Recaps

Su Ying prepared to keep Chu Yu safe from the Demon Realm’s coming attack by taking him to Repentance Cliff and asking him to stay there for two days. As night fell, she watched him meditate and called on the system, which asked what she was planning.

• Su Ying decided that Chu Yu might be in danger when the Demon Venerable attacked the Cultivation Sect, so she planned to build him an air-raid shelter.
• For two days, Su Ying stayed in her room working on the shelter while Chu Yu listened to her discuss what was coming and went without her cooking.
• Su Ying took Chu Yu to Repentance Cliff, which she believed would be safe during the attack, and asked him to stay there until she returned.
• Su Ying prepared hot pot and barbecue for Chu Yu, then made him promise not to leave Repentance Cliff with anyone but her.
• That night, Su Ying watched Chu Yu meditate and called to the system, which asked what mischief she was planning.

Su Ying drugged Chu Yu and took advantage of his apparent unconsciousness, unaware that he had pretended to be asleep. After she fell asleep, Chu Yu revealed his true identity as Feng Moyuan and prepared to collect a debt from someone at the Cultivation Sect; the next morning, Su Ying woke to find Chu Yu watching her.

• Su Ying scattered soporific powder over Chu Yu and touched his face and chest while admiring him, but Chu Yu had pretended to pass out because the powder barely affected him.
• When Chu Yu opened his eyes, Su Ying pretended to sleepwalk, then returned to her bed and fell asleep.
• Chu Yu cast a Sleeping Curse on Su Ying, revealed his true appearance as Feng Moyuan, and left Repentance Cliff to meet Black Shadow.
• Black Shadow told Feng Moyuan that ten thousand elite soldiers had assembled near the Cultivation Sect, and Feng Moyuan said he only wanted to collect a debt from someone.
• Feng Moyuan returned to Repentance Cliff in Chu Yu's appearance, and the next morning Su Ying awoke to find him watching her.

Su Ying left Chu Yu behind and went to Lotus Peak for Xiao Muchen’s discourse, where she tried to stay unnoticed but was shoved by Ping Qingyun and reprimanded. The chapter ended as someone rushed in with terrible news for Xiao Muchen.

• Su Ying told Chu Yu she would return the next day, then flew to Lotus Peak for Xiao Muchen’s discourse.
• Ling Xian worried about Chu Yu’s absence, and Su Ying reassured her that he had only caught a chill.
• Su Ying hid behind another disciple and dozed during the discourse until Ping Qingyun shoved her, causing her to interrupt Xiao Muchen.
• Su Ying blamed Ping Qingyun and tearfully claimed she had stayed awake from excitement, so Xiao Muchen let the matter go.
• After more than an hour passed, someone rushed in and shouted that there was terrible news.

A hundred-thousand-strong Demon Realm army invaded the Cultivation Sect, and Feng Moyuan confronted Xiao Muchen over a disciple who had disrupted his cultivation. Su Ying noticed Feng Moyuan’s accusation didn’t match the original story just as Ping Qingyun identified the culprit.

• A report of the Demon Realm army’s attack sent Xiao Muchen and the disciples rushing toward Clearwind Hall, while Su Ying followed at her own pace.
• At Clearwind Hall, Su Ying admired Feng Moyuan’s appearance and speculated that he might be related to Chu Yu, while Xiao Muchen grew suspicious of her connection to the Demon Realm.
• Xiao Muchen confronted Feng Moyuan, who demanded that the Sect hand over the disciple who had breached his barrier and disrupted his cultivation.
• Su Ying realized Feng Moyuan’s threat differed from the original novel’s dialogue, and Ping Qingyun loudly claimed to know which disciple was responsible.

Su Ying was exposed during the battle between Feng Moyuan and the Cultivation Sect, and Feng Moyuan took her back to the Demon Realm. Black Shadow also abducted Ling Xian, mistakenly believing she was Feng Moyuan’s beloved, and Feng Moyuan demanded to know who she was.

• Ping Qingyun identified Su Ying as the woman who had harmed Feng Moyuan, and the Cultivation Sect disciples backed away from her.
• Feng Moyuan and Xiao Muchen fought, and Su Ying rushed between them but failed to block the sword strike, leaving Xiao Muchen wounded.
• Feng Moyuan accused the Cultivation Sect of provoking the Demon Realm, knocked Su Ying unconscious, and carried her away.
• Black Shadow abducted Ling Xian, assuming she was Feng Moyuan’s beloved, and brought her to the Demon Realm.
• Feng Moyuan scolded Black Shadow for bringing Ling Xian and asked who she was.

Feng Moyuan kept Ling Xian alive as a maid and waited beside the unconscious Su Ying, frightening her system with the Dragon Roar Sword until she woke. Su Ying realized she was in the Demon Realm and feared Feng Moyuan would kill her, while he considered sparing her for her cooking.

• Black Shadow admitted he had abducted Ling Xian by mistake, and Feng Moyuan ordered that she be made a maid.
• Feng Moyuan dismissed the maid watching Su Ying and threatened the unconscious Su Ying with the Dragon Roar Sword to make her system panic.
• Su Ying woke and learned from the system that Feng Moyuan had abducted her and brought her to the Demon Realm.
• Su Ying feared Feng Moyuan would torture and kill her, while he thought her cooking might earn her a temporary reprieve.
• Su Ying asked Feng Moyuan to move the sword away from her lips so she could speak.

Su Ying faced Feng Moyuan after accidentally breaking his barrier, and he demanded compensation for the cultivation he had lost. She agreed to become his personal cook, leaving her bound to serve him until he was satisfied.

• Feng Moyuan held the Dragon Roar Sword to Su Ying’s lips and questioned her about breaking his barrier.
• Feng Moyuan was drawn to Su Ying’s unusual fragrance and realized she was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Lotus Goddess.
• Su Ying begged Feng Moyuan for mercy and explained that her master’s token had accidentally broken through his barrier.
• Feng Moyuan decided to spare Su Ying because she might help him take revenge for an ancient grudge.
• Feng Moyuan made Su Ying his personal cook, and she agreed rather than surrender her spiritual root.
• Feng Moyuan told Su Ying she would have to cook for him until he was satisfied.

Feng Moyuan kept Su Ying in the Demon Realm and threatened to make her his cultivation vessel if she tried to escape, while Su Ying plotted to flee and worried about Chu Yu. When Bai Mang brought word that the elders wanted Feng Moyuan to handle official documents, Feng Moyuan decided to bring Su Ying out of the side hall.

• Feng Moyuan ordered Su Ying to stay in the Demon Realm and warned that she would lose her Spiritual Root and life if she tried to escape.
• Feng Moyuan struck Black Shadow for meddling in his affairs and ordered him to roll away.
• Su Ying asked the system for escape tools, worried about Chu Yu at Repentance Cliff, and resolved to get out of the Demon Realm.
• Feng Moyuan told Su Ying to cook for him and threatened to use her as a cultivation vessel if she tried to flee.
• Bai Mang told Feng Moyuan that the elders expected him to handle official documents, and Feng Moyuan ordered him to bring Su Ying out of the side hall.

Bai Mang dragged Su Ying to the Court Hall, where Feng Moyuan made her repeatedly bow while she worried about escaping his control. The chapter ended with Feng Moyuan summoning her closer as the system warned that failing the quest could cost Su Ying her life.

• Bai Mang bound Su Ying and dragged her to the Court Hall despite her claims that she was Feng Moyuan's personal cook.
• Su Ying learned from the system that Bai Mang was one of Feng Moyuan's nine great protectors and realized Feng Moyuan had ordered her brought in.
• Feng Moyuan dismissed Bai Mang, removed Su Ying's chains, and demanded that she pay her respects properly.
• Feng Moyuan made Su Ying bow more than twenty times and threatened to have a maid teach her the next day.
• Su Ying learned that suicide might prevent another chance to restart the quest and that an unfinished quest could kill her in the real world.
• Feng Moyuan crooked his finger and ordered Su Ying to come closer.

Feng Moyuan forced Su Ying to review a thousand years of memorials, and she used her system to finish them while privately mocking their contents. Ling Xian accused Su Ying of colluding with the Demon Realm, but Su Ying argued that they were both being forced; the system then announced a side quest.

• Feng Moyuan made Su Ying review his memorials and threatened her with the Dragon Roar Sword when she hesitated.
• Su Ying pressured the system into helping her read and review the memorials, while Feng Moyuan considered making her handle them regularly.
• Su Ying complained about memorials concerning lost pets bestowed by Feng Moyuan, and he used a spell to mess up her hair.
• Ling Xian entered with tea and accused Su Ying of betraying their sect, but Su Ying pointed out that Ling Xian was also serving Feng Moyuan.
• The system announced a side quest while Feng Moyuan watched Su Ying and Ling Xian argue, and Su Ying accepted it despite wanting to escape.

Su Ying completed a side quest by provoking Feng Moyuan into punishing her, but his palm strike left her seriously injured. Feng Moyuan grew jealous when he heard her choose Xiao Muchen, while Ling Xian’s belief that he cared for her collapsed when he rejected her.

• The system gave Su Ying a side quest to make Feng Moyuan feel sorry for Ling Xian and punish her, and Su Ying charged at Ling Xian after discovering her sword had been confiscated.
• Ling Xian hid behind Feng Moyuan, who struck Su Ying and left her coughing blood; Su Ying accused Ling Xian of betraying the sect and colluding with demons.
• The system confirmed that Su Ying had completed the quest and earned fifty points, and Feng Moyuan sent her back to her quarters after warning her not to harm anyone from the Demon Palace.
• Su Ying thought she would choose Xiao Muchen over Feng Moyuan and worried about rescuing her hungry companion from Repentance Cliff, while Feng Moyuan grew furious at her choice.
• Ling Xian pleaded for Su Ying, but Feng Moyuan recoiled from her, told her to keep her distance, and ordered her to get out.

Feng Moyuan secretly watched Su Ying heal in the Slaughter Hall and learned she planned to escape, while she discovered the Demon Realm’s energy was helping her cultivation. As Su Ying began to advance, Feng Moyuan felt compelled to meditate alongside her, and a dragon roared, a phoenix cried, and a lotus bloomed in the sky.

• Feng Moyuan ordered Bai Mang to remove Ling Xian and forbid her from coming near him, then went to watch Su Ying from the roof of the Slaughter Hall.
• Su Ying refused to spend points on an injury pill, learned her quest had no prize draw, and decided she would escape that night despite the risk of losing points.
• Bai Mang and Black Shadow spotted Feng Moyuan peeping through a lifted roof tile, and Feng Moyuan fired Phoenix Feathers at them as they fled.
• Su Ying’s cultivation began to advance, and the system said the Demon Realm’s energy seemed to benefit her.
• Feng Moyuan watched Su Ying cultivate, felt his body grow hot, and sat down to meditate alongside her as a dragon roared, a phoenix cried, and a lotus bloomed in the sky.

Su Ying and Feng Moyuan both advanced, and Su Ying used her new points to prepare an escape from the Demon Palace. As she reached the guarded barrier under an Invisibility Cloak, Feng Moyuan secretly marked her with powder.

• Feng Moyuan and Su Ying advanced at the same time, and Su Ying received one thousand points from the Main System.
• Su Ying bathed, noticed her magic had grown stronger in the Demon Realm, and bought escape tools before using a Wish-Granting Wish Talisman to wish for a successful escape.
• After waking at midnight, Su Ying gathered treasures from the side hall and used a Demon Realm Map and the system's help to evade the palace defenses.
• Feng Moyuan followed Su Ying invisibly and grew furious when he heard her say she missed Xiao Muchen.
• Su Ying reached the guarded barrier, took out her Invisibility Cloak, and failed to notice Feng Moyuan scattering powder over her.

Su Ying tried to escape the Demon Realm but failed to break the barrier and was discovered by Feng Moyuan. He ordered her taken to the dungeon, leaving her to wonder why she had thought the murderous Demon Venerable was handsome.

• Su Ying used powder to knock out the guards and asked the system to break the barrier, but it could not overcome Feng Moyuan's magic.
• Feng Moyuan confronted Su Ying and tore away her Invisibility Cloak, exposing her escape attempt.
• Su Ying begged Feng Moyuan to believe she had only sleepwalked toward the Cultivation Sect and asked him to release her.
• Feng Moyuan ordered the guards to take Su Ying to the dungeon, and she protested as they dragged her away.
• The Demon Realm soldiers threw Su Ying face-first onto the dungeon floor while a trace of suppressed emotion showed in Feng Moyuan's eyes.

Su Ying was imprisoned in the Demon Realm dungeon, where Feng Moyuan used rats and a restriction that prevented her Grain Avoidance technique to torment her. After she nearly starved, he had Black Shadow return her to the Slaughter Hall, where she woke and complained that the food sent to her tasted poisonous.

• Black Shadow confiscated Su Ying’s Spatial Ring and left her alone in the dungeon with two rats that Feng Moyuan had placed there to watch her.
• Su Ying and her system were terrified of the rats, and Feng Moyuan watched her reaction through a mirror, amused that she feared them.
• After several days without food or water, Su Ying collapsed because Feng Moyuan’s dungeon restriction made her Grain Avoidance technique useless.
• Feng Moyuan ordered Black Shadow to send Su Ying back to the Slaughter Hall, and she woke in a side hall under a maid’s care.
• Su Ying spat out the food the maid brought and asked if Black Shadow was trying to poison her, darkening Feng Moyuan’s expression as he listened from the roof.

Su Ying recovered her Spatial Ring and made hot pot, but Feng Moyuan joined her meal and had her serve him. While she argued with her system over a refund and threatened to give up on her missions, Feng Moyuan overheard her words and asked what she was doing.

• Feng Moyuan sent Su Ying's Spatial Ring back to her through Black Shadow.
• Su Ying used the ring's ingredients and utensils to make hot pot after rejecting the Demon Realm's food.
• Feng Moyuan came in, stayed to eat, and ordered Su Ying to serve him with clean chopsticks.
• Su Ying complained to her system that its talisman had failed and demanded a refund for the points she had spent.
• Su Ying threatened to give up on her missions, and Feng Moyuan asked what she was doing.

Su Ying served Feng Moyuan spicy hot pot and fruit wine, then guarded the leftovers from Black Shadow. After eating in private and drinking modern-world cola, she discovered Feng Moyuan was crouching on her roof again.

• Feng Moyuan drank Su Ying’s fiery hot pot broth, burned his mouth, and demanded water, so Su Ying gave him fruit wine instead.
• Feng Moyuan took nearly all of Su Ying’s fruit wine and ordered Black Shadow to carry it away.
• Black Shadow tried to take Su Ying’s hot pot, but she refused and teased him about being hungry.
• Su Ying ate the hot pot alone and secretly drank cola from her Spatial Ring despite the system’s warning.
• Feng Moyuan watched Su Ying from the roof without her knowledge.

Feng Moyuan agreed to deal with the spirit beasts ravaging the Flame Mountain Range after making the elders take responsibility for the memorials. As he set out with Black Shadow and Bai Mang, Black Shadow went to fetch Su Ying and knocked her unconscious when she refused to come.

• Feng Moyuan left Su Ying eating and drinking on her roof to answer the elders’ summons to the Court Hall.
• Elder Yama told Feng Moyuan that awakened spirit beasts were harming citizens in the Flame Mountain Range, and the elders asked him to lead troops against them.
• Feng Moyuan refused at first, pointing to the pile of trivial memorials, until Elder Yama agreed that the elders would handle the paperwork.
• Feng Moyuan ordered Black Shadow and Bai Mang to accompany him to the Flame Mountain Range and set out without soldiers.
• Black Shadow entered Su Ying’s room to take her along, and when she refused, he struck her neck with palm force.

Feng Moyuan took the unconscious Su Ying with him to Flame Mountain, while she woke during their flight and looked for a chance to escape. He asked her what happened to women who got close to him.

• Black Shadow knocked Su Ying unconscious and carried her out, but Feng Moyuan seized her and reprimanded him for being rough with her.
• Feng Moyuan heard Su Ying's system panic about him and ordered Black Shadow to accept punishment when they returned.
• Feng Moyuan, Su Ying, Black Shadow, and Bai Mang left the Demon Realm's imperial palace and flew toward Flame Mountain.
• Su Ying woke in Feng Moyuan's arms, realized they were outside the palace, and silently tried to figure out why he had brought her instead of the female lead.
• Feng Moyuan caught Su Ying when she nearly fell, tightened his hold when she asked to fly on her own, and asked what happened to women who got close to him.

Su Ying traveled with Feng Moyuan toward Flame Mountain, trying to avoid his threats while secretly admiring and embracing him. The group stopped at a dilapidated inn for the night, and Feng Moyuan wondered what Su Ying meant by thinking he was a pity.

• Feng Moyuan threatened to dismember Su Ying if she moved, but she clung to his waist and heard his heart race.
• Black Shadow and Bai Mang saw Su Ying embracing Feng Moyuan and discussed how unusually well he treated her.
• The group landed near Flame Mountain, where Bai Mang said they still had a day's walk to reach the spirit beast's location.
• Su Ying persuaded Feng Moyuan to find an inn and buy horses the next day instead of walking onward that evening.
• Bai Mang led them to a shabby, seemingly abandoned inn, and Feng Moyuan heard Su Ying think he was a pity.

Su Ying was confined with Feng Moyuan at a deserted inn and had to cook dinner to earn his forgiveness. As Bai Mang explained the danger at Flame Mountain, Su Ying recognized the multiplying fire-wielding beast as a Zhitu, while Feng Moyuan condemned the elders for abandoning the people to it.

• Feng Moyuan used the Step-Separation Technique to bring Su Ying into the inn and sealed it with a barrier to stop her from escaping.
• Feng Moyuan confronted Su Ying about touching him during Sword Flight, then agreed to let the matter go if she prepared a satisfying dinner.
• Bai Mang told Feng Moyuan that a fire-commanding avian spirit beast had multiplied after killing villagers, leaving the area around Flame Mountain deserted.
• Feng Moyuan blamed the elders for failing to hunt the beasts and protect the people of the Demon Realm.
• Su Ying identified the beast from Bai Mang's description as a Zhitu, but Black Shadow told her to stop pretending and cook dinner.

Su Ying cooked for Feng Moyuan and schemed to escape while her thoughts reached him. Feng Moyuan kept her confined and resolved to thwart her effort to push Ling Xian toward him.

• Su Ying served Feng Moyuan dinner and shared food with Bai Mang, while Black Shadow was left hungry.
• Feng Moyuan ordered Black Shadow to wash the dishes by hand, and Su Ying made him rewash them.
• Su Ying suggested that her junior sister Ling Xian cook for Feng Moyuan, and he suspected she was still trying to push them together.
• Unable to sleep, Su Ying found Feng Moyuan’s barrier blocking her window and lamented that she wanted to escape.
• Su Ying worried that Young Hunk might starve at Repentance Cliff and pleaded to escape, while Feng Moyuan heard her thoughts and reacted.

Su Ying learned that Feng Moyuan’s trip to Flame Mountain was outside the original plot, while Feng Moyuan wondered whether her presence was aiding his cultivation. The group reached Flame Mountain to investigate the Spirit Beasts near its second crater.

• Su Ying learned that her system had crashed from fear after the Demon Venerable’s guardian carried her away, then told it about Feng Moyuan’s plan to clear Spirit Beasts from Flame Mountain.
• Su Ying and the system noted that Flame Mountain and its rumored fire-controlling Spirit Beast did not appear in the original novel, while Feng Moyuan listened and wondered if Su Ying was helping his cultivation.
• Black Shadow scolded Su Ying for making Feng Moyuan wait, but she retorted that Black Shadow was the one overstepping.
• Feng Moyuan used the Dragon Roar Sword to break the barrier, and the group left the inn for Flame Mountain.
• Bai Mang pointed out Flame Mountain’s second crater as the area where Spirit Beasts were most often active.

Su Ying identified the dangerous beasts on Flame Mountain as Zhitu and explained how their fire could permanently harm cultivators. As the group prepared to face them, Feng Moyuan became suspicious that someone would betray him.

• Feng Moyuan’s Step-Separation Curse forced Su Ying to follow him, and the system told her she could not break it without surpassing his cultivation or his help.
• Bai Mang spotted Zhitu flying above Flame Mountain and warned that their flames could burn hair, Spiritual Roots, and souls.
• Su Ying joked with the system about the beasts’ quacking, making Feng Moyuan laugh and leaving Black Shadow and Bai Mang astonished.
• Feng Moyuan asked Su Ying to identify the beasts, while Black Shadow challenged her but could not name them himself.
• Su Ying described the Zhitu’s dangerous fire, and Bai Mang confirmed that her account matched the villagers’ reports.

Su Ying helped Feng Moyuan and the others defeat a flock of Zhitu by revealing their weakness to water. When a powerful Zhitu emerged from the crater, the Step-Separation Curse hurled Su Ying into its path, and it struck her as she collided with Feng Moyuan.

• Feng Moyuan sent Black Shadow to test the Zhitu, provoking the beasts to attack the group while he and Bai Mang fought them off.
• Su Ying used water and Water-Type Talismans to kill many Zhitu, then Feng Moyuan and Bai Mang summoned rain to finish off the flock.
• Su Ying searched for the original Zhitu, and a massive one born from the fire vein emerged from the crater.
• Feng Moyuan attacked the fire-vein Zhitu, but the Step-Separation Curse sent Su Ying toward him, and her talisman hit the beast without stopping it.
• The Zhitu struck Su Ying in the waist as she crashed into Feng Moyuan's arms, leaving her spitting black blood and losing cultivation.