Chapter Summaries

Ning Ke demanded that Gao Ze conceal his identities from Lou Yunxiao and insisted that his closeness with Wugou had only been a trick. Wugou gave Ning Ke the Buddha Lotus Lamp and professed his trust, while Ning Ke resolved to complete the mission without attachments; Lou Yunxiao then entered the hall.

• Ning Ke told Gao Ze that his A Ke and Mingxin identities had been used to toy with the Sword Sect, ordered Gao Ze to keep them from Lou Yunxiao, and Gao Ze agreed.
• Ning Ke called himself Mingxin and mocked Wugou, claiming he had approached him only to obtain the Buddha Lotus Lamp and asking him to hand it over.
• Gao Ze used spiritual intent to clear Wugou's mind after Ning Ke used Charm Art on him.
• Wugou gave Ning Ke the staff containing the Buddha Lotus Lamp and said he would always believe in him, but Ning Ke warned him not to trust him.
• Ning Ke learned from Xiao Yuan that revealing his A Ke identity would no longer fail the mission and decided to finish it before dying without attachments.
• Lou Yunxiao entered the great hall and addressed Ning Ke as his master.

Lou Yunxiao found the Flowing Cloud Sect’s ruins and learned that Ning Ke may have been protecting him rather than responsible for the sect’s destruction. When Ning Ke revealed that he was A Ke and said he would leave after they escaped the Demon World, Lou Yunxiao begged him to stay, and Ning Ke accused him of making a threat.

• Lou Yunxiao reached the Flowing Cloud Sect’s ruins and found his companions safe, including Ning Ke.
• Gao Ze told Lou Yunxiao about the sect’s destruction, and Lou Yunxiao concluded Ning Ke might have killed its members to destroy the Great Demon.
• Lou Yunxiao gathered and honored the sect’s remains, then told Ning Ke he planned to hunt the Great Demon and seek answers from the Demon Venerable.
• Ning Ke agreed to stay with Lou Yunxiao in the Demon World but returned the Buddha Lotus Lamp and said he would leave once they escaped.
• Ning Ke revealed that he was A Ke and explained that he had protected Lou Yunxiao to repay his mother’s kindness.
• Lou Yunxiao insisted Ning Ke had not yet repaid the debt and could not leave, prompting Ning Ke to ask whether he was threatening him.

Lou Yunxiao confessed his love to Ning Ke, but Ning Ke rejected him and said his feelings had faded. During their search for the Great Demon, Lou Yunxiao later showed Ning Ke the sachets he had embroidered and vowed never to let him go.

• Lou Yunxiao declared his love and asked Ning Ke to let him stay by his side.
• Ning Ke said he had only treated Lou Yunxiao well to repay his mother's kindness, and Lou Yunxiao kissed him in desperation.
• Ning Ke rejected Lou Yunxiao's claim that they loved each other and said this time he was not lying.
• Over the next few days, the four searched for the Great Demon while Lou Yunxiao kept his distance from Ning Ke.
• Lou Yunxiao showed Ning Ke the sachets he had embroidered and vowed that he would never let him go again.

Ning Ke rejected Lou Yunxiao’s confession and left the sachets behind, but later secretly retrieved them. Wugou confronted Ning Ke and used the sachets to keep him from leaving, ending with Ning Ke choking him as Wugou dared him to kill.

• Ning Ke rejected Lou Yunxiao’s sachets and insisted Lou Yunxiao had no right to follow him, but Lou Yunxiao said they could travel together to slay Demon.
• Lou Yunxiao watched Ning Ke leave and realized he wanted to bind him rather than let him go.
• Ning Ke returned late that night to collect the sachets, whose embroidered messages recalled Lou Yunxiao’s memories of him.
• Wugou confronted Ning Ke and threatened to tell Lou Yunxiao where he had gone unless Ning Ke heard him out.
• Ning Ke lifted Wugou by the throat and threatened him, while Wugou dared him to kill him and promised to keep pressing him if he survived.

Wugou persuaded Ning Ke to let him stay close, and the two returned with Lou Yunxiao, whose pursuit of Ning Ke grew more shameless. They found Gao Ze fighting the Great Demon, who took on Lou Jing’s face and lured Lou Yunxiao toward a spatial portal.

• Wugou explained his fascination with Ning Ke and risked his life to keep Ning Ke from shutting him out; Ning Ke eventually released him and let him do as he pleased.
• Wugou concealed that he and Ning Ke had retrieved the sachets when they met Lou Yunxiao, and the three headed back to Sect Master Gao.
• Lou Yunxiao told Ning Ke he would keep him in sight and keep improving his embroidery, while Ning Ke denied loving him.
• Lou Yunxiao insisted that Ning Ke’s willingness to answer him proved Ning Ke liked him, and Ning Ke dismissed his reasoning as twisted logic.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao sensed trouble and rushed to Gao Ze, who was fighting the Great Demon.
• The Great Demon escaped through a spatial portal, transformed his face into Lou Jing’s, and beckoned Lou Yunxiao to follow him.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao followed the Great Demon through a spatial entrance and found themselves alone on a freezing, snow-covered mountain. Lou Yunxiao asked about Ning Ke’s true appearance, and Ning Ke admitted it was A Ke before Lou Yunxiao urged him to change back.

• Ning Ke pursued Nan Lou through the spatial entrance, and Lou Yunxiao caught his wrist and followed him inside; Wugou and Gao Ze entered after them.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao were transported to a snowy mountain, where Lou Yunxiao held Ning Ke’s hand and said the Great Demon had deceived them by taking his father’s appearance.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao he could hate both the demon and the Demon Venerable, and Lou Yunxiao was delighted that Ning Ke had answered him.
• Lou Yunxiao asked whether Ning Ke truly looked like A Ke or Mingxin, and Ning Ke answered that A Ke was his real appearance.
• Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to change back, then joked that his bald head would get cold in the snow.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao searched the frozen wilderness for Nan Lou, then took shelter together in a cave as they tried to withstand the unnatural cold. As Lou Yunxiao held him, Ning Ke reflected on his long loneliness, and Lou Yunxiao asked him to talk about his home.

• Ning Ke changed back into A Ke’s appearance, and Lou Yunxiao cried with relief that he was alive.
• Lou Yunxiao pinned up Ning Ke’s hair with the Osmanthus Hairpin and led him down the mountain when they could not find Demon.
• Ning Ke searched the snowfield with his divine sense but found only small demonic beasts and no sign of Nan Lou.
• Ning Ke reasoned that Nan Lou wanted Lou Yunxiao’s body to control the continent and escape Heaven’s Way’s restrictions.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao sheltered in a cave, where Lou Yunxiao pulled Ning Ke close to keep him warm.
• Ning Ke reflected on his ten thousand years of loneliness, and Lou Yunxiao asked him to tell him about his home.

Lou Yunxiao confronted Ning Ke about shutting him out, admitting he was terrified of being abandoned, but Nan Lou interrupted them with an ambush before Ning Ke could respond. After Nan Lou escaped, Lou Yunxiao realized he was the target, and the chapter ended when Pale Silver struck an unseen snake tail at the cave entrance.

• Lou Yunxiao begged Ning Ke to stop shutting him out, while Ning Ke said Lou Yunxiao should never have fallen in love with him.
• Nan Lou attacked Lou Yunxiao through a spatial rift, but Ning Ke blocked the strike and Lou Yunxiao countered with Pale Silver.
• Nan Lou retreated to the Demon World, where he discussed targeting two powerful members of the Human Clan with the voice in his pendant.
• Ning Ke suspected Nan Lou had acquired a god's spatial power, while Lou Yunxiao concluded Nan Lou was after him.
• Lou Yunxiao attacked a presence at the cave entrance, and Pale Silver revealed a snake tail hidden behind a transparent ripple.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao discovered that the concealed figures in the snow were Qing Ru and Niao Niao, who belonged to the Snow Dragon Clan. After Niao Niao invited Ning Ke home, Jun Mo offered to take the two cultivators back with them, and Ning Ke agreed.

• Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke followed the hidden pair outside the cave and blocked their escape, causing Qing Ru and Niao Niao to reveal themselves.
• Niao Niao hugged Ning Ke's leg and said she wanted to marry him, while Lou Yunxiao told her Ning Ke was his cultivation partner.
• Jun Mo arrived and questioned Niao Niao, who explained that Lou Yunxiao had only seemed threatening because he caught them spying.
• Lou Yunxiao introduced himself and Ning Ke as accidental intruders, and Jun Mo invited them to visit his home.
• Ning Ke accepted the invitation because he wanted to ask about the Snow Dragon Clan.

Jun Mo brought Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke into his warm hidden world, where they recovered from the cold and met Jun Mo's family. After a meal that revealed Lou Yunxiao's affection for Ning Ke, Jun Mo learned that Demon had brought them there and asked whether they came from the Qianyuan Continent.

• Jun Mo revealed an entrance in the snowy mountains and led Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke into a springlike hidden world.
• Qing Ru served the visitors tea brewed with Warm Sun Flower, while Niao Niao sensed Ning Ke's guilt and despair through their contact.
• Qing Ru warned Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke not to show Jun Mo flames or enter the other houses, and Niao Niao explained that Jun Mo feared fire and had created the Small World for his family.
• Jun Mo served raw fish and spirit fruit, and Lou Yunxiao fed Ning Ke until he had eaten more than half the plate.
• Lou Yunxiao told Jun Mo that Demon had brought him and Ning Ke there and asked how they could leave, prompting Jun Mo to ask whether they were from the Qianyuan Continent.

Niao Niao explained how she and Qing Ru found Jun Mo and learned that the Snow Dragon Clan had perished ten thousand years earlier. When Jun Mo rampaged toward the houses protecting the Dragon Eggs, Ning Ke unleashed his sealed power to stop him, revealing his strength to Lou Yunxiao.

• Jun Mo began trembling and released a savage aura when Ning Ke asked what had happened to the Snow Dragon Clan, so Qing Ru gave him a pill and warned Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao not to raise the subject again.
• Niao Niao told Ning Ke that she and Qing Ru had found Jun Mo sleeping in the snow three years earlier and had gradually helped him recover and accept them as family.
• Niao Niao revealed that she and Qing Ru were trying to resurrect Jun Mo's fallen clansmen using dragon remains that still held fragments of their souls, and that Dragon Eggs were stored in the forbidden houses.
• Jun Mo rampaged outside and swung his tail toward the houses, so Ning Ke released the seal on his forehead and caught the dragon's tail before it could strike them.
• Lou Yunxiao stared in shock at Ning Ke, who had revealed his formidable power.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao discovered that Jun Mo’s madness came from a poison resembling Demon’s corruption. Lou Yunxiao entered Jun Mo’s body to cleanse his core while Ning Ke helped hold off the dragon and learned about domain power from Qing Ru; the chapter ended as Jun Mo’s demonic aura poured into Lou Yunxiao.

• Jun Mo’s poison spread, turning his eyes red and his scales black, and Niao Niao explained that it gradually drove him into a murderous frenzy.
• Lou Yunxiao announced that he would enter Jun Mo’s body to purge the poison, and Ning Ke agreed to help while Qing Ru released the dragon.
• Ning Ke used Red Cloud to cover Lou Yunxiao as he dove into Jun Mo’s mouth, then fought the dragon while Qing Ru taught him how to develop a domain.
• Lou Yunxiao found Jun Mo’s blackened core and embraced it, causing the demonic aura to surge into his body.

Lou Yunxiao survived Jun Mo’s demonic aura and recovered the Snow Dragon Clan’s divine godhead, while Ning Ke awakened a domain that could stop time. After Jun Mo returned to his senses, Lou Yunxiao showed him the godhead and asked what he wanted to do with it.

• Lou Yunxiao saw Jun Mo’s hidden memories of the deity who poisoned the Snow Dragon Clan and forged a divine godhead from their remains.
• The Buddha Lotus Lamp helped Lou Yunxiao withstand the demonic aura, and the Snow Dragon Clan’s voices gave him their divine godhead.
• Qing Ru guided Ning Ke to awaken a time domain, which Ning Ke learned to use for up to three breaths.
• Jun Mo’s dragon form spat Lou Yunxiao out, and Red Cloud returned to Ning Ke.
• Jun Mo apologized to Qing Ru for injuring him, and Qing Ru reassured him that he did not regret choosing to be with him.
• Lou Yunxiao told Jun Mo that he had removed the poison and showed him the divine godhead, asking what he wanted to do with it.

Lou Yunxiao returned Jun Mo’s divine spark, allowing Qing Ru and Niao Niao to restore the Snow Dragon Clan’s souls in dragon eggs. As Lou Yunxiao prepared to absorb the spark and join Jun Mo’s fight against the deity, he stopped Ning Ke and called him his “big sister savior.”

• Lou Yunxiao gave Jun Mo the intact divine spark, and Qing Ru and Niao Niao used it to awaken souls inside the dragon eggs.
• Jun Mo thanked Qing Ru and Niao Niao, then offered the divine spark to Lou Yunxiao, who accepted it.
• Jun Mo explained that absorbing the divine spark could greatly raise Lou Yunxiao’s cultivation and give him a chance to become a god.
• Jun Mo connected the deity to demons and spatial manipulation, then agreed to travel with Qing Ru and Niao Niao to help Ning Ke confront the deity.
• After Jun Mo, Qing Ru, and Niao Niao left, Lou Yunxiao stopped Ning Ke from leaving and called him his “big sister savior.”

Lou Yunxiao uncovered that Ning Ke was his older sister, and Ning Ke admitted that he had fallen for him before leaving to stand guard. Lou Yunxiao resolved to become strong enough to stay by Ning Ke’s side, while Ning Ke sought Jun Mo’s help.

• Lou Yunxiao used Ning Ke’s cultivation, scent, silk ribbon, and fire to prove that he was the older sister Lou Yunxiao had known.
• Xiao Yuan explained that the Jade Pendant remained in Ning Ke’s Storage Ring because of the effects of Time Reversal.
• Ning Ke admitted that he had left the Demon Abyss for Lou Yunxiao partly because he loved him, then went outside to stand guard while Lou Yunxiao absorbed the divine godhead.
• Lou Yunxiao was thrilled by Ning Ke’s confession and decided to grow stronger and give him time to accept their relationship.
• After setting up a Spirit Gathering Array outside the cabin, Ning Ke knocked on Jun Mo’s door to ask for a favor.

Ning Ke left without telling Lou Yunxiao, believing his guilt over Aunt Bai’s death and his impending departure made a relationship impossible. Qing Ru’s divination showed a grim future for Ning Ke, but he concealed its details as Ning Ke stepped through a portal and left.

• Ning Ke asked Jun Mo to send him out alone, and Niao Niao accepted his decision despite Qing Ru’s concern that he should say goodbye to Lou Yunxiao.
• Qing Ru tried to divine Ning Ke’s future with the Heaven-Peering Mirror, saw troubling visions, and told Ning Ke that the mirror had failed.
• Ning Ke gave Qing Ru the Clear Mind Heart Sutra and Red Cloud Sword for Lou Yunxiao, along with instructions for easing demonic thoughts, and asked him to explain that Ning Ke had gone to eradicate demons.
• Qing Ru watched Ning Ke leave and recalled visions of him enduring imprisonment, injury, and eventual self-sacrifice, but chose not to reveal them.
• Ning Ke watched Lou Yunxiao absorb the divine godhead, reflected on his guilt and his decision to keep his distance, then entered Jun Mo’s Spatial Portal without looking back.

Gao Ze and Wugou encountered Nan Lou in a volcanic realm, where they fought the demon and secretly prepared a Heaven's Way Formation. They trapped Nan Lou at the formation's core, leaving Gao Ze poised to strike.

• Gao Ze carried the dehydrated Wugou through the volcanic realm and attacked Nan Lou after recognizing him as the demon who possessed Lou Jing.
• Nan Lou taunted Gao Ze about destroying Lou Jing and escaped his sword strike by manipulating space.
• Wugou deduced that Nan Lou had targeted Lou Yunxiao, and he and Gao Ze concluded that Lou Yunxiao was likely safe with the Demon Venerable.
• Wugou secretly directed Gao Ze's attacks while setting up a Heaven's Way Formation, and Gao Ze kept Nan Lou from noticing.
• Gao Ze compressed the surrounding space with his sword intent as Wugou completed the formation, pinning Nan Lou at its core.

Ning Ke and Jun Mo arrived in time to save Wugou and Gao Ze from a god possessing Nan Lou, whom Jun Mo identified as the Mad God who attacked the Snow Dragon Clan ten thousand years earlier. The Mad God revealed his interest in their powers and launched an attack that shattered Ning Ke’s time domain, leaving him and Jun Mo in immediate danger.

• The Mad God in Nan Lou’s body shattered Wugou and Gao Ze’s Heaven’s Way Formation, turned Gao Ze’s sword strike against them, and wounded Gao Ze with his space domain.
• Wugou restrained the Mad God with vines, but the Mad God targeted his seven-orifice exquisite heart and reached for it.
• Ning Ke pulled Wugou to safety, while Jun Mo brought the injured Gao Ze to them and identified their enemy as the Mad God.
• Ning Ke reassured Wugou, and the Mad God revealed that he wanted Jun Mo’s godhead, Wugou’s heart, Ning Ke’s domain, and Lou Yunxiao’s body.
• Jun Mo spread his extreme cold domain as he and Ning Ke prepared to fight, but Ning Ke’s time domain shattered after he pulled Jun Mo away from the Mad God’s sudden attack.

Ning Ke and Jun Mo fought the Mad God with coordinated domain attacks, but the god used Gao Ze and Wugou to restore himself and unleashed divine fire. Jun Mo sent Ning Ke, Gao Ze, and Wugou through a Spatial Exit as he remained behind in the flames, promising they would meet again.

• Ning Ke and Jun Mo coordinated their time, cold, and spatial domains to repeatedly strike the Mad God, while Ning Ke warned Jun Mo that something felt wrong.
• The Mad God scattered spatially empowered ice crystals toward Gao Ze and Wugou, and Ning Ke transformed into his Nine-Tailed Fox form to shield them.
• The crystals pierced Ning Ke and drained his blood to rebuild the Mad God's body, leaving demonic aura rampaging inside him.
• The Mad God revealed his name was Lieyang, the Sun God of the Divine Realm, and unleashed divine fire that engulfed Jun Mo.
• Jun Mo's dragon tail swept Ning Ke, Gao Ze, and Wugou through a Spatial Exit while he stayed behind in the flames and promised Ning Ke they would meet again.

Ning Ke woke in Infinite Space, where the phoenix Feng Yu had rescued him and Jun Mo, Sect Master Gao, and Wugou. Feng Yu explained that Lieyang would likely avoid pursuing them there, but warned that Ning Ke’s injuries were the immediate concern.

• Ning Ke woke bandaged and in pain, and Xiao Yuan explained that Jun Mo had sent them into Infinite Space before facing Lieyang alone.
• Feng Yu teased Ning Ke by pretending he might roast Jun Mo’s dragon egg, then gave it to Ning Ke after making him call Feng Yu his dear big brother.
• Feng Yu told Ning Ke that Wugou was cultivating in a cave abode and Sect Master Gao had gone to gain insight into a domain.
• Feng Yu explained that Lieyang had been exiled after coveting the Supreme God’s position and would risk attracting the Divine Realm’s attention if he pursued them into Infinite Space.
• Feng Yu said Jun Mo would hatch once he recovered enough strength, then asked Ning Ke how he had injured his body so badly.