Chapter Summaries

The Scarlet Moon Sect Master negotiated with Yun Chong after taking Elder Lu away, demanding the chance to recruit Lan Yue and then settling for a stay as a guest. After she entered the Southern Spirit Sect, Lan Yue’s thoughts and a scene exposing the Fifth Elder’s stolen dried fish appeared in everyone’s minds.

• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master demanded compensation for Elder Lu’s treatment of her daughter and proposed making Lan Yue her chief disciple and successor.
• Yun Chong refused to give Lan Yue up, despite the Scarlet Moon Sect Master’s promises and his attempt to disparage Lan Yue’s cultivation progress.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master proposed staying as a guest instead, and Yun Chong opened the Protective Array to let her into the Southern Spirit Sect.
• Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed that the Fifth Elder had stolen the spirit cats’ dried fish, and her shared scene showed the crumbs on his beard to everyone nearby.

Lan Yue and her companions left for Spirit Moon Peak, but the Scarlet Moon Sect Master intercepted them and tried to recruit Lan Yue and Yun Xi. Lan Yue chose to stay at Spirit Moon Peak, while her final thought revealed that the North Ridge Sacred Son had a secret crush on Yun Chong.

• Lan Yue remembered Li Bai’s eye trouble and offered to take him to the Fifth Elder, but Li Bai insisted he was fine and the group headed back to Spirit Moon Peak.
• Er Dan flew in the wrong direction until Lan Yue manually turned the spirit turtle around.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master appeared and tried to recruit Lan Yue, but Yun Chong arrived and warned the group not to trust her.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master gave Lan Yue and Yun Xi Red Moon Tokens and offered to make everything free if they joined her sect.
• Lan Yue decided to stay at Spirit Moon Peak, citing her attachment to Er Dan and the people she wanted to watch, and Yun Chong hurried the group away.
• Lan Yue thought that the North Ridge Sacred Son had a secret crush on Yun Chong, making Yun Chong freeze and the Scarlet Moon Sect Master eager to hear more.

Lan Yue arrived at the Four Arts Hall with Yun Xi, Li Bai, and Er Dan, where she considered studying Divination after learning it involved Spirit Tortoises. Her interest led Li Bai to reveal that the sect’s elder who had studied Divination was her master, Guangji, and Lan Yue discovered gossip about him while he was in seclusion.

• The Sect Master brought Lan Yue, Li Bai, Yun Xi, and Er Dan to the Four Arts Hall, while the Scarlet Moon Sect Master stayed behind at the sect.
• Li Bai explained the Four Cultivation Arts, and Lan Yue wondered whether she could find overlooked bargains by following the protagonist crew.
• Yun Xi chose Alchemy, while Lan Yue became interested in tortoise-based Divination after Li Bai described the ancient technique.
• Li Bai mistakenly named Lan Yue’s master, Guangji, as Fairy Guangji, prompting Lan Yue to wonder whether her master was a female immortal.
• Li Bai corrected himself and said Guangji was Lan Yue’s master, who was in seclusion, and Lan Yue found gossip about him.

Lan Yue uncovered the stories behind Guangji’s title, Fairy Guangji, including how his disguises repeatedly drew the attention of a Northern Region playboy. The elders and the Scarlet Moon Sect Master listened in on the gossip, which ended with the playboy encountering Guangji for a third time.

• The elders and the Sect Master secretly gathered their spiritual senses to listen as Lan Yue watched Guangji’s past.
• Lan Yue saw that Guangji had disguised himself as a beautiful woman to hunt demonic evil, but his appearance scared the evil away.
• A young master from a Northern Region aristocratic clan tried to take Guangji away, but Guangji left him depressed for three years.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master joined Yun Chong and the others to listen to Lan Yue’s account.
• Lan Yue revealed that the young master later pursued Guangji twice more in disguise and suffered humiliating punishments each time.

Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed more gossip about her master’s past, while Silver Snow appeared harmless and affectionate in her arms. The chapter ended with her master emerging from seclusion and catching her laughing about his reputation as Fairy Guangji.

• The elders learned that a former playboy became a celebrated cultivator after a frightening experience, then joined the North Ridge Sacred Ground as a guest elder.
• Lan Yue and Silver Snow agreed to travel together to the North Ridge Sacred Ground for the Four Regions Tournament.
• The elders feared Silver Snow had escaped its suppression, but Yun Chong showed them the Ancient Sword lounging contentedly in Lan Yue’s arms.
• Lan Yue discovered that her master’s reputation as Fairy Guangji began after a distorted story and a sighting of him dressed as a woman spread through the Northern Region.
• Lan Yue turned and found her master staring at her, then greeted him after he emerged from seclusion.

Guangji forced Lan Yue to learn Sword Flight through three days of perilous training, while his visit to the Spirit Artifact Hall frightened a new disciple because of rumors about his past. Lan Yue finally managed to stay on her sword, but her plans to seek gossip about Guangji convinced him to intensify her training.

• Guangji sent Lan Yue flying on Silver Snow to expose that she had not learned Sword Flight, while the disciples at the Four Arts Hall fell silent around him.
• At the Spirit Artifact Hall, Lin Shu fainted after senior brothers frightened him with stories about Guangji, who collected his commissioned Spirit Sword and left a porcelain bottle as goodwill.
• Yun Chong ended the elders’ gathering after Guangji left, and they hurried away to avoid sparring with him.
• Guangji made Lan Yue practice Sword Flight for three days, catching her whenever she was about to fall, until she could stay on the sword.
• Lan Yue lamented her exhausting training, then thought about finding gossip about Guangji, prompting him to decide to intensify her training.

Lan Yue discovered a Divination inheritance, reunited with Qing Zhu, and followed her to Spirit Artifact Hall, where she learned about its training and benefits. When Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed Yun Xi’s future as a Ninth-Level Alchemist with rare talent in Artifact Refining, elders from both halls rushed over.

• Lan Yue activated a mysterious tortoise shell and received a Divination inheritance.
• Qing Zhu recognized Lan Yue from the martial arena and offered to support her, then invited her to Spirit Artifact Hall.
• Li Bai and Yun Xi joined Lan Yue and Qing Zhu as they headed to Spirit Artifact Hall.
• Qing Zhu explained the hall’s artifact-forging work, material allotments, and six-month qualification trial, and showed them her Bamboo Rain Umbrella and hidden Spirit Sword.
• Lan Yue thought that Yun Xi might choose Artifact Refining despite becoming a Ninth-Level Alchemist in the original novel, and elders from Artifact Refining Hall and Alchemy Hall hurried over.

The Spirit Artifact Hall and Alchemy Pavilion elders fought over who would take Yun Xi, after learning of her talent for repairing an Immortal Artifact and alchemy. More elders joined the brawl, while Lan Yue startled Li Bai by suggesting that she and Yun Xi practice dual cultivation.

• Fang Ding and the Spirit Artifact Hall master argued over whether Yun Xi should study in the Alchemy Pavilion or stay in the Spirit Artifact Hall.
• The two leaders agreed to fight over Yun Xi and activated the Four Arts Hall's Protective Array.
• Lan Yue and Li Bai watched the elders battle, and Lan Yue realized they were fighting over Yun Xi.
• Fang Ding and the Spirit Artifact Hall master exchanged arguments through voice transmission as their fight spread across the Southern Spirit Sect.
• Other elders joined the battle after learning what had happened.
• Lan Yue suggested dual cultivation with Yun Xi, making Li Bai choke in shock.

Yun Chong ended the fight between the Alchemy Pavilion and Spirit Artifact Hall by deciding Yun Xi could study both arts, while Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed that the Spirit Artifact Hall’s missing disciple had been harmed. Lan Yue discovered the culprit was called Steel Egg, who had been using Er Dan’s name.

• Yun Chong stopped the elders’ fight and declared that Yun Xi could learn both alchemy and artifact crafting.
• Yuan Su and Fang Ding made peace, but Lan Yue’s thoughts about a missing Spirit Artifact Hall disciple left Yuan Su too uneasy to depart.
• Yun Chong warned the elders that arguing would cost them the chance to teach Yun Xi, then spoke with Guangji about Lan Yue and her Immortal Artifact.
• Guangji blushed when Yun Chong asked about her time in the Northern Region, making the other elders eager for gossip.
• Lan Yue read that the missing disciple’s disappearance was the fault of someone called Steel Egg, who had been using Er Dan’s name.

Lan Yue exposed Black Ghost Village’s secret and revealed that its villagers had fed a ghost creature by luring in outsiders, including Yuan Su’s sister, Yuan Xia. Yuan Su learned that Yuan Xia had died protecting her child, and he vowed to protect his nephew Yuan Bao while seeking the truth about his actions.

• Lan Yue revealed that Black Ghost Village was secretly feeding a ghost creature with the flesh and blood of people it lured there, and Yuan Su realized he had visited without detecting it.
• Lan Yue explained that the villagers had exploited Yuan Xia’s weakened condition after she arrived to recover, then delivered her to the ghost creature while she was unconscious.
• Lan Yue revealed that Yuan Xia had protected her newborn with her spirit artifacts before the ghost creature devoured her, causing Yuan Su to collapse and spit blood.
• Yun Chong contained the elders with a formation and helped Yuan Su regain his senses, reminding him that Yuan Bao’s fate was still unknown.
• Yuan Su knelt before his spirit artifact and begged the Sect Master to spare Yuan Bao if he was guilty, offering to take his punishment or leave for the Southern Region Battlefield.

Lan Yue’s inner thoughts exposed that Yuan Bao was a human-ghost hybrid who had replaced Yuan Xia’s real son, while the real child had been hidden and abused by villagers and a ghost. Yuan Su realized he had raised his sister’s killer’s child and learned too late that his real nephew might still be alive underground.

• Lan Yue wondered about Yuan Bao after noticing his profile card was black and red, then realized he was a human-ghost hybrid.
• Lan Yue revealed that Yuan Bao was the ghost’s child with a local villager, and the elders questioned what had happened to Yuan Xia’s real child.
• Lan Yue described how the villagers and ghost had hidden the real child underground on a Cold Jade Bed while draining his blood to strengthen Yuan Bao.
• Yun Chong explained that ten-thousand-year cold jade could conceal auras and seal bloodlines, while Yuan Su regretted trusting the villagers and giving them gifts.
• Fang Ding and the Spirit Artifact Hall elders let Yuan Su vent his shock by coughing up blood, as they realized Yuan Bao was not truly Yuan Xia’s son.

Lan Yue learned that Yuan Shuo was Yuan Su’s missing nephew, whose blood had been drained and meridians destroyed. After the System revealed Yuan Shuo’s ghost-spirit physique and said he was hiding in the Spirit Artifact Hall, Silver Snow raced off to rescue him.

• Lan Yue recalled that Yuan Shuo was the abused child who became the archvillain Fang Shuo, and Yuan Su realized the missing disciple was his nephew.
• Yuan Su regretted failing Yuan Xia and resolved to find Yuan Shuo and make amends after hearing how Yuan Bao had tortured him and drained his blood.
• Lan Yue learned that Yuan Shuo’s meridians had been destroyed, but the System explained that his rare ghost-spirit physique could awaken if he survived being pushed to the brink of death.
• The System revealed that Yuan Shuo was in the Spirit Artifact Hall and told Lan Yue to send Silver Snow, which could break through any formation.
• Lan Yue urged Silver Snow to charge into the Spirit Artifact Hall, and Silver Snow shot off as a streak of silvery-white light.

Lan Yue and her companions found Yuan Shuo hidden in a chest in the Spirit Artifact Hall, and Yuan Su took him away for treatment after Fang Ding calmed him. The next day, Guangji began teaching Lan Yue Divination on Spirit Moon Peak, leaving Lan Yue struggling to focus.

• Silver Snow led Lan Yue and the others to a chest in the Spirit Artifact Hall and broke it open, revealing the wounded Yuan Shuo.
• Yun Chong removed the ten-thousand-year cold jade from Yuan Shuo, and Yuan Su recognized him as Xiaxia's child before trying to stab himself.
• Fang Ding stopped Yuan Su, gave Yuan Shuo Life-Saving Pills, and earned the boy's trust before Yuan Su carried him away for treatment.
• Lan Yue learned that Guangji had gone to investigate who harmed the sect's disciple, then asked where her master had gone.
• The next day, Guangji put Lan Yue on a rock on Spirit Moon Peak to practice sensing purple qi and began scolding her when she lost focus.

Lan Yue tried to persuade Er Dan to join her inside the formation, then claimed the gifts Silver Snow had received after saving people. When Li Bai came to visit her, Silver Snow carried him off toward her, with Yun Xi following behind.

• Lan Yue tried to lure Er Dan onto the rock, but Guangji warned her that only she could stay inside the formation.
• Silver Snow arrived covered in gifts, and Lan Yue coaxed it into handing them over for her to store.
• Silver Snow told Lan Yue that people had given it the gifts for saving people the previous day, and Lan Yue encouraged it to accept more.
• Li Bai received Lan Yue's message and set out to visit her, but Silver Snow carried him through the air without letting him ride properly.
• Yun Xi declined to ride Silver Snow and followed on her Embroidered Sword as Silver Snow led the way to Lan Yue.

Lan Yue learned that Yuan Bao had been taken through a Demon Abyss Rift after the Ghost Creature was slain, and she worried he might become a new threat. The elders rewarded Lan Yue, Yun Xi, and Li Bai with ten-thousand-year cold jade and warned them to stay inside the sect as the danger grew.

• Lan Yue heard from Li Bai and Yun Xi that Guangji and the Spirit Artifact Hall Master had killed the Ghost Creature, which Yuan Bao had helped hide and feed with sect disciples.
• Yun Xi told Lan Yue that a hand from a Demon Abyss Rift had snatched Yuan Bao away, and Lan Yue realized he might become the Demon Realm's new main villain.
• Yun Xi resolved to protect Lan Yue after hearing her thoughts about the danger, while Lan Yue considered how to warn others about future rifts.
• The Fifth Elder gave Lan Yue a ten-thousand-year cold jade as a reward for Silver Snow's service, and Lan Yue accepted it after Guangji encouraged her.
• The Fifth Elder gave matching jade to Yun Xi and Li Bai and ordered them to wear their Jade Pendants and avoid leaving the sect unless necessary.
• The elders overheard Lan Yue's thoughts about the novel's male lead and other protagonists, and they grew alarmed that someone might pursue her.

Yun Chong left Yun Xi in Lan Yue’s care on Spirit Moon Peak while he dealt with the Demon Abyss Rift, and the two girls quickly bonded over fishing, feeding spirit tortoises, and resting. Yun Xi realized Lan Yue’s fishing was behind the spirit fish’s disappearance, then accepted Lan Yue’s request to call her Junior Sister.

• Yun Chong entrusted Yun Xi to Lan Yue, gave Yun Xi a Storage Ring of cultivation materials, and said the Grand Elder would be her master when he returned from the ruins.
• Lan Yue took Yun Xi to spear spirit fish in the stream, and the Sect Master watched from above with growing regret.
• Lan Yue and Yun Xi roasted the fish and fed the spirit tortoises, while Er Dan became heartbroken after Lan Yue mistook his jealousy over a mate.
• Yun Xi recognized the fish as the unusual spirit fish the Second Elder had been raising near Silk Orchid Peak and chose not to reveal what happened to them.
• Lan Yue persuaded Yun Xi to call her Junior Sister, then declared they would attain unity between heaven and humanity before lying down to nap with her.

Yuan Su brought the silent Yuan Shuo to Spirit Moon Peak, where Lan Yue’s chaotic escape from the Second Elder’s pursuit made the boy smile and speak again. The chase continued after Lan Yue took Yuan Shuo as a hostage, while her private thoughts left the Second Elder furious and everyone else questioning his supposed bizarre hobby.

• Yuan Su and the Second Elder brought Yuan Shuo to Spirit Moon Peak and found Lan Yue and Yun Xi asleep among Spirit Tortoises that had eaten the Second Elder’s fish.
• The Second Elder chased Lan Yue, Yun Xi, and the fleeing Spirit Tortoises, and Yuan Shuo smiled as he watched the commotion.
• Yuan Su asked the Second Elder to keep chasing after Yuan Shuo smiled, offering him a Spirit Artifact in return.
• Lan Yue had Silver Snow take Yuan Shuo as a hostage, but Yuan Shuo handed over his Storage Ring and then agreed to be her ally.
• Lan Yue’s thoughts about the Second Elder’s bizarre hobby enraged him, and she fled with Yuan Shuo and Yun Xi as Yuan Su looked at the Second Elder suspiciously.

Lan Yue revealed the Second Elder’s childhood curse and a way to cure it, while the Second Elder learned that the needed starlight flowers would soon appear in new ruins on Spirit-Denuded Island. The sect learned the ruins had been concealed before and prepared to claim them this time.

• Lan Yue exposed the Second Elder’s Stench Spirit-Draining Banner and revealed that he had been cursed since birth, with lingering effects that could eventually turn him into a monster.
• Lan Yue identified rootless powder and starlight flowers as the cure, and the Second Elder learned that Elder Guangji had rootless powder.
• Lan Yue recalled that new ruins would appear on Spirit-Denuded Island in half a month and that someone had hidden their discovery while working with the Greenstone Sect.
• The elders and disciples learned about the ruins and suspected the Greenstone Sect of concealing them, resolving to protect the sect’s claim.

Lan Yue took Yun Xi and Yuan Shuo to Guangji’s herb garden to find rootless powder, but discovered the rootless fruit tree had escaped. As she chased it and tried to use the Three Realms Gossip System on it, the tree slowed down.

• Qing Zhu and several disciples discussed the hidden ruins on Spirit-Denuded Island and watched Lan Yue flee from a distance.
• Lan Yue and Yun Xi flew away on Silver Snow, then took Yuan Shuo with them to avoid the Second Elder and reach Guangji’s herb garden.
• Lan Yue gave Yun Xi and Yuan Shuo buckets and had them water herbs by the Cold Pool while she searched the garden.
• Lan Yue found only a hole where the rootless fruit tree had been and chased the white blur as it ran away.
• Lan Yue tried to find gossip about the fruit tree through the Three Realms Gossip System, and the tree noticeably slowed its escape.

Lan Yue comforted the Rootless Fruit sapling after learning its parents had abandoned it, then accidentally made it cry until it shed leaves. As the elders investigated the ruins near Spirit-Denuded Island and Li Bai joined the group on Spirit Moon Peak, Lan Yue led everyone into building villas, while her remark that the male lead might appear soon made nearby listeners hide and wait.

• Lan Yue read the Rootless Fruit sapling's history aloud, found it crying in its hole, and collected the leaves it shed while trying to comfort it.
• The Fifth Elder warned those who knew about the ruins on Spirit-Denuded Island to keep quiet, then departed with the Second Elder, the Spirit Artifact Hall Master, and disciples to guard them.
• Li Bai arrived at Spirit Moon Peak, saw the sapling's bald patch, and made it cry again; Lan Yue stopped it by carrying it in her arms.
• Li Bai reported that the sect would soon have a new secret realm, while Lan Yue privately recognized the site as ruins and recalled the Greenstone Sect's past betrayal.
• Lan Yue gave Li Bai a shovel and started digging villas for Er Dan and the others as disciples flew off to report the Greenstone Sect's suspected ties to the Demon Domain.
• Lan Yue wondered whether the male lead would appear soon, prompting the nearby listeners and two departing disciples to hide and wait.