Chapter Summaries

The North Ridge Sacred Son, the Southern Spirit Sect's Grand Elder, and the Insect Shaman were trapped in a cave by the Demon Race, whose Demon King tried to weaken their resolve. As they struggled to escape the formations, the North Ridge Sacred Son searched for his stolen daughter while the Insect Shaman sought his twin grandchildren.

• The Demon King taunted the three trapped cultivators, claiming the passage to the Immortal Realm had been severed and they would die without ascending.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son exposed the Demon King's attempt to sow discord and struck him with his axe, forcing him to flee.
• The Insect Shaman and the Southern Spirit Sect's Grand Elder worked to dismantle the cave's formations while the Devil Race repaired them.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son urged them to smash through the formations so he could search for his stolen daughter, but the Insect Shaman warned that they needed to conserve their strength.
• The Insect Shaman revealed he was searching for his twin grandchildren, whom their father had taken away and mistreated, and he and the North Ridge Sacred Son sighed together.

Lan Yue entered the Heart-Questioning Bridge after the Southern Spirit Sect was called to compete first, but the trial seemed to have no effect on her. She strolled straight off the bridge with her milk tea, leaving the North Ridge Holy Lord and both sects baffled.

• Hei Ya mocked the Southern Spirit Sect for drinking tea, then realized every competitor—including the Black Snake Sect—had a teacup.
• Lan Yue dismissed Hei Ya and his companion as defeated roosters, and the Heart-Questioning Bridge opened before Hei Ya could respond.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord announced that Southern Spirit Sect disciples would cross first, one at a time, and Lan Yue stepped onto the bridge.
• Lan Yue saw no illusion or test, assumed the peaceful scene was an elaborate illusion, and sipped her milk tea while waiting.
• Lan Yue walked off the bridge without apparent difficulty, leaving the onlookers stunned and the North Ridge Holy Lord and Southern Spirit Sect elders unable to explain what happened.

Lan Yue and several Southern Spirit Sect disciples crossed the North Ridge Sacred Ground’s Heart-Questioning Bridge unusually quickly, leaving the other sects baffled. The elders suspected their tea was responsible, and Elder Wan tried to buy Elder Chi’s untouched cup.

• Lan Yue mistook the Heart-Questioning Bridge’s surroundings for an illusion, pulled off the Fifth Elder’s beard, and chased the Sixth Elder to take his wig.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord had the sect elders test the bridge, confirming that it worked normally and trapping them in its trial.
• Yun Xi, Yuan Shuo, Li Bai, and the twins crossed the bridge quickly, stunning the assembled sect masters.
• Lan Yue realized the scene was real, and her inner thoughts about the Holy Spirit Sect Master and Black Snake Sect Master made both men turn green.
• The remaining Southern Spirit Sect disciples crossed the bridge faster than expected, and the other sects guessed that their tea was a secret technique.
• The Southern Spirit Sect elders hid their untouched cups, but Elder Wan quietly offered Elder Chi a high price for his tea.

Lan Yue sold diluted Enlightenment Tea during the Heart-Questioning Bridge competition and used the proceeds to invest in Tong Zhuo’s plans for a multifunctional Jade Token. Tong Zhuo was left speechless when Lan Yue produced a mountain of spirit stones.

• Lan Yue accepted Elder Wan’s offer of two hundred supreme-grade spirit stones for tea, then secretly took orders for diluted Enlightenment Tea from the other elders.
• Several contestants drank Lan Yue’s tea and passed the Heart-Questioning Bridge, while others struggled through the trial or had to be carried away by their elders.
• Lan Yue counted her new spirit stones and checked the system panel, then Tong Zhuo came to her room and explained her plans for a multifunctional Jade Token.
• Lan Yue mistook Tong Zhuo for the heartbreaker from the gossip and feared her attention, but enthusiastically offered to fund Tong Zhuo’s Jade Token business.
• Lan Yue poured out a small mountain of spirit stones, leaving Tong Zhuo speechless.

Lan Yue sold Mind-Clearing Tea to competitors at the Heart-Questioning Bridge, and the North Ridge Holy Lord allowed it after the Southern Spirit Sect's Second Elder pointed out that Hei Ya had also received an external aid. Lan Yue then invested spirit stones in Tong Zhuo's research and helped form a partnership, before turning her attention to the final match.

• Lan Yue sold cups of weak and strong tea to a crowd of competitors before they crossed the Heart-Questioning Bridge.
• Hei Ya accused Lan Yue of helping the competitors cheat, but the Southern Spirit Sect's Second Elder noted that Hei Ya had received a Mind-Clearing Jade Pendant from his master.
• Wu Tianyu mocked Hei Ya after he left, and Lan Yue returned to invest more spirit stones in Tong Zhuo's project.
• Tong Zhuo agreed to split future profits with Lan Yue and her friends, and Yun Xi supplied a contract Spirit Artifact to record their oaths.
• Tong Zhuo signed the contract, establishing their partnership, while Lan Yue prepared for the final match.

Lan Yue upgraded to Intermediate Gossip Spectator and used her new ability to locate the North Ridge Sacred Son, discovering that devils had trapped him in the Futian Secret Realm. She also found the Southern Spirit Sect's Grand Elder and Insect Valley's Insect Shaman there, leaving several sects scrambling to send help.

• Lan Yue complained at the Heart-Questioning Bridge, and her inner gossip helped a cultivator awaken from his trial illusion.
• Lan Yue wondered why the North Ridge Sacred Son had not come to find his daughter, revealing to nearby North Ridge disciples that the daughter was still alive.
• Lan Yue reached 30,000 historical points, upgraded to Intermediate Gossip Spectator, and gained the ability to search for people by name and receive doubled points.
• Lan Yue located the North Ridge Sacred Son in the Futian Secret Realm and revealed that devils had trapped him there, prompting the North Ridge Holy Lord to suspect a plot.
• Lan Yue discovered that the Southern Spirit Sect's Grand Elder and Insect Valley's Insect Shaman were trapped near the Sacred Son, and their allies sent messages requesting aid.
• The Holy Spirit Sect and Black Snake Sect Sect Masters mocked the affected sects, but the Scarlet Moon Sect Master warned that the devils might use the captives to threaten the entire Cultivation World.

Lan Yue warned the sects that many elders were trapped by the devil race, prompting them to organize a joint rescue. She returned to the North Ridge Sacred Ground expecting the effort to take weeks, but woke to hear that the Holy Son had already returned.

• Lan Yue realized several sects' senior cultivators were trapped by the devil race and listed their names aloud.
• The sect masters whose people were among the captives contacted their sects for reinforcements, while others also left to fetch help.
• Lan Yue secretly delivered anonymous notes to the sects and spent 2,000 points unlocking the Futian Secret Realm map.
• The sects took the warnings seriously and called for a joint rescue.
• Lan Yue returned to the North Ridge Sacred Ground and, after waking, heard that the Holy Son had returned.

Lan Yue suspected that the returned North Ridge Sacred Son was an impostor, alarming the North Ridge Sacred Ground and the Southern Spirit Sect. The Grand Elder insisted that the Holy Son trapped alongside him had been real, leaving everyone unsure what had happened after they escaped.

• The system offered Lan Yue automatic concealment, and she headed toward the Sacred Mountain with her friends.
• Yun Xi saw the imposing Holy Son arrive and learned he was her biological father, but Lan Yue’s inner voice declared him a fake.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord received warnings about Lan Yue’s claim while the Southern Spirit Sect elders questioned the Grand Elder to verify his memories.
• The Grand Elder recalled private details about his disciples, reassuring them briefly before they worried a devil might have stolen his memories.
• The group went to find Lan Yue, whose inner voice speculated that the fake Holy Son planned to free imprisoned devils and infiltrate the North Ridge Sacred Ground.
• The Grand Elder said the Holy Son trapped with him had definitely been real, but wondered whether something had happened after they escaped.

The North Ridge Sacred Son was identified as a genuine human who shared the Holy Son’s bloodline, and Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed that he was the Holy Son’s supposedly dead twin brother. The people around him suspected he had come as part of a Devil Race plot, while he remained unaware that his identity had been exposed.

• The North Ridge Sacred Son told his followers to stop following him, and they secretly debated whether he could hear Lan Yue’s thoughts.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord asked the Grand Elder of the Southern Spirit Sect and the Insect Shaman whether the Holy Son had shown unusual behavior, but they recalled only his usual irritability.
• Lan Yue realized the man was human, unpossessed, and related to the Holy Son, leading the North Ridge group to wonder if he was a daughter or father.
• Lan Yue concluded that the man was the Holy Son’s twin brother, whom she had read was supposed to have died at birth.
• The supposed twin brother asked to interrogate captured Devil Race members, while the others privately suspected he was part of a plot and knew he could not hear Lan Yue’s thoughts.

The North Ridge Holy Lord used the false Sacred Son’s concern for his supposed daughter to lure him out and capture him. As the elders took him away, the impostor claimed he was the abandoned older twin brother of the real Sacred Son.

• The North Ridge Holy Lord told the false Sacred Son that his biological daughter had been found, and the impostor agreed to go retrieve her while secretly speaking with a Demon Domain contact.
• The Holy Lord gathered allies and led the false Sacred Son away from the North Ridge Sacred Ground, while the Southern Spirit Sect’s Grand Elder stayed behind.
• The Holy Lord struck first and captured the impostor before the gathered elders needed to intervene.
• The captured impostor asked why he was being arrested and admitted he was not the real Sacred Son, claiming he was the abandoned older twin brother of the Baili Family.
• The impostor said he had come only to see where his brother lived, and the people escorting him paused, unsettled by his account.

Lan Yue arrived as Pu Chou accused the Baili couple of trying to drown him as a newborn, and her inner voice exposed that his story was false. She began revealing what had really happened, leaving the nearby crowd and Pu Chou stunned.

• Pu Chou urged the North Ridge Sacred Ground's seniors to drown him and let everyone see their cruelty, while nearby spectators questioned the Baili Family's past actions.
• Lan Yue returned with the Sixth Elder and wondered why Pu Chou's account differed from what she had seen on her system panel.
• Pu Chou realized Lan Yue's voice was speaking inside everyone's minds and suspected she was the feared young woman from Devil Race legends.
• Lan Yue identified the fake Holy Son as Pu Chou and revealed that he had chosen the name to reflect his desire for revenge against the Baili couple.
• Lan Yue checked the incident again and disclosed that Pu Chou had not been drowned as a newborn; as a young child, he had playfully climbed into a urine bucket by accident.

Lan Yue revealed that Pu Chou had been abducted as a child and raised by the Devil Race on lies about his birth family. After Pu Chou realized the truth and admitted he had been exposed, the ground opened beneath him and he vanished.

• Lan Yue revealed scenes of Pu Chou’s childhood, showing that his parents had rescued and loved him before a Devil Race agent abducted him.
• Pu Chou watched memories of his family and realized the Devil Race had lied about his origins and his parents’ supposed cruelty.
• A devil contacted Pu Chou and urged him to continue his mission, but Pu Chou said he had been exposed and bound by the Immortal-Binding Cord.
• The Sect Masters and Elders watched as the ground split beneath Pu Chou, swallowed him, and closed before they could stop it.

After Pu Chou vanished, the Southern Spirit Sect returned to its lodgings, where Lan Yue’s unspoken confidence reassured everyone that the Grand Elder was genuine. The Grand Elder praised Lan Yue and tried to recruit Yun Xi, then invited all the youngsters to become his disciples, leaving his own disciples dumbfounded.

• Pu Chou disappeared, and the North Ridge Sacred Ground’s senior cultivators blamed a Demon King’s intervention before sending everyone back to the competition.
• The Southern Spirit Sect returned to its lodgings, and Lan Yue’s private praise of the Grand Elder convinced the others to trust him completely.
• The Grand Elder welcomed the youngsters and praised Lan Yue’s talent.
• The Grand Elder asked Yun Xi whether she still wanted to become his disciple, and Lan Yue urged her to accept the powerful connection.
• The Grand Elder offered to take all the youngsters as disciples, shocking his own disciples.

The Insect Shaman discovered that Wu Tianya and Wu Tianyu were his missing grandchildren and confronted the Grand Elder, who had been trying to recruit them as disciples. The two powerful elders began fighting while the Southern Spirit Sect youngsters learned that the coming finals might put them on a real battlefield.

• The Grand Elder offered Lan Yue and the other youngsters ancient Spirit Treasures to entice them into becoming his disciples, and the Fifth Elder secretly summoned Guangji back.
• The Insect Shaman arrived and accused the Grand Elder of trying to take his newly found grandchildren, Wu Tianya and Wu Tianyu, away.
• Wu Tianyu recalled that their father had claimed their maternal grandfather died after falling into a cesspit, and the Insect Shaman comforted the twins over their painful past.
• The Insect Shaman mistook the twins’ hesitation about returning home for the Grand Elder’s interference and charged at him, starting a fierce fight.
• The Sixth Elder and Fifth Elder reassured the twins that the elders’ battles were their usual way of communicating, while the Second Elder hinted that the finals might resemble a real battlefield.
• The Second Elder told Lan Yue to rest properly, revealing that he knew she stayed up late digging into gossip with Silver Snow.

The Two-Region Finals began with the North Ridge Holy Lord announcing that the competitors would enter a deadly secret realm to prepare them for fighting the Devil Race. Lan Yue and the others arrived at the site, unaware that it was actually the Demon Domain Battlefield.

• The North Ridge Holy Lord explained the finals rules and warned that death in the secret realm would be real.
• An attendant questioned the North Ridge Holy Lord's decision to send the competitors into the Demon Domain Battlefield, but he said they needed the experience and would be protected by two elders.
• The Insect Shaman and the Grand Elder argued over whether the North Ridge Sacred Son had been captured and resumed fighting over the Grand Elder's attempt to recruit the Insect Shaman's grandsons.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord sent a voice transmission asking the two elders to protect the competitors, and they stopped fighting.
• Lan Yue and the other competitors traveled through several Teleportation Arrays and arrived near a ruined ancient city.
• The elder leading the group told them to keep their Teleportation Talismans safe, explaining that using one would eliminate them.

Lan Yue and the other competitors arrived at a border city and learned they had to defend it against devils for points. When a massive devil tide overwhelmed the defenses, Lan Yue joined the fight with her companions, who quickly began defeating devils on their own.

• Lan Yue suspected the supposed secret realm was actually the Southern Region Border, but kept her thoughts to herself as the stone gates opened.
• General Shi issued the newcomers combat clothes, recorded the younger competitors’ identity tokens, and brought them to the city wall.
• A horde of Flying Armor Devils emerged ahead of an enormous devil tide, prompting General Shi to activate the city’s defenses and order the archers to fire.
• Jiang Li and the competitors jumped from the wall to fight, while Qing Zhu used her umbrella to poison and slow the devils with rain.
• Lan Yue jumped into battle with her companions, but Silver Snow, Little Black, and the Rootless Fruit Tree sapling defeated and gathered many devils before she could do much herself.

Soldiers defending the ancient city were overwhelmed by a devil tide until newly arrived cultivators rescued the wounded and helped hold the demons back. As the soldiers rallied, Lan Yue discovered that the Demon General's Manor had organized the attack and considered sharing gossip about the Demon General.

• Tiezhu and his comrade discussed their hidden Storage Bags and worried about young recruits sent to the battlefield.
• Mid-tier devils trapped and gravely wounded the two soldiers, but a silver Ancient Sword cut down the devils and carried them to safety atop the wall.
• Tiezhu saw a towering tree and many cultivators fighting the devil tide with Spirit Swords, talismans, sound techniques, arrays, and Explosive Pills.
• Rescued soldiers took pills and returned to battle, while physicians from Medicine King Valley joined the fighting with poison.
• Lan Yue spoke into the soldiers' minds and revealed that the Demon General's Manor in the south had organized the devil tide.

Lan Yue exposed the hidden Crimson Demon General’s identity and gossiped about his unusual personal life, revealing that he was secretly lurking near the Two-Region Competition. The elders decided to hold their position, while Lan Yue wondered how such a coward had become one of the Devil Race’s strongest Demon Generals.

• The stewards alerted the North Ridge Holy Lord that a Demon General was hiding near the competition, and he suspected a mole had leaked the finals’ location.
• Lan Yue identified the intruder as the Crimson Demon General and revealed that he had a human lover and meek habits at home.
• Tie Zhu mistook Lan Yue’s voice for a Human Race secret weapon after the demon tide began to dwindle.
• Qing Zhu, Jiang Li, and nearby elders guarded Lan Yue as the Jade Light Sect Master urged the Second Elder to end the finals.
• The Second Elder concluded that the Crimson Demon General had likely arrived by chance and advised everyone to hold their position.
• Lan Yue discovered that the cowardly Crimson Demon General ranked among the strongest Demon Generals and wondered how he had grown so powerful.

Lan Yue’s gossip exposed the Crimson Demon General’s fear and private troubles, causing his defenses to crumble. He killed nearby devil-race forces and fled through a rift as the Elders pursued him, while Lan Yue realized he had acted because he could not bear their gossip.

• Lan Yue’s thoughts about the Crimson Demon General’s cowardice unsettled the surrounding competitors and soldiers, who began to doubt the Demon Generals’ fearsome reputation.
• Lan Yue’s gossip revealed that the Crimson Demon General’s lover was being harassed by his sworn enemy, and the black fog shook as he sobbed inside it.
• The Crimson Demon General emerged from the fog, roared, and slaughtered the nearby low- and mid-ranking members of the devil race.
• The Elders shouted for the Crimson Demon General to be stopped, but he escaped through a rift as they chased him.
• Lan Yue checked the system panel and realized that the Crimson Demon General had killed his own forces because their gossip about him had made his defenses crumble.

Lan Yue’s discovery of the Crimson Demon General’s vast stockpile of protective artifacts explained how he escaped the elders, and the Devil Tide ended early. The competition was called off, and the elders paused to decide how Lan Yue’s contribution should count toward her points.

• The elders returned from the rift without the Crimson Demon General, and rival sect leaders accused them of deliberately letting him escape.
• Lan Yue realized the demon general had been wrapped in 999 life-saving artifacts, and the elders learned that the group had stripped away only half of them.
• With the Devil Tide defeated and no more demons emerging, the North Ridge Sacred Ground stewards ended the competition and said results would be calculated by points.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master asked the elders how Lan Yue’s role in exposing the demon general and ending the Devil Tide should be rewarded.