Chapter Summaries

After failing her first attempt to follow the novel’s plot, Ning Xiang gained a reward system and returned to an earlier scene where Lu Qingchen had ordered her to kneel in the snow. Lu Qingchen discovered he could hear her thoughts, and Ning Xiang’s predictions about Jiang Miaomiao left him and the other disciples bewildered.

• Ning Xiang learned that her performance as the doomed supporting character had failed, but the system offered prize draws and attribute boosts as compensation.
• Ning Xiang returned to the scene where she had accused Jiang Miaomiao of meeting a demonic cultivator and refused Lu Qingchen’s order to apologize.
• Lu Qingchen heard Ning Xiang’s inner thoughts and realized the strange voice belonged to her.
• Ning Xiang loudly threatened Jiang Miaomiao and confessed her love for Lu Qingchen, while privately mocking the novel’s dialogue and characters.
• Jiang Miaomiao arrived with three male disciples and pleaded with Lu Qingchen to spare Ning Xiang, repeating the words Ning Xiang had predicted.

Ning Xiang acted out the role of a villainous senior sister while her thoughts exposed the novel’s plot to Lu Qingchen and his disciples. She flew away after volunteering for seclusion, leaving Jiang Miaomiao to stumble into Lu Qingchen’s arms.

• Jiang Miaomiao tearfully defended Ning Xiang, while Ning Xiang’s inner thoughts mocked the male leads and revealed their place in Jiang Miaomiao’s harem.
• Ning Xiang drew her sword and accused Jiang Miaomiao of stealing Master’s attention, but Lu Qingchen and the disciples were too bewildered to react as she expected.
• Lu Qingchen pointed the sheathed Canglang Sword at Ning Xiang, whose thoughts described imagined past cruelties; the disciples realized why she resented Jiang Miaomiao.
• Ning Xiang decided she had fulfilled her role in the plot and declared she would go to the Dao-Seeking Slope to reflect in seclusion.
• Ning Xiang flew off on her Chongming Bird as Jiang Miaomiao fell awkwardly to the ground, then stumbled into Lu Qingchen when he reached to help her.

Ning Xiang settled into her confinement at Reflection Cliff, took up talisman arts, and enjoyed an extravagant hot pot meal. Lu Qingchen arrived and found her still acting lovesick, though her inner thoughts revealed her irritation at being interrupted.

• The Chongming Bird carried Ning Xiang to Dao-Seeking Slope, where she made the cave at Reflection Cliff into a luxurious retreat.
• The system rewarded Ning Xiang with spirit stones, Intermediate Talisman Art, and a defense stat after she advanced a plot milestone and drew a prize card.
• Ning Xiang studied talisman arts and accidentally blasted the entrance to her cave while testing an Explosive Talisman.
• Ning Xiang set up Soundproofing Talismans and cooked hot pot while she waited out her confinement.
• Lu Qingchen appeared in the cave, and Ning Xiang greeted him with an exaggerated declaration of affection while inwardly resenting the interruption.

Lu Qingchen tried to understand Ning Xiang’s strange claims about their world being a novel, then ordered her to resume sword practice. Ning Xiang avoided the training by insisting on reflecting at Reflection Cliff, where Yu Tingchao arrived the next morning and startled her with his flirtatious closeness.

• Lu Qingchen sent a paper puppet to check on Ning Xiang, found her eating hot pot, and listened as she thought about Jiang Miaomiao’s harem and the world being a book.
• Lu Qingchen watched Ning Xiang eat and wondered why he had never noticed how cute she was before.
• After Ning Xiang cleaned up, Lu Qingchen told her to return and practice swordsmanship with her senior brothers each morning, but she insisted on staying to reflect.
• Lu Qingchen left Ning Xiang at Reflection Cliff, and she went to bed relieved that she had avoided early training.
• Yu Tingchao woke Ning Xiang the next morning, and she grew wary when he leaned close and asked what she was thinking.

Ning Xiang tried to keep her distance from Yu Tingchao, but his teasing and unexpected offer to help her win their master left her suspicious of his motives. Yu Tingchao grew curious about Ning Xiang’s hidden thoughts and ended the visit by offering his assistance.

• Yu Tingchao visited Ning Xiang in her cave, teased her about her nightgown, and let her squeeze his face.
• Ning Xiang questioned why Yu Tingchao had come and urged him to cultivate, while he criticized her for sleeping late and asked her to give him sword pointers.
• Yu Tingchao asked whether Ning Xiang liked their master, and she claimed she wanted to become his Dao companion while privately denying it.
• Yu Tingchao offered to help Ning Xiang win their master, leaving her startled and wary of his intentions.

Ning Xiang sparred with Yu Tingchao, who then insisted on making their practice a daily occurrence despite her attempts to avoid him. The next morning, he came to wake her for another session, leaving her to regret the advice she had once given him.

• Ning Xiang agreed to spar with Yu Tingchao on Reflection Cliff and nearly stepped off the edge before he caught her.
• Ning Xiang and Yu Tingchao exchanged sword moves, and she won after suppressing her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Yu Tingchao praised Ning Xiang and announced that he would return for her guidance the next day, despite her objections.
• Yu Tingchao arrived beside Ning Xiang's bed the next morning and used her old advice about diligence to get her out of bed.

Ning Xiang tried to send Yu Tingchao away, but he stayed to tease her and challenge her with a Rubik’s Cube. After practicing swordsmanship together, Yu Tingchao left with an eight-layer cube, while Ning Xiang expected Jiang Miaomiao to keep him in line.

• Ning Xiang threatened to tell Uncle Yu that Yu Tingchao had molested her, but he stayed and turned her Paper Puppet Maid into a little fox.
• Ning Xiang showed Yu Tingchao a Three-Layer Rubik’s Cube, and he restored it immediately by memorizing her scrambling moves.
• Yu Tingchao asked Ning Xiang to call him her “dear big brother,” startling her, then said he had only been making an offhand remark.
• Ning Xiang practiced swordsmanship with Yu Tingchao and praised his talent after seeing how much he had improved overnight.
• Ning Xiang gave Yu Tingchao an Eight-Layer Rubik’s Cube to solve, and he left on Calm Tide as she hoped Jiang Miaomiao would keep him in line.

Ning Xiang fell from Reflection Cliff while trying to save her fox and landed on the wounded Demon Venerable Mingyuan. Trapped beneath the cliff, she treated him and disguised herself as Jiang Miaomiao, while Mingyuan began hearing her thoughts and suspected she knew who he was.

• Yu Tingchao persuaded Jiang Miaomiao to return to her courtyard, and she entered three years of seclusion before Ning Xiang could lure her to Reflection Cliff.
• Ning Xiang fell off Reflection Cliff after her fox was blown over the edge, lost the ability to use her spiritual power, and landed on the unconscious Mingyuan.
• Ning Xiang changed into a Profound Heaven Sect uniform, pretended to be Jiang Miaomiao, and treated Mingyuan's wounds with a mixture of medicines and her heart flame.
• When Mingyuan awoke, Ning Xiang introduced herself as Jiang, and he began hearing her unspoken thoughts and wondered whether she knew his identity.
• Mingyuan noticed Ning Xiang had bandaged him, while she insisted that she had saved his life.

Ning Xiang disguised herself as Jiang Miaomiao while trapped at the bottom of a cliff with the injured Demon Venerable Mingyuan. Mingyuan considered taking her to the Demon Domain as his disciple, while Ning Xiang searched unsuccessfully for a way out.

• Ning Xiang claimed her Paper Fox came from a friend who was Lu Qingchen's disciple, then pretended her senior sister had accidentally pushed her off the cliff.
• Ning Xiang privately insulted Mingyuan and revealed that Lu Qingchen had injured him, causing Mingyuan to realize she was Lu Qingchen's disciple.
• Mingyuan recalled the surviving Jiang Household girl and considered abducting Ning Xiang to the Demon Domain to train her as his disciple.
• Ning Xiang failed to summon her allies or climb out, and Mingyuan explained that the Soul-Devouring Whip had created a rift where they would have to wait for his recovery.
• Ning Xiang asked the system for an Immortal-Binding Rope, then stumbled into Mingyuan after he suddenly moved behind her.

Ning Xiang shared a lavish grilled meal with Mingyuan while they were trapped together, and her casual treatment of the Demon Venerable began to intrigue him. After dinner, she set up separate tents and warned him not to peek at her.

• Ning Xiang explained that her weak constitution still made her draw nourishment from grains, then brought out a grill and stored ingredients from her Spirit Bracelet.
• Mingyuan helped turn the meat on the grill, burned several skewers, and ate them after Ning Xiang insisted he take responsibility for them.
• Mingyuan tried Ning Xiang's happy water and offered to catch her a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, while Ning Xiang privately recalled a future in which Jiang Miaomiao received the fox and she was tortured.
• Ning Xiang cleaned up after the meal, conjured two tents, and told Mingyuan not to peek at her while they slept.

Ning Xiang woke to find Lu Qingchen confronting Mingyuan, and the two began fighting while she ate breakfast and discovered Mingyuan possessed the Netherworld Flame. Lu Qingchen trapped Mingyuan in his Ice Talisman Formation, but Mingyuan summoned a Qiongqi that began tearing through the formation.

• Ning Xiang prepared breakfast with Mingyuan, but Lu Qingchen arrived and accused the Demon Venerable of abducting his disciple.
• Ning Xiang pretended she had not known Mingyuan was the Demon Venerable while privately hoping the two men would fight.
• Ning Xiang realized Mingyuan possessed the Netherworld Flame, and Lu Qingchen told her to stay behind him because she could not use her spiritual power.
• Mingyuan challenged Lu Qingchen and summoned his halberd, Soul-Rending, while Lu Qingchen attacked with his Canglang Sword.
• Lu Qingchen trapped Mingyuan in the Ice Talisman Formation he had designed to suppress him.
• Mingyuan released demonic energy that formed a Qiongqi, which tore at the ice talismans as Lu Qingchen's formation repeatedly shifted to close the gaps.

Ning Xiang watched Lu Qingchen drive off Mingyuan, then argued that the events fulfilled her mission and received a round, flightless kakapo as a reward. After drawing a Defense attribute, she reviewed the upcoming plot and resolved to repeat the original owner's routine of confessing to Lu Qingchen.

• Mingyuan used the Netherworld Flame to break Ning Xiang's Ice Talisman Formation and challenged Lu Qingchen to fight for the right to take her as his disciple.
• Lu Qingchen and Mingyuan politely declined to claim Ning Xiang, and Mingyuan left the Profound Heaven Sect to avoid provoking a conflict between the Demon Domain and Cultivation Realm.
• Lu Qingchen questioned Ning Xiang about the cliff, saw through her story about being carried off, and let her return to Lingling Cottage.
• Ning Xiang persuaded the system that the mission matched the original plot, and the system awarded her an enormous kakapo and a Defense attribute.
• Ning Xiang recalled that the original owner repeatedly confessed to Lu Qingchen at Chengfeng Courtyard and decided she could follow that routine.

Ning Xiang tried to give Lu Qingchen a magical treasure, then foisted her unruly ordinary bird on him instead. Lu Qingchen was left struggling with the bird as Ning Xiang flew away, having made it his pet.

• Ning Xiang tried to keep the ugly bird from following her around Solitary Light Peak, then went to Chengfeng Courtyard to see Lu Qingchen.
• Lu Qingchen told Ning Xiang to leave a magical treasure she had prepared, so she searched her Spirit Bracelet for something she could spare.
• Ning Xiang decided to offer Lu Qingchen her ugly bird, and the bird knocked off his hair crown when she flapped into his arms.
• Lu Qingchen demanded that Ning Xiang remove the bird, but Ning Xiang called it his beloved pet and flew away on the Azure Sea Sword.

Lu Qingchen disciplined Ning Xiang by ordering her to train before dawn and take sect missions, then watched her demonstrate far greater mastery of the Fire Dance Sunflame Sword Art than he expected. After praising her progress, he tried to return the ugly bird, but it clung to his leg instead.

• Lu Qingchen set Ning Xiang a strict daily training and mission schedule as punishment for neglecting her cultivation.
• Ning Xiang joined Su Lang and Xie Feihong for sword practice before dawn, and Xie Feihong injured his back after refusing to rest.
• Su Lang took Xie Feihong away while Lu Qingchen asked Ning Xiang to demonstrate the Fire Dance Sunflame Sword Art.
• Ning Xiang performed eight forms of the sword art, surprising Lu Qingchen, who praised her improvement and asked whether anyone had guided her.
• Lu Qingchen said he had brought the ugly bird to return it to Ning Xiang, but the bird wrapped its wings around his leg.

Ning Xiang tried to leave an ugly bird with Lu Qingchen, whose immortal cranes had been nearly plucked bare after fighting it all night. During Lu Qingchen’s lecture, he unexpectedly named the bird Xiangxiang, leaving its ownership unsettled.

• Ning Xiang offered Lu Qingchen the ugly bird, but he refused after explaining that it had stripped Xingu and Hezhen of most of their feathers.
• Ning Xiang fled to check on her injured Second Senior Brother, leaving Lu Qingchen with the bird.
• Su Lang and Yu Tingchao arrived at Legacy Wind Hall, where the featherless Xingu and Hezhen startled them, and Hezhen pecked Yu Tingchao before walking away.
• Lu Qingchen told Ning Xiang to sit beside Su Lang, and the other disciples cleared a seat for her.
• Pin Jiji and the class mocked the ugly bird until Ning Xiang suggested it might be Lu Qingchen’s beloved pet, and Lu Qingchen made it vanish with a talisman.
• When Yu Tingchao asked whether the bird had a name, Lu Qingchen called it Xiangxiang.

Ning Xiang was punished for sleeping through Lu Qingchen’s lesson, then struggled to write the ten-thousand-word reflection he assigned. Lu Qingchen visited the scripture library and told her she and Su Lang would accompany Yu Tingchao on a secret-realm training mission next month.

• Ning Xiang fell asleep during Lu Qingchen’s lecture, and Su Lang secretly supplied the passage she needed to recite when Lu Qingchen called on her.
• Lu Qingchen assigned Ning Xiang a ten-thousand-word reflection due in three days and warned Su Lang not to help her cheat.
• Ning Xiang vented her anger by plucking feathers from the immortal cranes, then went to the scripture library and drew pig heads instead of writing her reflection.
• Lu Qingchen found Ning Xiang’s drawings, and she burned them before he could inspect them closely.
• Lu Qingchen told Ning Xiang that she and Su Lang would accompany Yu Tingchao to the five great sects’ secret-realm training next month.

After finishing a ten-thousand-word assignment for Lu Qingchen, Ning Xiang tried to rest, but Pin Jiji and Yu Tingchao kept her busy. The chapter ends with Yu Tingchao nearly discovering that Ning Xiang wrote a storybook titled The Passionate Innocent Master.

• Ning Xiang completed a ten-thousand-word paper for Lu Qingchen, admitting she had borrowed most of its ideas.
• Pin Jiji visited Ning Xiang and promised to keep female disciples away from Lu Qingchen, while revealing his plan to help her pursue him.
• Yu Tingchao arrived after solving Ning Xiang's eight-layer Rubik's Cube and tried to persuade her to go shopping with him.
• Yu Tingchao followed Ning Xiang inside and spotted her storybook, but Ning Xiang denied writing it and hid that it was titled The Passionate Innocent Master.

Ning Xiang wrote a revenge novel starring Lu Qingchen, flirted awkwardly with Yu Tingchao, and received an unwanted quest from the system. After Yu Tingchao showed her his array, she modified it with a talisman array.

• Ning Xiang finished a thirty-thousand-word opening about Lu Qingchen being tormented before his disciple, War God Xiang Ning, arrived with a hundred thousand Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Yu Tingchao approached Ning Xiang, teased her, and caught her before she bumped into a candle stand.
• Ning Xiang drew talismans while Yu Tingchao studied and inscribed an array.
• The system returned and assigned Ning Xiang a five-day quest to sew enchanted robes for Lu Qingchen and confess her love to him in front of at least fifty people.
• Yu Tingchao showed Ning Xiang his multifunctional array, and she added several strokes that formed a talisman array.

Ning Xiang ignored the system’s deadline until it embroidered a Robe of Law for her to give Lu Qingchen. At Stillness Peak, she passed the lecture by reading fanfiction and irritating a fellow cultivator, then approached Lu Qingchen after the lecture.

• Ning Xiang added fire and earth-digging talismans to Yu Tingchao’s formation and saw him off.
• Ning Xiang ignored the system’s deadline for two days, so the system spent two days embroidering a Robe of Law for her to give Lu Qingchen.
• Ning Xiang took the robe to Lu Qingchen’s lecture at Stillness Peak and secretly read a romantic story about him during the talk.
• A baby-faced cultivator scolded Ning Xiang for being distracted, and she corrected his notes and offered advice, making him furious when he saw her fanfiction.
• After Lu Qingchen finished lecturing, Ning Xiang walked toward him to give him the robe.

Ning Xiang tried to give Lu Qingchen a shoddy enchanted robe so he would reject it, but he accepted it as a heartfelt gift. After her side quest failed, she took the system’s Ugly Bird 2.0 to Chengfeng Courtyard and labeled it “Little Lu.”

• Ning Xiang presented Lu Qingchen with a crudely made robe, claiming she had embroidered defensive runes into it with heartfelt devotion.
• Lu Qingchen accepted the robe despite Ning Xiang’s attempts to take it back, leaving her furious and the watching cultivators baffled.
• Ning Xiang returned to Lingling Cottage and learned that the system had declared her side quest failed and produced Ugly Bird 2.0.
• Ning Xiang flew to Chengfeng Courtyard with Ugly Bird 2.0, immobilized it, and hung a sign reading “Little Lu” around its neck.