Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Minghui was frightened when lightning struck beside her during a discussion of a barrier and hidden treasures.

• She began explaining that she had set up a barrier and left a heap of treasures.
• A lightning bolt split an old tree less than a meter from Dongfang Minghui.
• Dongfang Minghui was stunned with fright.

Qian Wanyu endured the lightning from Little White Ball and ten dark-type spirit masters advancing in the Thousand Family Back Mountain, while Dongfang Minghui learned that Qian Wanyu and she were targets of a group seeking powerful people and the Elf Heart. As visitors and rumors surrounded the Thousand Family, reinforcements arrived in Dream Capital City and the Spirit Exorcist Guild considered confronting Qian Wanyu.

• Qian Wanyu returned to the Back Mountain and fought through the advancing group’s lightning, while Dongfang Minghui reassured the Old Madam that the Thousand Family had evacuated the affected peaks.
• The Dream Seer invited Dongfang Minghui to the Imperial Family’s sacrificial ceremony, and she accepted his gift before discovering it contained a finger bone coated with the same black substance found on Qian Wanyu.
• Dan Qi warned Dongfang Minghui that the people who had held her for twenty years wanted both her and Qian Wanyu, and Qian Zhuoyin recalled that the man in Dongfang Minghui’s drawing had once visited the Thousand Family.
• Qian Zhuoyin apologized to Dongfang Minghui, while Dongfang Minghui urged her to live for herself and resolved to investigate the Dream Family.
• Mu Sheng, Bai Rou, Situ Hongying, and their companions arrived in Dream Capital City, where the Imperial Family’s guards eventually let them through the gates.
• Zhai Haofan confronted the Spirit Exorcist Guild elders after learning they were considering gathering forces to besiege the Thousand Family and demand Qian Wanyu.

Situ Hao criticized the Spirit Exorcist Guild for plotting against the Thousand Family and asked what they could do to Qian Wanyu even if the Thousand Family handed her over. The guild members had still not dealt with the remaining half of Meng Ruo Yu's skeleton outside.

• Someone questioned what the Spirit Exorcist Guild could do to Qian Wanyu, even if the Thousand Family handed her over.
• Situ Hao accused the Guild Master of repaying kindness with betrayal and regretted joining the Spirit Exorcist Guild.
• Situ Hao noted that the guild had yet to deal with the other half of Meng Ruo Yu's skeleton outside.
• Someone agreed with Situ Hao's criticism.

Situ Hongying arrived in Dream Capital City with Royal Academy experts, reunited with Dongfang Minghui, and discussed the hidden forces manipulating the conflict between Dark-Type Spirit Masters and Spirit Exorcists. After Chu Lingge severed the baleful energy on Little Sprout, Dongfang Minghui decided to visit the Dream Family to question the Dream Seer, but Qian Yiling insisted on accompanying her.

• Situ Hongying arrived at the Spirit Exorcist Guild, rebuked its members for plotting against the Thousand Family, and took Situ Hao to find Ming Hui.
• Dongfang Minghui welcomed Situ Hongying and Bai Rou at the Thousand Family, then told her master about Qian Wanyu's concealed identity and the suspected plot behind the spreading conflict.
• Situ Hongying asked Dongfang Minghui to arrange a meeting with Qian Wanyu, while Qian Wanyu agreed to share names from her list of suspected Dark-Type Spirit Masters.
• Chu Lingge used the Radiant Sword to destroy the baleful energy attached to Little Sprout, then left after Qian Wanyu allowed him to go.
• Qian Wanyu confirmed that a black patch had appeared on her bones, and Dongfang Minghui decided to visit the Dream Seer.
• Qian Yiling stopped Dongfang Minghui at the Thousand Family gate and insisted on accompanying her to the Dream Family.

Dongfang Minghui cared for Little Sprout and helped Qian Xianjun recover, while Xuanzhu began building an Undead Legion with Qian Wanyu's help. After Little Sprout reunited with the Ghost-Face Tree Clan and entered its green pool to cultivate, Dongfang Minghui's group encountered Xuanzhu's undead training; Qian Wanyu demonstrated that ordinary skeletons were too fragile to withstand strong attacks.

• Dongfang Minghui replanted Little Sprout in black obsidian soil, watered the spirit plants with Yin-Yang Spring Water, and coaxed Qian Xianjun into taking medicine after revealing that her dantian had been destroyed.
• After Little Light accidentally struck Little Sprout, Little Sprout awakened and gradually recovered with help from Little Light and Ding Ding.
• Qian Wanyu watched Xuanzhu summon undead, select ten skeletons with drops of blood, and test them against her dark-type Spirit Masters; Bai Yan later smashed the last skeleton's skull.
• Dongfang Minghui took Little Sprout to the Ghost-Face Tree Clan, where Little Sprout ate three Ghost-Face Fruits and entered the clan's green pool to undergo a baptism that might let her take human form.
• Dongfang Minghui and her companions found Xuanzhu creating undead in the Back Mountain, then watched her skeleton minion attack Qian Wanyu's trainees as part of their training.
• Qian Wanyu destroyed a skeleton minion with her Water-Thunder Whip, prompting Xuanzhu to complain that her undead were too fragile.

The speakers threatened to face each other again, and everyone shuddered at their wicked smiles.

• One speaker said they would show the other sooner or later.
• The other speaker said they would be waiting.
• Everyone shuddered at the sight of their wicked smiles.

Dongfang Minghui confronted the Dream Seer about the Dream Family’s crimes against the Longevity Clan and learned that they had shifted their sins onto the Mo Family. The Dream Seer revealed that the finger bone in his gift held a secret Third Miss Thousand had not told her.

• Dongfang Minghui used her blood to try to revive the plants damaged by the death aura on the Thousand Family Back Mountain, while Qian Wanyu warned her against it.
• Xuanzhu captured a conscious skeleton and began refining it into a king-class undead, and Dongfang Minghui asked Qian Wanyu to help obtain the demon plants Xuanzhu needed.
• Dongfang Minghui posted a double-S-rank Mercenary Guild task for demon plants, then encountered Mo Lu and Wenren Liangzhi, who seized her and took her to a field of corpses.
• Mo Lu told Dongfang Minghui that the Dream Family had once aided the Mo Family, and she struck a deal with him before visiting the Dream Seer.
• Dongfang Minghui accused the Dream Family of cursing the Longevity Clan and transferring its sins to the Mo Family; the Dream Seer admitted his resentment and hope of escaping the curse through Meng Ruo Yu.
• The Dream Seer picked up the finger bone from his gift and asked Dongfang Minghui whose it was, revealing that Third Miss Thousand had withheld its identity from her.

The speaker concluded that the bone fragment did not belong to Meng Ruo Yu, since Seventh Sister had destroyed her upper half. The fragment's identity remained unknown.

• The speaker considered Meng Ruo Yu as the possible source of the bone fragment.
• The speaker reasoned that Seventh Sister would have known if a piece of Meng Ruo Yu's bone remained.
• The speaker said the fragment was not Meng Ruo Yu's.
• Someone gave a short laugh.

Dongfang Minghui learned that Qian Wanyu had been contaminated by a fate cocoon and sought ways to save her while keeping the danger from her. Wei Junlan arrived with Merfolk, brought Merfolk Pearls for Lance, and rushed to find Xuanzhu after hearing she was at the Thousand Family; Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu began discussing their marriage ceremony.

• Dream Seer told Dongfang Minghui that thousand-thread silk made contaminated people into puppets and asked her to obtain the Elf Heart in exchange for a way to undo it.
• Xuanzhu warned Dongfang Minghui that Qian Wanyu’s fate cocoon could not be undone and might drain her strength, so Dongfang Minghui told Qian Wanyu about the danger.
• Qian Wanyu reassured Dongfang Minghui, then asked Xuanzhu to keep her informed about the Dark-Type Spirit Masters’ training while she looked for another way to resist the cocoon.
• Wei Junlan arrived at the Thousand Family with Merfolk and explained that Living Dead Merfolk were poisoning his clanspeople, so Dongfang Minghui offered antidotes in exchange for Merfolk Pearls.
• Little Mute cried and produced two Merfolk Pearls, which Qian Wanyu identified as genuine royal pearls.
• Dongfang Minghui told Wei Junlan that Xuanzhu was at the Thousand Family, and he hurried off to find her as Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu discussed holding their marriage ceremony.

Dongfang Minghui agreed and went to prepare the spirit plants so Papa Lance could see them sooner.

• Dongfang Minghui said she would get things ready for Papa Lance.
• Dongfang Minghui cheerfully went into the courtyard.
• Dongfang Minghui took out the spirit plants she had prepared earlier.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui prepared for their upcoming wedding while Minghui restored Lance’s sight. Their celebration was interrupted when they found Little Light and Ding Ding injured near Qian Zihang’s prison, and they suspected a Death Spirit Master had attacked them.

• Qian Wanyu asked Qian Yiling whether there was enough time to prepare for her marriage to Dongfang Minghui, with about a month remaining.
• Dongfang Minghui removed Lance’s eye covering, and Lance opened his eyes and saw Qian Yiling again.
• Dongfang Minghui asked Qian Wanyu to practice dual cultivation, but Little Light’s cries interrupted them.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui found the guards unconscious and Little Light injured near Qian Zihang’s prison, while Qian Zihang remained bound inside.
• Dongfang Minghui caught the dazed Ding Ding and asked what it and Little Light had encountered.

Little Light and Ding Ding were injured by an unseen attacker, leading Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu to suspect a powerful death spirit master was nearby. Dongfang Minghui then witnessed Little Sprout’s transformation into human form and visited Xuanzhu, where Wei Junlan was still pursuing her.

• Dongfang Minghui found Little Light injured and Ding Ding unable to remember who had struck it, while Qian Wanyu absorbed the death aura from Little Light.
• Dongfang Minghui suspected that the attacker was a death spirit master, possibly the one she feared was nearby, but Qian Wanyu cautioned that it might not be him.
• Dongfang Minghui went to the back mountain, where the Ghost-Face Tree Spirits allowed her to enter their vine barrier while keeping Little Fatty outside.
• Little Sprout emerged from the pool, underwent a coming-of-age transformation into a human girl, and reunited with Little Fatty.
• Situ Hao healed Little Light, and Dongfang Minghui told the others it had been hurt by dark-type spiritual power.
• Dongfang Minghui found Xuanzhu summoning undead with Wei Junlan trailing after her, invited Xuanzhu to her wedding, and heard Wei Junlan call for help.

Dongfang Minghui learned that a Spirit Sovereign-level Death Spirit Master might be hiding among the Thousand Family’s guests and discussed how to protect Qian Wanyu from the Thousand-Thread Lure. She planned to test the Dream Seer with a fake Elf Heart, but Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass warned that he might recognize it.

• Dongfang Minghui told Xuanzhu about the Death Spirit Master who had injured Little Light, and Xuanzhu suggested he might be hiding among the Thousand Family’s guests.
• Dongfang Minghui restrained Wei Junlan while Xuanzhu refined king-class undead, then explained that enemies were using Qian Wanyu and the missing Second Madam to demand the Elf Heart.
• Wei Junlan suggested bluffing the enemies with a fake Elf Heart, and Dongfang Minghui proposed dyeing a merfolk tear green after learning Qian Wanyu had used up their Formation Stones.
• Dongfang Minghui told Wei Junlan that a Spirit Sovereign-level enemy might be nearby and decided to visit the Dream Seer to test what he knew.
• Wei Junlan went to get Dongfang Minghui a merfolk tear, while Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass warned that the Dream Seer might recognize a fake Elf Heart.

Dongfang Minghui traded a fake Elf Heart to Dream Seer for the method to remove Qian Wanyu’s Thousand-Thread Lead, then learned the cure required blood and flesh from the heart of the person Qian Wanyu loved. After Dream Seer discovered the pearl was fake, Dongfang Minghui left as Qian Wanyu arrived, promising that Dream Seer would not get his wish.

• Dongfang Minghui disguised a Merfolk Pearl with green makeup and blood to make it seem like an Elf Heart, while Little Light and Ding Ding visited Qian Zihang in confinement.
• Qian Wanyu learned Dongfang Minghui had gone to the Dream Family and rushed after her.
• Dongfang Minghui bargained with Dream Seer, who revealed that blood and flesh from the heart of the person Meng Ruo Yu loved could remove Qian Wanyu’s Thousand-Thread Lead.
• Dream Seer snatched the brocade box and believed he had obtained the Elf Heart, which he thought could break the Dream Family’s curse.
• Dream Seer discovered the supposed Elf Heart was a green-painted Merfolk Pearl, and Dongfang Minghui accused him of lying before leaving to meet Qian Wanyu.

After the Dream Family estate burned and Dream Seer died, Dongfang Minghui questioned Xuanzhu about a possible cure for Qian Wanyu's Thousand-Thread Silk, then reconciled with Qian Wanyu. That night, the silk controlled Qian Wanyu and drove her to the Thousand Family Back Mountain, where Xuanzhu revealed the deadly cure and Wei Junlan refused to leave her.

• The Imperial Family found the Dream Family estate destroyed by fire and a charred body they identified as Dream Seer, prompting rumors across Dream Capital City.
• Dongfang Minghui asked Xuanzhu whether a loved one's heart blood could remove Qian Wanyu's Thousand-Thread Silk, and Xuanzhu denied it while avoiding Wei Junlan.
• Dongfang Minghui urged Wei Junlan to pursue Xuanzhu, then admitted to Qian Wanyu what Dream Seer and Xuanzhu had told her; Qian Wanyu showed her that only part of the Thousand-Thread Silk had taken hold.
• Qian Wanyu wandered under the silk's control to the Thousand Family Back Mountain, where Xuanzhu and the undead tried to stop her as Qing Mo struggled to wake her.
• Xuanzhu revealed that a loved one's heart blood could free Qian Wanyu from control at the cost of a life, and Wei Junlan declared that he liked Xuanzhu and would not abandon her.

Qian Wanyu broke free of the Thousand-Thread Silk’s control briefly by injuring herself, while Xuanzhu and Wei Junlan faced the consequences of his confession. As Dongfang Minghui prepared for the wedding, Lance and Qian Yiling realized the woman who had visited her was not Zhuo Yin.

• Qian Wanyu used a Spirit Sword to sever a rib and temporarily regain control, then asked Xuanzhu about ways to resist the Thousand-Thread Silk.
• Qian Wanyu forced Wei Junlan to swear he would not tell Dongfang Minghui about her condition, and Xuanzhu gave her a potion that could disrupt the silk’s control by dislocating her bones.
• Xuanzhu rejected Wei Junlan’s confession and went to watch Silkworm Cocoon Baby struggle to emerge from its formation.
• Dongfang Minghui comforted the heartbroken Wei Junlan, who hurried off to tell Xuanzhu about his powerful Merfolk bloodline.
• Dongfang Minghui tried on her wedding outfit while Qian Yiling worried that Qian Wanyu had chosen black attire.
• Lance realized the woman who had visited Dongfang Minghui was not Zhuo Yin, and Qian Yiling recognized that an impostor had returned to the Thousand Family.

Dongfang Minghui was forced into a choice between Qian Zihang and Qian Zhuoyin while Wenren Liangzhi threatened to trigger Qian Zihang’s self-detonation. After an explosion sounded, she escaped and returned to the Thousand Family residence, where she found it intact but deserted.

• Dan Qi brought Dongfang Minghui to Wenren Liangzhi, who held Qian Zhuoyin captive and demanded Dan Qi choose between her and Qian Zihang.
• Wenren Liangzhi revealed that Qian Zihang had been made a bomb and gave Dan Qi one incense stick to decide; Dongfang Minghui sent Little Lecher to find Qian Wanyu and tried to bargain with the Elf Heart.
• Wenren Liangzhi announced that someone had already made the choice, and a huge explosion shook the area.
• Wenren Liangzhi stabbed Qian Zhuoyin as she charged him, while Dan Qi unleashed her ice powers and Dongfang Minghui fled the inn.
• Little Lecher told Dongfang Minghui it had not reached Qian Wanyu in time and had fled when it sensed a surge of spiritual power.
• Dongfang Minghui reached the intact Thousand Family residence, found it empty, and called for Qian Wanyu, her mother, and her eldest uncle.

Qian Zihang detonated himself, but Ding Ding used the Longevity Cauldron to shield much of the Thousand Family estate from the blast. Dongfang Minghui returned to Qian Wanyu, who accepted responsibility for the family, while the fate of many people caught in the disaster remained unknown.

• Qian Zihang detonated himself, and Ding Ding’s Longevity Cauldron blocked much of the blast, though it was damaged by death aura.
• Old Madam entrusted Qian Wanyu with the Thousand Family and said she would receive the Head’s Token on her wedding day.
• Dongfang Minghui returned and told Qian Wanyu that Wenren Liangzhi had used Dan Qi to abduct her and that Dan Qi and Zhuo Yin could not return.
• Qian Wanyu questioned Dongfang Minghui about the Elf Heart, and Dongfang Minghui revealed the White Silk Scroll’s instruction to return the relic to the Elf Clan.
• More than half the Thousand Family’s members were missing, including children, Merfolk guests, Situ Hongying, and other disciples; Ding Ding’s fate remained unclear.
• Qian Wanyu blamed a failed technique for the destruction when outsiders asked about it, while Pig Immortal Grass told Dongfang Minghui the blast was a warning from whoever controlled Qian Zihang.

As Dream Capital City prepared for Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui’s wedding, the two women finally began their ceremony before the Thousand Family and its guests. Second Madam Qin Qin arrived and objected, warning that Dongfang Minghui would be killed if she married Qian Wanyu.

• The Thousand Family prepared for the wedding while Dongfang Minghui worried that the unresponsive Ding Ding had swallowed her master, Little Mute, and the children.
• On the wedding morning, Little Lecher revealed her grown form, and Dongfang Minghui’s friends gathered to see her before Qian Wanyu arrived to carry her to the main hall.
• Qian Ziyan began the wedding rites, explaining that Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui had to exchange blood and vow fidelity before the Heavenly Dao could bless their marriage.
• Second Madam Qin Qin interrupted the ceremony, claimed she did not consent, and pulled Dongfang Minghui away from Qian Wanyu.
• Qian Wanyu asked Qin Qin why she was certain that marrying her would get Dongfang Minghui killed.

Dongfang Minghui faced her mother Qin Qin’s demand to abandon Qian Wanyu, but Qin Qin killed herself and urged her to seek protection from the Elf Clan. As Death Spirit Masters attacked the Thousand Family estate, Qian Wanyu resisted their control and fought their leader alongside Dongfang Minghui, who opened a passage to the Elf Clan with the Elf Heart; they arrived to find the land devastated by the Death Spirit Masters.

• Qian Wanyu challenged Qin Qin’s objections to her marriage with Dongfang Minghui, and the wedding guests were dismissed when an attack erupted in a remote courtyard.
• Dongfang Minghui refused to leave with Qin Qin, who stabbed herself and urged her daughter to open a passage to the Elf Clan before dying in her arms.
• Qian Wanyu attacked Dongfang Minghui while under control, then revealed she had retained some awareness and had used the Heart-Guarding Mirror’s backlash to break the thousand-thread silk within her.
• A white-clad Death Spirit Master arrived, attacked the Thousand Family members, and overwhelmed their defenses as Xuanzhu’s undead fought the encircling forces.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu joined their spiritual power against the enemy, while Dongfang Minghui used her blood and the Elf Heart to open a passage to the Elf Clan.
• Dongfang Minghui entered the passage, and Qian Wanyu, their companions, and others followed; they found the Elf Clan’s territory ravaged and its inhabitants suffering under the Death Spirit Masters.