Chapter Summaries

Ning Xiang treated Yu Tingchao’s wounds and fever after they became trapped in the Cold Ice Formation, where escape depended on lighting two lamps during the next full moon. While they waited, Ning Xiang celebrated Yu Tingchao’s birthday and nursed him through his recovery; the full moon finally arrived, giving them a chance to escape.

• Ning Xiang stitched Yu Tingchao’s wounds, then cooled his fever by wiping his body with alcohol.
• Ning Xiang and Yu Tingchao learned they were trapped in the Cold Ice Formation, which could only be escaped by lighting two Creation Lamps at midnight on a full moon.
• Ning Xiang wished Yu Tingchao a happy birthday and promised to make him a cake and give him a present.
• Yu Tingchao recovered while studying formations and secretly read the books Ning Xiang had received from the Dog System.
• Ning Xiang fed Yu Tingchao nourishing soups until he developed excessive internal heat, and both of them welcomed the arrival of the full-moon night.

Ning Xiang and Yu Tingchao tried to escape the Cold Ice Formation by lighting the Profound Yin and Profound Yang Creation Lamps, but a Thunder Qilin interrupted Ning Xiang. After she distracted it and lit her lamp, Ning Xiang was transported to another icy place, where she found someone she had not seen for days.

• Ning Su told Ning Pingzhang that their third brother was bringing the Soul-Restoring Bell to the Eastern Sea, while Zhu Yu and Mingyuan discussed where Ning Xiang might emerge from the formation.
• Ning Xiang and Yu Tingchao used the South-Pointing Compass to take positions on opposite sides of the Cold Pool and prepare to light their Creation Lamps before midnight.
• A Thunder Qilin burst through the ice wall near Ning Xiang, while Yu Tingchao reported being attacked by a fast-moving Wind Qilin.
• Ning Xiang fought the Thunder Qilin and distracted it with an embroidered ball, then used her inner fire to light the Profound Yin Creation Lamp.
• The lamp transported Ning Xiang to another place surrounded by ice walls, where she saw someone she had not seen for days.

Ning Xiang reunited with Su Lang, who protected her from the Thunder Qilin and was badly injured in the fight. She forced the Thunder Qilin into a master-servant contract and brought Su Lang to a hidden spirit spring, where she learned his damaged divine soul could be healed only by merging their souls.

• Su Lang embraced Ning Xiang after finding her, then shielded her from the Thunder Qilin’s lightning attack and fought the beast until he collapsed from his injuries.
• Ning Xiang subdued the Thunder Qilin with a master-servant contract and demanded that it lead them to the spirit spring, while Yu Tingchao was left behind with the Wind Qilin.
• The Thunder Qilin guided Ning Xiang and Su Lang to a concealed spring in an iceberg cave, where Ning Xiang soaked Su Lang to heal his wounds.
• After Su Lang remained unconscious for two hours, the Thunder Qilin revealed that his divine soul was damaged and needed to merge with Ning Xiang’s to recover.
• Ning Xiang blushed at the explanation and ordered the Thunder Qilin outside to complete hundreds of exercises.

Ning Xiang repaired Su Lang’s Divine Soul at the Eastern Sea Spirit Spring, and the two recovered there as their cultivation advanced. After getting drunk, Ning Xiang confessed her affection and drew Su Lang into an intimate moment, leaving him flustered and uncertain.

• Ning Xiang used her Divine Soul to repair Su Lang’s damaged Divine Soul until he woke.
• Ning Xiang told Su Lang that Ning Pingzhang, his wife, and Zhu Yu had quelled most of the rampaging creatures, then asked him to recuperate with her at the Spirit Spring.
• Su Lang reached the peak of Core Formation, while Ning Xiang advanced to late-stage Core Formation.
• After drinking Peach Blossom Wine, Ning Xiang asked Su Lang to marry her and told him to find happiness and like her.
• Su Lang told Ning Xiang that she was the only one in his heart, and the drunken Ning Xiang fell into the spring with him while trying to pluck the moon.
• Ning Xiang kissed Su Lang and guided his hand downward as he asked whether she knew what she was doing.

Su Lang and Ning Xiang returned to Penglai Island after their time in the Cold Ice Formation, where Jiang Miaomiao and Xia Buyan recounted their adventures. After escaping the powerful figures waiting to welcome her, Ning Xiang encountered a beautiful, unfamiliar young man beneath a magnolia tree.

• Su Lang carried the sleeping Ning Xiang ashore, cared for her, and kissed her between the brows before she woke the next day.
• Ning Xiang joked that Su Lang should return her thirty-million bride price and marry into her household, then they rode their newly tamed Thunder Qilin, which she named Lei Aotian, toward Penglai Island.
• Zhu Yu and Mingyuan competed to welcome Ning Xiang, who tried to avoid them and asked where her parents, master, Jiang Miaomiao, and Xia Buyan were.
• Jiang Miaomiao and Xia Buyan arrived riding a Demon-Toothed Shark and described how Jiang had killed a Sword-Halberd Ghost Whale, gained the shark as her servant, and found several treasures.
• Ning Xiang slipped away from the group and flew to the opposite shore, where she encountered an unfamiliar, strikingly beautiful young man reclining in a magnolia tree.

Ning Xiang met Qin Ge, who had come to merge her divine soul and arrange a blind date, while she and Yu Tingchao sparred over his attention. The chapter ended with Ning Xiang discovering that Yu Tingchao had faked an injury and had pinned her down after she exposed his ruse.

• Ning Xiang pretended to be blind to get a closer look at Qin Ge, but he recognized her and restrained her with a vine.
• Qin Ge reminded Ning Xiang of their childhood encounters and said he had come to bring the Soul-Restoring Bell to merge her divine soul.
• Yu Tingchao attacked Qin Ge, and Ning Xiang joined the duel before withdrawing her flames when they neared Qin Ge's hand.
• Yu Tingchao claimed his wound had reopened, so Ning Xiang took him to her courtyard to examine it.
• Qin Ge revealed that Ning Xiang's father had arranged a blind date for them, and Ning Xiang left with Yu Tingchao.
• Ning Xiang discovered Yu Tingchao's wound had healed and accused him of using a handsome-man trap, but he pinned her down.

Ning Xiang reunited her two divine souls with Qin Ge’s help, then endured her father’s attempts to push her toward Qin Ge. She declared that she would cut ties with the Old Demon King and Ming Old Dog, but Zhu Yu arrived in a fury.

• Ning Xiang fled Yu Tingchao after he offered himself as compensation, then briefly wondered whether she cared about Lu Qingchen.
• Ning Pingzhang and Mu Fang'ai summoned Ning Xiang so Zhong Xuan could merge her divine souls.
• Qin Ge used the Soul-Restoring Bell to merge Ning Xiang’s divine souls and restore her incomplete soul.
• Ning Pingzhang encouraged Ning Xiang to date Zhong Xuan and urged her to send the Old Demon King and the Demon Venerable away.
• Ning Xiang said she would draw a clear line with the Old Demon King and Ming Old Dog, and Zhu Yu burst through the door in anger.

Ning Xiang’s parents and Qin Ge refused to protect her from Zhu Yu, who took her back to the Jade Branch Courtyard and demanded an explanation for her matchmaking date. She used a Master-Servant Contract to make Zhu Yu obey her, but he turned the tables and kept her with him.

• Madam Mu and Ning Pingzhang urged Zhu Yu to take Ning Xiang home, and Qin Ge also handed her over to him.
• Zhu Yu carried Ning Xiang to the Jade Branch Courtyard, bound her with the Immortal-Binding Rope, and questioned her about calling him a wildflower and fleeting clouds.
• Ning Xiang claimed she had gone on the matchmaking date out of filial duty and suggested they each take half the bed when sleeping.
• Ning Xiang tricked Zhu Yu into transforming into his beast form and used two drops of blood to place a Master-Servant Contract on him.
• Zhu Yu obeyed Ning Xiang’s commands to call her Master and untie her, but seized her when she tried to leave and silenced her with a spell.

Ning Xiang reunited with her third brother, Ning Chuan, and accompanied him and a noisy group to Tianxuan Island to visit the gravely injured Lu Qingchen. There, Qin Ye revealed Lu Qingchen still had a chance to be saved, though the method was difficult and risky.

• Ning Xiang stopped Mingyuan from attacking Ning Chuan, and Ning Chuan rejected Mingyuan’s wish to marry his sister.
• Ning Chuan told Ning Xiang that Lu Qingchen had been badly injured while trying to help her master, and she agreed to visit him on Tianxuan Island.
• Ning Xiang brought Jiang Miaomiao and the others along, endured their bickering, and ran into Qin Ge at Tianxuan Island.
• Ning Xiang saw Lu Qingchen’s frail condition and joked with the others about his funeral while Shaowei and Qin Ye failed to stabilize his divine soul.
• Qin Ye interrupted the funeral planning to say Lu Qingchen could still be saved, though the attempt would be difficult and risky.

Ning Xiang set out to gather the ingredients needed to preserve Lu Qingchen’s body, but her escape from Zhu Yu’s watchful eye sent her to Mingyuan’s territory instead. Mingyuan welcomed her and pressed close, while Ning Xiang mistook his intentions and blurted out that they were not suited to each other.

• Qin Ye told Ning Xiang that three rare ingredients were needed to refine a Pure-Nurturing Pill and preserve Lu Qingchen’s body until they could retrieve his soul from the Underworld.
• Ning Xiang’s family assigned her to visit the Hundred-Flower Continent with Qin Ge, and she tried to hide her departure plans from Zhu Yu.
• Zhu Yu kept Ning Xiang close and cast a Silencing Spell, but Ning Xiang used the Illusory Spirit Mountains and Seas Map to escape.
• Ning Xiang arrived in Tai Bai Domain, where Mingyuan caught her with his Soul-Devouring Whip and announced that she was in his territory.
• Mingyuan seated Ning Xiang on his throne, fed her grapes, and asked why she had come; when he leaned toward her, Ning Xiang shut her eyes and said they were not suited because he was too big.

Ning Xiang stayed at Mingyuan’s Chaohua Palace while waiting five days for the Ten Thousand Demons Cave to open, determined to find medicine for Lu Qingchen. Mingyuan tried to make their time together romantic, but their outing ended with Ning Xiang using his treasured blade to butcher a wild boar for a meal.

• Ning Xiang refused Mingyuan’s offer to become his disciple and insisted she would seek the blood-burning red lotus to save Lu Qingchen, though the Ten Thousand Demons Cave would not open for five days.
• Mingyuan arranged a welcome banquet at Azure Sky Courtyard, but Ning Xiang found the garish dancing unbearable and nearly left.
• Mingyuan took Ning Xiang flying on his griffin, Honghong, and hoped their ride would feel like a date.
• Honghong swooped down to catch a wild boar, delighting Ning Xiang, who asked to eat it.
• Ning Xiang used Mingyuan’s Soul-Rending to slaughter the boar and prepared it for roasting, easing Mingyuan’s irritation with the smell of the cooking meat.

Ning Xiang spent the night with Mingyuan at Butterfly Spring, where his jealous interference and her attraction to him led to an awkward, affectionate evening. The next morning, Mingyuan mistook her admiring gaze for a desire to spar, ruining the moment.

• Mingyuan invited Ning Xiang to feel his abs, but Honghong dragged him out of the tent before she could.
• Ning Xiang drank Autumn Dew White, quickly got drunk, and fell asleep leaning against Mingyuan as he watched the stars.
• Mingyuan listened to Ning Xiang’s messages from Zhu Yu, Yu Tingchao, Su Lang, and Qin Ge, then deleted them out of jealousy.
• Mingyuan carried the sleeping Ning Xiang into the tent, while Honghong wondered why he tolerated her closeness.
• The next morning, Ning Xiang admired Mingyuan practicing with his Fangtian Halberd, but he assumed she wanted to spar and offered to critique her moves.

Ning Xiang learned that Mingyuan had been using Jiang Miaomiao’s matchmaking advice to court her, then uncovered Xia Buyan’s schemes and the tragic ending of a novel about her. The chapter left her facing an enraged Yu Tingchao as he arrived in the Tai Bai Domain.

• Ning Xiang criticized Mingyuan for caring only about fighting, then learned that Qin Ge and her third brother had gone to the Hundred-Flower Continent while others returned to the Profound Heaven Continent.
• Jiang Miaomiao sent Mingyuan a booklet of courtship advice through Xia Buyan, and Mingyuan began bringing Ning Xiang flowers, cooking for her, and inviting her to dinner.
• Ning Xiang overheard Xia Buyan telling someone that she and Mingyuan were close, discovered he had summoned Yu Tingchao, and beat him for interfering.
• Ning Xiang used the Dream-Eating Tapir to question Xia Buyan about the novel’s ending and learned that its protagonist and her husband sacrificed themselves to seal the Ghost Lord.
• Ning Xiang asked whether the Langhua Sword was the required magical treasure, then saw Yu Tingchao fly toward her in a fury.

Ning Xiang tried to explain why she had left, but Yu Tingchao’s jealousy and flirtation left her trapped between concern and confusion. After recalling how she had saved him and Jiang Miaomiao in the past, she was pulled into a forceful kiss by Yu Tingchao.

• Mingyuan confronted Yu Tingchao, who asked Ning Xiang why she had left without telling him, and Mingyuan claimed she had chosen him instead.
• Ning Xiang asked Mingyuan to beat Yu Tingchao, but Yu Tingchao pretended to be injured, prompting her to make Mingyuan apologize.
• Yu Tingchao reminded Ning Xiang of the scar on her palm and said some of his memories felt as though they belonged to someone else before falling asleep while holding her hand.
• Ning Xiang recalled how she and her fellow disciples had rescued Yu Tingchao and Jiang Miaomiao from a Joyous Union Sect cultivator, and how she was wounded saving Yu Tingchao.
• Yu Tingchao woke, teased Ning Xiang about looking at him, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her despite her attempt to push him away.

Ning Xiang and her companions traveled to Skull Mountain to enter the Ten Thousand Demons Cave in search of the blood-burning red lotus. As they prepared to go inside, Mingyuan questioned whether she was risking the journey because she could not let Lu Qingchen go, but she left him without an answer.

• Ning Xiang covered the bite mark Yu Tingchao had left at the corner of her mouth and set out with the others for the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.
• Mingyuan immobilized Yu Tingchao and sent him to the cabin, then offered Ning Xiang a chest of cultivation books and tried to teach her alchemy during the trip.
• Jiang Miaomiao gave up on matchmaking Ning Xiang with Mingyuan and decided to pair her with Yu Tingchao instead.
• The group arrived at Skull Mountain, where Ning Xiang burned a path through the ominous forest with her heartfire.
• Mingyuan asked whether Ning Xiang was entering the cave because she could not let Lu Qingchen go, but she urged everyone to hurry inside as the wind began to rise.

Ning Xiang’s group reached the Ten Thousand Demons Cave while waiting for midnight, fighting off ghosts and passing the time with games. The chapter ended with Mingyuan drawing a dare to perform a belly dance.

• Ning Xiang and the others traveled through Skull Mountain on their mounts, where she explained the ghost flames scientifically and dispatched several ghosts.
• Jiang Miaomiao reminisced about Ning Xiang and Yu Tingchao, prompting Yu Tingchao and Mingyuan to compete over who had the deeper bond with Ning Xiang.
• The group arrived at the Ten Thousand Demons Cave without trouble and waited for midnight.
• Ning Xiang won spirit stones from Xia Buyan at cards, and Xia Buyan proposed playing truth or dare to win them back.
• Mingyuan drew the first big joker, chose dare, and found a slip telling him to do a belly dance.

During a game of dares, Ning Xiang made Mingyuan dance, while the others were drawn into embarrassing challenges. Mingyuan then carried Ning Xiang and kissed her through her veil, leaving them both caught in the moment.

• Ning Xiang used a paper puppet shaped like Zhu Yu to demonstrate a belly dance, and Mingyuan reluctantly followed with stiff movements.
• Jiang Miaomiao chose a dare for her next round, and Xia Buyan had to recite “Ode to the Goose” while holding Yu Tingchao’s finger.
• Yu Tingchao struck a seductive pose and delivered his assigned line while Ning Xiang wished she had made him strip.
• Ning Xiang answered that she missed her father most, then Mingyuan drew a dare to carry someone of the opposite sex and kiss them.
• Mingyuan swept Ning Xiang into his arms and kissed her through her veil as Yu Tingchao objected and Xia Buyan insisted they follow the rules.

Ning Xiang and her companions continued their game, which led to an unexpectedly revealing call with Su Lang. As the Ten Thousand Demons Cave opened at midnight, Ning Xiang was pushed into it despite trying to avoid repeating the novel’s events.

• Ning Hui performed an embarrassing dare, then secretly offered Mingyuan his approval to become Ning Xiang’s brother-in-law for ten million spirit stones.
• Ning Xiang said she wanted to date without settling down, then drew a dare to message the first man in her Communication Talisman that she was pregnant with his child.
• Jiang Miaomiao messaged a merman, while Ning Xiang sent the same message to Su Lang and heard his panicked, supportive response.
• Ning Xiang and Su Lang spoke warmly for a quarter of an hour, and Xia Buyan tried to end their call as midnight approached.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Cave opened, and Ning Xiang was pushed down into it.

Ning Xiang found herself trapped in a luxurious formation and destroyed its clam-demon core to escape. Mingyuan protected her from the demon’s final attack as the illusion collapsed.

• Ning Xiang learned that her companions had landed elsewhere and discovered that the jade palaces were part of a formation.
• Ning Xiang indulged in the palace’s lavish comforts before deciding to destroy the formation’s core so she could search for the blood-burning red lotus and save Lu.
• Ning Xiang lured the clam demon into opening its shell, then pried it apart and removed its blood-red demon core.
• Mingyuan shielded Ning Xiang from the clam demon’s blood mist and killed the demon with Soul-Rending.
• The clam demon’s death caused the formation to collapse, and the jade palaces crumbled around Ning Xiang and Mingyuan.

Ning Xiang and Mingyuan took shelter in a cavern after she injured her ankle, where Mingyuan cared for her and struggled with her thoughts about other men. They spent the night together, leaving Mingyuan unsettled by Ning Xiang’s feelings for her senior brother.

• Ning Xiang injured her ankle, so Mingyuan carried her through a narrow passage into a cavern and treated her wound.
• Ning Xiang contacted Yu Tingchao, and Mingyuan massaged her shoulders; their suggestive conversation prompted Yu Tingchao to charge outside before Xia Buyan and Jiang Miaomiao stopped him.
• Mingyuan promised to search for the blood-burning red lotus after they found Ning Xiang’s second brother, while Ning Xiang asked him for a bedtime story or song.
• Mingyuan kissed Ning Xiang after she praised her senior brother, then overheard her thoughts about kissing that brother herself.
• Ning Xiang fell asleep and rolled into Mingyuan’s arms, waking him again.