Recaps

Ning Ke discovered that he had transmigrated into his sister’s unfinished novel as its archvillain, moments from being tortured by Lou Yunxiao. A plot repair system rewound time and sent him to save Lou Yunxiao after the Flowing Cloud Sect massacre, disguised as a beautiful woman.

• Ning Ke awoke imprisoned and learned that Lou Yunxiao planned to torture him for destroying the Flowing Cloud Sect and ruining his life.
• Ning Ke realized he had transmigrated into the final scene of his sister’s novel, where Lou Yunxiao was about to kill him.
• Xiao Yuan bound itself to Ning Ke and rewound time, giving him a mission to repair the first plot point and secure an important quest item.
• Xiao Yuan instructed Ning Ke to disguise himself as a beautiful woman and save Lou Yunxiao after the Flowing Cloud Sect was massacred.
• Ning Ke discovered he had returned to his powerful archvillain body, dressed in a purple gown and equipped with a fan.

Ning Ke learned that his subordinate had kicked the blinded, crippled Lou Yunxiao into the Demon Abyss, so he disguised himself as a fairy maiden and jumped after him. A portal carried them to the Demon Soul River, where Ning Ke discovered Lou Yunxiao had fallen beneath the water.

• Ning Ke saw Lou Yunxiao's injuries and realized the boy was the male lead he had been sent to save.
• A subordinate kicked Lou Yunxiao over the cliff, and Ning Ke claimed he would not survive the fall before sending the Demon Clan away.
• Ning Ke transformed into a fairy maiden and jumped after Lou Yunxiao as a portal opened and carried them away.
• The Sword Sect and Buddhist Order arrived, found only an ordinary cliff, and searched for Lou Yunxiao.
• Ning Ke reached the Demon Soul River, repelled its black-mist hands with foxfire, and learned Lou Yunxiao lay at the river's bottom.

Ning Ke rescued the dying Lou Yunxiao from the Demon Soul River and brought him to a makeshift home, but Lou’s injuries and poisoned organs left him near death. Xiao Yuan revealed that saving him would require Ning Ke to give him both his demon core and foxfire.

• Ning Ke used his foxfire to drive off the demon souls and found Lou Yunxiao unconscious on the riverbed.
• Ning Ke carried Lou Yunxiao to the surface and fed him demonic power converted into spiritual energy to keep him alive.
• Ning Ke explored his storage ring, then set up a wooden house and cared for Lou Yunxiao.
• Lou Yunxiao began coughing up blackened blood, and Xiao Yuan warned that he would not survive the night without further treatment.
• Xiao Yuan told Ning Ke that the only way to save Lou Yunxiao was to give him his demon core and foxfire.

Ning Ke saved the gravely injured Lou Yunxiao by giving him refined Natal Foxfire and a piece of his Demon Core, then sealed their connection and collapsed from exhaustion. Lou Yunxiao woke from dreams of his past and clung to Ning Ke, who demanded to know why he was squeezing his chest.

• Ning Ke followed Xiao Yuan’s instructions to refine part of his Natal Foxfire and give it to Lou Yunxiao.
• Ning Ke pressed the foxfire into Lou Yunxiao’s chest, where it consumed the demon souls attacking him and healed his body.
• Ning Ke bit off and fed Lou Yunxiao a piece of his Demon Core, which became a Golden Core and restored Lou Yunxiao’s cultivation.
• Ning Ke sealed the connection between their Demon Cores, then fell asleep from exhaustion beside Lou Yunxiao.
• Lou Yunxiao dreamed of his former genius, his defeat by the purple-robed Demon Venerable, and the warmth of someone who saved him.
• Lou Yunxiao clung to Ning Ke’s chest, and Ning Ke asked why he was squeezing him so hard.

Ning Ke rescued Lou Yunxiao from the Demon Abyss and learned about his vow to avenge the Flowing Cloud Sect. After Lou Yunxiao struggled with his blindness and weakness, Ning Ke offered to guide him in dual cultivation of Dao and demon.

• Lou Yunxiao woke, mistook Ning Ke's disguised appearance for a woman, and apologized for touching her chest.
• Lou Yunxiao discovered his injuries, shattered Golden Core, and ruined cultivation had been restored, then knelt and vowed to serve Ning Ke after avenging his blood feud.
• Ning Ke helped Lou Yunxiao up, asked about his past, and completed his rescue mission, though he still needed to find the mission item.
• Lou Yunxiao recounted his story and said he wanted revenge on Demon Venerable Ning Ke but feared he was too weak to cultivate quickly while blind.
• Ning Ke offered to guide Lou Yunxiao and asked whether he would consider dual cultivation of Dao and demon.

Ning Ke explained how Lou Yunxiao could balance devil cultivation with the Dao, and Lou Yunxiao chose to pursue both paths to gain strength and avenge his sect. Ning Ke began his training by throwing the blind Lou Yunxiao into the Demon Soul River and settling down to watch.

• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao that he could resist devilish thoughts by keeping his heart calm and balancing the devil path with the sword Dao.
• Lou Yunxiao committed to cultivating both paths so he could defeat the Demon Venerable and avenge his sect.
• Lou Yunxiao awkwardly asked Ning Ke how to practice dual cultivation, and Ning Ke clarified the lesson by taking him to the Demon Soul River.
• Ning Ke threw Lou Yunxiao into the river, telling him he would master the basics when he could climb out on his own.
• Ning Ke set up a lounge chair and tea beside the river and watched Lou Yunxiao struggle through the training.

Lou Yunxiao endured seven days in the Demon Soul River as he struggled to balance Ning Ke’s foxfire with his ice spirit root. After he emerged from the river, he caught Ning Ke’s skirt and told him, “Big sister, I caught you.”

• Lou Yunxiao used his ice spirit root and Ning Ke’s foxfire through separate sides of his body to resist the demon souls and survive the river.
• Ning Ke and Xiao Yuan talked on the riverbank while Lou Yunxiao remained submerged for seven days.
• Explosions split the river between boiling water and ice, and Lou Yunxiao briefly emerged before falling back into the river.
• Ning Ke approached the ice, worried Lou Yunxiao’s unstable body might not survive.
• Lou Yunxiao surfaced, caught Ning Ke’s skirt, and said, “Big sister, I caught you.”

Ning Ke discovered that Lou Yunxiao had begun cultivating both demonic and orthodox paths, then fed and taught him before they went to sleep. Lou Yunxiao secretly decided that growing stronger might give him another reason to live beyond seeking revenge.

• Ning Ke pulled Lou Yunxiao from the Demon Soul River and discovered that he had taken his first step in combining demonic and orthodox cultivation.
• Lou Yunxiao tried to catch two monstrous, human-faced fish, but Ning Ke threw them back and fed him spirit fruit instead.
• Ning Ke explained the precautions of demonic cultivation to Lou Yunxiao until after midnight.
• Lou Yunxiao offered Ning Ke the bed, but Ning Ke teased him, saying he was too young to be a romantic prospect.
• Lou Yunxiao wondered whether Ning Ke would still call him too young if he became a mighty cultivator, and secretly gained a new reason to grow stronger.

Ning Ke continued training Lou Yunxiao in the Demon Abyss, where Lou grew stronger by cultivating in the Demon Soul River but still lost their sparring matches. When Lou asked why Ning Ke stayed in the Demon Abyss, Ning Ke claimed he was waiting for someone he loved, leaving Lou heartbroken and unwilling to spar.

• Lou Yunxiao learned to chase and devour demon souls in the Demon Soul River as the area he could freeze or boil grew larger.
• Ning Ke beat Lou Yunxiao in their sparring sessions, and Lou asked what kind of cultivator Ning Ke was.
• Ning Ke told Lou that he was probably a body cultivator who also knew some alchemy and rarely used a sword.
• Lou asked why Ning Ke had come to the demon realm, and Ning Ke asked Xiao Yuan how to answer.
• Ning Ke claimed he was waiting in the Demon Abyss for someone he loved who had disappeared after being possessed by a demon.
• Lou apologized for prying, wished the person would return, and jumped into the river to cultivate instead of sparring.

Ning Ke prepared Lou Yunxiao to leave the Demon Abyss, giving him a magical ribbon for his blind eyes as a parting gift. When Lou Yunxiao gave Ning Ke the Lou Family Heirloom Token and promised to return, Ning Ke completed his mission and began returning to the correct time.

• Ning Ke realized a year had passed and that he still had not found the mission item.
• Ning Ke gave Lou Yunxiao a magical ribbon to nourish his blind eyes and urged him to leave the Demon Abyss to pursue revenge.
• Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to leave with him, but Ning Ke said he would stay and asked Lou Yunxiao to see the world for him.
• Lou Yunxiao gave Ning Ke the Lou Family Heirloom Token and vowed to return for him after taking revenge.
• Xiao Yuan announced that Ning Ke had obtained the mission item and started the countdown to return to the correct time.

After returning from the Demon Abyss, Ning Ke found himself back in Lou Yunxiao’s dungeon and learned that Lou Yunxiao still had him by the throat. Lou Yunxiao recognized the Jade Pendant and demanded to know what Ning Ke had done to his big sister, but Ning Ke threatened that killing him would mean never seeing her again.

• Lou Yunxiao escaped through the passage to the Human Realm as Ning Ke sent him through, and the mission ended with Ning Ke losing consciousness.
• Ning Ke woke in the dungeon with Lou Yunxiao choking him, and Xiao Yuan dropped the Jade Pendant onto the floor.
• Lou Yunxiao picked up the pendant, recognized it as the one he had given his big sister, and asked Ning Ke if he had been to the Demon Abyss.
• Ning Ke implied that he knew the woman Lou Yunxiao called his big sister, making Lou Yunxiao seize him and demand to know what he had done to her.
• Ning Ke warned Lou Yunxiao that if he killed him, he would never see his big sister again.

Ning Ke woke chained and injured in Lou Yunxiao’s quarters, where he taunted the Sword Sect master and asked him to grill fish. Lou Yunxiao destroyed the food, saying he had given up fish because she did not like it.

• Ning Ke woke in a bed with his wounds bandaged and his wrists and ankles secured by warded chains.
• Ning Ke joked with Xiao Yuan about his failed acting audition and his inability to cry.
• Lou Yunxiao demanded that Ning Ke reveal where she was, but Ning Ke teased him instead.
• Ning Ke asked Lou Yunxiao to bring fish ingredients so he could grill them, and Lou Yunxiao stayed beside him as he cooked.
• Ning Ke offered Lou Yunxiao the last fish, but Lou Yunxiao turned it and the charcoal to ash and said he had given up fish because she did not like it.

Ning Ke endured the pain of his sealed cultivation and asked Xiao Yuan to begin the second Time Reversal. He awoke in the Demon Realm as its wealthy lord, surrounded by tribute, and discovered Yueya had brought him the sequel to an embarrassing book.

• Ning Ke lied to Lou Yunxiao that the Snow Snake Tribe might help him find his sister, and Lou Yunxiao left after threatening him.
• Once Lou Yunxiao was gone, Ning Ke called Xiao Yuan and requested Time Reversal to escape his pain.
• Ning Ke awoke in a lavish hall as a demon lord while several tribes presented him with tribute.
• Ning Ke ordered Yin Feng to store the gifts and let Yueya choose whatever treasures she wanted.
• Yueya gave Ning Ke the latest edition of My Days and Nights with the Daoist Supreme, and he realized it was a sequel.

Ning Ke accepted his second-stage mission to play A Ke, a junior disciple hopelessly in love with Lou Yunxiao, after dreaming of his sister grieving over him in the hospital. He arrived at the Immortal Sect Recruitment Assembly, where the leaders of the four great sects competed to recruit him.

• Xiao Yuan assigned Ning Ke the role of A Ke, whose plot required him to gouge out his eyes and self-detonate for Lou Yunxiao, and explained that A Ke’s lack of a backstory was a plot hole.
• Ning Ke dreamed that he lay gravely injured in a hospital while his sister pleaded for him to wake up, then agreed to take on the mission so he could return home.
• The leaders of the four remaining great sects discussed the Flowing Cloud Sect’s destruction and Lou Yunxiao, whom Gao Ze had confined in the Demon-Sealing Pagoda.
• Ning Ke joined the young candidates climbing to the recruitment assembly in disguise, and the leaders noticed his exceptional looks, fire heavenly spiritual root, and Golden Core cultivation.
• Hong Yao, Wei Qinghai, Abbot Wujue, and Gao Ze each claimed Ning Ke for their sect, while Gao Ze worried that the Sword Sect could not afford his lavish clothes.

Ning Ke joined the Sword Sect after declaring that he could support himself, then met a girl whose resemblance to his sister unsettled him. When she introduced herself as Ning Xiaoxiao, he recognized the novel’s female lead and wondered how he could compete with someone who looked like his little sister while pretending to pursue the male lead.

• Hong Yao tried to recruit Ning Ke to the Music Sect, but he chose the Sword Sect and offered Gao Ze his wealth to prove he could handle its poverty.
• Gao Ze accepted Ning Ke, and the remaining recruits were distributed unevenly among the sects, with the Sword Sect receiving the fewest.
• A little girl asked Ning Ke to look after her because she feared going hungry in the poor Sword Sect, and her resemblance to his younger sister moved him to feed her.
• Ning Ke noticed the girl’s strange wooden token and asked her name.
• The girl introduced herself as Ning Xiaoxiao, and Ning Ke realized she was the novel’s female lead and looked remarkably like his sister.

Ning Ke brought Ning Xiaoxiao to the Sword Sect, spoiled her with a renovated home and gifts, and learned that Lou Yunxiao had been released from confinement. He sent Ning Xiaoxiao away for the night and went to find Lou Yunxiao.

• Ning Ke warned Ning Xiaoxiao to stay away from men, while thinking he would protect her from falling for Lou Yunxiao.
• Gao Ze brought Ning Ke and Ning Xiaoxiao to the Sword Sect and told them to treat Lou Yunxiao as their eldest senior brother despite rumors about his demonic cultivation.
• Ning Ke paid to renovate their shared courtyard and filled Ning Xiaoxiao's room with jewelry, clothes, and plush toys.
• Xiao Yuan told Ning Ke that Lou Yunxiao had been released from the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, and Ning Ke saw him being led toward the main peak in shackles.
• Ning Ke sent Ning Xiaoxiao to stay with the inner sect disciples and headed to the main peak to find Lou Yunxiao.

Lou Yunxiao faced the four sect leaders’ decision on whether he could leave the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, until Ning Ke intervened and vowed to watch over him. The leaders agreed to give Lou Yunxiao a chance, and Hong Yao reminded Ning Ke to keep his promise.

• Hong Yao approved Lou Yunxiao’s release, but Wei Qinghai and Abbot Wujue opposed it and proposed imprisoning him in the Demon-Sealing Pagoda for life.
• As Abbot Wujue tested him, Lou Yunxiao’s emotions threatened to unsettle the balance between his demonic and spiritual energies.
• Ning Ke crashed into the hall, steadied Lou Yunxiao, and interrupted the tense confrontation.
• Lou Yunxiao swore he would take his own life if demonic energy ever controlled him and harmed others.
• Ning Ke promised to stay with Lou Yunxiao and stop him if he became dangerous, and Wei Qinghai changed his vote to support giving him a chance.
• Abbot Wujue left in anger, and Hong Yao warned Ning Ke not to break his promise to keep watching Lou Yunxiao.

Ning Ke cared for Lou Yunxiao by helping him settle in and bringing him a meal, while Lou Yunxiao struggled to accept kindness. Lou Yunxiao finally agreed to become Ning Ke’s sparring partner and decided to learn how to return his sincerity.

• Ning Ke promised to pay for the damage to the Sword Sect’s hall, and Gao Ze entrusted Lou Yunxiao to his care.
• Ning Ke freed Lou Yunxiao from his shackles, held his hand, and guided him back to the courtyard while explaining the renovated room.
• Ning Ke learned Lou Yunxiao had survived on Grain-Avoidance Pills in the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, so he brought back a tableful of food.
• Lou Yunxiao asked why Ning Ke was so good to him and said he feared accepting kindness that he might later lose.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao to accept his care and repay him by sparring, and Lou Yunxiao agreed to become his opponent.

Ning Ke flirted with Lou Yunxiao by guiding his hands over his face, but Lou Yunxiao stayed composed and refused to say whether he liked Ning Ke’s looks. The next day, Ning Ke warned Ning Xiaoxiao to avoid Lou Yunxiao, unaware that she had misread their closeness as evidence of a romance.

• While Lou Yunxiao ate, Ning Ke praised his looks and invited him to feel his face.
• Lou Yunxiao touched Ning Ke’s face with both hands, then stepped away and said Ning Ke’s features were good but that his opinion did not matter.
• Ning Xiaoxiao secretly watched them and concluded that Ning Ke had welcomed Lou Yunxiao because he was in love with him.
• The next day, Ning Ke introduced Lou Yunxiao to Ning Xiaoxiao and warned her that he practiced demonic cultivation and could be dangerous.
• Ning Xiaoxiao assured Ning Ke she would not spend time alone with Lou Yunxiao, then secretly watched the two men hold hands as Ning Ke led him to a seat.

Ning Ke learned about the weakening barriers between the realms and asked Lou Yunxiao why he had come to the Sword Sect after the Flowing Cloud Sect fell. After defending Lou Yunxiao from the other disciples’ suspicions, Ning Ke fought him in the Arena and removed his silk eye band, provoking a lethal response.

• Ning Ke listened to a history lesson about the realms’ separation, the weakening barriers, and the Sword Sect’s responsibilities and poverty.
• Ning Ke asked Lou Yunxiao why he had joined the Sword Sect, and Lou Yunxiao said his mother had told him to seek out Sect Master Gao if anything happened to their sect.
• A disciple warned Ning Ke about Lou Yunxiao’s demonic energy, but Ning Ke declared that he trusted his senior brother and that Lou Yunxiao was different.
• Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to spar, and the two fought in the Arena as Lou Yunxiao defended against Ning Ke’s attacks with a balanced sword style.
• Ning Ke pulled off Lou Yunxiao’s silk band to claim a playful victory, but Lou Yunxiao pointed his sword at Ning Ke’s neck and demanded that he give it back.

Lou Yunxiao apologized to Ning Ke for hurting him over the ribbon, and the two reconciled over wine beneath the osmanthus tree. As Ning Ke helped Lou Yunxiao become accepted by the disciples, winter arrived and the Sword Sect prepared to open the Sword Tomb.

• Lou Yunxiao realized he had lost control during the spar, apologized to Ning Ke, and left with his ribbon while Ning Ke explained that he had provoked him.
• Ning Xiaoxiao warned Ning Ke to stay away from Lou Yunxiao, but later Lou Yunxiao brought Ning Ke wound medicine and sincerely apologized.
• Ning Ke invited Lou Yunxiao to drink beneath the osmanthus tree, where Lou Yunxiao spoke fondly of the big sister who had saved him and then fell asleep.
• Ning Ke carried Lou Yunxiao to bed and privately assured Xiao Yuan that he could keep his feelings separate from his role.
• Ning Ke continued sparring with Lou Yunxiao and involving him with the disciples, who gradually warmed to him.
• Winter arrived, and the Sword Sect prepared to open the Sword Tomb so its disciples could choose swords.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao entered the Sword Tomb, where Ning Xiaoxiao acquired the sword Jinglan and the divine swords Pale Silver and Red Cloud chose Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke. Ning Ke’s quest advanced to 20 percent after he claimed Red Cloud.

• Gao Ze and the supervising elders opened the Sword Tomb, and Lou Yunxiao used Foxfire to warm Ning Ke as they entered.
• Ning Xiaoxiao rushed toward Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao with a sword, so Lou Yunxiao froze her to stop her from crashing into them.
• Ning Xiaoxiao kept Jinglan after Ning Ke explained that the sword had chosen her.
• Pale Silver and Red Cloud emerged from the Sword Pool and flew to Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke.
• Lou Yunxiao took Pale Silver, and Ning Ke grasped Red Cloud, triggering a system notification that his second-stage quest progress had reached 20 percent.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao claimed the Twin Swords, and Gao Ze warned that the seals on the great demons were loosening. On the way to Ning Family Village for New Year, Ning Ke explored the Golden Silk Wooden Token and glimpsed a mysterious talisman before Lou Yunxiao woke him.

• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao recognized Pale Silver and Red Cloud as Twin Swords, claimed them as their masters, and learned from Gao Ze that the great demons’ seals were weakening.
• Gao Ze kept the danger from the disciples and told them they could go home for the New Year or stay at the sect.
• Ning Ke invited Lou Yunxiao and Ning Xiaoxiao to spend the New Year at Ning Xiaoxiao’s family home, and they set off aboard Ning Ke’s warm Flying Ship.
• Ning Ke examined the Golden Silk Wooden Token and rapidly learned to draw several talismans from its contents.
• Ning Ke saw an enormous talisman resembling a gravestone, felt something stir beneath it, and woke when Lou Yunxiao and Ning Xiaoxiao called to him.

Ning Ke put away the Golden Silk Wooden Token and tried to coax the sulking Lou Yunxiao into carrying him through the snow. As Lou Yunxiao carried him, Ning Ke remembered his family and confessed that he had lied, leaving the reason for his apology unresolved.

• Ning Ke agreed to teach Ning Xiaoxiao the contents of the Golden Silk Wooden Token, while Xiao Yuan unlocked a side quest tied to the token.
• Ning Ke realized Lou Yunxiao had gone outside after he slapped his hand away and ignored him.
• Ning Ke tried to coax Lou Yunxiao by pretending to hurt his ankle, and Lou Yunxiao returned and carried him on his back.
• As Lou Yunxiao carried him through the snowy woods, Ning Ke remembered his family and said he missed home.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao that his home was far away and apologized for lying to him.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao visited Ning Xiaoxiao’s adoptive family and shared a bed that night. Lou Yunxiao suspected Ning Ke might be his big sister because they had the same scent, but Ning Ke’s teasing seemed to put the suspicion to rest before he confessed he loved Lou Yunxiao.

• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao reconciled as Lou Yunxiao promised to help Ning Ke return home, then they joined Ning Xiaoxiao at Ning Family Village.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao brought gifts to Ning Xiaoxiao’s adoptive parents and shared an evening meal with the family.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao shared a bed, and Ning Ke cuddled Lou Yunxiao to keep him warm.
• Lou Yunxiao recognized Ning Ke’s scent as the same one he remembered from his big sister and wondered whether they were the same person.
• Ning Ke joked that he would give Lou Yunxiao a handmade sachet, then told him that Lou Yunxiao was the person he loved.