Chapter Summaries

Lan Yue and her friends compared their Devil Tide results and realized they had all earned enough points to potentially enter the Four Regions competition. As they headed back with the elders to see the final tally, Lan Yue glanced toward the distant black fog.

• The Fifth Elder and the others discussed rewards for Lan Yue's contributions with the North Ridge Sacred Ground stewards, who contacted their Holy Lord and postponed final arrangements until they returned.
• Lan Yue, Yun Xi, Li Bai, Wu Tianyu, and Yuan Shuo talked about how they had earned points by fighting devils, using Gu Insects and Spirit Artifacts, and setting traps.
• Yun Xi kept her ability to imitate a devil's aura and speak with devils secret, having used it to lure them into traps during the competition.
• The friends compared their results and concluded they all had enough points to possibly enter the Four Regions competition.
• Yun Xi urged everyone to return with the elders, while Lan Yue looked toward the distant black fog.

Lan Yue briefly saw a blood-red, eye-like moon that no one else noticed, then returned with the others to the North Ridge Sacred Ground. As the sects awaited the final rankings, the Southern Spirit Sect elders resolved to protect Lan Yue and the other youngsters, while the Black Snake Sect Master and Holy Spirit Sect Master appeared to be plotting against them.

• Lan Yue saw a blood-red moon covered in writhing threads, but Yun Xi, Yuan Shuo, and everyone else denied seeing it.
• The elders discussed the Devil Tide and praised the youngsters’ performance, while Elder Shuang Luo worried their prominence might make the Devil Race target them.
• The Southern Spirit Sect elders vowed to protect the youngsters, as the Black Snake Sect Master and Holy Spirit Sect Master exchanged hostile looks and settled on a plan.
• The sects returned to their lodgings and debated who would place in the top ten and qualify for the Four-Region Grand Competition.
• The gathered disciples heard a familiar inner voice as they waited for the final point totals.

Lan Yue’s interest in Devil Race gossip drew the North Ridge Sacred Ground Elders’ attention, while a black-clad youth arrived outside with the Red-Clad Woman. After hearing about Lan Yue’s powers and the threat she posed to the Devil Race, the youth decided she might be worth inviting to the Demon Realm.

• Lan Yue thought she could use Devil Race gossip to uncover clues and warn the Sect Master.
• The North Ridge Sacred Ground Elders listened closely, hoping Lan Yue’s gossip would reveal information about the Devil Race.
• Several Demon Generals followed a black-clad youth to the North Ridge Sacred Ground, where the Red-Clad Woman explained how Lan Yue had exposed her plans at the Greenstone Sect.
• The Red-Clad Woman told the youth that Lan Yue possessed an Immortal Artifact, the Central Sacred Land legacy, and a way to purge demonic energy.
• The Red-Clad Woman warned that Lan Yue could unravel the Devil Race’s schemes, and the youth suggested inviting her to the Demon Realm.

His Fifth Highness sent an avatar into the North Ridge Sacred Ground while Lan Yue uncovered the Second Prince’s bizarre habit of arranging affairs so he could steal back lovers and be cuckolded. As Yun Xi laughed over the gossip, she told Yun Chong that she and the other young disciples had advanced astonishingly quickly since listening to Lan Yue.

• His Fifth Highness sent an avatar into the North Ridge Sacred Ground by taking over Senior Brother Liang’s body and learned about recent events from a female disciple.
• Lan Yue discovered that the Second Prince of the Demon King's Hall had repeatedly given beauties to Demon Generals and later stolen them back because he enjoyed being cuckolded.
• Yun Xi asked Yun Chong why the Second Prince had reclaimed a beauty he had sent to the Crimson Demon General, and Yun Chong urged her to train for the Four-Region Grand Competition.
• Lan Yue’s discovery made His Fifth Highness curse aloud, while Yun Xi burst out laughing during cultivation and told Yun Chong that gossip had benefits.
• Yun Xi privately told Yun Chong that she, Yuan Shuo, and their friends had advanced rapidly since meeting Lan Yue, and she wanted the Southern Spirit Sect to value Lan Yue more.

Lan Yue continued cultivating under the Grand Elder’s watchful eye, unaware that the Demon Realm’s gossip had made her a target for recruitment. The Fifth Highness realized that the gossip was damaging the devil race’s reputation and feared Lan Yue’s influence, while overhearing humans dismiss the devils left him even more frustrated.

• Yun Chong visited the Grand Elder, and the Grand Elder arrived in Lan Yue’s room smiling at her and watched while she cultivated.
• The Fifth Highness worried that Lan Yue’s gossip would undermine the devil race’s reputation and reveal information about the Demon Realm, so he considered bringing her there.
• A fairy told Senior Brother Liang that the devils sounded unreliable and that the Human Race was more dependable.
• The Second Highness, posing as Senior Brother Liang, grew angrier as the fairy reassured him that North Ridge Sacred Ground was safe from the devils.
• The Fifth Highness recalled that infighting in the Demon King's Hall had delayed their response until the North Ridge Sacred Son attacked with an axe and the Demon Kings sent him to investigate.

Lan Yue and Yun Xi learned that they had tied for first place in the Two-Region Competition, helping the Southern Spirit Sect take the overall top rank. As the group headed to the Sacred Mountain for their rewards, Lan Yue spotted the North Ridge Sacred Son nearby.

• Yun Xi brought Lan Yue and their friends to hear the Two-Region Competition results while Clear Sea Sect members doubted the Foundation Establishment disciples could place.
• Qing Zhu gathered the Southern Spirit Sect children to wait for the rankings, and Lan Yue’s inner voice made nearby elders fear their secrets would be exposed.
• Zou Wan announced that the Southern Spirit Sect had taken first place and that Lan Yue and Yun Xi had tied for first, prompting a Clear Sea Sect elder to withdraw in embarrassment.
• Zou Wan explained that Lan Yue’s position near the Crimson Demon General had helped the elders locate it and contributed to her points.
• Zou Wan led the group toward the Sacred Mountain to receive their rewards, and Lan Yue spotted the North Ridge Sacred Son nearby.

Lan Yue discovered that the North Ridge Sacred Son had escaped the Devil Race and was hiding at the North Ridge Sacred Ground, where Yun Chong and the Holy Son were reunited amid speculation about their daughter. The Holy Son was found with holes in his shoes, which he blamed on his fierce battle with the Demon King's Hall.

• Lan Yue noticed that the North Ridge Sacred Son's movement had veered past the North Ridge Sacred Ground and realized he was nearby.
• Lan Yue's thoughts revealed to Yun Xi and the elders that the Holy Son was hiding behind a tree, and the North Ridge Holy Lord concluded that he had escaped the Devil Race.
• Lan Yue's Personal Footprints showed that the North Ridge Sacred Son had circled the sacred ground more than fifty times before sneaking inside.
• The Southern Spirit Sect elders looked to Yun Chong for gossip about how he and the Holy Son had become Yun Xi's fathers, while the Holy Son put away his axe and straightened his clothes.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son noticed holes in his shoes and blamed the Demon King's Hall for the damage.
• Far away, the Demon King's Hall teetered near collapse as the Demon Kings sneezed in unison.

Lan Yue’s gossip revealed that the North Ridge Sacred Son had a daughter with Yun Chong, prompting the hidden Holy Son to prepare himself before realizing she had exposed their past. Yun Chong tried to leave, but the other sect leaders held him back, and the chapter ended with him glaring toward the Holy Son’s hiding place.

• Baili Xingzhou told Lan Yue he knew nothing about the Holy Son’s whereabouts, while she wondered if the Holy Son was hiding from Yun Chong.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son changed his boots, tidied his appearance, and took an Appearance-Renewing Pill before hearing Lan Yue speculate about his relationship with Yun Chong.
• Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed that the North Ridge Sacred Son and Yun Chong had a daughter, stunning the people of the North Ridge Sacred Ground.
• Lan Yue wondered aloud how Yun Chong and the Holy Son had met, while Yun Chong tried to leave before the awards ceremony.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master and Jade Light Sect Master joined others in holding Yun Chong back under the pretext of congratulating the Southern Spirit Sect.
• Yun Chong glared toward the Holy Son’s hiding place, and the Holy Son wondered if Yun Chong had remembered their past.

Lan Yue stopped Yun Xi from revealing her growing bloodline talent, then read gossip about Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son meeting as babies. The North Ridge Sacred Son realized he had known Yun Chong since childhood, but Yun Chong’s glare made him sit still again.

• Lan Yue noticed people staring at her and Yun Xi, and Yun Xi guessed they were curious about their tied first-place finish.
• Yun Xi began to explain her ability to hear and influence spirit beasts and members of the Devil Race, but Lan Yue stopped her and warned her to keep it secret.
• Lan Yue read that Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son had met as babies while their elders discussed a treasure.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son realized he had met Yun Chong as a child and regretted backing down before.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son sent a wisp of divine sense toward Yun Chong, who noticed and glared at him until he sat back down.

Lan Yue revealed that the Devil Race had abducted talented cultivators a century earlier, erased their memories, and implanted false ones to turn them into loyal infiltrators. The chapter left the gathered factions realizing that Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son had rescued people who might otherwise have seized control of major sects.

• The North Ridge Holy Lord speculated that the Sacred Son’s lost daughter was connected to an unknown relationship and recalled the Sacred Son’s unusual moods.
• Lan Yue explained that the Devil Race’s century-old conspiracy had caused Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son to meet in the Demon Realm.
• The Sixth Elder and Grand Elder connected Yun Chong’s disappearance, sudden breakthrough, and demon seed to his time in the Demon Realm.
• Lan Yue revealed that the Devil Race had abducted talented cultivators, erased their memories, and implanted false memories to make them serve the demons.
• The gathered cultivators realized that the Devil Race’s agents could have infiltrated powerful factions, including the Southern Spirit Sect and the North Ridge Sacred Ground.

Lan Yue recounted how the Devil Race tried to brainwash Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son by posing as their parents, but the Demon King’s appearance exposed the scheme. As the story continued, the eavesdropping Demon King grew furious, while a bound Deputy Demon General recognized his own part in the affair and tried to hide it.

• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master asked Yun Chong whether the Devil Race had tried to brainwash him by posing as his parents, and Yun Chong said he remembered nothing and privately wondered about his past with the North Ridge Sacred Son.
• Lan Yue explained that the North Ridge Sacred Son became suspicious because the Demon King pretending to be their father was extremely ugly, and the Demon King soon abandoned the assignment, leaving a Demon General behind.
• A Demon King secretly returned to the North Ridge Sacred Ground to salvage his failed assignment and overheard Lan Yue recounting the old scheme.
• The Demon King realized Lan Yue was revealing his embarrassing past, grew furious, and wondered how the story had been exposed.
• A bound Deputy Demon General recognized that Lan Yue was describing him, but refused to admit his shameful past when another Deputy Demon General questioned him.

Lan Yue revealed how the North Ridge Sacred Son and Yun Chong disrupted a Devil Race mission by turning a Demon General into a bride, while Yun Chong began recovering memories of their past. Her next revelation implicated them in a century-old theft from the Demon King's Hall, leaving the hidden Fifth Highness furious.

• Lan Yue recounted how the North Ridge Sacred Son and Yun Chong’s sons tricked a Demon General into marrying an old Demon King, ruining the Devil Race’s mission.
• Yun Chong sensed that the ancient tree nearby and its hidden spiritual presence were familiar, while the North Ridge Sacred Son quietly hid from him.
• The bound Deputy Demon General realized Lan Yue’s story exposed his own humiliating past, and a fellow Deputy Demon General recognized him as the victim of the old Demon King.
• Lan Yue revealed that the North Ridge Sacred Son and Yun Chong had escaped into a secret realm in the Demon King's Hall after fleeing the Demon Realm’s sealed territory.
• The hidden Fifth Highness realized the century-old theft from the Demon King's Hall had involved the North Ridge Sacred Ground and Southern Spirit Sect, and he grew furious.

Lan Yue revealed how Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son exhausted the Demon Realm’s hidden resources and later fell for each other while fleeing the Devil Race. When the system blocked her from watching the rest of their story, it confirmed that poison had brought on their romance and could relapse, leaving Lan Yue grinning at the possibility.

• The Grand Elder proudly praised Yun Chong’s past but blamed the North Ridge Sacred Son for leaving Yun Chong and their daughter behind.
• Lan Yue described how Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son used up the Devil Race’s hidden treasures, provoking the Demon Kings to fury.
• Yun Chong recalled more of his time in the Demon Realm and blushed, while deciding not to stop Lan Yue from gossiping.
• Lan Yue’s video stopped when Yun Chong was poisoned and the pair disguised themselves as members of the Devil Race; the system said the rest was unsuitable for children.
• Lan Yue learned that the poison could be difficult to cure and relapse, and the system nearly fainted when it saw her pleased expression.

Lan Yue’s images exposed how Yun Chong and the North Ridge Holy Son had disguised themselves in the Demon Realm, while the North Ridge Sacred Ground realized Yun Xi might be the daughter of both men. The Holy Son and Yun Chong disappeared to avoid the gossip, leaving the elders worried that the Southern Spirit Sect would not let Yun Xi return to the North Ridge Sacred Ground.

• The Grand Elder distracted Elder Bai so Yun Chong could slip away from the gathering unnoticed.
• Lan Yue’s images showed the North Ridge Holy Son wearing a pink dress, prompting him to withdraw his divine sense and disappear.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord and elders concluded that Yun Xi was likely both the Holy Son’s and Yun Chong’s daughter, and worried they could not reclaim her from the Southern Spirit Sect.
• Lan Yue watched the disguised Holy Son beat a Demon General who had tried to abduct him, then learned that Yun Xi had originated as a natural spiritual treasure fed to Yun Chong.
• The gathered people coughed when Lan Yue’s account revealed the Holy Son’s presence, but she assumed they had noticed him hiding nearby.

Lan Yue discovered that Yun Chong and the North Ridge Sacred Son had reunited and recovered memories of their past, while the North Ridge Sacred Son confessed what had happened to their daughter. As they reconciled, the Fifth Highness plotted to kidnap the children, unaware Lan Yue would soon be drawn into a journey to the Demon Realm.

• Lan Yue saw that the North Ridge Sacred Son and Yun Chong had met outside the sacred ground and were running after each other.
• The Black Snake Sect's Sect Master felt heavenly pressure stop him from criticizing the Southern Spirit Sect, while the Holy Spirit Sect's Sect Master mistakenly concluded that the Black Snake Sect's Sect Master loved him.
• Lan Yue read that the two men had escaped the Demon Realm together, and that their daughter had been born from a Heaven-and-Earth Treasure before the North Ridge Sacred Son brought her back.
• The North Ridge Sacred Son explained to Yun Chong that he had remembered their daughter after she went missing, and Yun Chong insisted that she was his daughter.
• The Fifth Highness, disguised as a sacred ground disciple, decided to kidnap the children and take them to the Demon Realm.

Lan Yue and Yun Xi received their prizes from the North Ridge Sacred Ground, and Lan Yue gave Yun Xi the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Art. Lan Yue then asked the North Ridge Holy Lord for slots in the Tower of the Abyss, but he could not reach Baili Tusu to get his opinion.

• The North Ridge Sacred Ground awarded Lan Yue and Yun Xi prizes, including a heaven-rank cultivation manual they could study together.
• Lan Yue handed the Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Art to Yun Xi, knowing that Yun Xi’s bloodline would let her cultivate it.
• Lan Yue asked the North Ridge Holy Lord for Tower of the Abyss slots so the group could train before the Four-Region Grand Competition.
• Yun Xi’s aura revealed that she had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, but the North Ridge Holy Lord still worried about the tower’s dangers.
• The North Ridge Holy Lord tried to consult Baili Tusu, but he could neither find him nor reach him through a Voice Transmission Stone.

Lan Yue pushed for the group to enter the Tower of the Abyss, and the Grand Elder agreed to arrange their places at the North Ridge Sacred Ground. After trading spiritual materials, Lan Yue remembered that Teng Snake still owed her goods and went looking for him.

• The Grand Elder explained the Tower of the Abyss's dangers, but Lan Yue thought it was essential for Yun Xi's bloodline and the group's path to the Four-Region Grand Competition.
• The Grand Elder agreed with Lan Yue and said he would speak to the North Ridge Sacred Ground about sending the youngsters into the tower.
• Yun Xi gratefully offered Lan Yue everything she had, including her father, and promised to share her food and water.
• Lan Yue and her friends traded their advanced spiritual materials until each had what they needed.
• Lan Yue remembered Teng Snake's promise to give her the remaining goods after she helped him find the Scarlet Moon Sect Master, while Teng Snake secretly watched the sect master's door and forgot his debt.

Lan Yue watched Baili Tusu reunite with Yun Xi and accept both girls as his daughters, then reconsidered the tragic fate the original story had planned for them. With Yun Xi’s encouragement, she accepted the gifts and began preparing for the Tower of the Abyss.

• Lan Yue encountered Baili Tusu, who welcomed her as his child and offered her a Spatial Ring filled with treasures, but she initially refused it out of loyalty to Yun Xi.
• Yun Xi called Baili Tusu “Father,” and he joyfully gave her the other Spatial Ring while quietly crying over their reunion.
• Lan Yue left the father and daughter alone and reflected on how the original story had ended with Baili Tusu dying before he could reunite with Yun Xi.
• Yun Xi returned Lan Yue’s Spatial Ring, and Lan Yue happily accepted it.
• Lan Yue told Yun Xi that the Tower of the Abyss would open soon and proposed that they use her remembered information to prepare and claim its rewards.

Baili Tusu tried to stop Lan Yue and her friends from entering the Tower of the Abyss, but Yun Chong persuaded him to let them go. After Yun Chong warned him that they might both die in the future, Baili Tusu decided he would keep watch over him.

• The North Ridge Holy Lord used voice transmission to tell Baili Tusu about the original novel, the Protagonist Group, and Heaven's Mandate.
• Baili Tusu learned more about Lan Yue's past and grew furious, but Yun Chong reminded him that Lan Yue wanted to deal with her former tormentors herself.
• Baili Tusu blocked the Tower of the Abyss entrance and clung to Lan Yue's robe, refusing to let her and her friends enter.
• Yun Chong told the children to stay safe and let them enter the Tower of the Abyss after scolding Baili Tusu to let go.
• Yun Chong explained that Lan Yue knew what she was doing and warned that he and Baili Tusu might die in the future, prompting Baili Tusu to promise to watch over Yun Chong.

Lan Yue and her companions entered the Tower of the Abyss alongside disciples from several other sects seeking its hidden treasure. Kept together by special Jade Tokens, they prepared to face the tower’s dangers as Baili Xingzhou explained its history and the Devil Race’s attempts to corrupt it.

• The Black Snake Sect Master and Holy Spirit Sect Master demanded entry to the Tower of the Abyss based on old agreements, and the North Ridge Holy Lord let their sects and the Grand Cloud Sect send disciples inside.
• Lan Yue noticed Hei Ya and his two hostile-looking brothers among the entrants, then focused on helping Yun Xi obtain the tower’s special legacy.
• Light beams separated the entrants, but the Jade Tokens secretly given to Lan Yue’s group by the North Ridge Sacred Son kept them together.
• Lan Yue confidently resolved to guide the Protagonist Group through the tower’s dangers with the supplies and sponsorships she had gathered.
• Baili Xingzhou explained that the ancient Trial Grounds had once been altered by the Devil Race before the Former Holy Son reclaimed them for the North Ridge Sacred Ground.