Chapter Summaries

Liu Shuyue helped have Jiang Liuli arrested and confined, while Jiang An was caught hiding in a well and lost the household’s remaining valuables to the merchants. After Lan Ruoyue was executed and sealed away, Liu Shuyue prepared an extravagant dowry for Zhou Luming’s engagement.

• Jiang Liuli was arrested by bailiffs after the butcher’s wife accused her of taking their money, and Jiang An hid in a well as merchants confronted his mother.
• Liu Shuyue visited Jiang Liuli in prison, confronted her about her schemes, and arranged for her to be kept in a separate iron cell.
• The merchants dragged Jiang An from the well and took the family’s possessions to cover their debts.
• After forty-nine days, Lan Ruoyue was struck by heavenly lightning during her public execution, and Murong Tianci and Master Huiming helped seal her body underground.
• Liu Shuyue prepared twenty chests of dowry gifts for Zhou Luming and decorated them with plush toys of Doraemon.

Liu Shuyue discovered that Zhou Sesong and Qing'er were in love and encouraged them despite Zhou Luming’s objections. She urged them to tell their fathers, leaving Zhou Luming unsettled about how their families would react.

• Zhou Luming asked Liu Shuyue about the blue doll’s fabric and dye, and Liu Shuyue promised to send her materials and formulas.
• Zhou Luming told Liu Shuyue that Zhou Shi Ye and Miss Min were getting along and had kissed, then accompanied her to the Lotus Pavilion.
• Liu Shuyue and Zhou Luming startled Zhou Sesong and Qing'er as they kissed in a treehouse.
• Zhou Sesong confessed that she liked Qing'er, and Zhou Luming objected because Qing'er was the Marquis's only child.
• Liu Shuyue defended their love and urged Zhou Sesong and Qing'er to come out to their fathers, offering them a mine for financial support.

Zhou Yunshen and Qing'er’s families agreed to their marriage, while Liu Shuyue later uncovered a scheme to make her take in the child of a woman who claimed to love Zhou Yunshen. Liu Shuyue refused to follow the couple’s plan and demanded to know why she should adopt the child.

• Zhou Yunshen agreed to pay a bride price, and Qing'er insisted Zhou Sesong would marry into her family instead.
• Liu Shuyue took the two little ones to a Many Treasures House to shop for New Year’s gifts and heard a woman threaten to kill herself over the Marquis of Zhennan.
• The shopkeeper begged Liu Shuyue to take in his pregnant daughter’s child, claiming she had been deceived by someone impersonating Zhou Yunshen.
• Huahua revealed that the couple had staged the plea after hearing Zhou Yunshen raised other people’s children, hoping their child would later support them.
• Liu Shuyue challenged the shopkeeper’s claim that his daughter was mad and refused to adopt the child, asking what the family had done to deserve her help.

Liu Shuyue rejected Shopkeeper Cai’s attempt to make her raise his pregnant daughter’s child, and Zhou Yunshen arrived to take her away. Later, she enjoyed the Palace New Year’s Eve banquet while pregnant with twins, unaware that the emperor might be eyeing her daughter as a future bride for the Sixth Prince.

• Liu Shuyue mocked Shopkeeper Cai’s family and refused to take responsibility for his daughter’s child.
• Madam An reassured Cailing’er that Liu Shuyue’s kind reputation would make her accept the baby, while Cailing’er planned to reunite with Jiang Lang.
• Zhou Yunshen arrived, comforted Liu Shuyue, and took her elsewhere; Shopkeeper Cai fled the Imperial City that night.
• After Cai’s abandoned belongings were auctioned off, Liu Shuyue received crystals, beeswax, and jade, keeping a White Crystal Geode by her courtyard entrance.
• At the New Year’s Eve Palace banquet, the Empress Dowager admired Liu Shuyue’s pregnancy and gave her gifts, while Huahua revealed that the emperor might want her unborn daughter as a bride for the Sixth Prince.

At the palace banquet, Liu Shuyue discovered that Jiang An had been spared execution and forced to perform opera as punishment for embezzlement. As Jiang An accepted a small reward and endured humiliation, Huahua revealed how his household had fallen into hardship.

• The emperor considered arranging a marriage between the Sixth Prince and Liu Shuyue’s family, while Liu Shuyue and Huahua discussed the possibility.
• Liu Shuyue attended the palace banquet with Zhou Yunshen and watched the opera performances.
• Zhou Yunshen told Liu Shuyue that Jiang An had been sent to perform opera after her mother and grandfather pleaded to spare his life.
• Huahua explained that the emperor had arranged for Jiang An to perform at the banquet and described how Jiang An’s household had fallen into ruin.
• Jiang An received fifty taels from the Empress Dowager and retreated backstage as Liu Yuyan watched from the front row.

Liu Yuyan rejected Jiang An's plea to return and left him with a gold hairpin as a bitter reminder of his dependence on her. News of Old Madam Jiang's death and the Jin Kingdom's collapse arrived at the Marquis's Residence, while spring brought Liu Shuyue close to giving birth and ended with her fearing Zhou Yunshen was leaving her.

• Liu Shuyue fell asleep during the fireworks, and Zhou Yunshen wrapped her in a bearskin coat and carried her back to the Marquis's Residence.
• Jiang An begged Liu Yuyan to take him back, but she rebuked him, gave him a gold hairpin as a tip, and refused to help him.
• Old Madam Jiang died alone, and the Prefect buried her in a mass grave after the landlord dumped her body in the alley.
• The Second Prince's actions triggered a venereal disease crisis and factional fighting in the Jin Kingdom; he died on his way home and was posthumously honored as Prince Zhongyong.
• Liu Shuyue's pregnancy advanced through spring as Huahua and Five Flower learned to walk, and Lin Shuangshuang gave birth to a son.
• Lin Shuangshuang told Liu Shuyue that Zhou Yunshen might return to the border, leaving Liu Shuyue in tears and afraid he no longer wanted her.

Liu Shuyue mistook Zhou Yunshen’s armor maintenance for preparations to leave for the border and tearfully accused him of abandoning her. After Huahua explained that Feng Qingshuang and Liu Shuyue’s father-in-law would take his place, Liu Shuyue learned Zhou Yunshen was staying home and made him promise not to leave before their children turned three.

• Lin Shuangshuang’s remark about the border made Liu Shuyue rush to Zhou Yunshen and accuse him of secretly preparing to leave and take a mistress.
• Zhou Yunshen denied that he was going anywhere and tried to comfort Liu Shuyue as she cried and threatened to find their children godfathers.
• Lin Shuangshuang arrived with the children, and Huahua explained that Feng Qingshuang and Liu Shuyue’s father-in-law would defend the border instead of Zhou Yunshen.
• Zhou Yunshen explained that he had only brought out his armor for its monthly maintenance, while Lin Shuangshuang clarified that Jiang Chen was going to escort provisions.
• Liu Shuyue made Zhou Yunshen promise not to go to the border before their children turned three, and he agreed to take her with him if he went later.

Liu Shuyue went into labor at the Marquis's Residence as an ominous storm gathered over the Imperial City. With Zhou Yunshen beside her and the household preparing to divert the heavenly lightning, she delivered one child while the second was still on the way.

• Liu Shuyue's water broke, and Zhou Yunshen carried her to the Study while Lin Shuangshuang ordered the midwife and supplies brought in.
• Zhou Yunshen stayed with Liu Shuyue as she endured labor, while Huahua and Five Flower tried to encourage and help her.
• Dark clouds and purple lightning gathered above the Marquis's Residence, drawing Murong Tianci, the Liu Family, the Crown Prince, and the emperor to the scene.
• Murong Tianci and Prince Zhong prepared an array and a Lightning Rod, while the others filled the courtyard with devices meant to ward off lightning.
• Liu Shuyue delivered one child, and the first bolt of heavenly lightning was diverted from the Imperial City to empty ground nearby.
• Liu Chengze ordered more lightning protection devices placed in the courtyard, and two more bolts were diverted as Liu Shuyue prepared to push again.

Liu Shuyue endured a dangerous labor while heavenly thunder threatened the Imperial City, and she gave birth to twins with Zhou Yunshen by her side. Five Flower accidentally struck a mirror into the lightning, frightening the Lightning Dragon and ending the storm.

• Liu Shuyue struggled to deliver as lightning struck the Imperial City, while the emperor, Prince Zhong, Murong Tianci, and the crown prince faced the heavenly thunder from the roof.
• Zhou Yunshen promised Liu Shuyue they would have no more children, and Huahua used a delivery technique to help her push the babies out.
• Liu Shuyue delivered a boy and a girl, and Imperial Physician Zhao treated her bleeding as Zhou Yunshen celebrated their birth.
• Five Flower charged at the heavenly thunder but collided with the crown prince's mirror and was knocked back.
• The mirror struck the lightning, causing the Lightning Dragon to recoil in fright and the thunderclouds' forces to collide, clearing the sky.

Golden rain healed the people after the Heavenly Thunder retreated, and Liu Shuyue discovered that her newborn twins were transmigrators connected to the Spacetime Administration Bureau. The family kept the twins’ secret from Zhou Yunshen and let Liu Shuyue believe she alone could hear their thoughts and see their livestream comments.

• The Imperial City’s golden rain healed the injured, while Liu Yuyan and Prince Huai wondered whether the ancestral mirror had driven away the Heavenly Thunder.
• Liu Shuyue and Huahua realized the thunder had been frightened by its own distorted reflection in the mirror, and the emperor rewarded the Crown Prince for bringing it.
• Liu Shuyue heard her newborn twins speak and saw a chat box appear above them as Five Flower revealed their livestream comments.
• Huahua identified the twins as Spacetime Administration Bureau employees who had died in an explosion and been sent to complete their reincarnation, angering the Heavenly Dao.
• The baby girl explained that the twins needed to livestream for energy, and the baby boy said their parents could attract viewers.
• Liu Shuyue’s family agreed to keep the twins’ identities secret, while Liu Shuyue and the babies continued their lives without telling Zhou Yunshen what she could hear and see.

After Jiang Shuyue rescued the injured Zhou Yunshen, she cared for him and dreamed of restoring the Immortal Cloud Sect. When she died bringing him a Blood Wisteria Fruit, he accepted his role as the sect’s divine guardian beast and vowed to fulfill her unfinished wish.

• Jiang Shuyue found the injured Zhou Yunshen, fed him, and took him to live at the Immortal Cloud Sect.
• Jiang Shuyue cared for Zhou Yunshen and told him she hoped to restore the declining sect, while he silently grew attached to her.
• Jiang Shuyue went to Moonview Mountain for a Blood Wisteria Fruit and returned mortally wounded, asking an old man to deliver it to Zhou Yunshen.
• Zhou Yunshen refused to accept Jiang Shuyue’s death, carried her back to her room, and kept vigil beside her body for ten days.
• Zhou Yunshen ate the Blood Wisteria Fruit, healed his broken horn, and declared himself the Immortal Cloud Sect’s divine guardian beast.

Jiang Shuyue grew up under Zhou Yunshen’s protection and became a Golden Core cultivator who longed to visit the mortal world. Centuries later, she agreed to marry a rival sect’s young master to protect the Immortal Cloud Sect, leaving Zhou Yunshen unsettled as her wedding day arrived.

• As a starving child, Jiang Shuyue was nearly sold by her father until Zhou Yunshen paid for her and took her as his disciple.
• Three hundred years later, Jiang Shuyue begged Zhou Yunshen to let her descend the mountain, but he refused until she reached Deification and arranged treats and a shadow puppet show instead.
• Jiang Shuyue developed a second consciousness, and Zhou Yunshen patiently answered her questions about babies and dragons.
• After war with the Demon Race weakened the sects, the Immortal Cloud Sect pursued a marriage alliance with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, whose young master wanted Jiang Shuyue.
• Zhou Yunshen opposed the marriage and nearly wrecked the other sect, but Jiang Shuyue persuaded him to return and agreed to marry to protect her sect.
• As Jiang Shuyue’s wedding approached, Zhou Yunshen repeatedly watched her sleep, unable to understand his hollow feelings.

As Jiang Shuyue’s wedding alliance turns into a trap, Zhou Yunshen tries to break through the Demon-Subduing Formation to save her. The formation trembles under his assault as a mysterious woman appears, leaving the sect’s battle unresolved.

• Beside the Reincarnation Platform, Luming urges Zhou Yunshen to take Jiang Shuyue away, but he hesitates as the wedding bells ring.
• Demon-Subduing Tribulation Lightning darkens the sky, and Zhou Yunshen rushes to the sect, only to be repelled by its barrier.
• Jiang Shuyue, Shi Ye, and the others face Wan Chaoyang, who reveals his plot to kill them and use Jiang Shuyue to control Zhou Yunshen.
• Lan Ruoyue urges Wan Chaoyang to maim Jiang Shuyue, and Zhou Yunshen attacks the formation, vowing to kill anyone who harms her.
• A mysterious woman appears as Shi Ye strikes at her with his dwindling immortal power, and she calls Wan Chaoyang useless.

Jiang Liuli revealed her resentment toward Jiang Shuyue and attacked her as the Immortal Sects demanded the Immortal Cloud Sect's submission. Shi Ye, Shengsheng, and hundreds of disciples sacrificed themselves, leaving Zhou Yunshen devastated as he faced the deaths of those he had known for over eight hundred years.

• Jiang Liuli accused the sect of favoring Jiang Shuyue and attacked her, blinding her and severing Shi Ye's arms when he shielded her.
• The Immortal Sects refused to help, and Shi Ye declared that the Immortal Cloud Sect would resist rather than endure humiliation.
• Shi Ye began to self-detonate while Zhou Yunshen blocked Crimson Lightning and Luming tried to break the Barrier with a Magic Treasure.
• Zhou Yunshen's roar triggered an explosion that left Jiang Liuli barely alive, and Shengsheng then self-detonated.
• Hundreds of Immortal Cloud Sect disciples exploded themselves inside the Barrier, and Zhou Yunshen grieved over their deaths.

Luming sacrificed herself to save Jiang Shuyue, who fell to the demonic path and joined Zhou Yunshen against the sects that betrayed them. Zhou Yunshen destroyed the mountaintop in his dragon form, but was left badly wounded.

• Luming attacked Wan Chaoyang with a forbidden art while Zhou Yunshen fought the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and struggled against the Earth Dragon Formation.
• The allied sect leaders revealed their betrayal, and Wan Chaoyang struck Luming down beside Jiang Shuyue.
• Luming gave her Golden Core to Jiang Shuyue and urged her to kill their enemies before her body collapsed.
• Jiang Shuyue fell to the demonic path, killed the surrounding cultivators, and asked Zhou Yunshen to let her settle her sins afterward.
• Zhou Yunshen accepted Jiang Shuyue and joined her against the sects as their disciples attacked.
• Zhou Yunshen unleashed his dragon form and destroyed the Immortal Cloud Sect's mountaintop, but suffered grievous injuries.

Zhou Yunshen and Jiang Shuyue annihilated the attacking sects, then prepared to leave for the Demon Abyss with the surviving Immortal Cloud Sect disciples. Wan An fatally wounded Jiang Shuyue, and Zhou Yunshen placed her in a Jade Coffin before offering his dragon soul to her.

• Wan Chaoyang tried to force Zhou Yunshen to submit, but Zhou Yunshen and Jiang Shuyue unleashed their combined powers and destroyed him and the fleeing sect masters.
• Jiang Shuyue asked Zhou Yunshen to take the surviving disciples to the Demon Abyss, and he agreed to let them ride on his back.
• Wan An stabbed Jiang Shuyue, shattering her Golden Core and leaving her dying in Zhou Yunshen's arms.
• Jiang Shuyue confessed her feelings to Zhou Yunshen and died after he kissed her.
• Zhou Yunshen placed Jiang Shuyue in the Jade Coffin, sent the surviving disciples away, and offered his dragon soul to his wife as destruction swept across the Three Realms.

Zhou Yunshen condemned the Heavenly Dao for the deaths of his loved ones and was about to die beneath a mountain when a white light emerged from Jiang Shuyue’s remains. Shuyue sacrificed herself to preserve their souls, and Zhou entered reincarnation knowing they might meet again after nine lifetimes; the Heavenly Dao then named the light Little One and assigned her a new task.

• Zhou Yunshen challenged the Dao Ancestor, blaming the Heavenly Dao for failing to protect his loved ones and the mortals killed in the conflict.
• The Dao Ancestor summoned a mountain to suppress Zhou Yunshen and absorb his demonic energy.
• A white light emerged from Jiang Shuyue’s heart, and the Dao Ancestor restored Zhou Yunshen’s body while removing his Dragon Clan bloodline.
• The Dao Ancestor explained that Shuyue had borne part of Zhou Yunshen’s karma so their souls could enter reincarnation, and Zhou accepted nine lifetimes as the price of meeting again.
• Zhou Yunshen entered the Reincarnation Mirror, while the Dao Ancestor charged the white light with guarding the small worlds and named her Little One.
• The Heavenly Dao instructed Little One to become a palace maid and accompany a reincarnated dragon prince who would otherwise turn evil and start a war.

Jiang Shuyue intervened when the third prince and his followers beat Zhou Yunshen, then cleaned his injuries and shared her food to win his trust. After hearing why Zhou Yunshen was bullied, she told him she helped because he was handsome.

• Jiang Shuyue used a warning about the Grand Tutor to drive off the third prince and his followers.
• Jiang Shuyue took Zhou Yunshen to a secluded corner, washed his face, and soothed him with tears when he tried to leave.
• Jiang Shuyue introduced herself, treated Zhou Yunshen’s injuries with ointment, and shared half a steamed bun with him.
• Zhou Yunshen explained that his low-born mother and lack of powerful relatives left him vulnerable to bullying in the Imperial Palace.
• Jiang Shuyue told Zhou Yunshen she had helped him because he was handsome.

Jiang Shuyue comforted Zhou Yunshen and gave him a whistle so he could call for her, while her system reported only a slight improvement in his favorability. Back at his palace, Zhou Yunshen endured Noble Lady Chen’s neglect and Haitang’s advances, then drugged Haitang and confronted her with murderous intent.

• Jiang Shuyue reassured Zhou Yunshen that he was a good person, and he found comfort in her words.
• Jiang Shuyue gave Zhou Yunshen her whistle and promised to come when he called, while the system noted that his favorability had risen by only one point.
• Zhou Yunshen returned to Noble Lady Chen, who served him food unsuitable for his recent stomach pains and urged him to study so he could make her proud.
• Haitang touched Zhou Yunshen and made suggestive advances while criticizing him, then fell asleep after drinking tea laced with Knockout Drug.
• Zhou Yunshen poured the drugged tea over Haitang and condemned her as he stared at her with murderous intent.

After Haitang’s death, Noble Lady Chen blamed Zhou Yunshen before accepting an accident as the cause and demanding he pay for Haitang’s burial. At the Imperial Academy, he ate the special buns Jiang Shuyue had prepared, then took the last one from the Second Prince, who tried to force it into his mouth.

• Noble Lady Chen slapped Zhou Yunshen and accused him of causing Haitang’s death, but a eunuch reported that Haitang had likely fallen into the well after striking her head.
• Noble Lady Chen arranged to send Haitang’s remains to her family with ten taels of silver, then took the same amount from Zhou Yunshen’s allowance as a sympathy offering.
• At the Imperial Academy, Zhou Yunshen found warm tea and meat-filled buns prepared by Jiang Shuyue and ate them eagerly.
• The Second Prince mocked Zhou Yunshen for eating plain steamed buns and grabbed his wrist when he reached for the last one.
• Zhou Yunshen taunted the Second Prince about insulting their Imperial Father, then snatched the bun and put it into his own mouth.
• The Second Prince shouted for someone to pry Zhou Yunshen’s mouth open.