Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhishui tried to comfort the despairing Zhu Chenghuo, then left him a Lesser Immortal Peach without realizing its significance. The peach restored Zhu Chenghuo’s life, and he mistook Lin Zhishui for an immortal master whose words had enlightened him.

• Lin Zhishui challenged Zhu Chenghuo’s despair with blunt reflections on death, meaning, and what a person leaves behind.
• Zhu Chenghuo said he wanted to borrow another five hundred years from heaven, and Lin Zhishui left him a Lesser Immortal Peach before walking away.
• Zhu Chenghuo recognized the peach as a legendary treasure that could extend his lifespan by five hundred years and swallowed it.
• The peach restored Zhu Chenghuo’s vitality, repaired damage from his forbidden technique, and gave him hope of breaking through the Five Passes.
• Zhu Chenghuo interpreted Lin Zhishui’s words as profound wisdom and vowed to take the mysterious senior as his guiding light.

Yan Shanshui’s secluded senior found Zhu Chenghuo just as his lifespan was ending and saved him, leaving him renewed and with the Fifth Heavenly Pass perfected. Zhu Chenghuo learned that Yan Shanshui knew Senior Lin and asked her to arrange a visit, then was stunned to hear that she and Senior Lin were quite close.

• Yan Shanshui’s master learned that Fairy Featherfall and the other experts had failed to find Great-Uncle before his expected death.
• Yan Shanshui received word from Senior Lin that he had found Great-Uncle at Quchi Subway Station, but her master assumed it was too late to save him.
• Zhu Chenghuo returned in a blaze, looking youthful and full of vitality, and said a secluded senior had saved him and guided him to perfect the Fifth Heavenly Pass.
• Zhu Chenghuo recognized Senior Lin from Yan Shanshui’s description and asked her to arrange a visit so he could repay him.
• Yan Shanshui said she would ask Senior Lin first, then revealed that he taught her calligraphy and often had breakfast with her, leaving Zhu Chenghuo dumbfounded.

Lin Zhishui reassured She Xilu that they could register their marriage in six months, and she invited his new student home for dinner while planning to buy contact lenses. After She Xilu ate the peach from his bag, a painful episode left her with snake-like scales and an eerie green eye, and a strange voice greeted her as “me.”

• Lin Zhishui told She Xilu they could register their marriage once she turned twenty, and she brightened at the prospect.
• She Xilu asked about Lin Zhishui’s new student, then invited her home for dinner the day after tomorrow and planned to buy contact lenses with him.
• Lin Zhishui went out to buy fruit while She Xilu found and ate the small peach in his bag.
• She Xilu suffered an intense headache and collapsed as disorienting visions and thoughts crowded her mind.
• After the pain subsided, She Xilu saw black scales and a snake-like green eye on the left side of her face, then heard a cold voice say, “Hello, me.”

She Xilu learned that a cold-blooded snake-demon soul shared her body and demanded that she kill Lin Zhishui as her first hurdle in cultivation. She Xilu tried to stab herself rather than let her other self harm him, and the other self finally backed down.

• She Xilu’s other self revealed they had been conjoined souls since a past life and told her to cultivate the Dharma Body path.
• The other self condemned She Xilu’s attachment to Lin Zhishui and threatened to kill him, insisting he would become her inner demon.
• She Xilu looked at a photograph of herself and Lin Zhishui, then tried to stab herself to prevent the other self from killing him.
• Snake scales stopped the knife from piercing She Xilu, and she threatened to keep trying until she died with her other self.
• The other self yielded and told She Xilu that she and Lin Zhishui could do whatever they wanted.

She Xilu made peace with her awakened past self, Youchan, after warning her not to harm Lin Zhishui. When Youchan recognized Lin Zhishui’s peach as a Lesser Immortal Peach, she suspected the Heavenly Realm was involved, then was stunned when she failed to sense him approaching.

• She Xilu threatened to take Youchan down with her if Youchan harmed Lin Zhishui, and Youchan agreed to leave him alone.
• Youchan explained that she held the murderous instincts from their past life and that they had once guarded the Demonic Well of Origin and agreed not to slaughter cultivators at will.
• She Xilu learned that her dreams and novel drew on memories of her past life, and she agreed to call her other self Youchan.
• Youchan identified the peach Lin Zhishui gave She Xilu as a Lesser Immortal Peach and suggested someone in the Heavenly Realm might have arranged for him to deliver it.
• When Lin Zhishui returned, Youchan realized her Spiritual Awareness had not detected him nearby.

Lin Zhishui comforted She Xilu after she returned from a frightening encounter with Youchan, while mistaking her distress for jealousy over a peach. His reassurances and a kiss convinced Youchan that he knew she existed, though She Xilu was too swept up in the moment to notice.

• Lin Zhishui returned home and found She Xilu crying, so he held and comforted her.
• Youchan warned She Xilu not to reveal their secret because the Great Outer-Demon Consciousness could discover them through mortals.
• She Xilu asked Lin Zhishui about the peach, and he mistakenly assumed she was jealous of Yan Shanshui and a packet of tissues.
• Lin Zhishui claimed he had traded calligraphy with Old Cheng for the Lesser Immortal Peaches, prompting Youchan to plan an investigation into the Cheng Family.
• Lin Zhishui said he knew She Xilu's true self was sleeping and kissed her, leaving Youchan convinced he knew about her existence.

Lin Zhishui comforted She Xilu after her suicide attempt and offered to find her a pet, while a disguised heavenly dog infiltrated the Cheng Family villa and escaped a coordinated attack by Venerable Dragon Subduer and Fairy Featherfall. The hunters suspected the creature was searching for something connected to the Hidden Dragon and considered asking Zhu Chenghuo for help.

• Lin Zhishui embraced She Xilu and offered to find her a pet, while Youchan doubted that he knew what She Xilu truly was.
• Yuan Sishui, disguised as a property manager, investigated the area with a Hidden Dragon Scale and entered a Cheng Family villa.
• Venerable Dragon Subduer revealed himself and attacked Yuan Sishui after she crossed the threshold, while Fairy Featherfall trapped her in a Sealing Barrier and Sword Array.
• Yuan Sishui revealed her heavenly-dog power and self-detonated, escaping with her primordial spirit despite being injured by Fairy Featherfall's sword intent.
• Venerable Dragon Subduer and Fairy Featherfall suspected the heavenly dog was seeking something connected to the Hidden Dragon and discussed asking Zhu Chenghuo for help.

A Heavenly Dog disguised as an old woman tracked a mysterious object to Lin Zhishui and transformed into a Pomeranian to approach him. Just as she prepared to devour his memories, an older man appeared and addressed Lin Zhishui as Senior Lin.

• Fairy Featherfall and the bald young man discussed Zhu Chenghuo’s renewed lifespan and planned to enlist his help capturing the Heavenly Dog.
• The injured Heavenly Dog searched the Cheng Family estate for her lord’s missing object, then sensed the Hidden Dragon Scale react near Lin Zhishui.
• The Heavenly Dog transformed into a Pomeranian and chased after Lin Zhishui to test whether he was a Cultivator.
• Lin Zhishui kicked the Pomeranian, apologized, and petted her; she sensed he was mortal and prepared to devour his memories.
• A refined man approached Lin Zhishui and greeted him as Senior Lin, causing the Heavenly Dog to conceal her power.

Lin Zhishui encountered Zhu Chenghuo again and left carrying the bewildered Little Pomeranian, while Zhu Chenghuo mistakenly believed Lin had already eliminated the Heavenly Dog. Fairy Featherfall then sensed the Outer Demon nearby again, making Zhu suspect the dog with Lin was the target.

• Lin Zhishui pretended not to recognize Zhu Chenghuo before joking about their previous meeting and telling him to take care of his own affairs.
• Zhu Chenghuo thanked Lin Zhishui and watched him leave with Little Pomeranian, assuming the young man had casually offered him an immortal peach.
• Fairy Featherfall and Venerable Dragon Subduer arrived after sensing the Heavenly Dog use her Outer Demon power nearby.
• Zhu Chenghuo told them the Outer Demon was no longer a threat because he assumed Lin Zhishui had destroyed her.
• Fairy Featherfall sensed the Outer Demon nearby again, and Zhu Chenghuo realized the Heavenly Dog might be the little dog Lin had carried away.

Lin Zhishui brought the little Pomeranian to his shop, where she discovered the Hidden Dragon Pearl and tried to steal it. His calligraphy sealed her Outer Demon power, the pine tree stopped her escape, and she was left facing Fairy Featherfall, Venerable Dragon Subduer, Zhu Chenghuo, and Lin Zhishui, whom she suspected was an immortal.

• Lin Zhishui carried the little Pomeranian to his Calligraphy and Painting Shop, and she recognized the Hidden Dragon Pearl inside his crystal ball.
• Lin Zhishui wrote the character "Forbid" on paper and left the little Pomeranian alone while he went to the toilet.
• The little Pomeranian tried to steal the Hidden Dragon Pearl, but nine luminous characters sealed her Outer Demon power and expelled the sword intent inside her.
• The little pine tree struck the Pomeranian down, returned the Hidden Dragon Pearl to the desk, and warned her not to steal.
• The Pomeranian saw Fairy Featherfall, Venerable Dragon Subduer, and Zhu Chenghuo approaching, then concluded that Lin Zhishui was an immortal.

Fairy Featherfall, Venerable Dragon Subduer, and Zhu Chenghuo tracked the Heavenly Dog to Lin Zhishui’s shop, where they discovered a demon pine and realized Lin was no ordinary mortal. Lin kept the powerless dog as his pet and said its owner would have to come find him in person.

• Fairy Featherfall sealed the area around He Mingxuan while she and Venerable Dragon Subduer prepared to confront the Heavenly Dog, and Zhu Chenghuo arrived calmly.
• A white dog fled the shop with a crystal ball, but the Little Pine Tree knocked her down and returned the ball, revealing itself as a Tree Demon.
• Zhu Chenghuo told Fairy Featherfall and Venerable Dragon Subduer to show respect to Mr. Lin, then led them to Lin Zhishui as he came out of the shop holding the dog.
• Fairy Featherfall asked Lin Zhishui about the dog, and he said he had found her and asked whether her owner still wanted her.
• Lin Zhishui decided to keep the Little Pomeranian as a pet and told the others to have her owner come find him in person if they wanted her back.

Lin Zhishui kept the sealed Heavenly Dog, while Fairy Featherfall and the others mistook his confidence for proof that he could effortlessly crush her owner. After they left, he invited Yan Shanshui to dinner and decided the dog would become his girlfriend’s pet, leaving the Heavenly Dog hoping to escape and contact her Master.

• Fairy Featherfall, Zhu Chenghuo, and Venerable Dragon Subduer saw the Nine Heavens Divine Restriction sealing the Heavenly Dog and accepted Lin Zhishui’s promise to keep her.
• Lin Zhishui said he expected the dog’s owner to come looking for her, and the three visitors assumed he could defeat the owner without a real fight.
• Fairy Featherfall and the others left, and Lin Zhishui decided their formal speech came from an interest in traditional culture.
• Yan Shanshui arrived, and Lin Zhishui invited her to dinner with the little one at home.
• Lin Zhishui told the Heavenly Dog she would be his girlfriend’s pet, while she wondered whether she could use the opportunity to contact her Master.

Venerable Dragon Subduer told Master Kongchen about the mysterious Mortal Immortal who had captured the Heavenly Dog, extended Zhu Chenghuo’s lifespan, and enlightened an ordinary pine tree. Master Kongchen concluded that the senior held great standing in the Upper Realm and feared a catastrophe was approaching.

• Venerable Dragon Subduer reported that a mysterious senior had captured the Heavenly Dog alive, and Master Kongchen explained the difference between Banished Immortals and reincarnated Immortals or Gods.
• Venerable Dragon Subduer described the senior’s Nine Heavens Divine Restriction, lifespan-extending ability, and enlightenment of a pine tree.
• Venerable Dragon Subduer revealed that the ordinary pine tree had inherited the Fuxi Dharma Body, shocking Master Kongchen.
• Master Kongchen reasoned that Fuxi must have granted the inheritance as a favor to the senior, suggesting the senior held a lofty position in the Upper Realm.
• Master Kongchen feared that the reincarnation of such a powerful Immortal or God meant a tremendous catastrophe would sweep through the mortal world.

Lin Zhishui brought Yan Shanshui home to meet She Xilu, who dressed up for the visit and tried to hide her stutter. The chapter ended when Youchan recognized the puppy Lin Zhishui had brought as the Heavenly Dog.

• Lin Zhishui brought Yan Shanshui into his home and hid Little Pomeranian under the dining table as a surprise for She Xilu.
• She Xilu appeared dressed up, and Lin Zhishui introduced her to Yan Shanshui as his girlfriend.
• Youchan sensed that Yan Shanshui was a Second Heavenly Pass cultivator and urged She Xilu to ask her for help entering the Dao through the Nuwa Dharma Body path.
• She Xilu found Little Pomeranian, happily petted it, and learned from Youchan that it was the Heavenly Dog.

She Xilu and Youchan discovered that the Little Pomeranian was a powerful Heavenly Dog sealed by an immortal, while Lin Zhishui brought it home as a companion for She Xilu. The dog identified Lin Zhishui as its sealer, leaving Youchan suspecting he was an immortal.

• Youchan explained that the Little Pomeranian was a Heavenly Dog, an Outer Path beast powerful enough to threaten the entire building if it unleashed its strength.
• She Xilu touched the dog, and Youchan revealed her serpentine aura; the Heavenly Dog recognized her as an Outer Demon and submitted to her.
• Youchan found nine mysterious Restrict characters sealing the dog's powers and demonic awareness, and the dog confirmed that an immortal had sealed it.
• When Lin Zhishui entered, the dog pointed at him and barked, but it could not explain that he was its sealer.
• Lin Zhishui gave the dog to She Xilu, who happily accepted it and kissed him; Youchan then realized the dog had pointed at Lin Zhishui as the immortal.

She Xilu worried that Lin Zhishui might be a reincarnated immortal sent to manipulate her, but his reassurance eased her fears. In the living room, Yan Shanshui mistook She Xilu’s Primordial Spirit voice transmission for proof that she was a reincarnated Fairy.

• Youchan warned She Xilu that Lin Zhishui might be a Mortal Immortal sent to watch her, and told her to keep pretending to be mortal.
• She Xilu asked Lin Zhishui whether he truly liked her, and his romantic reassurance helped her believe that he cared for her.
• Lin Zhishui asked She Xilu to take Heavenly Dog to the living room while he cooked, and she thanked him for giving her the dog.
• Yan Shanshui wondered why Heavenly Dog eagerly obeyed She Xilu, then heard She Xilu tell her by mental voice transmission that she had not started cultivating.
• Yan Shanshui concluded that She Xilu was a reincarnated Fairy and imagined that fairies’ bodily functions produced rainbows.

Youchan secretly persuaded Yan Shanshui to hold a Heaven-Praying Altar so She Xilu could seek a Dharma Body from the Defiled Earth Jianmu lineage without Lin Zhishui knowing. Nuwa and the other Immortals and Gods appeared, then abruptly withdrew after seeing She Xilu, leaving Youchan baffled and Yan Shanshui wondering whether Lin Zhishui had arranged it.

• Youchan asked Yan Shanshui to prepare a Heaven-Praying Altar for She Xilu and falsely claimed Lin Zhishui would not object.
• At three in the morning, Yan Shanshui set up the altar at Sunshine High School and began the rite despite lingering doubts about defying Lin Zhishui's advice.
• The phantoms of Nuwa, the Five Emperors, and the Twelve Gods appeared before She Xilu as Youchan predicted.
• Nuwa studied She Xilu, then swept her sleeve and made all the Immortals and Gods' phantoms vanish.
• Yan Shanshui suggested that Lin Zhishui might have warned the Immortals and Gods, prompting them to leave when they recognized She Xilu, and Youchan froze.

After Nuwa rejected She Xilu for the Defiled Earth Jianmu lineage, Youchan questioned why the gods had refused her and considered choosing another lineage. Yan Shanshui revealed that all Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Twelve Gods had appeared to grant Lin Zhishui’s ordinary pine spirit the Fuxi Dharma Body, leaving Youchan to suspect Lin Zhishui commanded extraordinary deference.

• Youchan reasoned that Nuwa’s rejection of She Xilu probably had nothing to do with Lin Zhishui and suggested choosing a different lineage.
• Yan Shanshui urged She Xilu to trust Lin Zhishui, then asked whether she knew about the pine spirit he had awakened.
• Yan Shanshui told Youchan that all Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Twelve Gods had appeared at the Heaven-Praying Altar for the pine spirit.
• Youchan sensed the pine spirit near Lin Zhishui’s shop and recognized that it had received the Fuxi Dharma Body inheritance.
• Youchan reconsidered Lin Zhishui’s influence and wondered whether the gods’ extraordinary deference to him explained the inheritance.

Youchan learned that the Primordial Celestial Palace lineage had vanished centuries ago and sought cultivators from the surviving lineages to help her. After hearing that Cheng Wunian had recently ascended, she suspected he carried messages between Lin Zhishui and the Upper Realm, and concluded Lin Zhishui was an influential Immortal or God’s offspring.

• Youchan asked Yan Shanshui to share contacts for cultivators from other lineages who could preside over a Heaven-Praying Altar, and Yan Shanshui gave She Xilu several contacts.
• Yan Shanshui revealed that the Primordial Celestial Palace lineage had disappeared hundreds of years ago because its Heaven-Praying Altars could no longer contact its Immortals and Gods.
• Youchan wondered whether a supreme being behind the Outer Path had awakened and destroyed the Primordial Celestial Palace, but set the possibility aside.
• Yan Shanshui told Youchan that Cheng Wunian, the Cheng Family’s powerful ancestor, had ascended two months earlier and that the family was now in decline.
• Youchan suspected Cheng Wunian served as Lin Zhishui’s link to the Upper Realm and that the Lesser Immortal Peach had been sent down through him for Lin Zhishui.

She Xilu failed to gain acceptance from the Lunar Abyss Immortals and Gods after four previous traditions had rejected her, leaving her and Youchan unsure how to proceed. Cheng Qiyue told the Cheng Family Grand Elder, who summoned Senior Xiao Sui for an explanation.

• On the full moon night, Cheng Qiyue used the Lunar Abyss Heaven-Praying Altar, and nine female Immortal and God projections appeared before She Xilu.
• The Queen Mother of the West examined She Xilu, then all nine projections vanished, marking her fifth failed attempt to join a tradition.
• Youchan decided to reveal her identity to the Lunar Abyss Immortals and Gods if necessary, but agreed with She Xilu to wait until the next full moon.
• Cheng Qiyue told the Cheng Family Grand Elder what had happened, and he chose to contact Senior Xiao Sui rather than disturb Senior Lin.
• Senior Xiao Sui appeared in the living room amid gathered moonlight.