Recaps

Ning Xiang and her companions calmed the rampaging Demon Cultivators and escaped the illusion, capturing the Dream-Eating Tapir responsible. Lu Qingchen revealed nothing about his vision, which had shown him killing Ning Xiang before she leaped into an icy abyss.

• Ning Xiang, Lu Qingchen, Su Lang, and the others fought the frenzied Demon Cultivators until Su Lang's Jade Flute calmed them and restored their awareness.
• Ning Xiang questioned Wen Maimai and Zhou Ruoxue about their strange dreams as the illusion began to dissolve.
• Ning Xiang caught the emerald-dressed figure with her Shattered Moon Whip and bound it after it transformed into a Dream-Eating Tapir.
• Back in reality, Ning Xiang trapped the Dream-Eating Tapir in her Demon-Capturing Banner and destroyed the bell that had drawn her into the illusion.
• Lu Qingchen asked Ning Xiang if she was all right, then silently recalled his vision of stabbing her and watching her leap into an icy abyss.

After the illusion, Ning Xiang learned that the Jade Flute had belonged to Su Lang’s family and reunited with her worried parents and brothers. When she asked about the Immortal-Slaying Array, Ning Pingzhang asked whether she had remembered everything, while Su Lang learned that Ning Xiang had once been at the Nine Shao Gate.

• Lu Qingchen left Ning Xiang and Su Lang alone to talk, while Jiang Miaomiao made an excuse to leave as well.
• Su Lang asked Ning Xiang about the Jade Flute, and the Dog System claimed it had been her childhood plaything from the Ning residence.
• Su Lang revealed that the Nine Splendors Phoenix-Felling Flute had belonged to his maternal grandfather and vanished after demons killed his uncle’s family.
• Ning Xiang’s family and Shaowei arrived to check on her, and she asked her parents about the Immortal-Slaying Array.
• Ning Pingzhang asked Ning Xiang whether she had remembered everything, while Su Lang questioned Shaowei about Ning Xiang’s visit to the Nine Shao Gate.

Su Lang learned that Ning Xiang was the girl he had encountered at the Nine Shao Gate, while Ning Xiang uncovered more about her erased memories and the Immortal-Slaying Array. After the Demon King invited her family to the Lotus Palace, a system quest forced Ning Xiang to accept, though Lu Qingchen objected when she revealed she wanted to enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament.

• Shaowei told Su Lang that Ning Xiang had been abducted by the Great Demon Hooked Snake as a child and had her traumatic memories erased, and Su Lang realized she was the girl from the Nine Shao Gate.
• Mu Fang'ai explained that the Immortal-Slaying Array Manual had been divided among four households, and Ning Pingzhang revealed that the Demonic Beasts had seized the Jiang Household's piece.
• Ning Xiang told her parents what she saw in the illusion and gave Ning Pingzhang the Demon-Capturing Banner to question its captive.
• Ning Xiang wondered about the Nine Splendors Phoenix-Felling Flute and the massacre of True Lord Chonghua's family before Hanying invited her and her family to the Lotus Palace.
• After the system assigned her a quest to stay at the Lotus Palace and qualify for the Spirit Fighting Tournament, Ning Xiang accepted the invitation despite Lu Qingchen's suspicion.
• Ning Xiang told Lu Qingchen she wanted to enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament, and he firmly forbade it.

Ning Xiang settled into the Demon Palace with her family, teased Caiwei, and reunited with Zhu Yu. She tried to ask him for permission to enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament, but he planned to keep her safely inside the palace until it was over.

• Mu Fang'ai accepted the Demon King's invitation, and Ning Pingzhang brought their sons along to the Demon Palace.
• Ning Xiang found Caiwei sneaking over the wall, taunted her, and taught her a song before Caiwei ran off to learn it.
• Zhu Yu returned, shelled walnuts for Ning Xiang, and asked her to turn back into a Pallas's cat.
• Ning Xiang tried to tell Zhu Yu she wanted to enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament, but he explained he had brought her family to the palace for protection and planned to keep her there.
• Zhu Yu teased Ning Xiang by asking whether she could not bear to part with him.

Ning Xiang tried to persuade Zhu Yu to let her enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament while defusing a confrontation between him and Lu Qingchen. Zhu Yu refused despite her many attempts to coax him, then offered to reconsider if she turned into a Pallas’s cat and kept him company.

• Ning Xiang asked to enter the Spirit Fighting Tournament, but Zhu Yu refused and offered to spar with her instead.
• Lu Qingchen appeared and demanded that Zhu Yu let Ning Xiang go, while Ning Xiang tried to send him away before the two men fought.
• Ning Pingzhang arrived, misunderstood the situation, and tried to lead Lu Qingchen away; Ning Xiang claimed she only feared a fight would hurt her reputation.
• Ning Xiang soothed Zhu Yu by saying he could secretly beat Lu Qingchen another time, but Zhu Yu still refused to let her enter the tournament.
• Ning Xiang spent four hours tempting Zhu Yu with food and novelties, but he remained unmoved and asked her to turn into a Pallas’s cat so he could consider her request.

Zhu Yu secretly blocked Lu Qingchen from contacting Ning Xiang while trying to keep him away from her. Ning Xiang spoke with Yu Tingchao, who revealed an old recording of her affectionate behavior toward him and demanded she take responsibility.

• Zhu Yu arranged weak opponents for Ning Xiang in the Spirit Fighting Tournament and showed off to Lu Qingchen that Ning Xiang had given him a cheese stick.
• Ning Pingzhang encouraged Lu Qingchen to be more tender toward the person he loved, and Lu Qingchen went to visit Ning Xiang.
• Zhu Yu’s restrictions kept Lu Qingchen out of Cloud-Piercing Garden, and he had also erased Lu Qingchen’s spiritual sense imprint from Ning Xiang’s Communication Talisman.
• Ning Xiang contacted Yu Tingchao, who said the trouble in the Eastern Sea had been resolved and that he had found a Recording Pearl from fifteen years earlier.
• Yu Tingchao told Ning Xiang the recording showed her holding, kissing, and touching him as a child, then insisted she take responsibility for him.
• The Illusion-Sound Fragrant Ape sang a flirtatious duet, and Ning Xiang shouted at it to stop.

Ning Xiang endured Zhu Yu's awkward attempts at romance before Caiwei prepared a song-and-dance performance for him. The chapter ended as Caiwei and the children began performing a song Ning Xiang recognized with dread.

• Yu Tingchao recited a moonlit verse to Ning Xiang, and she slept sweetly that night.
• Ning Xiang sent Caiwei to ask the Illusion-Sound Fragrant Ape about music while she continued training with her brothers and parents.
• Zhu Yu took Ning Xiang to watch an epiphyllum bloom, but they both fell asleep before it opened, and he later brought her to watch the sunrise.
• Zhu Yu sensed unusual activity on Pagoda Mountain and returned with Ning Xiang to Danyang City.
• Caiwei gathered children to perform a song and dance for Zhu Yu, and Ning Xiang realized what song they were about to sing.

Ning Xiang watched Caiwei’s unruly young performers win Zhu Yu’s approval to appear at the Spirit Fighting Tournament opening, then got ready to attend with him. She left Cloud-Piercing Garden dressed beautifully, where her parents and brothers showered her with praise.

• Caiwei’s young performers sang and danced badly for Zhu Yu, who reluctantly praised them after Ning Xiang urged him not to crush their confidence.
• Caiwei asked Zhu Yu to let the children perform at the Spirit Fighting Tournament opening, and he agreed when she suggested he would want his own child to shine.
• Ning Xiang slept in, then dressed in clothes and jewelry Zhu Yu had prepared before he waited outside Cloud-Piercing Garden for her.
• Ning Pingzhang met Zhu Yu outside and warned him that he would not approve of him becoming Ning Xiang’s son-in-law.
• Ning Xiang emerged in red robes, and Mu Fang'ai and Ning Pingzhang praised her while Ning Pingzhang ordered Ning Su and Ning Hui to praise her too.

Ning Xiang arrived at the Spirit Fighting Tournament with Zhu Yu and reunited with her friends, Lu Qingchen, and Su Lang. Zhu Yu held her hand and appeared in matching red with her, while Ning Xiang concluded he was plotting to humiliate her and Lu Qingchen in public.

• Zhu Yu had Laifu pull the sedan chair alongside his Nine-Headed Jiao, frightening the Fire Hou Beast.
• Bai Yueguang and Zhou Ruoxue worried that Ning Xiang had been taken by the Demon King, then greeted her when she appeared.
• Ning Xiang defended Zhu Yu by describing him as lonely and kind, but Zhu Yu revealed he had heard her entire speech.
• Zhu Yu asked Ning Xiang to accompany him inside, and she hesitated before Jiang Miaomiao greeted Lu Qingchen and Su Lang.
• Zhu Yu held Ning Xiang's hand, and Wen Maimai pointed out their matching red outfits as Lu Qingchen and Su Lang watched.
• Ning Xiang decided Zhu Yu had dressed alike with her to set up a public humiliation of her and the Profound Heaven Sect.

Ning Xiang prepared a self-introduction with Su Lang’s help while Lu Qingchen grew jealous of her attention to the performances and her senior brother. The chapter ended with Ning Xiang mistakenly deciding that Lu Qingchen despised her.

• After Zhu Yu left, Lu Qingchen tried to restore his divine sense in Ning Xiang’s Communication Talisman, but she ignored him and asked Su Lang to help polish her speech.
• Su Lang guided Ning Xiang through revisions until she produced a draft she liked, and Wen Maimai revealed that Su Lang had taught Ning Xiang to write as a child.
• Wen Maimai repeated details about Ning Xiang’s childhood that Ning Pingzhang had told her, prompting Ning Xiang to tell her to stay away from him.
• As the Demon Domain’s performances began, Lu Qingchen criticized the music, dancers, and sword performers while Ning Xiang praised them and moved closer to Su Lang.
• Ning Xiang interpreted Lu Qingchen’s sour remarks as proof that he despised her and wanted to get rid of her.

Caiwei and the other children disrupted the tournament with a chaotic song and dance, then Mu Fang'ai's joke sparked a false rumor that Ning Xiang was pregnant. The contestants began introducing themselves, and Ning Xiang prepared to take her turn onstage.

• Caiwei led a pack of children onto the stage, where they performed a loud, chaotic song and dance that distressed Ning Xiang and many cultivators.
• Mu Fang'ai teased Ning Xiang about having a child, and Ning Pingzhang loudly mistook the remark as news that his daughter was pregnant.
• Cultivators congratulated Ning Pingzhang and showered him with spirit stones before Ning Xiang clarified that she was not pregnant.
• The tournament organizers began introducing its ninety-six contestants, including Mu Jianying and Fu Yunsheng, and Su Lang said the prize was the Illusory Spirit Mountains and Seas Map.
• Ning Xiang, sixth in line, prepared to introduce herself as Wen Maimai and the others cheered her on.

Ning Xiang introduced herself at the Spirit Fighting Tournament and delivered a rambling thank-you speech that left Lu Qingchen and Zhu Yu feeling overlooked. After learning suspicious people had entered the tournament, Lu Qingchen urged her to withdraw, but Zhu Yu lured her away with a promise connected to the next day’s competition and caught her before she could escape.

• Ning Xiang introduced herself by listing her powerful relatives and associates, then thanked her family, Su Lang, her spirit beasts, and her junior brother’s destroyed vessel while forgetting Lu Qingchen and Zhu Yu.
• Ning Xiang remembered her Azure Sea Sword and Shattered Moon Whip after leaving the stage and regretted omitting them from her speech.
• Ning Xiang sampled Mulberry-Fall Wine and learned that Martial Uncle Shaowei and two senior brothers had gone to investigate something unusual.
• Lu Qingchen warned Ning Xiang that suspicious people had entered the tournament and told her to withdraw, while Zhu Yu watched their interaction jealously.
• Zhu Yu summoned Ning Xiang by hinting at tomorrow’s tournament, then caught her beside a cotton rose when she tried to run away.

After Zhu Yu kissed Ning Xiang, she escaped his advances by transforming into a Pallas's cat, then tried to sleep before the Spirit Fighting Tournament. She discovered her family had wagered their entire fortune on her victory, leaving her unable to casually lose as planned.

• Zhu Yu kissed Ning Xiang, but she misunderstood his intentions, stomped on his foot, and fled when she saw Lu Qingchen nearby.
• Zhu Yu escorted Ning Xiang to Cloud-Piercing Garden and gave her a bracelet; she transformed into a Pallas's cat to stop him from kissing her again, then fell asleep.
• Ning Xiang dreamed that Zhu Yu won a contest to serve her, woke in fright, and suspected he was trying to ruin her rest before the tournament.
• Ning Xiang bet on Ji Wuyong and asked Wen Maimai to bet on Xia Buyan, then went to sleep.
• Ning Pingzhang told Ning Xiang that her family had bet their entire fortune on her, and that he had urged the whole Profound Heaven Sect to bet on her too.
• Ning Hui said betting had closed, and Ning Xiang asked her eldest brother to pull strings so she could change the bets.

Ning Xiang learned that the plot had gone off course, received a mysterious green bead from the system, and heard that the Demon King’s rival Meng Xin had come to Danyang City. She entered Pagoda Garden for the matches, hoping to avoid Lu Qingchen, while her family considered disguising Ning Su as her.

• Ning Xiang questioned the system about the broken plot and her reward, and the system warned her that she had nearly seduced the Demon King and hinted that another transmigrator was in the world.
• The system gave Ning Xiang a rune-covered green bead before hibernating, and Ning Pingzhang and Mu Fang'ai recognized it as something from the Eastern Sea.
• Ning Pingzhang revealed that the Dream-Eating Tapir served Meng Xin, a Great Demon who had come to Danyang City, and explained that the seven Demon Domain tribes schemed against the Demon King.
• Ning Pingzhang suggested that Ning Su disguise himself as Ning Xiang for the matches, and Mu Fang'ai agreed the plan could work.
• Ning Xiang entered Pagoda Garden with her companions while Lu Qingchen and Su Lang were first barred, then charged two million spirit stones each for admission.
• Ning Xiang put on a mask to conceal her expression and intimidate opponents, while secretly hoping Lu Qingchen would not see her.

Ning Xiang watched Lu Qingchen fend off flirtatious demon cultivators before taking her turn in the Spirit Fighting Tournament. She entered the arena determined to win, but faced the formidable body cultivator Guan Wenwen as Jiang Miaomiao worried for her safety.

• Two female demon cultivators flirted with Lu Qingchen, and Ning Xiang teased Jiang Miaomiao until Jiang Miaomiao declared that Lu Qingchen was not good enough for her.
• Zhu Yu ordered Hanying to find dozens of beautiful female cultivators to seduce Lu Qingchen, then praised Ning Xiang’s entrance and appearance as she approached the arena.
• Ning Pingzhang scolded Ning Su for refusing to take Ning Xiang’s place and told Ning Hui to prepare Happy Water for her after the match.
• Ning Xiang entered the arena in a red combat outfit, introduced herself, and drew the Azure Sea Sword while Zhu Yu ordered his guardians to write essays praising her.
• Ning Xiang prepared to fight Guan Wenwen, a powerful body cultivator from the Mountain-Crushing Sect, while Jiang Miaomiao hoped she would concede rather than get hurt.

Ning Xiang easily won her first matches before facing Fu Yunsheng, whose spirit beasts forced her into a fierce fight. The chapter ended as Fu Yunsheng summoned an enormous savage beast from black mist.

• Ning Xiang knocked out a body cultivator and won two more matches with ease, while Zhu Yu’s desired tournament matchups failed to happen.
• Ning Xiang learned that she would face Fu Yunsheng and warned Bai Yueguang to take care, though she actually meant to collect his monthly earnings.
• Fu Yunsheng sent Azure Nether Wolves and Snake-Necked Zhu after Ning Xiang, and she used Golden Crow Brightflame and her sword techniques to burn and scatter them.
• Fu Yunsheng grew furious when Ning Xiang killed several of his Snake-Necked Zhu, while Su Lang worried that she might struggle against his underhanded tactics.
• Fu Yunsheng spread black mist and summoned an enormous savage beast in the arena.

Ning Xiang defeated Fu Yunsheng’s demon beast and wolves in the Spirit Fighting Tournament, but Fu Yunsheng began self-detonating before she could finish him. The blast destroyed the fighting platform, leaving Ning Xiang’s fate unclear.

• Fu Yunsheng sent Ao Yin and the Azure Nether Wolves to attack Ning Xiang, while the restrictions prevented anyone from entering the platform.
• Ning Xiang used talismans to expose Fu Yunsheng and wounded his shoulder with the Shattered Moon Whip.
• Ning Xiang unleashed the ninth form of the Fire Dance Sunflame Sword Art, killing the wolves and badly burning Ao Yin.
• Ning Xiang pointed her sword at the defeated Fu Yunsheng, who declared that he would take her with him and began self-detonating.
• Su Lang failed to break through the platform’s barrier, and Fu Yunsheng’s explosion blasted the platform apart.

Ning Xiang survived Fu Yunsheng’s Golden Core self-detonation and won the match, while her companions questioned the strange events surrounding him. Afterward, she rested under her sect’s protection and tried to evade Zhou Ruoxue’s medicine.

• Su Lang rescued Ning Xiang from the blast, and she woke unharmed despite the Core Formation cultivator’s self-detonation.
• Ning Xiang celebrated becoming stronger, while Zhu Yu ordered his guardians to wipe out the Beast Taming Sect.
• Ning Xiang wondered how Fu Yunsheng had obtained an Ao Yin and noticed a crack in the infant stone on her bracelet before falling asleep.
• Ning Pingzhang and the others discussed investigating the Beast Taming Sect and the newly discovered bodies with their Golden Cores removed.
• Lu Qingchen arrived and blamed himself for failing to protect Ning Xiang, while she hid behind him to avoid drinking Zhou Ruoxue’s medicine.

Lu Qingchen asked Ning Pingzhang for Ning Xiang’s hand in marriage, but Ning Pingzhang angrily rejected him. Ning Xiang went to the tournament final, where Zhu Yu grew jealous when he saw her talking happily with Xia Buyan.

• Ning Xiang drank Zhou Ruoxue’s medicinal broth, then later worried about her feelings for the male leads.
• Lu Qingchen and Ning Pingzhang discussed the murdered tournament contestants and the difficulty of investigating in the Demon Domain.
• Lu Qingchen asked Ning Pingzhang for Ning Xiang’s hand, and Ning Pingzhang told him to get out.
• Ning Xiang evaded Zhou Ruoxue’s medicine and went to the tournament grounds, where the remaining contestants were Mu Jianying, Ji Wuyong, Xia Buyan, and her.
• Zhu Yu left after Ning Xiang reacted sourly to his teasing, then returned and found her smiling with Xia Buyan.
• Zhu Yu coldly asked Xia Buyan why he was not preparing for the match.

Ning Xiang tried to keep Zhu Yu from attacking Xia Buyan, who believed she needed rescuing, while Zhu Yu grew jealous and misunderstood her attempts to soothe him. During the competition, Ning Xiang learned that Xia Buyan was a transmigrator whom the system considered a threat to the male leads, but the system shut down before explaining why.

• Xia Buyan confronted Zhu Yu over his treatment of Ning Xiang, and Zhu Yu angrily pulled her behind him.
• Ning Xiang stopped Zhu Yu from killing Xia Buyan by reminding him of the trouble it could cause, then tried to slip Xia Buyan away to safety.
• Zhu Yu demanded that Ning Xiang soothe his anger, but she gave him a cheese stick instead of the kiss he expected.
• Zhu Yu told Ji Wuyong to leave Xia Buyan half-dead after their match, while Ning Xiang worried that speaking to Xia Buyan would get him killed.
• Ning Xiang watched Ji Wuyong fight Xia Buyan and noticed Xia Buyan used pure spiritual energy despite being from the Demon Domain.
• The system revealed that Xia Buyan had transmigrated fifteen years earlier and was considered a threat to the male leads, then returned to the factory for repairs.

Ning Xiang won her matches against Mu Jianying and Xia Buyan at Pagoda Garden, while Zhu Yu and Ning Pingzhang showed their concern for her in very different ways. After her victory, news arrived that the Great Demon Meng Xin had abducted cultivators from the immortal sects.

• Ning Xiang mocked Zhu Yu after Ji Wuyong lost to Xia Buyan, then defeated Mu Jianying in an evenly matched duel.
• Zhu Yu took Ning Xiang aside, told her to keep wearing his bracelet, and sent her back out for the final.
• Ning Xiang defeated Xia Buyan, who vowed to protect her but was badly beaten.
• Ning Pingzhang celebrated Ning Xiang's success, and she realized Jiang Miaomiao was missing.
• Someone announced that the Great Demon Meng Xin had abducted cultivators from the immortal sects.

Ning Xiang and the other cultivators were trapped in a Spirit-Severing Formation as Zhu Yu’s subordinates revealed a plot to control cultivators with Silken-Thread Gu. While Su Lang faced the return of the Hooked Snake, Ning Xiang secretly prepared to break the formation and turn the tables on the demons.

• Demon Fog spread around the cultivators, and they discovered they could no longer use their spiritual power.
• Meng Xin revealed that Zhu Yu had ordered the Spirit-Severing Formation, prompting the cultivators to accuse the Demon King of betraying the Three Domains.
• Ning Xiang recognized the Hooked Snake, whose survival stirred Su Lang’s memories of the massacre that killed his family.
• Ning Xiang held Su Lang’s hand and noticed the burn on his palm from when he had protected her the previous day.
• Meng Xin announced that his forces had used Silken-Thread Gu to control cultivators and intended to kill the remaining captives.
• Ning Xiang secretly told her family and Eldest Senior Brother how to break the formation, planning to recover their spiritual power and toy with the demons.

Ning Xiang helped expose Meng Xin’s bid for the Demon King’s throne, but Meng Xin discovered that Zhu Yu’s protective bracelet made her his weak spot. Mingyuan appeared to protect her, leaving Zhu Yu to warn her against trusting men—except himself.

• Ning Xiang recalled how she learned to break the Spirit-Severing Formation and recovered her spiritual power with the others while Zhu Yu silenced the gathered cultivators.
• Zhu Yu offered Meng Xin the Demon King’s ring, but Meng Xin rejected the offer and declared that he would seize the throne himself.
• Meng Xin attacked Ning Xiang, whose five-colored bracelet shielded her and revealed that its beads contained Zhu Yu’s cultivation.
• Ning Xiang struck Meng Xin with the Soul-Devouring Whip, and Mingyuan appeared and claimed he had stayed in the Demon Domain to protect her.
• Mingyuan asked Ning Xiang to treat him to roast meat and sweet sugar water after the affair, while Zhu Yu warned her that men’s words were untrustworthy except his own.

Jiang Miaomiao and the captured cultivators were rescued by Ning Xiang, who had fought through the Demon Domain’s unrest to find them. After hearing what happened, Jiang Miaomiao focused on whether Ning Xiang had won the Spirit Fighting Tournament.

• Jiang Miaomiao was tricked into a cave and encouraged the captured cultivators to sing a fan song while they waited for the War God to rescue them.
• Ning Xiang arrived with Lu Qingchen and Xia Buyan, freed the captives, and found Jiang Miaomiao leading their song.
• Ning Xiang said she and her companions had located the captives by beating demon cultivators into revealing their whereabouts.
• The group learned that the Demon King’s underlings and the Beast Taming Sect had stirred up unrest, and that Zhu Yu had crippled Meng Xin and given Ning Xiang his demon core.
• Ning Xiang recalled that she had asked Zhu Yu to keep the Illusory Spirit Mountains and Seas Map as the prize she planned to win, and Jiang Miaomiao asked whether she had won the Spirit Fighting Tournament.

Xia Buyan accidentally sent Ning Xiang, Jiang Miaomiao, and Lu Qingchen tumbling off a cliff, where Ning Xiang and Jiang Miaomiao encountered a strange Demon Beast. Zhu Yu captured it, but Ning Xiang recognized it as a Nether-Communing Beast that carried a dangerous gu and silently warned him before they could leave.

• Xia Buyan meant to push Jiang Miaomiao off the cliff, but his spiritual energy struck Ning Xiang, and Jiang Miaomiao jumped after her before Xia Buyan kicked Lu Qingchen off too.
• At the bottom of the cliff, Ning Xiang talked Jiang Miaomiao out of exploring a cave, but a rumble forced them to flee as a Demon Beast emerged.
• Ning Xiang dragged Jiang Miaomiao into the air with the Shattered Moon Whip, but the creature evaded her attacks and chased them up the mountainside.
• Zhu Yu arrived, absorbed Ning Xiang's flames with the God-Subduing Mace, and trapped the Demon Beast in a cage of demonic energy.
• Ning Xiang recognized the creature as a Nether-Communing Beast carrying a gu that could infect people, and silently warned Zhu Yu as he insisted on taming it for her.