Recaps

Ning Xiang recalled how she had first met Yu Tingchao, the Eastern Sea’s Young Dragon Lord, and how he had saved her after she nearly drowned. She spared him from punishment, but later scolded him for teaching five-year-old Yu Xiaoyu how to find a wife, and Xiaoyu spread the story across the Profound Heaven Sect.

• Ning Xiang teased Yu Tingchao about their first meeting and accused him of pretending to be an innocent boy before leaping into the sea.
• Yinghuo remembered finding the Young Dragon Lord on a reef, decorating his horns with bows, and getting trapped underwater after he jumped into the sea.
• The Young Dragon Lord rescued Yinghuo, gave her a Water-Avoidance Pearl, and told her four thousand years later that his soul would live on in it if she found someone with a cinnabar mole by his eye.
• During the war between gods and devils, Yinghuo rescued the gravely wounded Young Dragon Lord, who fused his divine soul into the Water-Avoidance Pearl.
• Ning Xiang found Yu Tingchao teaching Yu Xiaoyu to solve a Rubik’s Cube so he could pursue Xia Lanlan, and she scolded Yu Tingchao for teaching their five-year-old son about marriage.
• Yu Xiaoyu told Xia Lanlan about the scolding, and she passed the story along until the entire Profound Heaven Sect knew.

After learning that the life-share gu could not be undone, Ning Xiang feared Mingyuan had sacrificed himself and searched for him. She found him at the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, where he embraced her, but discovered that he was blind.

• Hanying told Ning Xiang that her husband had died because the life-share gu transferred Bai Xi's death to him.
• Ning Xiang hurried to the Underworld, where the Ghost Emperor explained that Mingyuan was the incarnation of the Kongtong Seal and gave her a painting depicting the gods at a banquet.
• Ning Xiang recognized Great Emperor Qinghua in the painting and realized she should search for Mingyuan at the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.
• Ning Xiang questioned the Corpse Wraith about Mingyuan, and Mingyuan emerged from the shadows.
• Mingyuan embraced Ning Xiang and said she had finally come for him, then revealed that he was blind.

Mingyuan reunited with Ning Xiang after surviving the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and the two returned to each other’s side amid teasing, a dance, and a glimpse of their future family. The chapter ended years later with Ning Xiang blaming Mingyuan for their daughter Ming Weiwei’s changing height.

• Mingyuan told Ning Xiang that divine power from Kongtong had restored his strength, and he secretly regained his sight while pretending to remain blind.
• Mingyuan took Ning Xiang toward Chaohua Palace to make a baby, but she exposed his deception by pretending the Corpse Wraith had caught up with them.
• Mingyuan admitted he was wrong, and he and Ning Xiang joined a bamboo-pole dance after a young man challenged him to compete for her attention.
• Mingyuan caught Ning Xiang when she nearly tripped and lifted her onto his shoulder as the crowd cheered.
• After Ning Xiang and Mingyuan married, she became pregnant, and they named their daughter Ming Weiwei.
• Ning Xiang first worried that Ming Weiwei was too short and later scolded Mingyuan when their daughter grew too tall.

After Ning Xiang disappeared in the Demon-Subduing Sword Formation, Lu Qingchen searched for her and offered his life to the Ghost Emperor in exchange for her return. The Ghost Emperor showed him their shared past and Ning Xiang’s sacrifices, then told him she would return, leaving Lu Qingchen to rebuild the sect and wait for her.

• Lu Qingchen transferred the pressure of the Demon-Subduing Sword Formation onto himself, but Su Lang and Ning Xiang vanished when the formation’s light faded.
• Lu Qingchen searched Tangli Cottage, Chengfeng Courtyard, Redleaf Valley, and the rest of the Profound Heaven Sect, but could not find Ning Xiang.
• Lu Qingchen went to the Underworld and offered his life to the Ghost Emperor in exchange for Ning Xiang’s return, but lost the game the Ghost Emperor proposed.
• The Ghost Emperor showed Lu Qingchen memories revealing that he and Ning Xiang had shared twenty thousand years and that she had risked herself to save him.
• The Ghost Emperor told Lu Qingchen that Ning Xiang would return, and Lu Qingchen went back to help rebuild the sect while waiting for her.

Ning Xiang returned to the Cultivation Realm and reunited with Lu Qingchen, whose attempts to marry her continued to meet Ning Pingzhang’s objections. While recruiting disciples for the Profound Heaven Sect, Ning Xiang attracted many applicants with a fabricated story about Lu Qingchen, then shared a passionate night with him.

• Lu Qingchen discovered that Xiangxiang and the other birds had followed him because they feared he would take his own life, and he sent them back to Chengfeng Courtyard.
• Ning Xiang returned to Tangli Cottage, and the story recounted how Ning Pingzhang repeatedly challenged Lu Qingchen to duels rather than approve their marriage.
• Ning Xiang helped recruit disciples for the Profound Heaven Sect by writing a dramatic prospectus under Lu Qingchen’s name, drawing many young cultivators to register.
• A new recruit mistook Lu Qingchen for the male lead of The Overbearing War God's Secretly Married Sinful Husband, and Ning Xiang enthusiastically confirmed it.
• Lu Qingchen tested Ning Xiang’s swordsmanship at Tangli Cottage, kissed her, and carried her to bed, where they spent the night together.

After Ning Xiang and Su Lang vanished inside the Demon-Subduing Sword Formation, Qin Ge sought a way to save Ning Xiang and used her blood-soaked Begonia Hairpin to awaken her from a wisp of divine soul. She first appeared innocent and childlike, then regained her usual sharp temper, leaving Qin Ge arguing with her about their old promises.

• Ning Xiang charged into the Demon-Subduing Sword Formation, and Qin Ge failed to pull her out before she and Su Lang disappeared.
• Qin Ge entered the sealed Yinghuo Divine Palace with Ning Xiang’s Begonia Hairpin, which absorbed his blood and summoned Ning Xiang’s form.
• Ning Xiang awoke with a childlike disposition, called Qin Ge a fairy sister, and tried to leave while he restrained her with a spirit vine.
• Qin Ge told Ning Xiang she was his fiancée, and she insisted he was merely her favored consort among three thousand handsome men.
• Qin Ge tried to kiss Ning Xiang, but her usual personality returned and she kicked at him, accusing him of taking advantage of her incomplete divine soul.
• Ning Xiang and Qin Ge traded accusations about the Hot Spring Palace and her promise to marry him beside the Xiang River ten thousand years earlier.

Ning Xiang and Qin Ge recalled their tragic mortal trial, in which she died defending Cloudstay City and he spent four thousand years searching for her. After learning their trials had coincided, Qin Ge restrained Ning Xiang with spirit vines and began teasing her.

• As Yinghuo, Ning Xiang became Cloudstay City's powerful young lord and met Qin Ge when he attempted to assassinate her.
• Ning Xiang captured Qin Ge, declared she would marry him, and later divorced him as Cloudstay City faced destruction.
• Qin Ge learned that Liang's ruler had ordered Cloudstay City massacred, and he watched Ning Xiang die defending it from the enemy army.
• Qin Ge took up Ning Xiang's sword, held the city until the enemy retreated, and died after fulfilling her final wish that he stay safe.
• Qin Ge wandered for four thousand years searching for Ning Xiang, then learned from the Arbiter of Fate that their mortal trials had coincided.
• Qin Ge restrained Ning Xiang again with spirit vines and teased her as she struggled to escape.

Qin Ge and Ning Xiang reunited after ten thousand years, married, and settled on the Hundred-Flower Continent, where they raised their son and visited their friends at the Profound Heaven Sect. Their story ended with the family and friends together for New Year’s Eve, while the author thanked readers and said goodbye.

• Qin Ge recalled Ning Xiang’s antics during their Mortal World marriage and reunited with her in an intimate encounter.
• Qin Ge and Ning Xiang married and settled on the Hundred-Flower Continent, where they encountered Bi Xiao.
• Qin Ge and Ning Xiang brought their son, little Qin Yan, to the Profound Heaven Sect for New Year’s Eve, where the children played in the snow.
• Ning Xiang learned that Senior Brother Pin and Feng Xiaohan had become a couple and had a son, little Pin Momo.
• Ning Xiang drank with her friends and teased Qin Ge, who grew jealous of the handsome young men seeking her guidance.
• The author thanked readers, reflected on writing the novel, and wished them well.

Lu Suisui grew from a tearful child into a cool, diligent swordswoman, while Ning Xiang and Lu Qingchen enjoyed their family life. Ning Xiang also reflected on raising her children with Su Lang, and the chapter ended as she asked whether he regretted leaving the twenty-first century together.

• Little Lu Suisui complained that Lu Qingchen was not her real father, so he punished her by making her copy her lessons.
• Ning Xiang teased Lu Qingchen with a recording of Suisui as a child, and he held her as they watched Suisui practice swordsmanship.
• Zhu Yu woke Little Tiger Girl while playing with her bubbles, then struggled to soothe her and her crying brother as Ning Xiang slipped away.
• Ning Xiang joined Su Lang and their thirteen-year-old son, Su Tingyun, as Su Lang taught him to draw talismans, and she offered him pointers.
• After Ning Xiang and Su Lang left Su Tingyun alone with his practice, Su Lang carried Ning Xiang beneath the moon.
• Ning Xiang asked Su Lang whether he regretted returning to the Cultivation Realm instead of staying together in the twenty-first century.

Ning Xiang watched the cubs grow from babies into mischievous three-year-olds, as Little Tiger Girl made the spirit beasts call her daddy and Little Tiger Cub hid that he could speak. The twins eventually began arranging weddings for unwilling couples, leaving the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and Little Nine dressed up for a chaotic ceremony.

• Zhu Yu repeatedly failed to stop the men from carrying off Little Tiger Girl, who called spirit beasts "Daddy" and called Zhu Yu "Tiger."
• Ning Xiang learned that Little Tiger Girl had lost interest in milk after Yu Xiaoyu let her taste sweet-and-sour fruit juice.
• At age three, Little Tiger Cub recited passages from his lessons, revealing that he had been able to speak all along and had simply been too lazy.
• Little Tiger Cub began chattering constantly alongside Little Tiger Girl, and Zhu Yu grew exasperated with the noisy twins.
• The twins staged a wedding for the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and Little Nine, dressing them in elaborate, mismatched finery while the toddlers played music and scattered colored paper.

Ming Weiwei trained in the Vine Control Art and prepared to face the senior brothers from Constant Guardian Peak in a magical-artifact contest. Unable to borrow Soul-Rending alone, she took several of Zhu Yu’s artifacts, while Zhu Yu fled after misunderstanding her explanation about her parents.

• Ning Xiang found Ming Weiwei injured after a fight with five senior brothers and urged her to cultivate so she could win future fights.
• Qin Ge offered to teach Ming Weiwei the Vine Control Art, and Ning Xiang and Ning Pingzhang failed to find anyone willing to complain about her fighting.
• After a month of training, Ming Weiwei challenged the senior brothers again, but they proposed a contest with magical artifacts.
• Ming Weiwei dragged Soul-Rending from Mingyuan’s room, and Zhu Yu failed to lift it before offering her three of his own artifacts.
• Ming Weiwei told Zhu Yu that her parents were making strange noises behind a closed door, and Zhu Yu disappeared while she went to find her playmates.

As the Profound Heaven Sect celebrated its ten-thousandth anniversary, Ning Xiang’s children repelled several demon cultivators’ attacks, while the family enjoyed a rare gathering together. The demon cultivators’ return prompted the sects to send young disciples to investigate, and Su Tingyun departed as Ning Xiang watched him go without regret for the life she had chosen.

• Ning Xiang returned to the Profound Heaven Sect with the children, where Yu Xiaoyu’s clumsy acupuncture left an attacking demon cultivator badly injured, Lu Suisui killed another, and Ming Weiwei captured two more.
• A demon cultivator sent Withered Silkworm Gu after Little Tiger Girl and Little Tiger Cub, but the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox ate one and Qin Ge destroyed the other before it could harm anyone.
• Mingyuan and Zhu Yu sneaked away from the anniversary festivities to spend time with Ning Xiang and the children, while Mingyuan admitted he had beaten two Void Palace disciples out of jealousy.
• After demon cultivators appeared, the major sects sent young disciples to investigate, and Su Tingyun left with Qi Chuan while Ning Xiang and Qin Ge watched him depart.