang Zhen, and Hou Yuqi to search for Death Spirit Masters after learning that five households had been wiped out.
• Little Light tracked a Death Spirit Master into the Mo Residence, where its energy barrier revealed a formation hiding someone inside.
• Mo Lu confronted the group and threatened to keep Little Light, but Qian Ziyan persuaded him to let them go by mentioning Ling Ling.
• Dongfang Minghui, Qian Yiling, and Qian Ziyan suspected Meng Ruo Yu might be hidden in the Mo Residence, but they could not break the formation without help from Qian Wanyu.
• Little Light repeatedly led the search team toward the Mo Residence, then caught the scent of a Death Spirit Master again and ran ahead with a spirit fruit on its head.

Dongfang Minghui returned to the Thousand Family estate with Little Light, where Little One was reinforcing a Light-Type Energy Barrier. The Light-Soul Bell at her waist suddenly rang, leaving the reason unclear.

• Dongfang Minghui and Little Light returned directly to the Thousand Family estate.
• The guards let Little Light pass because they recognized it and often saw it with Dongfang Minghui.
• Little One howled as it diligently added bricks and mortar to its Light-Type Energy Barrier.
• The Light-Soul Bell at Dongfang Minghui's waist rang.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu reunited at the Thousand Family estate, where the family accepted Qian Wanyu’s secret Dark-Type identity after she confronted the Old Madam. They entered Lance’s consciousness to witness his painful memories, then sought a way to restore his sight; after arranging a mission for Merfolk royal tears, they began preparing for their wedding.

• Dongfang Minghui silenced Little Light’s Light-Soul Bell before Guang Zhen and Hou Yuqi entered the Thousand Family estate, then reunited with Qian Wanyu and concealed their auras by holding hands.
• Qian Wanyu met Guang Zhen and Hou Yuqi with the family, and the Old Madam later confronted her for hiding her Dark-Type identity; Qian Wanyu stood her ground before Lance collapsed.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu entered Lance’s mental projection and witnessed his memories of losing his eye, Qian Wanyu’s abduction, and Qian Yiling’s disappearance.
• After leaving Lance’s consciousness, Dongfang Minghui learned that royal Merfolk tears might restore his sight, so she and Qian Wanyu posted a high-paying mission and asked the Cloud Pavilion to obtain them.
• Dongfang Minghui proposed wedding preparations, and she led Qian Wanyu and Qian Ziyan toward a fabric shop to look for wedding robes.

Qian Ziyan saw two people holding hands closely in the fabric shop, then left after asking Seventh Sister what style she liked.

• Qian Ziyan asked Seventh Sister what kind of style she liked.
• Qian Ziyan watched the pair holding hands and sharing an intimate moment.
• Qian Ziyan backed out of the fabric shop.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu planned to infiltrate the Mo Family and destroy a formation concealing a Death Spirit Master, while using the auction to draw Mo Lu away. At the auction, Dongfang Minghui lured Spirit Exorcists toward the hidden threat, and the Light-Soul Bells began ringing before the chapter ended.

• Qian Wanyu delayed setting the wedding date so Lance could witness it, and she and Dongfang Minghui learned that Bian Lingyun had been a remnant soul tied to the Heavenly Sound Helmet.
• Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, Qian Yiling, and Qian Ziyan planned to use Qian Yiling to distract Mo Lu while Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui broke the Mo Family's formation.
• Qian Yiling invited Mo Lu to the auction and told him that Qian Wanyu would marry a young woman, while Qian Ziyan helped Dongfang Minghui stage a chase to meet Situ Hao and the Spirit Exorcists.
• Dongfang Minghui claimed a Death Spirit Master was nearby, prompting Situ Hao to gather Spirit Exorcists in the Northern District and order them to watch for the Signal Flare.
• Dongfang Minghui warned Situ Hao that the Death Spirit Master was targeting her, and the Light-Soul Bells began ringing throughout the city.

Dongfang Minghui noticed that her own Light-Soul Bell had not rung because she had sealed it, while Situ Hao’s bell and the bells behind him rang. She realized a Death Spirit Master had appeared before Seventh Sister and Pig Immortal Grass finished breaking the formation.

• Dongfang Minghui saw that her sealed Light-Soul Bell had not rung.
• Situ Hao’s bell rang, followed by the bells of those behind him.
• Dongfang Minghui identified the presence of a Death Spirit Master.
• Dongfang Minghui worried that Seventh Sister and Pig Immortal Grass had not finished breaking the formation.

Qian Wanyu broke Mo Lu’s blood-sacrifice formation, accidentally unleashing a death seed that devastated Dream Capital, and later returned safely to the Thousand Family. Dongfang Minghui realized Meng Ruo Yu was targeting her, prompting Qian Wanyu to confront her for hiding the truth; the chapter ended with Dongfang Minghui following Little Light into Qian Zhuoyin’s courtyard as it dug beside the plants.

• Qian Wanyu entered Mo Lu’s sacrificial blood formation and found its formation eye while Qian Yiling and Qian Ziyan stalled Mo Lu.
• Qian Wanyu’s attack on the formation released a death seed, and Little Fatty rescued Situ Hao as death aura engulfed much of Dream Capital.
• Little Fatty brought Situ Hao to the Thousand Family, where Dongfang Minghui learned Qian Wanyu was still missing and worried over the casualties.
• Dongfang Minghui warned that death seeds might be hidden elsewhere, and Qian Wanyu later returned with Ding Ding and Pig Immortal Grass.
• Dongfang Minghui told Qian Wanyu that Meng Ruo Yu was seeking her because the Dream Family had betrayed the Longevity Clan; Qian Wanyu grew angry that she had concealed this.
• Dongfang Minghui followed Little Light into Qian Zhuoyin’s courtyard and found it digging beside the plants.

Little Lecher wondered whether the strange creature had sensed a Death Seed in the Thousand Family residence when Qian Zhuoyin approached. The chapter left the discovery unconfirmed.

• Little Lecher said the creature had found something, but it was not Toothless.
• Little Lecher wondered whether there was a Death Seed in the Thousand Family residence.
• Qian Zhuoyin came up behind them and asked what they were doing.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu investigated the strange withering in Qian Zhuoyin’s courtyard and uncovered a death-aura-tainted bone fragment. Qian Zhuoyin returned and claimed it was her sister’s leg bone, accusing Qian Wanyu of destroying her last keepsake.

• Qian Zhuoyin questioned Dongfang Minghui about the Thousand Family Back Mountain trial, and Dongfang Minghui admitted that she had killed Qian Zhuoqian.
• Qian Wanyu warned Dongfang Minghui not to visit Qian Zhuoyin alone and agreed to discuss the matter with the Old Madam.
• Situ Hao brought about a hundred people afflicted by death aura to the Thousand Family gate, but Dongfang Minghui initially said she could not treat them.
• Qian Wanyu suspected death seeds had been hidden in the Thousand Family Back Mountain and gained the Old Madam’s approval to investigate and evacuate the family if needed.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu searched Qian Zhuoyin’s courtyard with Little Light and found a bone fragment buried in a wooden box beneath the withered plants.
• Qian Zhuoyin returned, identified the fragment as Qian Zhuoqian’s leg bone, and accused Qian Wanyu of destroying her sister’s keepsake.

The speaker rejected the claim that the bone belonged to Qian Zhuoyin, recalling that Toothless's true fire had completely burned Qian Zhuoqian. The identity of the leg bone remained uncertain.

• She insisted that the leg bone could not have belonged to Qian Zhuoyin.
• She recalled seeing the Dragon Clan's true fire's power several times.
• She remembered that Toothless's true fire had burned Qian Zhuoqian until nothing remained.

Qian Zhuoyin was contaminated by a death-tainted bone, while Dongfang Minghui discovered a way to treat people afflicted by Death Aura and convinced the Potion Masters' Guild to help. When a second death seed erupted in North City, Qian Wanyu prepared to face the spreading Death Aura as the Spirit Exorcist Guild struggled to hold it back.

• Qian Zhuoyin grabbed a black bone buried in the courtyard, and its Death Aura began consuming her spiritual power until Qian Wanyu destroyed it and Dongfang Minghui treated her.
• Qian Wanyu questioned Qian Zhuoyin about the bone, and Qian Zhuoyin blamed her for Qian Zhuoqian's death before Old Madam confined her to her courtyard.
• Dongfang Minghui used the Heaven-Piercing Stalk's advice to devise a plan involving the Love Flower Seed and a Light-Type Healing Formation, then went to the Spirit Exorcist Guild to propose a joint effort with the Potion Masters' Guild.
• Situ Hao and Zhai Haofan helped Dongfang Minghui persuade the Potion Masters' Guild to open its doors, and the group treated people afflicted by Death Aura with her diluted potion and Light-Type Energy Barriers.
• A second death seed erupted over North City, and Qian Wanyu tried to send Dongfang Minghui back to the Thousand Family while the Spirit Exorcist Guild's exhausted members debated whether to retreat.

Qian Wanyu revealed herself as a powerful Death Spirit Master while helping contain the death aura erupting from the Mo Family, and Dongfang Minghui defended her against the Spirit Exorcist Guild. After the Thousand Family arrived and secured their protection, Mo Lu confronted Qian Wanyu over the destruction of his formation and estate, leaving their account unsettled.

• Qian Wanyu entered the death aura to help the exhausted light-type spirit masters, and the Radiant Sword arrived with Chu Lingge and reinforcements from the Moonwhite Empire.
• Dongfang Minghui defended Qian Wanyu against the Spirit Exorcist Guild, then injured Yin Cheng after he held her hostage; she agreed to save him in exchange for Chu Lingge honoring his debt involving the Radiant Sword.
• Qian Ziyan, Qian Yiling, and the Old Madam arrived, protected Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui, and forced the Spirit Exorcist Guild members to leave.
• Mo Lu confronted Qian Wanyu over her breaking his blood-sacrifice formation and the destruction of the Mo Family estate, while Qian Wanyu blamed the death seed beneath the formation.

Qian Wanyu asked Mo Lu to hear her out before getting angry at Ninth Sister. The chapter ended before she explained further.

• Mo Lu shifted his gaze to Ninth Sister.
• Qian Wanyu asked Mo Lu not to get angry yet.
• Qian Wanyu urged Mo Lu to hear her out first.

Qian Wanyu negotiated with Mo Lu and the Spirit Exorcist Guild over the spreading death aura while investigating Meng Ruo Yu’s connection to the Mo Family. Mo Lu identified Meng Ruo Yu as the person who planted the death seed, then attacked Qian Wanyu at the Thousand Family.

• Qian Wanyu promised to create a Blood-Sacrifice Formation within three months in exchange for Mo Lu leaving her and the Thousand Family alone, and Mo Lu followed her home.
• Qian Wanyu questioned Qian Yiling and Qian Ziyan about Meng Ruo Yu and learned that he had condemned Mo Chen’s cruel experiments on the Dream Family Seer.
• Zhai Haofan and the Spirit Exorcist Guild elders visited the Thousand Family, where Qian Wanyu offered to absorb the death aura and explained the Death Corps and death seeds.
• The Spirit Exorcist Guild debated Qian Wanyu’s proposal, but its members continued struggling to contain the spreading death aura, and Situ Hao left after refusing to lead the rescue teams.
• Mo Lu told Qian Wanyu that Meng Ruo Yu was the only person who could have planted the death seed, then suddenly attacked her.

Qian Wanyu detonated the third death seed on the Thousand Family’s back mountain and used Dark-Type Spirit Masters to absorb its death aura, forcing the Spirit Exorcist Guild to reconsider cooperating with her. While Dongfang Minghui remained confined to the estate, a battered mercenary group arrived with information to sell her.

• Qian Wanyu exposed Mo Lu’s alliance with Meng Ruo Yu, and Mo Lu warned that he would target Dongfang Minghui if she left the Thousand Family’s protection.
• Qian Wanyu refused Situ Hao’s request for Dongfang Minghui to treat people outside the estate, then told Xuanzhu she planned to detonate the third death seed to force the Spirit Exorcist Guild’s hand.
• Qian Wanyu detonated the death seed on the Thousand Family back mountain and had Dark-Type Spirit Masters absorb its aura, despite Zhai Haofan and Chu Lingge’s attempt to intervene.
• Qian Wanyu agreed to cooperate with the Spirit Exorcist Guild only after warning that she would massacre anyone who broke their agreement, and then joined the effort to reduce the death aura around the Mo Residence.
• Dongfang Minghui stayed in the Thousand Family estate and received a battered mercenary group whose commission to find Merfolk Tears had failed; one member offered to sell her important information.

Dongfang Minghui traded medicine for news of the Merfolk, then revealed that one mercenary had been infected by living-dead merfolk venom and made his group choose between saving him and keeping a death-aura remedy. As death aura spread through Dream Capital City, Qian Wanyu confronted Mo Lu and the Spirit Exorcist Guild’s dispute over infected children, while Situ Hao learned that Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui were lovers and saw Yin Cheng mistreat a mother searching for her son.

• Dongfang Minghui exchanged a potion that suppressed death aura for the mercenaries’ report that the Merfolk were expanding their territory and cooperating with human assassins.
• Dongfang Minghui identified the injured mercenary as infected by living-dead merfolk venom and offered to cure him in exchange for the death-aura potion; the captain took the potion and left his comrade behind.
• Cai Qing asked Dongfang Minghui whether she had truly been unable to save the mercenary, and Dongfang Minghui explained that she could not save everyone and told her a story about faith.
• Situ Hao and Chu Lingge heard the Spirit Exorcist Guild debate whether to kill or cripple children who had awakened dark-type spiritual power after death-aura exposure.
• Qian Wanyu forced hidden Light-Type Spirit Masters into the open, warned Situ Hao not to interfere, and dismissed him and Chu Lingge after they asked how to handle the children.
• Chu Lingge told Situ Hao that Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui were lovers, and Situ Hao later watched Yin Cheng shove away a mother searching for her son, Ye Shu.