Chapter Summaries

After learning that Lou Yunxiao had been captured by the Demon while rescuing Ning Xiaoxiao, Ning Ke found Xiaoxiao and promised to save him. He sent Xiaoxiao to warn the other disciples while he went to the Demon’s underground palace, and she reluctantly agreed despite fearing she would never see him again.

• After the sandstorm ended, Xiao Yuan told Ning Ke that Lou Yunxiao and Ning Xiaoxiao had entered the Demon’s underground palace, where Lou had been captured; Ning Ke headed south to find Xiaoxiao.
• Two days later, Ning Ke found Ning Xiaoxiao and the little sand rat, healed Xiaoxiao, and learned that she blamed herself for Lou’s capture.
• Ning Ke reassured Xiaoxiao that Lou was alive and promised to bring him back safe and sound.
• Ning Ke told Xiaoxiao to find the other disciples and warn them about the Demon, while She-She took python form to protect her.
• Though Xiaoxiao begged to accompany Ning Ke, he insisted she go warn the others, and she reluctantly accepted after he promised they would meet again.

Lou Yunxiao discovered that the Demon had possessed him and chose to kill himself rather than let it use him to harm others. The Demon tried to turn his corpse into a living dead, while Ning Ke sensed Lou Yunxiao’s suffering on the surface.

• Lou Yunxiao escaped the underground palace with a captured disciple, but the Demon seized control of his body and made him stab the boy.
• Lou Yunxiao used Ning Ke’s origin foxfire to resist the Demon, then sent the dying disciple away on the Pale Silver Sword.
• Lou Yunxiao drove an ice sword through his own heart to prevent the Demon from controlling him and harming others.
• The Demon broke out of Lou Yunxiao’s body but remained trapped by the underground palace’s golden runes, so he flooded Lou Yunxiao’s corpse with demonic energy to make him a living dead.
• On the surface, Ning Ke clutched the Red Cloud Sword and felt Lou Yunxiao’s agony as he resisted.

Ning Ke found Lou Yunxiao in the underground palace, only to discover that the Demon had turned him into a living corpse who obeyed orders to capture him. Ning Ke reassured Lou Yunxiao that he had saved the disciple, and Lou Yunxiao responded by kissing him.

• Ning Ke gave the injured disciple medicine, asked Ning Xiaoxiao to take him back, and followed the Pale Silver Sword east.
• Ning Xiaoxiao resolved to become strong enough to protect everyone as Ning Ke entered the underground palace and recognized its sealing array.
• The Demon, weakened after turning Lou Yunxiao into a living corpse, ordered him to catch the rat and went to sleep.
• Lou Yunxiao captured Ning Ke and dragged him into the side hall, where Xiao Yuan explained that Lou Yunxiao's memories were confused and he now followed the Demon's orders.
• After learning Lou Yunxiao had chosen suicide to avoid hurting others, Ning Ke comforted him and apologized for failing to protect him.
• Lou Yunxiao rested his forehead against Ning Ke's and suddenly kissed him.

Lou Yunxiao’s demonic energy overwhelmed his spiritual energy, making him act on his desires and kiss Ning Ke. Ning Ke discovered the Sealing Array now treated Lou Yunxiao as a demon, trapping him in the Underground Palace until his energies could be balanced.

• Lou Yunxiao pinned Ning Ke against a wall and kissed and bit him, stopping only when Ning Ke invoked the Demon’s orders to keep him for his master.
• Ning Ke persuaded Lou Yunxiao to let him leave the Side Hall for a walk by agreeing to kiss him again first.
• Lou Yunxiao told Ning Ke that touching and talking with him made him happy, while Xiao Yuan explained that the excess demonic energy was amplifying Lou Yunxiao’s desires.
• Ning Ke asked Lou Yunxiao to take him to the Underground Palace entrance and tested the barrier himself.
• Ning Ke confirmed that the Sealing Array recognized Lou Yunxiao as a demon and would not let him leave until his spiritual and demonic energies were balanced.

Ning Ke examined Lou Yunxiao and realized he would have to give up his cultivation and eventually sacrifice himself to save him. While exploring the underground palace, they found the stele sealing the Great Demon, and Ning Ke persuaded Lou Yunxiao to stay near it before giving in to Lou Yunxiao’s affectionate advances.

• Ning Ke found Lou Yunxiao’s heart badly injured and learned he would need to transfer his demonic power to Lou Yunxiao before sacrificing himself.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao searched the underground palace and filled Lou Yunxiao’s Heaven and Earth Bag with its remaining treasures.
• Ning Ke discovered that a stone stele in the palace bore the same talisman as the one inside Ning Xiaoxiao’s Golden Silk Wooden Token, and Xiao Yuan confirmed it sealed the Great Demon.
• Lou Yunxiao felt sick near the stele and asked to leave, but Ning Ke persuaded him to stay because the stele offered protection.
• Lou Yunxiao kissed Ning Ke and acted cute until Ning Ke agreed to let him continue.

Ning Ke studied the seal runes and resolved to help Lou Yunxiao recover by cultivating with him. He began teaching Lou Yunxiao a cultivation method and prepared to sacrifice his own heart's blood to heal him.

• While Lou Yunxiao slept, Ning Ke studied the dim runes and entered a vision where an unfamiliar voice entrusted them to him.
• Lou Yunxiao woke Ning Ke and asked him to play, but Ning Ke instead promised him a wish if he reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Ning Ke gave Lou Yunxiao the Remnant Scroll and reassured him that reaching that stage would restore his sight and warm his heart.
• Lou Yunxiao began cultivating as Ning Ke read the scroll aloud.
• Ning Ke admitted to Xiao Yuan that he planned to give Lou Yunxiao his heart's blood despite the harm it would cause his real body, and learned the system had no way to block the pain.

Ning Ke kept helping Lou Yunxiao cultivate while secretly becoming engrossed in a romance novel. Lou Yunxiao formed his nascent soul, discovered the book, and asked Ning Ke to perform what was written on page 86 as his reward.

• Ning Ke continued converting demonic power into spiritual energy for Lou Yunxiao, despite the pain of repeatedly drawing blood from his heart.
• While waiting for Lou Yunxiao to cultivate, Ning Ke read My Days and Nights with the Daoist Supreme and became hooked on its story.
• Lou Yunxiao formed his nascent soul after three days, then noticed Ning Ke's weak heartbeat and found the novel beside him.
• When Ning Ke woke, Lou Yunxiao hugged him and asked for a reward for forming his nascent soul.
• Lou Yunxiao pinned Ning Ke's hand to the book and asked him to do what was written on page 86.

Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao he liked him too and promised they would escape together once Lou reached the peak of the nascent soul stage. In the Secret Realm Forest, disciples accused Lou Yunxiao of becoming a demon, and Zhuang Yusheng ordered anyone who doubted Ning Xiaoxiao to leave the spirit beasts’ protection.

• Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to say he liked him, and Ning Ke kissed his forehead and said he liked him too.
• Lou Yunxiao declared that he would keep Ning Ke for himself, and Ning Ke promised they would escape together once Lou reached the peak of the nascent soul stage.
• An injured disciple accused Lou Yunxiao of attacking him and swore his claim was true, prompting the gathered disciples to suspect Lou Yunxiao had harmed others.
• Ning Xiaoxiao defended Lou Yunxiao and insisted that a Great Demon was sealed beneath the desert, while the python and sand rat backed her up.
• Zhuang Yusheng sided with Ning Xiaoxiao and told anyone who doubted her to leave the spirit beasts’ territory and investigate the desert themselves.

Ning Ke restored Lou Yunxiao’s eyes and heart, then watched him collapse as his memories returned. Ning Ke said goodbye, intending to leave Lou Yunxiao behind before the Underground Palace exploded.

• Zhuang Yusheng and the Sword Sect disciples backed Ning Xiaoxiao when other disciples accused their senior brothers of being demons, and Wugou said Lou Yunxiao would return in a few months with answers.
• Ning Xiaoxiao practiced swordsmanship by the river, thanked Zhuang Yusheng for his support, and asked him to guide her in talisman arts.
• Three months later, Ning Ke prepared to restore Lou Yunxiao’s eyes and heart, planning to knock him unconscious and have the Pale Silver Sword carry him out of the Underground Palace.
• Lou Yunxiao closed his eyes and trusted Ning Ke, who kissed his eyelids before refining his own eyes and heart blood to repair Lou Yunxiao’s body.
• Lou Yunxiao’s heart began beating, his memories returned, and he collapsed into Ning Ke’s arms as Ning Ke said goodbye to him.

Ning Ke sent Lou Yunxiao out of the Underground Palace, then tried to reinforce the seal while blind and under attack. He completed the final rune before the Demon killed him, and the Demon was sealed beneath the stele as Ning Ke lost consciousness.

• Ning Ke placed Lou Yunxiao on Pale Silver and sent the sword to carry him out of the Underground Palace.
• Ning Ke used his blood and remaining demonic power to begin restoring the seal on the stone stele.
• The awakened Demon attacked Ning Ke, while a Nine-Tailed Fox phantom shielded him as he continued drawing the runes.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox phantom shattered, and the Demon pierced Ning Ke's chest and crushed his heart.
• Ning Ke completed the final rune before dying, and the stele dragged the Demon beneath it and sealed him away.

Lou Yunxiao regained his sight after the Underground Palace collapsed and found Ning Ke dead beside the stone tablet. He realized Ning Ke had sacrificed himself to reinforce the seal and defeat the Great Demon, and he begged him to wake up.

• The Underground Palace collapsed, exposing its ruins as rain fell over the desert, and Lou Yunxiao woke with his sight restored and his heart beating again.
• Lou Yunxiao searched the ruins and found Ning Ke beneath a stone slab, lifeless and soaked in blood.
• Lou Yunxiao confessed that he loved Ning Ke and promised to make him a sachet, then discovered Ning Ke's eyes were gone.
• Lou Yunxiao saw the empty wound in Ning Ke's chest and the runes on the stone tablet, realizing Ning Ke had reinforced the seal and faced the Great Demon alone.
• Lou Yunxiao gathered Ning Ke into his arms and begged him to wake, lamenting that they could no longer escape and go home together.

Ning Xiaoxiao and the Sword Sect disciples found Lou Yunxiao holding Ning Ke’s dead body at the ruined Underground Palace. After defending Lou Yunxiao from accusations, they joined him as he set out to take Ning Ke home.

• Ning Xiaoxiao arrived at the Underground Palace and learned that Ning Ke had died after giving Lou Yunxiao his eyes to save him.
• Lou Yunxiao blamed himself for Ning Ke’s death, while Ning Xiaoxiao urged him to live as Ning Ke had wanted.
• When disciples accused Lou Yunxiao of killing Ning Ke and threatened to purge the Sword Sect, Ning Xiaoxiao struck at them and formed a sword formation to protect him.
• The Sword Sect disciples stood with Ning Xiaoxiao, declaring that they trusted Lou Yunxiao and would not let outsiders purge their sect.
• Lou Yunxiao admitted he had been possessed and stabbed a disciple, then had Pale Silver stab him in return before explaining that Ning Ke died reinforcing the Great Demon’s seal.
• As the rain stopped, Lou Yunxiao carried Ning Ke into the sunlight and asked Ning Xiaoxiao to take their junior brother home with him.

After completing the second quest stage, Ning Ke returned to the Demon Realm and tried to recover from his torture by sleeping among his eight remaining tails. In the Secret Realm, Lou Yunxiao washed Ning Ke’s lifeless body and begged him to return to life, leaving Lou Yunxiao grieving over the wish Ning Ke still owed him.

• Ning Ke learned that the second stage was complete but Time Reversal would continue until he finished the final step, then hugged his tails and fell asleep.
• Lou Yunxiao removed the lingering demonic energy from Ning Ke’s body while Ning Xiaoxiao watched.
• Ning Xiaoxiao told Lou Yunxiao she planned to leave the Secret Realm with the Sword Sect disciples and asked him to look after her brother.
• Lou Yunxiao carried Ning Ke to the river, undressed him, and washed his body by hand.
• Lou Yunxiao embraced Ning Ke and used his owed wish to beg him to come back to life.

Ning Ke watched Lou Yunxiao grieve over his corpse, then dressed up and left his bedchamber to enjoy his freedom as Demon Venerable. He discovered that the original owner had a large harem, whose members immediately argued over where to take him to eat.

• Ning Ke watched Lou Yunxiao cuddle his corpse through the Red Cloud Sword and insisted that Lou Yunxiao should move on.
• Ning Ke chose a red gauze dress from his wardrobe and admired how beautiful he looked in it.
• A crowd of handsome men and beautiful women rushed toward Ning Ke and called him Lord Demon Venerable.
• The harem members explained that they had missed Ning Ke while he stayed in seclusion and asked to spend time with him.
• Ning Ke suggested they go out to eat, and the harem members argued over which city and restaurant to visit.

Ning Ke enjoyed a lively day in the Demon Realm before Xiao Lü was demonized and killed Xiao Lan. After destroying the demon and cremating the bodies, Ning Ke faced the reality of the deaths ahead, while Yin Feng comforted him.

• Ning Ke dined with his harem in a Demon Clan city, then returned to the demon palace with a new book from Yueya.
• Yin Feng returned from inspecting the Southern Region and noticed Ning Ke looked unwell.
• Ning Ke and Yin Feng rushed to the rear courtyard, where demonized Xiao Lü was devouring Xiao Lan.
• Yin Feng restrained Xiao Lü, and Ning Ke destroyed the escaping demonic energy with foxfire.
• Ning Ke pieced together Xiao Lü and Xiao Lan's bodies, cremated them, and realized the world was not a game.
• Yin Feng wiped the blood from Ning Ke's hands and reassured him that he had avenged Xiao Lü and Xiao Lan.

After seeing Lou Yunxiao’s unstable grief through a water mirror, Ning Ke learned he had to become a monk to help rid Lou Yunxiao of his demonic thoughts. He organized the Demon Clan’s leaders to prepare against the devils and search for the Great Demon’s ancient seal, then Yin Feng questioned whether Ning Ke had used an avatar while in seclusion.

• Yin Feng reported that devils had possessed demons in the south and appeared in the Demon Palace, and Ning Ke ordered stronger guards and a meeting with every clan leader.
• Ning Ke watched Lou Yunxiao confess his love beside Ning Ke’s corpse in an Ice Coffin, and Xiao Yuan explained that Ning Ke had to become a monk to cleanse Lou Yunxiao’s demonic thoughts.
• Yin Feng gathered the Demon Clan’s leaders, and Ning Ke taught them formations to expel devils and ordered them to find the site where Heaven’s Way had sealed the Great Demon.
• Ning Ke told the leaders to search for a stone stele matching his drawing, seal off the area if they found it, and report it to Yin Feng.
• As Yin Feng escorted Ning Ke back to his bedchamber, he asked whether Ning Ke had used an avatar while in seclusion.

Ning Ke rushed to Ning Family Village after his divine sense link to Silver Gray broke and saved the villagers from a demon-corrupted bear, but he had to burn the villagers’ possessed loved ones. As the four sect masters arrived and questioned why the Demon Venerable was there, Ning Ke faced the grief caused by his actions.

• Yin Feng deduced that Ning Ke had used a clone to investigate the Great Demon’s ruins, warned him to be careful, and gave him spirit liquid to help him recover.
• While chatting with the young demons, Ning Ke thought of Lou Yunxiao when asked whether he liked anyone, then sensed that Silver Gray’s strand of divine sense had burst and rushed toward Ning Family Village.
• Ning Ke arrived as Silver Gray defended the villagers from a demon-corrupted bear and rescued the injured wolf cub before crushing and burning the bear.
• Ning Ke burned the possessed villagers’ bodies, including the husband of Ning Xiaoxiao’s Adoptive Mother, and was shaken by the villagers’ grief.
• Silver Gray comforted Ning Ke as the four sect masters arrived and asked why the Demon Venerable was there.

Ning Ke confronted the four sect masters after they accused him of killing the Flowing Cloud Sect, then faced Lou Yunxiao, who attacked him with all his strength. Ning Ke knocked Lou Yunxiao down and called him trash.

• Hong Yao, Gao Ze, Wei Qinghai, and Abbot Wujue accused Ning Ke of killing the Flowing Cloud Sect members and prepared to take him down.
• Ning Ke admitted killing the Flowing Cloud Sect members and overwhelmed the four early Tribulation Stage sect masters with his spiritual pressure.
• Lou Yunxiao arrived despite Gao Ze's warning, and Ning Ke withdrew his spiritual pressure when he noticed him.
• Lou Yunxiao attacked Ning Ke with the Pale Silver Sword, but Ning Ke shattered his strike with a sweep of his fan and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Ning Ke stood over the injured Lou Yunxiao and called him trash.

Ning Ke confronted Lou Yunxiao and provoked him into a furious outburst, then drew the sect masters away from Ning Family Village to fight in an open area. While Gao Ze learned that Ning Ke had saved the villagers, he reminded Ning Xiaoxiao that the truth about the Flowing Cloud Sect remained unknown and that she need not take sides in Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke’s feud.

• Ning Ke mocked Lou Yunxiao and challenged the Four Great Sect Masters, prompting Lou Yunxiao to draw both swords and cry that he would kill Ning Ke.
• Hong Yao and Abbot Wujue joined Lou Yunxiao, and Ning Ke led them away from the village to fight somewhere less cramped.
• Gao Ze questioned Silver Gray and the villagers, learning that Ning Ke had arrived in time to save them from the demons.
• Silver Gray claimed Ning Ke had reached the village quickly because he had left a trace of divine sense on the wolf in the Demon Realm.
• Ning Xiaoxiao asked whether Ning Ke had murdered Lou Yunxiao’s family, and Gao Ze said the truth about the Flowing Cloud Sect was still unknown, though Ning Ke had caused Lou Yunxiao’s injuries and blindness.
• Gao Ze told Ning Xiaoxiao to repay Ning Ke’s kindness if she could, but not to blame herself for the feud between Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke.

Ning Ke fought four sect leaders, but an illusion of Lou Yunxiao’s accusations briefly left him vulnerable before Lou attacked him. Ning Ke subdued Lou and helped restore his reason, then left after Gao Ze called off the fight, while Lou remained intent on revenge.

• Ning Ke battled Hong Yao, Abbot Wujue, Wei Qinghai, and Gao Ze as they trapped him in an illusion realm, a sealing array, and talismans.
• Hong Yao’s illusion showed Ning Ke an anguished Lou Yunxiao accusing him of deceiving him, and the vision distracted Ning Ke long enough for it to wound his shoulder.
• Lou Yunxiao entered the illusion realm and attacked Ning Ke, who broke his wrist, knocked him down, and held him by the throat.
• Ning Ke secretly used divine sense to balance Lou Yunxiao’s spiritual and demonic power, helping him regain his reason.
• Gao Ze said the sect leaders had learned Ning Ke came to eliminate a demon and let him leave, while warning that the Flowing Cloud Sect would still hold him accountable.
• Ning Ke departed after telling Lou Yunxiao he would await his revenge.