Vol. 2The Eastern Sea and the Past

Ning Xiang recovered pieces of her soul, sought a way to save Lu Qingchen, and tried to prevent Yu Tingchao’s death. After returning to the past and giving Yu Tingchao the Undying Fruit, she joined Mingyuan and Zhu Yu in fighting the Demon Beasts.

  • Ning Xiang questioned Xia Buyan in a dream, then joined her companions on a voyage to the Eastern Sea and rescued Yu Tingchao from a Deep-Sea Snakefish.
  • Bai Xi trapped Ning Xiang and her companions in the Nine Nether Array, and after Su Lang struck its core, Ning Xiang woke alone in a strange corridor and heard Yu Tingchao answer her call.
  • Ning Xiang found the Hundred Ghosts King, reunited with her divine-soul fragment, and escaped Ghost-Crying Island with her companions.
  • Ning Xiang learned that Lu Qingchen’s soul could still be saved and traveled to Tai Bai Domain, where Mingyuan caught her with his Soul-Devouring Whip.
  • Ning Xiang entered the Red Lotus Karmic Flame and obtained the blood-burning red lotus to help save Lu Qingchen.
  • Lu Qingchen briefly woke and kissed Ning Xiang, then Yu Tingchao confessed his feelings and took her to his private island after she accepted his invitation.
  • Ning Xiang saw Yu Tingchao detonate himself against the demons, then sought the Undying Fruit and Kongtong Seal to change his fate.
  • Ning Xiang returned to the past and gave Yu Tingchao the Undying Fruit, then helped Mingyuan and Zhu Yu defend the domains against the Demon Beasts.
Chapters 101–200 Read from ch. 101

Arc 5The Eastern Sea Crisis

Ning Xiang traveled to the Eastern Sea, where she uncovered more of her lost memories and faced the people behind the attacks on Penglai. The group became trapped in the Nine Nether Array, and Ning Xiang woke alone in a strange corridor after Su Lang struck its core.

  • Zhu Yu bound Ning Xiang with the Immortal-Binding Rope, then she completed the system's mission by questioning Xia Buyan in a dream about his Villainess System.
  • Ning Xiang joined her companions on a voyage to the Eastern Sea, where she and Mingyuan rescued Yu Tingchao from a Deep-Sea Snakefish.
  • Ning Xiang discovered that the Soul-Washing Jade held repeated memory fragments and dreamed of reliving the novel's events and dying thirty-six times.
  • Ning Xiang learned from the system that she and Xia Buyan had swapped scripts, then kissed Su Lang while pretending to be drunk.
  • Bai Xi trapped Ning Xiang and her companions, and they learned their captors sought the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation's Array Manual and the Eastern Sea's spirit spring.
  • Ning Xiang and her companions escaped their prison, but they were trapped in the Nine Nether Array after Lu Qingchen was deceived by a false Ning Xiang.
  • Su Lang struck the Nine Nether Array's core with the Langhua Sword, and Ning Xiang woke alone in a strange corridor and heard Yu Tingchao answer her call.
Chapters 101–125 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Lost Souls and Sea

Ning Xiang reunited with the fragments of her divine soul, escaped Ghost-Crying Island, and reconnected with her companions while several men pursued her affection. She learned that Lu Qingchen’s soul could still be saved and set out for the ingredients needed to do so, arriving in Mingyuan’s territory.

  • Ning Xiang found the Hundred Ghosts King, learned she was part of Ning Xiang’s divine soul, and joined Mingyuan, Yu Tingchao, and Su Lang as they fought the island’s ghosts and demon beasts.
  • Ghost-Crying Island flooded and split Ning Xiang from her companions, but she found Yu Tingchao in the Cold Ice Formation and helped him prepare to escape.
  • Ning Xiang emerged from the formation with Su Lang, healed his damaged divine soul at a spirit spring, and shared a drunken kiss with him.
  • Ning Xiang reunited with her companions, met Qin Ge, and had him use the Soul-Restoring Bell to merge her divine souls.
  • Zhu Yu bound Ning Xiang at the Jade Branch Courtyard, but she tricked him into a Master-Servant Contract before he stopped her from leaving.
  • Ning Xiang visited Lu Qingchen and learned from Qin Ye that a Pure-Nurturing Pill could preserve his body while they sought his soul in the Underworld.
  • Ning Xiang escaped Zhu Yu and traveled to Tai Bai Domain, where Mingyuan caught her with his Soul-Devouring Whip and brought her to his throne.
Chapters 126–150 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Red Lotus and the Festival

Ning Xiang braved the Ten Thousand Demons Cave and obtained the blood-burning red lotus to help save Lu Qingchen, then returned to the Eastern Sea amid demon attacks and competing suitors. Lu Qingchen briefly awakened while Ning Xiang treated him, and the arc ended with Yu Tingchao taking her to his private island after confessing his feelings.

  • Ning Xiang rejected Mingyuan’s offer to become his disciple and set out for the Ten Thousand Demons Cave to find the blood-burning red lotus for Lu Qingchen.
  • Ning Xiang and Mingyuan were trapped in the cave, then reunited with their companions and faced beast attacks, a corpse wraith, and the Ao Yin.
  • Ning Xiang entered the Red Lotus Karmic Flame, endured memories of Lu Qingchen, and placed the blood-burning red lotus inside her golden core before passing out.
  • Ning Xiang returned to the Eastern Sea, reunited with her family, visited Lu Qingchen, and stopped Zhu Yu and Mingyuan from fighting Qin Ge.
  • Ning Xiang prepared Lu Qingchen’s medicinal bath with the red lotus karmic flame, and Lu Qingchen woke briefly, drew her close, and kissed her.
  • True Lord Shaowei told Ning Xiang that Lu Qingchen’s soul would need to be retrieved from the Underworld when the Ghost Gate opened, while Yu Tingchao confessed that he liked her.
  • Yu Tingchao completed the wedding ceremony at Broad Marsh Tower, kissed Ning Xiang beneath her veil, and took her to his private island after she accepted his invitation.
Chapters 151–175 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Undying Fruit and the Return

Ning Xiang lost Yu Tingchao during the demonic invasion, then sought the Undying Fruit and the Kongtong Seal to change his fate. After returning to the past to save him, she joined Mingyuan and Zhu Yu in defending the domains against the Demon Beasts.

  • Zhu Yu captured Ning Xiang and demanded she return to the Demon Domain, but she refused and stayed on Tianxuan Island as the demonic attacks spread.
  • The Ghost Emperor gave Ning Xiang the Book of Life and Death, which predicted Yu Tingchao’s death, and Ning Xiang reached Penglai Island in time to see him detonate himself against the invading demons.
  • Ning Xiang traveled to the Hundred-Flower Continent, where she and her companions subdued Bai Xi and helped Song Tan recover, then crossed the White Bone Bridge and entered the Returning Ruins.
  • Ning Xiang and Su Lang found the Undying Divine Tree, took its fruit, and returned with the Soul-Calming Pearl, which Ning Xiang used to soothe the affected cultivators.
  • Ning Xiang persuaded Mingyuan to explain how the Kongtong Seal could return her to the past, accepting that using it might shorten her life, and entered his memories to reach Yu Tingchao.
  • Ning Xiang fed Yu Tingchao the Undying Fruit and urged him to live, then woke twenty days later unable to reach him as Demon Beasts attacked the Tai Bai Domain.
  • Ning Xiang and Mingyuan went to the Purple Tenuity Domain and helped Zhu Yu repel the Demon Beasts, while Song Tan reunited with Caiwei and explained how his memories had been altered.
  • Mingyuan fought Zhu Yu while Ning Xiang cooked hot pot, then Zhu Yu carried her, transformed into a Pallas's cat, to his bedchamber.
Chapters 176–200 Summaries Read
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