Chapter Summaries

Qiu Zuo mistook Yu Jing’s visit to Jun Wuhui for a possible betrayal, but she explained their history and reassured him. His reflections on Jun Wuhui’s self-control sparked a chance for cultivation breakthrough, while Qiu Qingxia confessed her feelings for Jun Zhantian, who later explained to his father why the Grand Competition would test him.

• Qiu Zuo confronted Yu Jing about visiting Jun Wuhui, and she clarified that they had only been old companions and that Jun Wuhui’s sole Dao companion had been Luo Zixi.
• Qiu Zuo gained sudden insight into his worldly attachments, felt his cultivation bottleneck loosen, and hurried to the Seclusion Chamber to attempt a breakthrough.
• Qiu Qingxia excitedly told Yu Jing that Jun Zhantian had put an arm around her waist during registration, and she refused her mother’s suggestion to consider other young talents.
• Jun Zhantian recounted the registration events to Jun Wuhui and explained that the Western Region’s lawless competition would test him through dirty tactics as well as combat.

Jun Wuhui warned Jun Zhantian that opponents might use ruthless tricks, while Li Chen accompanied Luo Zixi and Luo Qimeng to Hongmen Mountain Villa to retrieve Luo Xi’s mother. Qin Hong welcomed the women warmly, but Luo Xi suspected his kindness concealed another scheme.

• Jun Wuhui warned Jun Zhantian not to underestimate weaker opponents and considered accompanying him to face the Hongmen Grand Competition.
• Li Chen agreed to keep his identity concealed as he traveled with Luo Zixi and Luo Qimeng to rescue Luo Xi’s mother and obtain the antidote.
• Luo Xi led the group to Hongmen Mountain Villa, where a guard blocked them until Qin Hong came out and recognized Luo Zixi and Luo Qimeng.
• Qin Hong welcomed the women, blamed the guard for turning Luo Xi away, and offered to bring Luo Xi’s mother to dinner.
• Luo Qimeng asked to see Luo Xi’s mother, and Luo Xi grew suspicious because Qin Hong’s hospitality reminded her of an earlier incident.

Luo Jiazhi reunited with her sisters at Hongmen Mountain Villa, where Qin Hong secretly planned to drug and detain them. After Li Chen exposed the poisoned banquet, Qin Hong accused Luo Xi of framing him and summoned the guards, but Li Chen unleashed an overwhelming aura.

• Luo Xi told Luo Jiazhi that Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi had arrived at the Mountain Villa with Li Chen.
• Qin Hong prepared a banquet with poisoned wine, hoping to keep Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi at the villa.
• Luo Zixi offered Qin Hong Nine-Turn Mystic Spirit Pills in exchange for releasing Luo Jiazhi and Luo Xi, but he pretended to agree to let them choose whether to stay.
• Luo Jiazhi reunited with her sisters and secretly warned them not to act rashly, while Luo Xi passed Li Chen a note saying the food and wine were poisoned.
• Li Chen openly asked Qin Hong whether the banquet was poisoned, prompting Qin Hong to accuse Luo Xi of framing him and summon the villa’s armed guards and disciples.
• As Luo Jiazhi despaired at their apparent entrapment, Li Chen released an overwhelming aura.

Li Chen revealed his Saint Realm strength at Hongmen Mountain Villa, overwhelmed Qin Hong, and learned that Luo Jiazhi’s poison could be cured through dual cultivation. After Luo Jiazhi agreed, Li Chen and Luo Qimeng planned to take over the villa by installing Qin Zhan as its master.

• Li Chen unleashed his Saint Realm aura, defeated Qin Hong, and sent him unconscious.
• Luo Qimeng asked Qin Hong for the antidote, but he refused and declared he would take Luo Jiazhi with him.
• Li Chen proposed curing Luo Jiazhi’s poison through dual cultivation, and she agreed after her sisters urged her to accept.
• Li Chen suggested absorbing Hongmen Mountain Villa into Luo Water Manor, and Luo Qimeng proposed making Qin Zhan its nominal master.
• Qin Zhan arrived and pledged to serve Li Chen, denouncing his elder brother Qin Hong.

Li Chen took control of Hongmen Mountain Villa, and Luo Qimeng began preparing to avenge Luo Water Manor. Meanwhile, Li Chen promised to free Luo Xi from the restraints on her constitution, and Luo Jiazhi prepared to let him cure her poison as footsteps approached her room.

• Li Chen made Qin Zhan the new master of Hongmen Mountain Villa and placed a restriction on him to ensure his loyalty.
• Luo Qimeng ordered Qin Zhan to bring records of the past three years and found evidence of the factions that had looted Luo Water Manor.
• Luo Xi apologized to Li Chen, who promised he could remove the restraints on her constitution if she wanted to cultivate.
• Li Chen inspected Qin Hong's luxurious residence, which had become his temporary quarters.
• Luo Zixi helped Luo Jiazhi prepare for Li Chen to cure her poison, and they heard footsteps outside the courtyard.

Li Chen treated Luo Jiazhi and Luo Zixi, then began freeing the women Qin Hong had poisoned and imprisoned at Hongmen Mountain Villa. After curing some of them and hearing their stories, he went from room to room to save the rest.

• Li Chen stayed with Luo Jiazhi and Luo Zixi as he treated their poison, and the two women were exhausted when he left the room.
• Luo Xi told Li Chen that Qin Hong had poisoned and imprisoned many women in the villa, so he went with her to help them.
• Hua Xianxian told Li Chen that Qin Hong had murdered her husband and kept her captive for ten years, and Li Chen began treating her poison.
• A mother and daughter from the destroyed Qingxia Sect explained that Qin Hong had poisoned them under the guise of offering refuge, and Li Chen used golden light to begin curing them.
• Li Chen continued visiting the imprisoned women, hearing how Qin Hong had abducted or deceived them, and set out to save them all.

After spending the night treating volunteers, Li Chen agreed to help Luo Xi awaken her ability to cultivate through dual cultivation. Luo Zixi and Luo Jiazhi prepared Luo Xi for him, and the chapter ended as Luo Zixi tugged Luo Xi’s newly fitted tail.

• Li Chen finished treating the volunteers as dawn approached, and Luo Xi asked him to help her cultivate.
• Li Chen explained that dual cultivation could help unlock the restrictions on Luo Xi’s Saint Body, and she pleaded for his help so she could protect her mother.
• Luo Xi told Li Chen that Luo Jiazhi and Luo Zixi had approved, and he agreed to help her.
• Luo Zixi took Luo Xi behind a screen and dressed her in a sheer outfit with fox ears and a tail.
• Luo Zixi presented the blushing Luo Xi to Li Chen and lifted her tail, making Luo Xi shudder.

Gu Xiangling returned to Hongmen Mountain Villa with Qin Xinqiao and discovered that Qin Zhan had imprisoned Qin Hong and taken control. Qin Zhan sought Li Chen’s favor by leading him toward Gu Xiangling and her daughter, while the two women feared what would happen next.

• Luo Jiazhi watched Li Chen notice Luo Xi’s tail and used the trinket to lift her daughter’s restriction while pursuing her own desires.
• Gu Xiangling returned to Hongmen Mountain Villa with Qin Xinqiao, but servants blocked their attempt to leave and directed them to Qin Zhan.
• Qin Zhan revealed that Qin Hong was imprisoned, then had Gu Xiangling confined in her former room with her daughter.
• Qin Zhan visited Li Chen, asked whether to hold the Hongmen Grand Competition, and received permission to decide for himself.
• Qin Zhan invited Li Chen to come with him, hoping Gu Xiangling’s appearance would help him curry favor.
• Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao worried about their imprisonment until footsteps approached their room.

Qin Zhan brought Li Chen to meet Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao, hoping to use them to curry favor with him. Gu Xiangling offered to serve Li Chen to protect her daughter, but Qin Xinqiao tried to take her place, leaving the situation unresolved.

• Qin Zhan nervously told Li Chen that Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao might be at risk if he sent them away, then invited him to inspect them personally.
• Qin Zhan dismissed the guards and brought Li Chen into the room where Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao were waiting.
• Gu Xiangling recognized that Li Chen held high standing and began serving him tea and massaging his shoulders to secure her daughter's safety.
• Qin Zhan started to withdraw, but Gu Xiangling asked Li Chen to let her attend to him privately.
• Qin Xinqiao dropped to her knees and offered to serve Li Chen instead, reaching to undo her sash as Gu Xiangling panicked.

Li Chen accepted Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao’s offers, while Qin Zhan listened outside and redirected his jealousy toward his imprisoned brother, Qin Hong. Qin Zhan tormented Qin Hong by describing the women’s encounter with Li Chen, and Qin Hong ended the chapter overwhelmed with rage.

• Li Chen told Gu Xiangling and Qin Xinqiao to come together, and Qin Xinqiao undressed after asking her mother to guide her.
• Qin Zhan listened outside, grew resentful, and went to Qin Hong’s dungeon cell with food and wine.
• Qin Zhan taunted Qin Hong by describing Gu Xiangling’s eagerness with Li Chen, and Qin Hong blamed her actions on protecting Qin Xinqiao.
• Qin Zhan claimed his own wife and daughter were too heavy for Li Chen to want, leaving Qin Hong with no weakness to exploit.
• After Qin Zhan left, Qin Hong spat blood and cursed Li Chen as he thought about losing the women he loved.

Luo Qimeng instructed Qin Zhan to hold the Hongmen Grand Competition, and the event drew thousands of competitors and tens of thousands of spectators. As Jun Zhantian boasted of his impending victory, Qin Zhan announced the prizes and the chaotic preliminary battles began.

• Luo Qimeng told Qin Zhan to hold the Hongmen Grand Competition as usual, and he went to make the arrangements.
• The Hongmen Grand Competition began at Hongmen Mountain Villa, drawing over ten thousand competitors and nearly fifty thousand spectators.
• Jun Zhantian arrived with Qiu Qingxia, Lü Shanshan, Mo Yan'er, Mo Yan'er, and Liu Yu, confident that he would dominate the competition.
• Qin Zhan announced that the top ten could enter the Hongmen Forbidden Land for three days and that the champion would receive an Earth-Rank Cultivation Art.
• The bell rang, and the preliminary round began as hundred-person melees in which only the top two advanced; Jun Zhantian expected everyone to target him.

Jun Zhantian defeated ninety-eight opponents and reunited with his mother, Luo Zixi, who feared he would discover her relationship with Li Chen. Meanwhile, Li Chen and Luo Xi set out for the Mysterious Waterfall, unaware that someone else was heading there too.

• Jun Zhantian defeated his final opponent and won the arena battle as Luo Zixi arrived to watch.
• Luo Zixi reunited with Jun Zhantian, learned Jun Wuhui had returned, and resolved to keep her son from meeting Li Chen.
• Jun Wuhui stayed hidden while Yu Jing left, unwilling to face Luo Zixi.
• Li Chen asked Luo Xi about the Mysterious Waterfall, and she recalled a restricted waterfall she had found while following her father's clues.
• Li Chen and Luo Xi skipped the Luo Family Ruins and went straight to the Mysterious Waterfall as another person headed there.

Yu Jing was nearly killed by the Black Baleful Demon Tiger before Li Chen rescued her and revealed himself as the emperor. After recognizing him, Yu Jing led Li Chen and Luo Xi toward the hidden grotto-heaven while considering whether her daughter could become his consort.

• Yu Jing revisited the Mysterious Waterfall and was attacked by the Black Baleful Demon Tiger.
• Li Chen killed the tiger with a casual strike and carried the injured Yu Jing while Luo Xi treated her wounds.
• Yu Jing learned Li Chen had come to search for traces of Luo Xi’s father and considered introducing him to her daughter.
• Yu Jing recognized Li Chen as the emperor and prostrated herself before him, startling Luo Xi.
• Li Chen lifted Yu Jing to her feet and asked her to guide them into the grotto-heaven, while Yu Jing began considering her daughter’s prospects as a consort.

Li Chen entered the hidden world behind the waterfall and found the Heaven Measuring Ruler, an immortal artifact that he gave to Luo Xi. After Li Chen left with Luo Xi and Yu Jing, a clan guardian confronted Jun Wuhui and Jun Zhantian at the cave, accusing them of stealing the ruler.

• Yu Jing explained that a repelling barrier guarded the waterfall, but Li Chen passed through it effortlessly and retrieved the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Li Chen tested the ruler’s power, then gave it to Luo Xi, while Yu Jing marveled at his generosity and invited him to Autumn Waters Villa.
• A black-robed expert in a nearby secret realm sensed the trespass and hurried toward the clan’s forbidden land.
• Jun Wuhui brought Jun Zhantian to test the barrier, using the Heaven-Returning Bracelet to help his son advance farther.
• The black-robed expert confronted Jun Wuhui and Jun Zhantian, demanded the Heaven Measuring Ruler, and accused them of stealing it.

Jun Wuhui confronted a black-robed Immortal-Service Clan member who demanded the Heaven-Measuring Ruler. Meanwhile, Li Chen visited Autumn Moon Manor, where Yu Jing tried to discover whether he was susceptible to women, leaving him intrigued by her advances.

• Jun Wuhui sent Jun Zhantian out of the cave and prepared to fight the black-robed man over the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• The black-robed man revealed that he belonged to the Immortal-Service Clan and explained how he had recovered in a secret realm and found a path toward immortality.
• Jun Wuhui attacked the black-robed man with a punch.
• Qiu Zuo welcomed Li Chen at Autumn Moon Manor and earned his praise for the Spirit Tea.
• Yu Jing dismissed Qiu Zuo and massaged Li Chen's shoulders, hoping to learn whether he liked women and perhaps introduce her daughter to him.
• Li Chen suspected Yu Jing was trying to seduce him and watched her advances with interest.

Li Chen misunderstood Yu Jing’s invitation and spent the night with her, while Qiu Zuo remained unaware of what had happened. The chapter ended with Qiu Zuo gaining new insight and going into seclusion, leaving Yu Jing free to meet Li Chen again that night.

• Li Chen accepted Yu Jing’s invitation to rest in her private courtyard, and Qiu Zuo resolved to thank his wife with a Hairpin.
• Yu Jing brought Li Chen to her room, where he mistook her intentions and took her to bed.
• After a night with Li Chen, Yu Jing slipped out in the morning and found Qiu Zuo waiting with the Hairpin he had bought in Shanghe City.
• Qiu Zuo assumed Yu Jing was limping from fear of Li Chen’s dragon might and dismissed her suggestion that the emperor might be interested in her.
• Qiu Zuo’s magnanimous remark gave him another moment of insight, and he went into seclusion while Yu Jing prepared to attend Li Chen that night.

Qiu Qingxia returned to Autumn Waters Villa and refused her mother's plans to match her with another man, remaining devoted to Jun Zhantian. Yu Jing secretly tried to arrange for her daughter to meet Li Chen, while the other women shared Qiu Qingxia's pastries; the chapter left Yu Jing joining Li Chen and Luo Xi as their sparring partner.

• Qiu Qingxia returned to Autumn Waters Villa with Jun Zhantian's followers, and Yu Jing sent them to rest in the front courtyard.
• Qiu Qingxia rejected Yu Jing's attempt to suggest a man more outstanding than Jun Zhantian and left the courtyard.
• Yu Jing planned to use pastries and sedatives to create an opportunity for Qiu Qingxia to meet Li Chen.
• Qiu Qingxia took her mother's pastries to her room without eating them, and Lü Shanshan, the Mo sisters, Liu Yu, and the others shared them.
• Yu Jing entered the rear courtyard and joined Li Chen and Luo Xi as their sparring partner.

Yu Jing mistakenly presented Jun Zhantian’s sleeping female followers to Li Chen as a surprise, and he spent the night with them while she assisted. In the morning, Yu Jing and Qiu Zuo both resolved to arrange for their daughter to become Li Chen’s woman, each misunderstanding the other’s intentions.

• Mo Yan'er and the other women grew drowsy and fell asleep on Qiu Qingxia’s bed while Qiu Qingxia waited for Jun Zhantian.
• Luo Xi began sensing spiritual energy and cultivating as Yu Jing attended to Li Chen and offered him a surprise.
• Yu Jing brought Li Chen to Qiu Qingxia’s room, found the sleeping women there, and claimed they were the surprise she had prepared.
• Li Chen spent the night with the women while Yu Jing helped him, then Yu Jing left at dawn and ran into Qiu Zuo.
• Yu Jing took Qiu Zuo’s hints as encouragement to arrange for their daughter to become Li Chen’s woman, while Qiu Zuo wondered how she knew Li Chen had not yet woken.

Yu Jing revealed to Mo Yan'er and the other women that Li Chen was the emperor after they woke from the previous night's encounter, and they accepted their new situation. At breakfast, the women competed to serve Li Chen, and Qiu Zuo arrived in the Front Hall after the meal.

• Yu Jing prepared breakfast and warned the newly awakened women that Li Chen was the emperor and that their families could suffer if they angered him.
• Mo Yan'er and the other beauties met Li Chen at breakfast, paid their respects, and accepted Yu Jing's explanation.
• Liu Yu sat beside Li Chen to serve him, while Lü Shanshan and Mo Yan'er hurried to attend to him as well.
• Luo Xi woke and found the beauties surrounding Li Chen, then let them assume she was a high-ranking consort.
• Li Chen finished breakfast and rested in the Front Hall as the beauties served him pastries and fruit, and Qiu Zuo rushed in.

Qiu Zuo reported that two Saint Realm experts were devastating the Qiulin Mountains, prompting Li Chen to travel there and stop them. The duel was nearing its climax when Li Chen arrived and told High Person Clear Void to stay back as he prepared to intervene.

• Qiu Zuo told Li Chen that a duel in the Qiulin Mountains had displaced nearby residents and caused extensive destruction.
• High Person Clear Void led Jade Void Immortal Manor experts in evacuating people and maintaining a cordon around the battlefield.
• Hong Qingshu and Xi Yushuang asked High Person Clear Void to let them reach their old friend Jun Wuhui, but he refused and made them stay outside the cordon.
• Fang Shichuan informed High Person Clear Void that Li Chen had arrived, and High Person Clear Void hurried to welcome him.
• Li Chen inspected the devastation and the two experts gathering power for another clash, then told High Person Clear Void that staying a thousand meters away was the greatest help he could give.