Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yuan forced Master Mingxin into a Medical Dao Challenge, and Nie Yun agreed to help him if needed. The two physicians chose a written question-and-answer contest, and Master Mingxin prepared a question about the Yin Soul Physique on Nie Yun’s advice.

• Zhao Yuan proposed a Medical Dao Challenge, and Master Mingxin accepted despite Nie Yun’s warning that Zhao Yuan intended to use him to impress Ye Mingcheng and insult Young Master Li Tao.
• Master Mingxin asked Nie Yun to help if his diagnosis proved inaccurate, and Nie Yun promised to do what he could.
• Nie Yun explained the challenge’s common formats to Ye Tao and the others, and Zhao Yuan and Master Mingxin chose to test each other’s Medical Dao knowledge.
• Zhao Yuan arranged for the two Young Masters Ye to judge by comparing written questions and answers.
• Nie Yun suggested that Master Mingxin ask about treating the Yin Soul Physique, and Master Mingxin wrote down its symptoms and treatment method.

Master Mingxin and Zhao Yuan tested their medical knowledge in a challenge that ended with both answering one question correctly. Zhao Yuan then asked about the growing environment of the supposedly extinct Goldstone Grass, and Nie Yun revealed why it had disappeared.

• Master Mingxin correctly answered Zhao Yuan’s first question about a patient’s unusual illness, but Zhao Yuan answered Master Mingxin’s first question just as accurately, leaving the score tied.
• Zhao Yuan asked when Seven-Heart Grass should be harvested to treat a King Realm expert’s sword wound, and Nie Yun helped Master Mingxin identify that three flowers offered the right medicinal strength.
• Master Mingxin gave the correct answer, making the challenge one to one.
• Zhao Yuan produced a living Goldstone Grass and asked where it grew, leaving Master Mingxin unable to recall the answer.
• Nie Yun told Master Mingxin that Goldstone Grass grew in places rich in gold, and that people searching for gold mines had driven it to extinction.

Nie Yun guided Master Mingxin to challenge Zhao Yuan’s answer about where Goldstone Grass grew best. Master Mingxin proved that it matured rapidly when planted on gold, leaving Zhao Yuan defeated before the third question.

• Nie Yun told Master Mingxin that Goldstone Grass could grow directly on gold and advised him to write that it grew atop metal and stone.
• Ye Mingcheng and Zhao Yuan mocked Master Mingxin’s answer, and Zhao Yuan claimed the grass matured in seven years in metal-rich land.
• Master Mingxin proposed proving his answer by placing Zhao Yuan’s nearly mature Goldstone Grass on gold, and Zhao Yuan accepted the wager.
• Master Mingxin set the grass on gold bars, and its roots burrowed into the metal as the plant brightened.
• Zhao Yuan recognized that the Goldstone Grass would mature in less than a day and conceded the round, leaving him defeated without a third question.

Nie Yun helped Master Mingxin defeat Zhao Yuan in a Medical Dao Challenge, revealing his exceptional medical knowledge to Ye Tao and Liu Hao. Ye Tao invited Nie Yun to travel with him to Cloud Province, gave him a valuable Qiu Ming Armor, and arranged for them to leave the next day.

• Zhao Yuan conceded defeat to Master Mingxin and left after asking how he had learned to cultivate Goldstone Grass.
• Master Mingxin revealed that Nie Yun had given him the answer, prompting Ye Tao and Liu Hao to recognize Nie Yun's medical skill.
• Ye Tao invited Nie Yun to travel with him to Cloud Province, and Nie Yun accepted.
• Ye Tao gave Nie Yun a Qiu Ming Armor that could withstand attacks from late-stage Emperor Realm experts, and Nie Yun accepted it.
• Ye Tao and Nie Yun agreed to leave for Cloud Province the next day and stay at Skywater Room overnight.

Ye Tao and Liu Hao discussed who had poisoned Ye Tao and concluded that someone within the Ye Family might be targeting him, possibly Ye Xin with Prince Duobo’s support. Meanwhile, Nie Yun studied the Chaos Ocean he had acquired and considered merging it into his Storage World.

• Master Mingxin left the banquet after Nie Yun impressed him with his medical knowledge and healed Ye Tao.
• Ye Tao told Liu Hao to contact the family and ensure they befriended Nie Yun without slighting him.
• Ye Tao and Liu Hao suspected that someone inside the Ye Family had arranged the Yin Soul Poison attack, while ruling out Ye Mingcheng as the likeliest culprit.
• Liu Hao reported that Ye Xin had apparently pledged himself to Prince Duobo, and Ye Tao warned that another attempt on his life might follow.
• Nie Yun examined the sealed Chaos Ocean and considered merging it into his Storage World to learn more about it.

Nie Yun fused a Chaos Ocean into his Storage World, greatly expanding it and increasing the range of its spatial power. He traveled with Ye Tao to Yunzhou City, where Ye Tao said the Pu Tian Ridge made the city safe from troublemakers.

• Nie Yun fused a Chaos Ocean into his Storage World, doubling its range and extending his spatial power to one hundred meters.
• Nie Yun decided to buy more Chaos Oceans at Pu Tian Ridge to further strengthen his Storage World.
• Ye Tao invited Nie Yun to set out, and they traveled with his group to Teleportation Array Number Seven using Ye Tao’s Great Emperor’s command token.
• Nie Yun endured the array’s intense spatial pressure as the group teleported away from Ancient Wasteland City.
• Ye Tao told Nie Yun they had arrived in Yunzhou City, where the Pu Tian Dynasty was located, and said no one would dare cause trouble with Pu Tian Ridge nearby.

Nie Yun arrived in Yunzhou City with Ye Tao and learned about the city’s grandeur and the Pu Tian Dynasty’s power. At the Ye Estate, Ye Tao introduced Nie Yun to Madam Ye, who thanked him for saving her son, and Ye Tao arranged for Nie Yun to rest before any banquet.

• Ye Tao led Nie Yun through Yunzhou City and explained that the Puntian Great Emperor had designed the city according to heaven, earth, and the stars.
• Nie Yun asked Ye Tao about Yunzhou City’s powers, and Ye Tao promised to explain them at his residence.
• Ye Tao brought Nie Yun to the Ye Estate and asked Uncle Jiang to escort him to the guest rooms while he reported his return.
• Madam Ye hurried to greet Ye Tao, then thanked Nie Yun for saving her son and offered to hold a banquet in his honor.
• Ye Tao told Madam Ye that Nie Yun was tired from the journey and suggested letting him rest before discussing the banquet.

Ye Tao fled when Madam Ye tried to arrange a meeting with his fiancée, Yun Rou, then settled Nie Yun in a guest courtyard and explained Yunzhou City's most powerful factions. The chapter left Nie Yun with a clearer picture of the Pu Tian Dynasty’s power structure and its contested succession.

• Madam Ye urged Ye Tao to entertain Nie Yun and meet Yun Rou, but Ye Tao dragged Nie Yun away to avoid his fiancée.
• Ye Tao admitted that Yun Rou was his fiancée and asked Nie Yun for medicine that could help him pretend to be ill.
• Ye Tao gave Nie Yun a passage token and settled him in a quiet guest courtyard at the Ye residence.
• Ye Tao explained that Yunzhou City’s leading powers were known as the Nine Emperors, Eight Kings, and Twelve Dukes.
• Ye Tao said the dynasty lacked a legitimate heir and that Prince Duobo, Prince Ru Xia, and Prince Liu Mu had the greatest support among the Eight Princes.

Ye Tao explained Yunzhou City's political powers and the precarious position of the Twelve Dukes to Nie Yun, then offered to seek him a position as a Consecration Elder. Yun Rou arrived looking for Ye Tao, and he nervously tried to redirect her attention to Nie Yun.

• Ye Tao told Nie Yun that the Eight Princes wielded more practical power than the Nine Emperors and that the Twelve Dukes' influence had waned over generations.
• Ye Tao revealed that he, Ye Mingcheng, and Ye Xin were candidates to inherit the Ye Family, while the old master tested them before choosing an heir.
• Ye Tao offered to ask the family head to appoint Nie Yun as a Consecration Elder, which would give him benefits and protection in Yunzhou City.
• Yun Rou arrived searching for Ye Tao, who panicked and asked Nie Yun for somewhere to hide.
• Yun Rou worried over Ye Tao's supposed injury, and he introduced Nie Yun as the man who had saved him to change the subject.

Nie Yun helped Ye Tao hide from his clingy fiancée, Yun Rou, who was a descendant of Great Emperor Futian. Ye Tao explained that her family’s status made refusing the marriage dangerous, leaving Nie Yun to sympathize with the limits placed on family scions.

• Yun Rou arrived and showered Ye Tao with plans for shopping, outings, and other activities, leaving Nie Yun to understand why Ye Tao wanted to escape her.
• Ye Tao pretended his poison was acting up and collapsed, so Nie Yun claimed he needed quiet and gave him a pill to convince Yun Rou to leave.
• After Yun Rou departed, Ye Tao asked Nie Yun for medicine to cure her nagging, and Nie Yun questioned why he could not simply refuse the marriage.
• Ye Tao explained that Yun Rou was a treasured descendant of Great Emperor Futian, whose power could endanger the Ye Family if she were offended.
• Nie Yun noted that Yun Rou genuinely cared for Ye Tao, and Ye Tao agreed that family scions had little freedom to choose their spouses.
• A visitor entered the courtyard and called out to Ye Tao for returning without notifying him.

Zhuo Yang visited Ye Tao with a precious Regeneration Pill and met Nie Yun, who had saved Ye Tao. Zhuo Yang persuaded both men to attend Jade Pavilion’s gathering to hear Fairy Miaoyin perform, and they agreed to go.

• Zhuo Yang gave Ye Tao a Regeneration Pill and thanked Nie Yun for saving him in Ancient Wasteland City.
• Ye Tao introduced Zhuo Yang as the young master of Zhuo Residence, one of the Twelve Dukes, and Zhuo Yang praised Nie Yun for defeating the White-Handed Medical Sage.
• Zhuo Yang invited Nie Yun and Ye Tao to Jade Pavilion after learning they had not eaten.
• Ye Tao initially refused because he had told his fiancée he could not leave home, but Zhuo Yang tempted him with news that Fairy Miaoyin would perform.
• Nie Yun agreed to join Zhuo Yang and Ye Tao at Jade Pavilion.

Ye Tao, Zhuo Yang, and Nie Yun visited Jade Pavilion to hear Fairy Miaoyin perform, but the young masters gathered in their private room challenged Nie Yun’s credentials. The chapter ended with them urging him to demonstrate his medical skills against Brother Feng.

• Ye Tao and Zhuo Yang disguised themselves and rode with Nie Yun to Jade Pavilion, where Zhuo Yang warned Ye Tao not to offend Fairy Miaoyin.
• Zhuo Yang revealed that he had reserved the Exquisite Water Chamber together with several young masters they knew, making their disguises pointless.
• The young masters questioned Nie Yun’s right to join their circle, and Zhuo Yang introduced him as a Medical Master who had defeated the White-Handed Medical Sage.
• The young masters doubted Nie Yun’s ability because of his age and proposed that he exchange medical pointers with Brother Feng.

Nie Yun agreed to a Medical Dao contest against Feng Miao, and the young masters placed valuable treasures on the outcome. Feng Miao chose a Medical Dao Bracelet test, and Nie Yun accepted the rules as the contest was about to begin.

• Feng Miao agreed to test Nie Yun's medical skill, and Nie Yun accepted the challenge.
• Cheng Qian wagered a Tide-Parting Pearl on Feng Miao, while other young masters placed their own treasures on the contest.
• Feng Miao wagered a miniature Chaos Ocean on his own victory, drawing Nie Yun's interest.
• Ye Tao supplied a Mountain-Moving Talisman as Nie Yun's stake and bet on Nie Yun.
• Feng Miao proposed that each contestant treat ten patients inside a Medical Dao Bracelet, with time and accuracy determining the winner, and Nie Yun agreed.

Feng Miao challenged Nie Yun to a Medical Dao Bracelet contest and completed ten cases in two hundred breaths with eight fully correct answers. Nie Yun finished in only a few breaths, and the bracelet showed eight correct answers, leaving Feng Miao panicked as the final results remained unknown.

• Feng Miao treated ten patients in two hundred breaths, earning eight fully correct results and two partially acceptable ones.
• Feng Miao handed the Medical Dao Bracelet to Nie Yun, expecting him to struggle after entering it at full strength.
• Nie Yun completed all ten cases in two or three breaths, shocking Feng Miao and the crowd.
• Feng Miao checked Nie Yun's results and saw eight consecutive correct answers, realizing Nie Yun could beat his score.

Nie Yun defeated Feng Miao in a medical contest, won the wagered treasures, and gained the friendship of the other young masters. The gathering then turned its attention to Fairy Miaoyin, whose zither music made Nie Yun suspect she cultivated the Immortal Sound Great Dao.

• Nie Yun correctly diagnosed all ten cases, and Feng Miao admitted defeat and praised his medical skills.
• Feng Miao and the other young masters honored their wagers by giving Nie Yun their treasures and inviting him to become their friend.
• Nie Yun realized the wager had also been a way for the young masters to get closer to a skilled physician.
• The crowd spotted Fairy Miaoyin seated behind a veil, and Zhuo Yang excitedly stood to see her.
• Fairy Miaoyin played a zither note that silenced the hall, and Nie Yun suspected she cultivated the Immortal Sound Great Dao.
• Fairy Miaoyin continued playing music that stirred the hearts of those listening.

Nie Yun resisted Fairy Miaoyin’s Immortal Sound Illusion and used the Qi Gazing Method to discover that her cultivation and Great Dao conflicted with her constitution. His effort left him in pain, and his groan coincided with a qin string snapping.

• Fairy Miaoyin’s music trapped Nie Yun and the listeners in a blissful illusion until his Immortal Sound Dantian awakened him.
• Nie Yun noticed bitterness and obstruction in Fairy Miaoyin’s melody and suspected that she was injured or unwell.
• While everyone remained entranced, Nie Yun used Great Emperor Shennong’s Qi Gazing Method to examine Fairy Miaoyin.
• Nie Yun saw a blockage below Fairy Miaoyin’s navel and realized her cultivation technique and Great Dao conflicted with her constitution.
• The Qi Gazing Method exhausted Nie Yun, and his pained groan was followed by a qin string snapping.

After Fairy Miaoyin’s qin performance was interrupted, her maid announced that she had stopped because the music had found a kindred spirit. The guests argued over who had been chosen, while Nie Yun wondered whether the announcement referred to him and tried to hide his exhaustion.

• The guests begged Fairy Miaoyin to play another piece after the music ended abruptly.
• Fairy Miaoyin’s maid apologized for stopping the performance and said the qin music had encountered a kindred spirit.
• Zhuo Yang, Ye Tao, and other young masters each claimed that they were Fairy Miaoyin’s kindred spirit.
• Feng Miao and the others noticed Nie Yun’s pale face, and Nie Yun said he was only temporarily unwell.
• Zhuo Yang and Ye Tao asked Nie Yun to judge their rivalry over who had been chosen.

At Jade Cloud Pavilion, Fairy Miaoyin announced that her confidant was in the Exquisite Water Chamber and came there to play for its occupants. Nie Yun realized that Miaoyin was a Perfected Emperor Realm expert.

• The young noblemen argued over who Fairy Miaoyin considered her confidant, and the maid announced that Miaoyin would unveil herself to him and play a piece.
• The maid identified the Exquisite Water Chamber as the confidant’s room and ordered everyone in the other rooms to leave.
• The noblemen in the Exquisite Water Chamber celebrated and each claimed to be Miaoyin’s confidant.
• Miaoyin appeared behind a curtain, greeted the noblemen, and offered to come over and play for them.
• Miaoyin crossed a rainbow bridge through the air with her zither, and Nie Yun recognized her as a Perfected Emperor Realm expert.

Fairy Miaoyin chose Nie Yun as her kindred spirit after playing for the gathered young masters, then invited him to her private chamber. There, Nie Yun questioned why she had singled him out, and she began to explain.

• Nie Yun sensed that Fairy Miaoyin possessed Perfected Emperor Realm strength and used his medical skills to discern the cause of her melancholy.
• Fairy Miaoyin finished her zither performance and announced that she wished to speak privately with her kindred spirit.
• Fairy Miaoyin identified Nie Yun as her kindred spirit, surprising the other young masters, Ye Tao, and Zhuo Yang.
• Nie Yun accepted Fairy Miaoyin's invitation and followed her to a private chamber in the small tower.
• Nie Yun asked why Fairy Miaoyin had chosen him, and she said she would explain.

Fairy Miaoyin explained why she believed Nie Yun was a kindred spirit, but he revealed that he had identified the flaws in her zither music through medical arts. She unveiled herself despite his correction, and was surprised when he quickly recovered from her beauty.

• Fairy Miaoyin said Nie Yun had resisted her Forgetting All Sorrows and spotted flaws in her melody, proving his insight into musical principles.
• Nie Yun told Fairy Miaoyin that his observations came from medical arts, then identified her Loya Physique and explained its conflict with her zither path.
• Fairy Miaoyin accepted that Nie Yun was not her kindred spirit but said their meeting was still fated, then removed her veil.
• Nie Yun admired Fairy Miaoyin's appearance and quickly regained his composure, astonishing her.