Chapter Summaries

Wei Manping visited Jiang Rong under the pretense of discussing the Wei Family’s business, hoping to meet Li Chen as part of a plan to assassinate him. When Li Chen arrived, his overwhelming presence terrified the Wei Family members, including Pan Chengwu, who had once claimed he could kill the emperor.

• Wei Manping reported on the Wei Family’s business to Jiang Rong while discreetly hoping to see Li Chen.
• Jiang Rong accepted the Wei Family’s atlas and Millennium Dragonbone Brew, then invited Li Chen and Jiang Mo to join her.
• Li Chen arrived with Jiang Mo, and the kneeling Wei Family members felt the pressure of his terrifying presence.
• Pan Chengwu regretted his earlier boast that he could kill Li Chen and silently resigned himself to Wei Lu’s role in the assassination plan.
• Wei Lianhan, who had volunteered to help the Yuan lineage, looked forward to the possibility of bringing down a saint realm emperor.

At the Jiang Residence, the Wei Family presented Li Chen with a sword dance, and Jiang Mo arranged for the women to stay and teach her. The Wei men left believing their wives were at Li Chen’s mercy, while Li Chen decided he had no need to force them into anything.

• Wei Manying allowed Wei Lianhan to accompany the Wei Family women, including Han Fengxian, to the Jiang Residence.
• Jiang Rong served Li Chen Millennium Dragonbone Brew, and Wei Manping performed a Green Lotus Drunken Immortal Sword Dance with six other Wei women.
• Jiang Mo asked Li Chen to let the Wei women stay at the Jiang Residence so she could learn their sword dances, and Wei Manping agreed to teach her.
• Wei Yu, Pan Chengwu, and the other Wei men thanked Li Chen and left, inwardly distressed that their wives would remain with him.
• Pan Chengwu drank alone and Wei Yu paced in regret, while Li Chen chose not to force the Wei women into intimacy.

Jiang Mo and the women of the Wei Residence tried to seduce Li Chen as part of their plan, but the Millennium Dragonbone Brew had little effect on him. The women took the initiative to entertain him, and several found themselves enjoying the encounter; the chapter ended with the Jiang Residence joyful and the Wei Residence gloomy.

• Jiang Mo learned the Green Lotus Drunken Immortal Sword Dance quickly while Wei Manping waited for Li Chen to succumb to the brew.
• Wei Manping and the other women realized Li Chen was unaffected and decided to approach him themselves.
• Wei Lianhan played the zither, Han Fengxian joined her on the flute, and Wei Lu offered Li Chen a massage.
• Li Chen understood that the women were trying to please him and took them to his room.
• Wei Lu, Han Fengxian, and Wei Lianhan gradually enjoyed their mission despite initially thinking of it as a humiliation.
• The Jiang Residence filled with joy while the Wei Residence remained gloomy.

Pan Chengwu, Wei Yu, and the other men of the Wei Residence endured their wives’ repeated visits to the Jiang Residence as part of the Regicide Plan, worrying about their safety and how long Li Chen could survive. By the fourth day, the women returned smiling and adorned with jewelry, and Wei Lianhan heard someone tease Wei Lu about eagerly returning to the Jiang Residence.

• Pan Chengwu and Wei Yu spent a sleepless night worrying about the Regicide Plan and the women who had gone to the Jiang Residence.
• Wei Lu returned the next day, and Pan Chengwu avoided asking what had happened while she rested; Wei Yu learned from Han Fengxian how formidable Li Chen had been.
• The Wei women made further trips to the Jiang Residence, while Pan Chengwu, Wei Yu, and the other men debated how soon Li Chen might die and encouraged one another to endure.
• On the fourth day, Wei Mingde reassured the worried men that the women were practicing swordsmanship with Imperial Consort Jiang and would return later.
• The women came home wearing extra jewelry and suppressing smiles, then went to rest before their next mission.
• After waking that evening, Wei Lianhan heard someone tease Wei Lu about being eager to go back to the Jiang Residence.

Wei Lianhan watched Han Fengxian and Wei Lu quarrel over Li Chen, then admitted to herself that she had developed feelings for him. As the Wei women continued visiting the Jiang Residence, Pan Chengwu grew furious and jealous, but Wei Lu remained focused on winning Li Chen’s favor.

• Han Fengxian and Wei Lu traded insults about their time with Li Chen, and Wei Lianhan stopped them by reminding them that she had no husband.
• Wei Manping joined the women, who claimed they were making preparations before going their separate ways; afterward, Wei Manping looked toward the Jiang Family and kept pursuing her own ambitions.
• On the fifth day, Pan Chengwu noticed marks on Wei Lu and nearly stormed off to confront Li Chen, but Wei Mingde and the others restrained him.
• Pan Chengwu decided he could not be the only one making sacrifices and began plotting after Wei Mingde urged him to consider the bigger picture.
• On the sixth day, Pan Chengwu asked Wei Lu to take a day off and spend time with him, but she insisted she had to keep visiting Li Chen to advance their plan.
• Pan Chengwu asked Wei Lu to spare him half an hour, or at least ten minutes.

Li Chen continued spending time with the women of the Wei Residence while Pan Chengwu persuaded Wei Lu to invite him to the Wei Family residence. Wei Manping approved, and the chapter ended with Li Chen scheduled to attend a banquet there as rival merchant families tried and failed to join.

• Li Chen spent a week in Shanghe City, while Wei Manping tracked his visits and Lin Mo remained away on official duties.
• Zhang Wanshui and Sun Youcai discussed the Wei Family’s success and wondered how their own families could offer beautiful women to Li Chen.
• Pan Chengwu suggested that Wei Lu take Li Chen to new places and invite him to the Wei Residence, claiming the family should make its gifts appear less deliberate.
• Wei Lu consulted Wei Manping, who agreed that the invitation made sense, though she wondered what Pan Chengwu hoped to gain.
• Wei Mingde prepared a banquet for Li Chen’s visit, while other merchant families offered benefits for a chance to attend and the Wei women rejected them.

Li Chen visited the Wei Family estate, where Wei Mingde and his relatives fawned over him while concealing their hatred as Former Dynasty Remnants. The Wei women attended to Li Chen at the banquet, leaving the men seething as the meal began.

• The Wei Family prepared an elaborate welcome for Li Chen, who arrived at the estate with Wei Lianhan.
• Wei Mingde led the family in welcoming Li Chen and praised his rule before escorting him into the hall.
• Li Chen asked about the Wei Family's members, cultivators, and views on trade with the Southern Kingdoms, and Wei Mingde pledged their support for imperial policies.
• The Wei Family began cooking lunch after Li Chen arrived, while Wei Lu, Han Fengxian, and the other women massaged him at the banquet.
• Pan Wencheng, Wei Yu, and the other men watched their wives attend to Li Chen and grew furious.

Li Chen visited the Wei Residence and was led to see Madam Wei, who had pretended to be ill. After Pan Chengwu arranged for everyone else to leave, Li Chen and Madam Wei were left alone in her room.

• Pan Chengwu raised the subject of Wei Manping's absent mother, and Li Chen offered to visit her.
• Wei Manping led Li Chen to the rear courtyard, where Madam Wei was waiting in bed despite not being ill.
• Li Chen admired Madam Wei's beauty and said he knew a little medicine.
• Pan Chengwu encouraged Li Chen to examine Madam Wei, then left with Wei Manping and Wei Mingde.
• A palace maid closed the door, leaving Li Chen alone with Madam Wei.

Pan Chengwu forced Wei Mingde to remain outside while Li Chen examined Madam Wei, turning Wei Mingde’s earlier advice about accepting the bigger picture back against him. Madam Wei mistook Li Chen’s visit for a demand and, after trying to avoid a pulse examination, offered herself to protect the Wei Family.

• Wei Mingde confronted Pan Chengwu about Li Chen treating Madam Wei, but Pan Chengwu repeated Wei Mingde’s advice to accept the bigger picture.
• Pan Chengwu stopped Wei Mingde from leaving by warning that the emperor might punish the Wei Family if they were gone when he came out.
• Li Chen approached Madam Wei in the rear courtyard and asked to take her pulse, frightening her because she believed he would discover the family’s deception.
• Madam Wei said her illness was of the heart and blamed it on Wei Mingde’s poor health and their lack of intimacy.
• Li Chen realized Madam Wei was offering herself to soothe his anger and protect her family.

Li Chen continued his visits to the Wei Family, turning Madam Wei’s supposed treatment into an affair she eagerly wanted to continue. After more than a week of his relentless indulgence, Wei Manping began to wonder why he seemed healthier rather than weakened, but resolved to keep the plan going.

• Li Chen kept Madam Wei in her room for two hours, then told Wei Mingde that her treatment required several more days at the Jiang Residence.
• Wei Mingde returned to his wife, who insisted she would keep serving the Wei Family’s cause despite secretly looking forward to seeing Li Chen again.
• Li Chen left the Wei Residence with Wei Lu, Han Fengxian, and the other women, then took them to Shanghe City’s scenic spots, including the Heavenly Lotus Pool.
• A little over a week later, Wei Manping noticed Li Chen looked increasingly healthy despite the Wei women’s efforts to wear him down.
• Wei Manping decided to keep serving Li Chen and believed the Wei Family could outlast him by continuing for years or even decades.

Wei Manping and the Wei Family continued their scheme to wear Li Chen down by having their women attend him, while Wei Mingde grew jealous but also learned from his wife’s newfound enthusiasm. The next morning, Li Chen asked Wei Manping to join him for breakfast, leaving Wei Mingde alone with Madam Wei.

• Wei Manping claimed she had contracted a strange illness and persuaded Li Chen to be with her.
• Madam Wei joined the Wei Family’s plan and devoted herself to serving Li Chen.
• Wei Mingde returned home, saw his wife with Li Chen, and decided he had discovered a new way to please her.
• Wei Mingde welcomed Li Chen in the morning with a prepared handkerchief and offered to take him to breakfast.
• Li Chen sent Wei Mingde away and asked him to have Wei Manping join him after she rested.
• Wei Mingde dismissed the other women and entered the room to speak privately with Madam Wei.

Madam Wei rejected her husband Wei Mingde’s attempts at intimacy after her night with Li Chen, while Li Chen agreed to let the women of the Wei Residence accompany Wei Manping into the palace. Wei Manping then reassured her father that Li Chen was near death, though she privately admitted she had no idea when that might happen.

• Madam Wei recoiled from Wei Mingde’s embrace and angrily forbade him from touching her, leaving him to withdraw in disappointment.
• Li Chen told Wei Manping he had important business to attend to and confirmed that the Wei Family had served him well.
• Wei Manping asked Li Chen to let the women of the Wei Residence enter the palace as servants, and he agreed.
• Wei Mingde asked Wei Manping how much longer Li Chen would live, and she told him Li Chen should be on his last legs while privately acknowledging she did not know when he would die.

Jun Zhantian and Jun Wuhui arrived at Autumn Moon Manor, where Qiu Qingxia's parents welcomed them after Jun Zhantian saved her. Jun Wuhui and Yu Jing met privately after dinner, and he told her he had found leads to the Immortal Path but still needed a few opportunities.

• Jun Zhantian and Jun Wuhui admired the spiritual energy around Autumn Moon Manor as Qiu Qingxia explained that her lineage had lived there in seclusion for centuries.
• Qiu Zuo thanked Jun Zhantian for rescuing Qiu Qingxia and invited him and Jun Wuhui into the manor.
• Yu Jing recognized Jun Wuhui when she met the guests, while he also recognized her, but neither revealed their past to the others.
• Qiu Zuo learned that Jun Zhantian came from a Reclusive Lineage and invited the two guests to stay, and Jun Zhantian accepted after Jun Wuhui agreed.
• Qiu Qingxia invited Jun Zhantian to admire the flowers, while Jun Wuhui stayed behind and summoned Yu Jing.
• Yu Jing asked Jun Wuhui whether he had found the Immortal Path, and he said he had leads but still lacked a few opportunities.

Jun Wuhui agreed to take Yu Jing to the hidden waterfall and its mysterious restriction, while Jun Zhantian learned why Qiu Qingxia had been attacked. Yu Jing discovered that her daughter liked Jun Zhantian and warned her that loving a man of the Jun Family could leave her lonely.

• Yu Jing recalled her devotion to Jun Wuhui, who told her he had returned solely for the Immortal Path.
• Jun Wuhui confirmed that he planned to revisit the hidden waterfall and agreed to take Yu Jing after Jun Zhantian finished training.
• Qiu Qingxia told Jun Zhantian that members of the Star Tiger Sect had attacked her after she found a Phoenix Fruit.
• Yu Jing asked Qiu Qingxia whether she liked Jun Zhantian, and Qiu Qingxia shyly admitted that she did.
• Yu Jing warned Qiu Qingxia that men of the Jun Family pursued ascension and that loving one could lead to loneliness.

Jun Zhantian accompanied Qiu Qingxia to Yellow Creek Valley, where he set his sights on a beautiful woman competing for Blazing Sun Grass. He stopped her sword and demanded that she give up the herb.

• Qiu Qingxia dressed carefully for her excursion with Jun Zhantian, who offered only a brief compliment before leading the way out of the Mountain Villa.
• Yu Jing watched them leave and resolved to make her daughter give up on Jun Zhantian.
• Qiu Qingxia told Jun Zhantian about Yellow Creek Valley’s herbs and its powerful Demon Beast, and he boldly entered the valley.
• Qiu Qingxia spotted Blazing Sun Grass and suggested buying it from the larger group gathered nearby, but Jun Zhantian insisted they take it by force.
• Jun Zhantian noticed a beautiful flame-marked girl reaching for the herb, rushed over, and caught her sword between his fingers as he demanded she part with it.

Jun Zhantian defeated the geniuses who attacked him, impressing Lü Shanshan, who apologized and offered to guide him through the area. Qiu Qingxia mistook his attention for affection and resolved to ask her mother how to win his heart.

• Jun Zhantian ignored the angry cultivators and unleashed Sword Qi, killing two attackers and gravely wounding three others.
• Lü Shanshan, stunned by Jun Zhantian's strength, apologized after learning he was the Divine Son of Jun.
• Jun Zhantian offered to help Lü Shanshan if she encountered trouble, and she offered to guide him around the area.
• Qiu Qingxia felt jealous as Jun Zhantian chatted with Lü Shanshan, but he grabbed her arm and saved her from falling off a cliff.
• Qiu Qingxia took Jun Zhantian's rescue as proof that he cared for her and decided to ask her mother how to win him over.

Yu Jing watched Qiu Qingxia grow increasingly jealous as Jun Zhantian attracted more women, and she waited for a chance to persuade her daughter to distance herself from him. The chapter ended with Yu Jing comforting Qiu Qingxia after she hid in her room and cried.

• Yu Jing visited Jun Wuhui and invited him to dinner, while he remained emotionally distant.
• Qiu Qingxia asked Yu Jing for Autumn Moon Manor's invitation to the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament so Jun Zhantian could attend.
• Over the next three days, Jun Zhantian returned with Lü Shanshan, Mo Yan'er and Mo Yan'er, and Liu Yu, drawing a crowd of women to Autumn Moon Manor.
• Yu Jing noticed Qiu Qingxia was missing while Jun Zhantian's party gathered around a bonfire and went to check on her.
• Qiu Qingxia denied crying, but then threw herself into Yu Jing's arms and sobbed as her mother wiped away her tears.

Li Chen traveled with Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi to the ruins of Luo Water Manor, where he learned about Luo Xi and suspected she was the person his system wanted him to find. Meanwhile, Qiu Qingxia remained determined to attend the prodigy tournament at Hongmen Mountain Villa, despite Yu Jing's efforts to dissuade her from pursuing Jun Zhantian.

• Yu Jing comforted Qiu Qingxia about her feelings for Jun Zhantian, while privately admitting she still longed for Jun Wuhui.
• Li Chen took Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi toward the ruins of Luo Water Manor and asked about unusual members of the Luo lineage.
• Luo Qimeng told Li Chen about Luo Xi, a Saint Body who could not cultivate and had been taken away by her mysterious father.
• Li Chen suspected Luo Xi's inability to cultivate came from Heavenly Dao restraints and believed his Heavenly Dao Power could help her break them.
• Cultivators told Luo Qimeng that Hongmen Mountain Villa's prodigy tournament would begin the next day, with the champion gaining entry to its forbidden land.
• Qiu Qingxia told Yu Jing she still wanted to watch the tournament, and Yu Jing accepted that her daughter remained set on finding someone worthy of her admiration.

Li Chen accompanied Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi to the ruins of Luo Water Manor, where they found Luo Xi searching for her father's legacy. Luo Xi revealed that a man had imprisoned and poisoned her mother, leaving Li Chen and the sisters facing the need to rescue her.

• Li Chen took Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi to Luo Water Manor's ruins to search for the Luo Family's legacy.
• Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi caught a girl digging near the ancestral graves and recognized her as Luo Xi.
• Li Chen called himself Luo Xi's uncle by marriage, and Luo Qimeng revealed that he was also Luo Zixi's man.
• Luo Xi explained that a man had confined her mother and planned for Luo Xi to choose a husband at her coming-of-age ceremony the next day.
• Luo Xi said she had come to find a chest her father left behind, but her mother could not escape because the man had poisoned her and controlled access to the antidote.

Luo Xi revealed that Qin Hong had made her mother dependent on medicine, and Li Chen appeared ready to intervene. Elsewhere, Jun Zhantian provoked the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament crowd, while Qiu Zuo returned to find his wife leaving Jun Wuhui's room and wondered why he was hiding.

• Luo Xi told Li Chen that Qin Hong had trapped her mother in a painful dependence on medicine.
• Luo Qimeng reassured Luo Xi that Li Chen was more powerful than any man, while keeping his identity secret.
• Jun Zhantian registered for the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, insulted the crowd, and provoked hostile cultivators.
• Jun Zhantian recalled that his mother had gone to Luo Water Manor and resolved to ask about its location after the competition.
• Qiu Zuo returned to Autumn Moon Manor, saw Yu Jing leaving Jun Wuhui's room, and chastised himself for hiding.