Chapter Summaries

Mo Lu treated Weisheng Tou’s wounds in the Hot Spring while confronting his Empire ties and rejecting his confession. He agreed to let Weisheng Tou return to his side, then exhausted himself healing him and collapsed, leaving Weisheng Tou to carry him from the pool.

• Mo Lu cleaned Weisheng Tou’s wounds and questioned why he had joined the Mo Family; Weisheng Tou admitted he had come to see Mo Lu and confessed that he loved him.
• Mo Lu refused Weisheng Tou’s confession but allowed him to remain close while continuing to treat his injuries.
• Weisheng Tou asked to return to Mo Lu’s side, and Mo Lu agreed; Weisheng Tou also asked for the Curse Technique to be placed on his chest again.
• Mo Lu used up his Witch Power healing Weisheng Tou, became dizzy, and collapsed against him.
• Weisheng Tou caught Mo Lu when he fell into the bathing pool, carried him out, and wrapped him in a bathrobe.

Weisheng Tou carried the sleeping Mo Lu to bed, where Old Master Mo confronted him about the Empire’s mission to steal the Mo Family’s witchcraft legacy. Weisheng Tou swore he would never hurt Mo Lu, and Old Master Mo left an enchanted stone with Mo Lu to record the oath.

• Weisheng Tou used his pheromones to put Mo Lu to sleep and carried him to his room, where Old Master Mo was waiting.
• Old Master Mo sealed the room and told Weisheng Tou that he knew the Empire had sent him to steal the Mo Family’s legacy.
• Weisheng Tou said he cared about Mo Lu and had no intention of completing the Empire’s mission.
• Old Master Mo asked Weisheng Tou to swear never to hurt Mo Lu, and the blood-red stone turned rose pink when he made the oath.
• Old Master Mo placed the stone around Mo Lu’s neck and explained that it would reveal the oath and alert Mo Lu if Weisheng Tou’s heart ever contradicted his words.
• After Old Master Mo left, Weisheng Tou lay beside Mo Lu and held him as he slept.

Mo Lu woke in Weisheng Tou’s arms and discovered an Oath Stone carrying Weisheng Tou’s vow never to hurt him, along with a protective mantra cast by Grandpa. Weisheng Tou, feverish and out of Witch Power, clung to Mo Lu and hinted at their mutual desire, leaving Mo Lu flustered.

• Mo Lu woke in the middle of the night pinned against Weisheng Tou, whose fever had not broken.
• Mo Lu found a pink Oath Stone on his chest and sensed Weisheng Tou’s vow never to hurt him.
• Mo Lu noticed Grandpa’s highest-level Protective Mantra and wondered why it had been cast on him.
• Weisheng Tou woke, pulled Mo Lu closer, and admitted he had used up all his Witch Power.
• Weisheng Tou pressed his face to Mo Lu’s neck and asked if Mo Lu wanted him too, leaving Mo Lu flustered.

Mo Lu struggled to restrain Weisheng Tou as the Alpha entered rut and his pheromones overwhelmed them both. The chapter ended with Mo Lu close to losing his composure, unable to gather enough witch power to suppress Weisheng Tou.

• Weisheng Tou grew increasingly aroused while holding Mo Lu, and his eyes began to turn gold.
• Mo Lu recognized that Weisheng Tou was in rut and noticed the scabbed notch on his left earlobe.
• Weisheng Tou ignored Mo Lu's attempts to push him away and licked the mole beside his eye.
• Mo Lu tried to suppress his pheromones and gather witch power to control Weisheng Tou's rut, but the scent of Rose Liquor disrupted him.
• Weisheng Tou continued exploring Mo Lu while Mo Lu's reason and composure began to falter.

Mo Lu suppressed Weisheng Tou’s rut after their intimate encounter and questioned him about what he enjoyed. Weisheng Tou apologized and asked for forgiveness, while Mo Lu began restoring his witch power and Weisheng Tou quietly tidied the bed.

• Mo Lu used his witch power to suppress Weisheng Tou’s rut and the Rose Liquor pheromones.
• Mo Lu demanded that Weisheng Tou explain what had felt good, and Weisheng Tou said he liked every part of him.
• Weisheng Tou apologized and cautiously asked Mo Lu to forgive him.
• Mo Lu told Weisheng Tou to be quiet while he restored his witch power.
• Weisheng Tou released soothing pheromones and quietly tidied the sheets as Mo Lu cultivated.

Weisheng Tou watched Mo Lu repel an attack by dead spirits with his witchcraft, then Mo Lu recognized something familiar about the necromancy and ordered Weisheng Tou to lie down. The chapter ended with Mo Lu pulling down Weisheng Tou’s trousers to investigate.

• Weisheng Tou sensed danger and found Mo Lu surrounded by black mist and distorted faces.
• Mo Lu used golden Curse Seals and the Zhu You Technique to disperse the black mist.
• Weisheng Tou realized the attack came from the Federation’s witches and felt helpless because he did not know witchcraft.
• Mo Lu recovered and wondered why dead spirits had attacked him while his Witch Power was weak.
• Mo Lu found the necromancy familiar, ordered Weisheng Tou to lie down, and tugged down his trousers.

Mo Lu examined the seal on Weisheng Tou and found traces of both a Mo Family sealing technique and the Federation’s Necromancy, but he could not tell what the seal was protecting. The chapter ended with Weisheng Tou catching Mo Lu’s hand and saying he did not want to recite the Heart-Clearing Mantra himself.

• Mo Lu noticed Weisheng Tou’s body, fought to steady his thoughts, and focused on examining the Curse Seal on his abdomen.
• Mo Lu recognized that the seal contained a Necromantic Curse Seal linked to the Federation and a tangled pattern resembling an ancient seal from the Mo Family Inheritance.
• Mo Lu hesitated to undo the possible seal because he did not know what it was sealing and Weisheng Tou also bore the Federation’s Necromancy.
• Weisheng Tou asked Mo Lu to move his hand, and Mo Lu withdrew it before leaving him another Heart-Clearing Mantra.
• Weisheng Tou caught Mo Lu’s hand and said he did not want to recite the mantra himself.

After Weisheng Tou feared Mo Lu had been hurt, Mo Lu comforted him and placed a changed Healing Talisman on his chest. Mo Lu wondered why Weisheng Tou trusted him so completely, then found the black Stud Earring Weisheng Tou had lost while fighting Ye Liang.

• Weisheng Tou embraced Mo Lu and told him he had been terrified when the Curse Technique seemed to consume him.
• Mo Lu soothed Weisheng Tou, who asked him to place a curse over his heart.
• Mo Lu traced a green Healing Talisman on Weisheng Tou's chest, and Weisheng Tou promised to treasure anything Mo Lu gave him.
• Mo Lu wondered whether Weisheng Tou had known him before, then asked where he had lost the earring.
• Weisheng Tou said he had lost it while fighting Ye Liang, and Mo Lu healed his ear and found the black Stud Earring.

Mo Lu gave Weisheng Tou a magical earring that could suppress his rut and contact Mo Lu, then struggled to keep their relationship at a distance. He told Weisheng Tou he might take another partner, but Weisheng Tou begged him not to, and Mo Lu brought him along to the Main House while wondering if he had indulged him too much.

• Mo Lu rejected a plain stud earring and enchanted a rough black one for Weisheng Tou with a rut-suppressing spell and a communication spell.
• Weisheng Tou chose “Big brother” as the earring’s activation Word Spirit, and Mo Lu reacted strongly when he heard him say it.
• Mo Lu kissed Weisheng Tou, then told him not to touch him without permission and that he might take another partner.
• Weisheng Tou asked Mo Lu not to find another partner and promised to learn how to please him, then accepted Mo Lu’s silence as agreement.
• Mo Lu sent Weisheng Tou to prepare the car for their trip to the Main House and wondered whether he had been too indulgent.

Mo Lu pressed Old Master Mo for answers about the Li Family’s Witchcraft, Mo Runyan, and the curse on Weisheng Tou, but his grandfather concealed what he knew. Mo Lu left the Mo Family Main House angry and troubled by the secrets surrounding his parents’ deaths.

• Old Master Mo joked about his gift and explained that the Li Family claimed to practice orthodox Zhu You Technique and truly knew Witchcraft.
• Old Master Mo said Mo Runyan had no known ties to the Li Family, while Mo Lu suspected he was hiding his ability to use the Federation’s Witchcraft.
• Mo Lu pointed out that Weisheng Tou’s abdominal curse combined Federation Necromancy with a Mo Family seal and demanded that Old Master Mo explain it.
• Old Master Mo denied knowing anything, and Mo Lu left with Weisheng Tou after realizing his grandfather was keeping secrets.
• In the car, Mo Lu recalled that his parents had died in a deliberately caused crash but that he still did not know why.