Chapter Summaries

Lou Yunxiao recognized that Ning Ke was the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Venerable who had helped him because of their past-life bond, and he tried to ease Ning Ke’s demon-poison agony. Ning Ke returned to fox form and fell unconscious, while Lou Yunxiao discovered he could remove only part of the poison.

• Lou Yunxiao realized that Ning Ke was the Demon Venerable and had treated him kindly because of his bond with Lou Yunxiao from ten thousand years ago.
• Ning Ke, overcome by demon poison, attacked Lou Yunxiao, who lowered his defenses and let Ning Ke bite and drink his blood while he used the Buddha Lotus Lamp to soothe him.
• Ning Ke gradually calmed, shrank into a nine-tailed fox, and fell unconscious in Lou Yunxiao’s arms.
• Lou Yunxiao tried to absorb the demon poison from Ning Ke but could remove only a portion, and he suspected the Deity had inflicted it.

Lou Yunxiao realized how badly Ning Ke had been hurt and decided to risk using the Blood-Merging Technique to cure his demon poison, while hiding Ning Ke away and promising to defend his name. As Ning Ke slept, Bai Wanru appeared in his dream and comforted him, leaving him in tears before her eccentric attempt to cheer him up.

• Lou Yunxiao recognized that Ning Ke's weakened tail and impaired vision were injuries tied to A Ke's death, and regretted having misunderstood and provoked him.
• Lou Yunxiao decided to use the Blood-Merging Technique to make Ning Ke immune to demon poison, despite the severe risk to himself, and planned to deceive Ning Ke if necessary.
• Lou Yunxiao chained the sleeping Ning Ke to a Soul-Locking Ring and reinforced the room with barriers before going out to defend Ning Ke against public accusations.
• Bai Wanru appeared in Ning Ke's dream, embraced him, and comforted him as he wept over his guilt and suffering.
• Bai Wanru began singing an energetic song to cheer Ning Ke, who stopped her and insisted that he was no longer sad.

Ning Ke reunited with Bai Wanru’s preserved soul in his dreams and told her what he had endured. Meanwhile, Lou Yunxiao questioned witnesses in the damaged district and found a child who claimed to have seen two Demon Venerables.

• Bai Wanru comforted Ning Ke, explained that the Buddha Lotus Lamp had preserved half her soul, and asked him to tell her about the years they had been apart.
• Ning Ke recalled his happy days with Bai Wanru and Lou Yunxiao, then began sharing his experiences with Bai Wanru.
• Lou Yunxiao arrived in the devastated district, where the townspeople resented and watched him warily.
• Lou Yunxiao asked the crowd whether anyone had seen two Demon Venerables, and the townspeople insisted they had seen only one Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Lou Yunxiao calmed a timid child, who told him he had seen two Demon Venerables.

Lou Yunxiao learned the truth about Ning Ke’s past through the joined jade pendant and realized the burden Ning Ke had carried for him. Ning Ke woke in the dungeon planning to flee, only to discover he was chained up.

• A young beggar testified that the first Demon Venerable had attacked the townspeople and the later one had not, and Lou Yunxiao persuaded the crowd to stop blaming Ning Ke.
• Lou Yunxiao sent Ning Xiaoxiao and Senior Qing Ru to investigate Abbot Wujue, then discovered Ning Ke’s half of the jade pendant in the dungeon.
• The fused jade pendant showed Lou Yunxiao memories of Ning Ke watching over him and of Ning Ke killing the demonized Bai Wanru and bearing the blame for the Flowing Cloud Sect’s destruction.
• Lou Yunxiao understood why Ning Ke had pushed him away, held the sleeping fox, and wept as he asked how he could save him.
• Ning Ke woke five days later, learned he could return to his world in a little over three months, and decided he should say goodbye to Lou Yunxiao.
• Ning Ke changed back into human form and tried to escape the dungeon, but realized he was chained up.

Jiu Yuan awoke after ten thousand years and asked about the Holy Son, while Ning Ke struggled to escape Lou Yunxiao’s restraints. Lou Yunxiao agreed to ally with Ning Ke against the Great Demons but kept him confined to treat his demon poison, pretending not to recognize him as A Ke.

• Jiu Yuan awoke in Fox Mountain, learned A You and A Li had grown up during his ten-thousand-year sleep, and asked where the Holy Son was.
• Ning Ke tried to break the demon-power-absorbing chain and Soul-Locking Ring in the Sword Sect dungeon but failed.
• Ning Ke admitted to Xiao Yuan that he loved Lou Yunxiao but feared deepening their relationship because he would eventually leave.
• Ning Ke pretended to sleep when Lou Yunxiao entered, then pinned him down and demanded to be released so they could fight the Great Demons together.
• Lou Yunxiao said he would join forces with Ning Ke but would keep him confined to treat his demon poison, while agreeing to pretend he did not recognize him as A Ke.

Ning Ke's demon poison flared again, forcing Lou Yunxiao to treat him and keep him in the Sword Sect dungeon. Meanwhile, Qing Ru, Ning Xiaoxiao, and Zhuang Yusheng investigated Abbot Wujue at the Buddhist Order and fled after a horrifying creature emerged from his head.

• Lou Yunxiao pinned Ning Ke down and fed him medicine that restored his control, then persuaded him to remain in the dungeon until his condition was stable.
• Ning Ke warned Lou Yunxiao to recover so he would not hold back the Demon Clan in their fight against the Demon.
• At Mount Qiandu, Qing Ru, Ning Xiaoxiao, and Zhuang Yusheng watched Abbot Wujue emerge from the worship hall with a third eye on his forehead.
• The eye split open along with Abbot Wujue's head, and a small hand emerged as Qing Ru grabbed his companions and fled.

Qing Ru concluded that Abbot Wujue might be a corrupted Heaven's Way from a greater world, putting the Qianyuan Continent in danger. In the Sword Sect dungeon, Lou Yunxiao kept Ning Ke confined while treating his demon poison and tried to grow closer to him over grilled fish.

• Qing Ru escaped Qiandu Mountain with Zhuang Yusheng and Ning Xiaoxiao and explained that Abbot Wujue's purple forehead eye marked him as a Heaven's Way from a greater world.
• Qing Ru speculated that Abbot Wujue was a corrupted Heaven's Way whose former world had been destroyed and feared that he would bring catastrophe to the Qianyuan Continent.
• Lou Yunxiao told Ning Ke that curing his demon poison would take seven days and planned to keep him from leaving before he recovered.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao about his journey with Senior Jun Mo, Wugou, and Sect Master Gao, including their fight against the Sun God and their time on Voidyear Mountain.
• Lou Yunxiao offered Ning Ke grilled fish, and Ning Ke accepted it and quickly asked for another.

Lou Yunxiao thanked Ning Ke, gave him an Osmanthus Hairpin, and kissed his forehead before their teasing turned intimate. Just as Lou Yunxiao leaned closer, someone blasted open the dungeon wall and accused him of doing something to Ning Ke.

• Lou Yunxiao spent several days feeding Ning Ke elaborate meals and secretly read books about raising foxes and fattening pigs.
• Ning Ke confronted Lou Yunxiao about his promise to release him, but Lou Yunxiao wiped grease from his mouth and assured him he would keep his word.
• Lou Yunxiao thanked Ning Ke for saving him and helping the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciples find release, then silently confessed his love.
• Lou Yunxiao gave Ning Ke an Osmanthus Hairpin and kissed his forehead, and Ning Ke rubbed Lou Yunxiao's face in retaliation.
• Lou Yunxiao grabbed Ning Ke's wrist and leaned toward him, but an explosion tore open the dungeon wall and a newcomer shouted at him.

Jiu Yuan awakened and reunited with Ning Ke in the Dungeon as their allies gathered to support the Demon Venerable. Jiu Yuan then offered to take Ning Ke home with him.

• Jiu Yuan kicked Lou Yunxiao into the Dungeon wall and checked that Ning Ke was unharmed.
• Jiu Yuan apologized for leaving Ning Ke waiting, and Ning Ke embraced him and said he had nothing to apologize for.
• A You and A Li greeted Ning Ke as the Holy Son while the other allies arrived at the Dungeon.
• Gao Ze vowed to clear Ning Ke’s name, and Feng Yu, Jun Mo, Yin Feng, and Yueya also showed their loyalty and concern.
• Ning Ke recognized the gathered demons as his family, and Jiu Yuan offered to take him home.

Jiu Yuan told Lou Yunxiao that his repeated choices had broken Ning Ke’s heart and that he was no longer suited to be with him. As Lou Yunxiao recovered memories of his past life, he accepted Jiu Yuan’s judgment and stopped reaching for Ning Ke.

• Lou Yunxiao reminded Ning Ke that one day’s worth of red pills remained, drawing Jiu Yuan’s attention.
• Jiu Yuan told Lou Yunxiao that he had lost the right to be with Ning Ke because he had repeatedly failed to protect him and had ignored his feelings.
• Jiu Yuan pulled Lou Yunxiao’s hand away from Ning Ke and asked him to stop disturbing Ning Ke’s life.
• Lou Yunxiao recalled his past life, including promising to protect Ning Ke and detonating himself before him without considering the pain it would cause.
• Lou Yunxiao let go of Ning Ke’s robe and accepted that he and Ning Ke had never been suited to each other.

After Jiu Yuan’s words led Ning Ke to reconsider his choices and accept how this world had changed him, he decided he wanted to give Lou Yunxiao another chance. Lou Yunxiao firmly chose to stay with him until the end.

• Yueya accused Yin Feng of knowing about Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao’s relationship, and Yin Feng admitted he had known.
• Yin Feng stopped Yueya from whipping Ning Ke as Ning Ke listened to Jiu Yuan and reflected on his life.
• Ning Ke realized he no longer needed to reject this world or regret the choices he had made in it.
• Ning Ke decided to make new memories with Lou Yunxiao, if Lou Yunxiao still wanted to try.
• Lou Yunxiao took Ning Ke’s hand and told Jiu Yuan he would stay bound to Ning Ke until the very end.

Ning Ke let his family beat Lou Yunxiao for imprisoning him, then declared that he would take Lou Yunxiao with him instead of staying another day. The chapter left Lou Yunxiao tied to Ning Ke by a silver ribbon as Ning Ke offered to kidnap him.

• Ning Ke pretended to be aggrieved and told Jiu Yuan and the others that Lou Yunxiao had chained him up and denied him food and water.
• Wugou, Gao Ze, Jun Mo, Yin Feng, Yueya, and Jiu Yuan attacked Lou Yunxiao while Ning Ke watched with Feng Yu and Niao Niao.
• Niao Niao learned that Ning Ke was her big brother A Ke, and Ning Ke told Feng Yu that he needed to settle what he and Lou Yunxiao owed each other before they could be together.
• After the beating, Ning Ke asked Lou Yunxiao to unlock his chains, but Lou Yunxiao pleaded for him to stay one more day to take the Red Pill.
• Ning Ke declared that the beating settled Lou Yunxiao's past imprisonment, then looped his silver ribbon around Lou Yunxiao's neck and offered to take him along.

Ning Ke revealed his true identities to Lou Yunxiao, accepted his love, and reunited with Ning Xiaoxiao. Outside the Dungeon, Gao Ze defended Ning Ke and called on the Sword Sect to unite against the Great Demon and the Sun God.

• Ning Ke revealed himself to Lou Yunxiao, who embraced him and asked to be taken away with him; Ning Ke agreed.
• Ning Xiaoxiao recognized Ning Ke as her brother, and he promised her he would not leave again.
• Jiu Yuan led the others out of the Dungeon, where greater demons and the Sword Sect, Pill Sect, and Music Sect forces faced one another.
• Gao Ze reunited with Hong Yao and Wei Qinghai, then explained that he had been cultivating with Ning Ke and defended the Demon Venerable's actions.
• Gao Ze urged the cultivators to recognize the Great Demon and Sun God as their enemies, then ordered the Sword Sect to prioritize fighting them and follow Ning Ke's commands.

Gao Ze united the sects behind Ning Ke and learned that Abbot Wujue had been connected to a dangerous purple-eyed Heaven’s Way named Jiang He. After Qing Ru revealed Jiang He’s plans to seize the Qianyuan Continent, Wugou recognized the wooden fish he was using and warned that Jiang He’s first target would be the continent’s Heaven’s Way.

• Gao Ze won the Sword Sect’s support for Ning Ke, while Hong Yao and Wei Qinghai pledged aid from the Pill Sect and Music Sect in the coming Demon War.
• Zhuang Yusheng began to report troubling discoveries about Abbot Wujue, but Qing Ru insisted the group discuss them in private.
• Jiang He told Nan Lou that he had spared Qing Ru and the others because one was a Nuwa Descendant, and explained that he planned to kill the local Heaven’s Way and claim the small world.
• Qing Ru recounted that the Buddhist Order’s people had become living dead and that Jiang He had emerged from Abbot Wujue’s head and grown into an adult.
• Wugou identified Jiang He’s wooden fish as the Sound-Seeking Wooden Fish, which could draw out Heaven’s Way, and concluded that Jiang He intended to slay the local Heaven’s Way.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao summoned the Qianyuan Continent’s Heaven’s Way using the Heaven’s Way Qi stored in Red Cloud and Pale Silver. The old man appeared, greeted the group, and learned from Qing Ru that the Sun God had deceived and destroyed the Snow Dragon Clan.

• Ning Ke realized that Heaven’s Way Qi could summon Heaven’s Way, and Lou Yunxiao used Chaotic Power to strengthen Red Cloud and Pale Silver.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao channeled power into the Twin Swords, which released Heaven’s Way Qi and formed an old man amid thunder and lightning.
• Heaven’s Way recognized Ning Ke as someone from the Other World and Lou Yunxiao as the Savior and Child of Fortune, then greeted the others.
• Heaven’s Way questioned Jun Mo about the Snow Dragon Clan’s absence, and Qing Ru explained that the Sun God had deceived and wiped them out.
• Heaven’s Way apologized to Jun Mo and asked Qing Ru to explain the god and what had happened.

Heaven's Way joined the group but admitted he could not help them fight, so the Fox Clan agreed to protect him as they planned an assault on Mount Qiandu. On the Demon Clan's Flying Ship, Ning Ke confronted Lou Yunxiao about using his own blood to make the Red Pill, and Lou Yunxiao asked why Heaven's Way called Ning Ke one of the People from the Other World.

• Heaven's Way told everyone he was too weak to fight and would need protection from the Purple-Eyed Heaven's Way.
• Jiu Yuan promised to protect Heaven's Way, and Ning Ke said the Fox Clan would help before the group discussed attacking Mount Qiandu.
• Lou Yunxiao abdicated as acting Sect Master, then joined Ning Ke aboard the Demon Clan's Flying Ship with the others.
• Lou Yunxiao gave Ning Ke the Red Pill, and Ning Ke discovered it had been made using Lou Yunxiao's blood through the Blood-Merging Technique.
• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao admitted they were both trying to change themselves for each other, and Lou Yunxiao asked why Heaven's Way called Ning Ke one of the People from the Other World.

Ning Ke confessed to Lou Yunxiao that he came from another world and had approached him to fulfill the unfinished novel’s plot and return home. Lou Yunxiao accepted the truth, comforted Ning Ke, and promised to find him if he left.

• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao that the Qianyuan Continent began as an unfinished novel and that Lou Yunxiao was its protagonist.
• Ning Ke admitted he had used their closeness and sacrifices to complete his tasks so he could return to his own world.
• Lou Yunxiao accepted his role as protagonist and said he was grateful it had let him meet and love Ning Ke.
• Ning Ke broke down after confessing, and Lou Yunxiao held and comforted him.
• Lou Yunxiao promised to become a god and search across worlds for Ning Ke, insisting that his departure would not mean a final goodbye.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao confessed their desire through a passionate night together, with Lou Yunxiao pleading for Ning Ke not to forget him. The next morning, Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to become his cultivation partner when they returned to the Demon Palace.

• Ning Ke initiated a kiss with Lou Yunxiao, and they became intimate after Lou Yunxiao asked whether he could continue.
• Lou Yunxiao admitted he feared Ning Ke would disappear and forget him, and Ning Ke promised to wait for him to find him.
• The next morning, Ning Ke noticed Lou Yunxiao's old bite mark and kissed his forehead tenderly.
• Lou Yunxiao pulled Ning Ke into his arms and asked him to become cultivation partners when they returned to the Demon Palace.

Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to become his Cultivation Partner, prompting Jiu Yuan to attack him after discovering the marks on Ning Ke's neck. Ning Ke stopped their fight and accepted Lou Yunxiao, and Jiu Yuan agreed to their marriage before the final battle.

• Lou Yunxiao called Jiu Yuan his older brother-in-law and asked him to witness his union with Ning Ke.
• Jiu Yuan saw the marks on Ning Ke's neck, kicked Lou Yunxiao off the Flying Ship, and fought him all the way to the Demon Palace.
• Ning Ke told Wugou that he would marry Lou Yunxiao, while Wugou and Ning Xiaoxiao mistakenly assumed Ning Ke was the dominant partner.
• Ning Ke used Time Stop to halt Jiu Yuan and Lou Yunxiao, then told Jiu Yuan that he had chosen Lou Yunxiao freely and would not regret it.
• Jiu Yuan accepted Ning Ke's choice and urged the couple to marry soon before they resumed preparing for the final battle.
• Lou Yunxiao thanked Jiu Yuan, who told him to call him older brother-in-law again.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao formed a Soul Pact and began helping the Demon Clan awaken domains as the great battle approached. The chapter ended with Wugou’s domain throwing off Lou Yunxiao’s attacks, and Ning Ke calling it a bug.

• Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao exchanged vows before Jiu Yuan and Bai Wanru, then formed a Soul Pact marked by purple osmanthus blossoms and red cord.
• Ning Xiaoxiao came to learn about domains, while Ning Ke, Wugou, and Lou Yunxiao took charge of training the Demon Clan; Feng Yu went to investigate the Buddhist Order and Purple-Eyed Heaven's Way.
• Jiu Yuan awakened a mist domain, and Ning Xiaoxiao’s domain amplified sword intent.
• Lou Yunxiao challenged Wugou, who wielded Buddhist Prayer Beads, while Ning Ke and the demons watched and placed bets.
• Lou Yunxiao’s attacks repeatedly veered away from Wugou, and Ning Ke said Wugou’s domain was a bug.