Chapter Summaries

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.