Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun and Yun Fei joined the gathering of renowned medicinal experts summoned to assess Boundless Palace’s medicinal garden. Jing Lian stirred up jealousy and hostility against them, but Nie Yun’s command abruptly stopped Liang Xiao and left the experts stunned.

• Yun Fei recognized the famous medicinal experts gathered in the hall, while Nie Yun noted that their cultivation was modest.
• Jing Lian coaxed Yun Fei into boasting that he could cure every medicinal herb, prompting Li Gongran to rebuke him.
• Jing Lian praised Nie Yun and hinted that she would serve him, provoking jealousy and challenges from the gathered experts.
• Nie Yun saw through Jing Lian’s scheme and told Liang Xiao to get back when he charged at him.
• Liang Xiao immediately returned to his seat, leaving the hall and Jing Lian astonished.

Nie Yun silenced the gathered medicinal experts and saw through Jing Lian’s attempt to turn them against him. Jing Lian revealed her face to win his admiration, but his dismissive reaction left her furious and bewildered.

• After Liang Xiao retreated, Jing Lian and the other experts criticized Nie Yun for using strength instead of medicinal knowledge.
• Nie Yun used Roaring Zen Sound to silence the room, then told Jing Lian that her skillful manipulation showed she was no ordinary disciple.
• Jing Lian dodged his question by suggesting he wanted to marry her, but Nie Yun told her to shut up and showed clear contempt.
• Angered by his response, Jing Lian removed her veil and revealed her stunning appearance, shocking the onlookers.
• Jing Lian asked whether marrying her would count as lowering herself, but Nie Yun only shook his head and closed his eyes, leaving her feeling that even her beauty had disappointed him.

Palace Mistress Bi Yao showed the gathered medicinal experts images of the Boundless Palace herb garden, where herbs had developed puzzling and varied symptoms overnight. When the experts demanded to inspect the garden in person, Jing Lian proposed a test to choose who would be allowed to enter.

• Palace Mistress Bi Yao arrived and explained that the herb garden's plants were withering, offering the position of Guest Elder to whoever could cure them.
• Bi Yao projected an image of the garden, and the experts debated conflicting explanations for the herbs' different conditions.
• Old Master Qiu asked to inspect the garden personally, and the other experts joined his request.
• A Golden Armored General suggested allowing ten respected experts to inspect the garden, but the gathered masters refused to choose among themselves.
• Jing Lian proposed testing the experts on transferred, low-value herbs, and Bi Yao approved the idea.

At Palace Mistress Bi Yao’s request, Jing Lian brought out Silent Flowers for the gathered experts to examine and treat. Nie Yun found no visible cause, but Yun Fei proposed that the herbs had lost their Essence, Qi, and Spirit and suggested playing music, which gave Nie Yun a promising idea.

• Palace Mistress Bi Yao asked the experts to treat a group of Silent Flowers, and they agreed to prove their abilities on the herbs first.
• Jing Lian brought several Silent Flowers sealed in a pocket of space, and everyone examined them for signs of illness.
• Nie Yun found no problems with the herbs, their soil, or their environment, while Yun Fei realized they might be deficient in Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Yun Fei suggested playing music to help the Silent Flowers, and Nie Yun enthusiastically declared the idea could work.

Nie Yun claimed that he and Yun Fei had found the cause of the medicinal herbs’ illness and could treat them, prompting Palace Mistress Bi Yao to let them demonstrate in a quiet side hall. He demanded that Jing Lian sing and dance as part of the treatment, and Bi Yao reluctantly ordered her to comply.

• Yun Fei told Nie Yun his theory about the herbs, and Nie Yun said he had already devised a treatment.
• When Palace Mistress Bi Yao asked whether anyone had found a solution, Jing Lian pointed Nie Yun out to put him on the spot.
• Nie Yun said he and Yun Fei had identified the cause and could restore several herbs within the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao sent Jing Lian to escort Nie Yun and Yun Fei to a quiet side hall, where Jing Lian demanded that Nie Yun prove his claims.
• Nie Yun asked Jing Lian to sing and dance, saying he had no other way to cure the herbs if she refused.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao reluctantly ordered Jing Lian to perform, leaving Jing Lian angry and embarrassed.

Nie Yun made Jing Lian sing and dance to restore the ailing medicinal herbs of Boundless Palace. Her performance revived them, and Palace Mistress Bi Yao recognized that their Essence, Qi, and Spirit had been replenished, confirming Nie Yun's unusual treatment method.

• Nie Yun provoked Jing Lian into agreeing to sing and dance, insisting she perform happily rather than angrily.
• Jing Lian controlled her temper and sang and danced, using her cultivation and strength in the performance.
• After Jing Lian finished, Nie Yun showed her that the drooping medicinal herbs had straightened and regained some vitality.
• Jing Lian asked what medicine Nie Yun had used, and he told her that she was the medicine.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao explained that Jing Lian's performance had drawn the herbs' attention and restored their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then praised Nie Yun's insight.

Nie Yun restored several medicinal herbs by using Yun Fei’s insight about their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, impressing Palace Mistress Bi Yao. She led them into the Boundless Palace’s herb garden, where countless precious herbs were withering, and Nie Yun was left to confront the problem.

• Nie Yun’s method revived the herbs, and Palace Mistress Bi Yao promised to honor her earlier offer if he could solve the garden’s problems.
• Jing Lian reconsidered her assumptions about Nie Yun, while Palace Mistress Bi Yao warned her not to become emotionally attached to him.
• Nie Yun and Yun Fei followed Palace Mistress Bi Yao and Jing Lian to the herb garden, and Nie Yun recognized the protective Nine Palaces Heaven Stealing Formation.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao opened a passage through the Formation and brought the group to the mountain’s herb garden.
• Nie Yun saw that countless valuable medicinal herbs were drooping and nearing death, and Palace Mistress Bi Yao mourned their condition.

Nie Yun and Yun Fei investigated the herb garden’s unexplained decay after Jing Lian’s dancing proved unable to restore its many plants. Yun Fei suggested that the herbs had lost the rule sustaining their life, and Nie Yun realized this might be connected to the Heavenly Dao.

• Nie Yun explained that Jing Lian’s singing and dancing could not counteract the decay spreading through the vast herb garden.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao agreed to let Jing Lian lead Nie Yun and Yun Fei inside to investigate.
• Nie Yun used his soul and Heavenly Eye to examine the garden but found no visible cause for the herbs’ declining vitality.
• Yun Fei said the herbs seemed to have had their souls stolen and suggested their souls were a life-sustaining rule.
• Nie Yun connected Yun Fei’s theory to the Heavenly Dao, which sustained the operation of the world.

Nie Yun discovered that the medicinal herbs had lost their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and learned that a Spirit Awakening Grass had changed at the same time. Palace Mistress Bi Yao refused to let him see it, leaving the cause of the herbs’ condition unresolved.

• Nie Yun deduced that someone had taken the medicinal herbs’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit and asked Palace Mistress Bi Yao when their abnormalities began.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao said the herbs began changing ten days earlier and insisted no outsiders had entered the Boundless Palace.
• Nie Yun explained his suspicions and pressed Bi Yao to reveal what else had changed ten days earlier.
• Bi Yao revealed that the petals of her Chaos-grade Spirit Awakening Grass had turned from red to golden.
• Nie Yun recognized the Spirit Awakening Grass as a possible cause and asked to see it, but Bi Yao refused and ordered Jing Lian to escort the guests to their rooms.

Nie Yun learned that Palace Mistress Bi Yao refused to let him inspect the Spirit Awakening Grass, which he suspected was draining the medicinal garden. Yun Fei warned that the garden’s herbs would die within three days, leaving Nie Yun worried that the loss would ruin his chance to obtain the grass.

• Jing Lian escorted Nie Yun and Yun Fei to the guest quarters and offered Nie Yun a communication jade talisman, but Yun Fei accepted it before Jing Lian snatched it back in frustration.
• Jing Lian left, while Yun Fei teased Nie Yun about her interest in him and Nie Yun said he was not interested.
• Nie Yun told Yun Fei that he suspected a powerful herb was devouring the souls of the medicinal plants, but Palace Mistress Bi Yao had refused to let him inspect it.
• Yun Fei warned that the medicinal garden’s herbs would all die within three days unless they acted quickly.

Nie Yun sought the reason Palace Mistress Bi Yao refused to let him see the Spirit Awakening Grass, believing it was behind the herb garden’s decline. Jing Lian hinted that the grass served an important purpose for her master, and Nie Yun offered to read Jing Lian’s thoughts with her consent to learn the truth without making her reveal it aloud.

• Nie Yun concluded that he needed to discover why Palace Mistress Bi Yao guarded the Spirit Awakening Grass before he could save the herb garden.
• Nie Yun persuaded two white-robed disciples to contact Jing Lian, who soon came to meet him.
• Nie Yun explained his theory that the Spirit Awakening Grass was causing the herb garden’s upheaval, and Jing Lian reacted with alarm.
• Jing Lian admitted that the Spirit Awakening Grass had an important use for Palace Mistress Bi Yao but refused to disclose what she knew.
• Nie Yun proposed reading Jing Lian’s thoughts with her permission, leaving her embarrassed and uncertain.

Nie Yun learned the story behind Palace Mistress Bi Yao’s attachment to the Spirit Awakening Grass by hearing Jing Lian’s memories. The chapter ended with Palace Mistress Bi Yao confronting Nie Yun and demanding to know who he really was.

• Jing Lian allowed Nie Yun to hear her memories of Palace Mistress Bi Yao’s past.
• Nie Yun witnessed Palace Mistress Bi Yao and her lover battle a faction, suffer grave injuries, and get rescued by a friend who sacrificed his health to save them.
• Nie Yun inferred that the friend had fallen in love with Palace Mistress Bi Yao, and that her lover left after discovering his feelings.
• Jing Lian explained that Palace Mistress Bi Yao and her lover had found and nurtured the Spirit Awakening Grass together with their blood essence, making it precious to her.
• Nie Yun suggested asking Palace Mistress Bi Yao directly about her past, but she appeared and demanded to know his identity.

Nie Yun provoked Palace Mistress Bi Yao into attacking him, then revealed his identity after proving that neither her Netherworld Ice Palm nor her Ruler Divine Weapon could harm him. The chapter ended with Bi Yao accepting her defeat and Nie Yun insisting he had not come to cause trouble.

• Palace Mistress Bi Yao warned Nie Yun not to stir up trouble, but he called her a coward for avoiding her own problems.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao struck Nie Yun with the Netherworld Ice Palm, but he remained unharmed after fifteen breaths.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao stabbed Nie Yun repeatedly with a Ruler Divine Weapon longsword, but it could not pierce his skin.
• Nie Yun shattered the Ruler Divine Weapon with one finger and revealed that he was Ruler Nie Yun, stunning Bi Yao, Jing Lian, and Yun Fei.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao admitted she was no match for Nie Yun and accepted whatever punishment he chose, but he said he had not come to cause trouble.

Nie Yun asked Palace Mistress Bi Yao for the Spirit Awakening Grass and promised to fulfill any wish she had. She agreed to give it to him if he reunited her with Gu Yong, and Nie Yun left to find him, promising to return within three days to save the herb garden.

• Nie Yun revealed that he had come for the Spirit Awakening Grass, and Palace Mistress Bi Yao refused to hand it over unless he killed her.
• Nie Yun promised to fulfill Bi Yao's wish, and she asked him to bring back her estranged lover, who she said was still alive.
• Bi Yao explained that Gu Yong blamed her for Xue Liao's suicide and had refused to hear her explanation.
• Nie Yun recognized Gu Yong as the Sect Master of Guixu Sea and agreed to visit him.
• Nie Yun promised Yun Fei he would return within three days, then vanished from Boundless Palace.
• After Nie Yun left, Bi Yao and Jing Lian discussed whether he was truly Ruler Nie Yun and why he wanted the Spirit Awakening Grass.

Nie Yun returned to Guixu Sea and discovered that Old Drunkard Xia Xing had used his fame and a statue of him to attract thousands of talented disciples. After accepting Xia Xing’s plan to build a loyal force, Nie Yun welcomed the recruits and gave Guixu Sea a Great Dao Relief for promising disciples to study.

• Nie Yun arrived at Guixu Sea and saw Nine Immortals Elder addressing a vast crowd of powerful new disciples who had come largely because of Nie Yun’s reputation.
• Nine Immortals Elder announced that observing Nie Yun’s statue could win his attention and perhaps a chance to become his disciple, prompting Nie Yun to question the claim.
• Old Drunkard Xia Xing explained that he had created the statue and recruited geniuses to cultivate future subordinates for Nie Yun in preparation for a coming disaster.
• Nie Yun appeared before the disciples, warned them against relying on their backgrounds to cause trouble, and accepted Xia Xing’s plan.
• Nie Yun gave Nine Immortals Elder a Great Dao Relief and allowed qualified disciples to study it under restrictions.

Nie Yun brought Gu Yong face to face with his guilt over Xue Liao’s death, then used the Soul Chaos King Stone and Xue Liao’s protection talisman to revive him. With Xue Liao alive again, Nie Yun left the brothers to talk and planned to return the next day to take Gu Yong to see her.

• Nie Yun asked Gu Yong to come see someone, but Gu Yong refused because he felt responsible for Xue Liao’s death and had no face to meet her.
• Nie Yun told Gu Yong that she also blamed herself, then offered to revive Xue Liao and asked for an item that carried his aura.
• Gu Yong gave Nie Yun Xue Liao’s protection talisman, and Nie Yun summoned the Great River of Souls to revive Xue Liao.
• Xue Liao awoke confused, and Gu Yong joyfully explained that Nie Yun had brought him back to life.
• Nie Yun left the brothers to speak and said he would return the next day to take Gu Yong to see her.
• After Nie Yun departed, Xue Liao asked Gu Yong how he knew a Ruler and what he had paid for the revival.

Gu Yong accepted Xue Liao’s blessing and decided to reunite with Palace Mistress Bi Yao. Nie Yun brought Gu Yong and Xue Liao to Boundless Palace, where Bi Yao anxiously awaited them.

• Xue Liao told Gu Yong he had let go of his feelings for Bi Yao and urged him to go see her.
• Gu Yong agreed to visit Bi Yao and invited Xue Liao to come along.
• Nie Yun sent Old Drunkard to cultivate in a Spatial Cage Zone inside the Storage World.
• Nie Yun, Gu Yong, and Xue Liao traveled aboard the True Blood Royal Crown to Boundless Palace.
• Bi Yao worried that Gu Yong might not want to see her, until Nie Yun appeared with Gu Yong and Xue Liao.

Nie Yun reunited Palace Mistress Bi Yao with Gu Yong and learned that the Spirit Awakening Grass could help revive his wife, Tantai Lingyue. Palace Mistress Bi Yao led him to a hidden entrance in the medicinal garden, where the search for the grass was about to continue.

• Gu Yong and Xue Liao arrived, and Palace Mistress Bi Yao reunited with Gu Yong after many years apart.
• Nie Yun and the others waited outside while Gu Yong and Palace Mistress Bi Yao spoke, then Bi Yao agreed to take Nie Yun to the Spirit Awakening Grass.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao warned Nie Yun that humans could not consume the Spirit Awakening Grass, and he explained that he wanted to revive his wife, Tantai Lingyue.
• Palace Mistress Bi Yao led the group back to the medicinal garden and opened a hidden door of light that revealed a separate space.

Nie Yun entered the Small World containing the Spirit Awakening Grass and discovered that its newly golden bloom could drain the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of anyone it disliked. After explaining that he needed the herb to revive Tantai Lingyue, he let it choose whether to follow him, and it landed in his hand.

• Nie Yun entered the Small World with Palace Mistress Bi Yao and found that the Spirit Awakening Grass's power made Jing Lian, Yun Fei, and Xue Liao nearly faint.
• Nie Yun saw the golden, sentient Spirit Awakening Grass attack him when Palace Mistress Bi Yao told it to accept him as its new master.
• Nie Yun asked the others to leave and told the Spirit Awakening Grass about Tantai Lingyue and his determination to revive her.
• Nie Yun said he would not force the herb to come with him, and the Spirit Awakening Grass landed in his palm.

Nie Yun obtained the Spirit Awakening Grass and returned to the Four Symbols World with Nie Tong to begin preparing for Tantai Lingyue’s resurrection. They identified the Heavenly Talisman and brought out the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth to forge her body.

• Nie Yun stored the tamed Spirit Awakening Grass, restored the withered medicinal herbs with Wood Life Qi, and left the Boundless Palace after Palace Mistress Bi Yao appointed Yun Fei a Guest Elder.
• Nie Yun returned to the Chaos Supreme Land with the Spirit Awakening Grass, and Nie Tong confirmed the herb had followed him willingly.
• Nie Tong explained that they would use the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth and the Heavenly Talisman to forge a body, then use the Spirit Awakening Grass and Soul Chaos King Stone to revive Tantai Lingyue’s soul.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong entered the Four Symbols World and found the Heavenly Talisman still resting on its altar.
• Nie Yun moved the living beings out of the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth into a protected area of his Storage World, then brought out the empty Small World.