Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu reunited with Wei Junlan, who was suffering increasingly dangerous transformations after being forced to drink Merfolk blood. As they investigated the threat behind the Combat Arena and considered how to protect the Beast Tribe from a human war, Minghui tried using her own blood to save Wei Junlan but promised Qian Wanyu she would not harm herself again. The chapter ended with Minghui asking Little Lecher why her blood could not save him.

• Wei Junlan tore at his scales and battered himself during a transformation until Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu restrained him, and Xuanzhu explained that captors had forced a blue potion on him.
• Wei Junlan told Dongfang Minghui that he had pursued Xian into Beast Tribe territory, where she planned to provoke a war between humans and the Beast Tribe; Qian Wanyu suspected the Azure Mist Sect was involved in the wider conspiracy.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui explored the Dwarffolk market, traded healing pills for a flute containing a formation, and discussed their feelings for each other.
• Wei Junlan and Qian Wanyu discussed building ties with Cass to counter attempts to incite conflict, while Dongfang Minghui explained that she needed to find the Elf Clan to save Lü Xing.
• Love Flower and Qing Mo warned that Merfolk blood was killing Wei Junlan, and Xuanzhu revealed that he had suffered the transformations in her place.
• Dongfang Minghui mixed her blood with Wei Junlan's, but Qian Wanyu stopped her and made her promise not to hurt herself again; Minghui then asked Little Lecher why her blood could not save him.

Dongfang Minghui learned that saving Wei Junlan might require exchanging one life for another, then killed a beastman who attacked her and was taken to the Guard Team's headquarters. Karu arrived to bring her back, but she refused to leave the room where she was studying Wei Junlan's blood.

• Qian Wanyu arranged for the Dwarffolk to forge weapons for the Cass Tribe in exchange for Dongfang Minghui brewing healing potions.
• Little Lecher told Dongfang Minghui that Wei Junlan could only be saved by exchanging one life for another, while Wei Junlan revealed that he knew he was dying and asked her to look after Wei Junyi.
• Wei Junlan underwent another beast transformation and nearly strangled Xuanzhu before Qian Wanyu subdued him; he had reached the peak of ninth-level Spirit Warrior.
• Dongfang Minghui wandered alone through the Trading Market, killed a beastman who attacked her, and Barry took her to the Guard Team's headquarters.
• Karu and Leon came to retrieve Dongfang Minghui, but she refused to leave because she wanted to continue studying Wei Junlan's blood.

Barry and the others tried to persuade the Little Witch to stay with the guard unit, but she threatened to kill Barry. Barry demanded to know what had gotten into her.

• Barry and the others tried to convince the Little Witch to stay with the guard unit.
• The Little Witch threatened to kill Barry.
• Barry asked what had gotten into her.

Dongfang Minghui stopped blaming herself for Wei Junlan’s condition and began investigating his mixed blood and beast transformations, while Qian Wanyu supported her and revealed their relationship to Xuanzhu and Wei Junlan. The chapter left them with a possible source of help: Karu suggested Master Larkin, a solitary man who hated humans.

• Leon explained that Brewer had tried to abduct the Little Witch, clearing her of the accusation that she killed him, and Karu went to retrieve her.
• Qian Wanyu rejected the idea of sacrificing herself to save Wei Junlan and urged Dongfang Minghui to start over by treating him as an ordinary patient; Dongfang Minghui then questioned Wei Junlan and learned he had been forced to drink red and blue blood.
• Qian Wanyu confessed that Dongfang Minghui was the love of her life and kissed her in front of Xuanzhu and Wei Junlan, shocking them both.
• Dongfang Minghui examined Wei Junlan’s blood and began refining pills, while Qian Wanyu and Xuanzhu recorded his increasingly strong beast transformation; Karu identified features resembling the eagle clan and Merfolk.
• Karu told Qian Wanyu that Master Larkin might know how to ease Wei Junlan’s transformations, but warned that the man hated humans.

Summary

Kalu gives Qian Wanyu a full account of what he knows about Master Lajin. Afterward, uneasy about what he has told her, he suggests they look for another way forward.

Character developments and interactions

• Kalu shares his knowledge openly but appears worried about the situation and doubts their current approach.
• Qian Wanyu listens to Kalu’s account; no response from her is shown in this excerpt.

Themes

The passage hints at uncertainty and caution: learning more about Master Lajin has not necessarily made the path ahead clearer.

Qian Wanyu sought help for Wei Junlan from Priest Larkin, a mysterious healer who hated humans, while trading with the Dwarffolk for weapons and iron chains. The chapter ended with Larkin chasing Wei Junlan and Xuanzhu as they struggled to escape.

• Qian Wanyu visited the Trading Market’s hidden courtyard with Dongfang Minghui and asked its masked host for information about the Combat Arena’s operators and bases.
• Qian Wanyu tested Priest Larkin’s temper and discovered that he was a powerful Earth-Type Spirit Master who attacked humans.
• Dongfang Minghui completed the pills for the Dwarffolk, and Kurt recognized her helmet as part of the legendary Heavenly Sound Armor.
• Qian Wanyu traded Hemostatic Pills with Kurt for medicinal herbs and arranged to obtain special iron chains from the Dwarffolk.
• Qian Wanyu brought Wei Junlan and Xuanzhu to Priest Larkin, who flew into a rage and chased them with a knife.

She shoved Wei Junlan away and tried to stop Larkin with a cloud of black smoke. The smoke failed against him, and she realized he was a Dark-Type Spirit Master.

• She shoved Wei Junlan away and told him to go while she held Larkin off.
• Larkin raised his machete as Xuanzhu turned and hurled black smoke at him.
• The smoke failed to knock Larkin unconscious, and Xuanzhu identified him as a Dark-Type Spirit Master.

Dongfang Minghui sought Priest Larkin’s knowledge of Beast-Shifters and discovered he could remove the Black Herb from her skin, while Xuanzhu stayed with him to learn medicine. She then accepted a trade with the Guard Team’s mysterious lord to treat its unconscious captain, whose injuries resembled those caused by a Death Spirit Master, and Qian Wanyu caught her considering drawing her own blood.

• Larkin seized Xuanzhu, but Qian Wanyu intervened and knocked Wei Junlan unconscious when his transformation threatened to turn berserk.
• Xuanzhu chose to stay with Larkin, while Dongfang Minghui visited him and learned that he could remove Black Herb from her arm.
• Dongfang Minghui met the Guard Team’s lord and agreed to treat its unconscious captain in exchange for transaction information.
• Dongfang Minghui diagnosed the captain with severe internal injuries and a black palm print, then began treating her with medicinal baths and herbs.
• Qian Wanyu arrived and took the Finger Blades from Dongfang Minghui after catching her considering drawing her own blood.

Qian Wanyu found herself speechless after hearing why the patient still needed a medicinal herb and seeing the person on the bed.

• The speaker told Seventh Sister that the patient still needed one medicinal herb.
• The speaker said they had wanted to return sooner to see Seventh Sister.
• Qian Wanyu looked at the person on the bed and fell silent.

Dongfang Minghui sought a mature child immortal body to save Aunt Mo and joined Qian Wanyu’s group at Luno Swamp, where they fought Death Spirit Masters who were capturing the Spirit Medicines. After the group freed the child immortal bodies, Little Radish led Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu underground to meet Grandpa Mulberry Leaf.

• Qian Wanyu learned that Aunt Mo was gravely injured, while Dongfang Minghui explained that a child immortal body could restore her damaged organs and refused to use her own blood as a substitute.
• Leon brought back a sentient child immortal body, but Dongfang Minghui decided it was too young to save Aunt Mo and received permission from the masked lord to search for a mature one.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu traveled with Zhi Lan, Leon, Wei Junlan, and their companions to Luno Swamp, where Little Radish agreed to guide them to its ancestor.
• The group discovered black-clad Death Spirit Masters trapping child immortal bodies, and Qian Wanyu broke their formation while Dongfang Minghui and her Spirit Pets fought the attackers.
• Dongfang Minghui released the captured Spirit Medicines and asked Little Radish to find its ancestor, then she and Qian Wanyu followed a branch down into a fissure to meet Grandpa Mulberry Leaf.

Someone led a companion through the darkness to a place to play after Grandpa Mulberry Leaf wanted to thank them for saving their little friends.

• The speaker said Grandpa Mulberry Leaf wanted to thank the companion for saving their little friends.
• The companion asked Little Radish where they were going.
• Little Radish said they were going somewhere to play.

Dongfang Minghui obtained a Child Immortal Body whisker from Grandpa Mulberry Leaf and used it to treat Qian Mo, while Mulberry Leaf remembered that a member of the Longlife Tribe had once asked it to save her unborn child. At a feast with Qian Wanyu and the masked lady, Qian Mo finally awakened, leaving the lady and the others poised to see her.

• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu met Grandpa Mulberry Leaf, who gave Dongfang Minghui a whisker that could grow into a Child Immortal Body and remembered saving a pregnant member of the Longlife Tribe a hundred years earlier.
• Dongfang Minghui returned with the spirit medicine, treated Qian Mo, and discovered that one Child Immortal Body had stowed away in her storage space.
• Dongfang Minghui learned that the lady’s spiritual power was obstructing Qian Mo’s recovery, and the lady withdrew it from Qian Mo’s body.
• Qian Wanyu and Wei Junlan joined Dongfang Minghui at a feast hosted by the masked lady, who revealed her face but kept her veil lowered.
• A messenger announced that Qian Mo had awakened, and the guests rose to see her.

Qian Mo woke up, and Ming Hui hurried to check on her with Qian Wanyu. Wei Junlan sensed tension and followed them to the guest room, where Qian Mo recognized Qian Wanyu.

• Qian Mo woke up before Ming Hui could prepare herself.
• Ming Hui said she would check on Qian Mo, and Qian Wanyu insisted on going with her.
• Wei Junlan stayed behind to eat, remarking that something seemed wrong.
• Wei Junlan hurried to the guest room and watched everyone inside.
• Qian Mo saw Qian Wanyu and greeted her as “Young miss.”

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu stayed at the Trading Market after Qian Mo awakened, caught a pack of Gold-Devouring Rats stealing weapons, and began uncovering the secret linking Qian Yiling to Qian Wanyu. Qian Wanyu started cultivating the Reincarnation Art, and the chapter ended with her finding Priest Larkin’s hut empty and smelling strongly of blood.

• Qian Mo woke and recognized Qian Wanyu, while Dongfang Minghui warned that her dispersed cultivation might never fully recover.
• Dongfang Minghui told Karu that she and Qian Wanyu would stay behind, and warned him to guard the Cass Tribe’s weapons on the journey home.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu trapped eight Gold-Devouring Rats that had been damaging tents and eating stolen weapons, then stored the creatures in Dongfang Minghui’s space.
• Qian Wanyu began cultivating the Reincarnation Art’s First Formula, while Dongfang Minghui learned that Qian Yiling was Qian Wanyu’s mother and confronted Qian Mo about hiding it.
• Qian Wanyu trained with Lien, helping him improve his skills and form a spiritual arrow, before returning to find her companions missing.
• Qian Wanyu searched Priest Larkin’s hut and found it dark and empty, with a thick smell of blood inside.

In the moonlight, she discovered blood mixed with soil and wondered whether Wei Junlan had had an episode. Before she could investigate, familiar dark figures appeared outside the house.

• She spotted a dark patch on the ground in the moonlight.
• She rubbed the soil and recognized the smell of blood.
• She wondered whether Wei Junlan had had an episode.
• A group of familiar dark figures appeared outside the house.

Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling escaped a deadly Purgatory Formation together, but their fragile reunion remained strained. After Qian Yiling refused to reveal the way to the Elf Clan, Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui planned to seek help from the Cloud Pavilion and build support for the Cass Tribe while Dongfang Minghui worked on remedies for Wei Junlan.

• Qian Wanyu fought Death Spirit Masters who were searching for Priest Larkin, while Dongfang Minghui and Lien found Wei Junlan after Priest Larkin had left with the injured Xuanzhu.
• Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling were caught in a blood-powered Purgatory Formation, and Qian Wanyu rescued her mother before they destroyed the formation's core together.
• Dongfang Minghui reunited with Qian Wanyu, and Qian Wanyu learned that Priest Larkin had escaped with Xuanzhu and that Wei Junlan had medicine to delay his beast transformation.
• Qian Wanyu asked Qian Yiling for the route to the Elf Clan, but Qian Yiling refused because of an oath; Qian Mo later told her how badly Qian Wanyu had suffered in the Dongfang Family.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui decided to contact the Cloud Pavilion about finding an elf and supporting the Cass Tribe, then divided their plans while Dongfang Minghui continued making pills and Wei Junlan watched.

Dongfang Minghui struggled to work while Wei Junlan constantly questioned her about spirit medicines. Qian Wanyu put him to work sorting Larkin’s belongings and opened Larkin’s notebook, which began with events from more than fifty years earlier.

• Dongfang Minghui admitted she could read spirit medicines’ minds, but Wei Junlan kept interrupting her with questions about them.
• Dongfang Minghui clung to Qian Wanyu and begged her to save her from Wei Junlan’s endless questioning.
• Qian Wanyu took Wei Junlan to Larkin’s cave and asked him to sort the belongings Larkin had left behind in hopes of finding clues about Xuanzhu.
• Qian Wanyu told Dongfang Minghui that Larkin’s treatment records might help Wei Junlan understand his condition, then opened Larkin’s notebook.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu uncovered evidence that the Combat Arena was trafficking and experimenting on captives, while Minghui tried to bring Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling closer. The chapter ended with Lord Kurt missing their meeting because of an urgent matter, leaving Minghui wondering what had happened to him.

• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui read Larkin's autobiography, learning that Johnny had manipulated Larkin into becoming a murderous Death Priest, then reviewed information about more than twenty Combat Arena bases.
• Dongfang Minghui organized a meal for the Guard Team and created an opportunity for Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling to spend time together, but Qian Wanyu refused to hear her mother's explanation.
• Dongfang Minghui gave Wei Junlan the base locations, and they investigated the sites, finding evidence of failed Beast-Shifter experiments and discovering that the Combat Arena was delivering captive Dwarffolk to Elder Zong.
• Qian Wanyu scolded and spanked Dongfang Minghui for spying without permission, then decided they should pass information about the Dwarffolk to their people and wait until they could destroy the operation completely.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu waited for Lord Kurt at their agreed meeting, but his interpreter arrived to report that an urgent matter had kept him away.

Lord Kurt told the guests that his son had gone missing and asked them to keep it secret. Dongfang Minghui suspected the chained dwarves she had seen might have abducted him, but Seventh Sister advised her to wait.

• Lord Kurt told the guests that his son had gone missing.
• Lord Kurt asked the guests not to tell anyone.
• Dongfang Minghui remembered the chained dwarves she had seen and wondered if they had abducted Lord Kurt's son.
• Seventh Sister told Dongfang Minghui to wait a little longer.

Dongfang Minghui accidentally transferred the Dragon-Trapping Seal from Qian Yiling to her hand, suffering several days of pain before the mark appeared on her palm as a map to Dragon-Trapping Valley. After she and Qian Wanyu told Lord Kurt where his missing son Luca might be held, Karu challenged their companions for the right to bring the Little Witch back to the Cass Tribe, while Qian Wanyu learned Nangong Yuntian had arrived.

• Lien wounded Milo with an arrow after Milo provoked him, and Karu stopped the fight from escalating.
• Qian Yiling showed Dongfang Minghui her drawings of Qian Wanyu; later, she clutched Qian Wanyu's hand, and Qian Wanyu stormed out in anger.
• Dongfang Minghui tried to soothe Qian Yiling's living Dragon-Trapping Seal, and its power injured them both before the seal transferred to Dongfang Minghui's hand.
• Qian Yiling revealed that the Dragon-Trapping Seal was the key to Dragon-Trapping Valley, and Qian Wanyu began calling her Mother again.
• After several days of pain and itching, Dongfang Minghui's injury healed, leaving a map-like seal on her palm.
• Dongfang Minghui told Lord Kurt that children, including his missing son Luca, had been caged at a nearby base; Qian Wanyu then defeated Karu in a spar, and Leon delivered word that Nangong Yuntian had arrived.