Recaps

Xiao Qinghe repeatedly protected Xie Jun while helping him train and conceal his demonic nature, and their closeness deepened. On the way to the Heroes’ Conference, they encountered Bai Liuli, whose drugged advances left Xiao Qinghe in danger.

• Xiao Qinghe saved the poisoned Xie Jun, then persuaded Bai Yuqing to accept him as a disciple despite Xie Jun’s Demon Clan origins.
• When Zhao Guangyi attacked Xie Jun, Xiao Qinghe took a sword strike for him, and Xie Jun began showing jealousy and tenderness toward his senior brother.
• Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun rescued Ouyang Susu from the Octopus Monster, but Xie Jun exposed his demonic power and Xiao Qinghe was injured again.
• Xie Jun asked Bai Yuqing to teach him martial arts so he could protect Xiao Qinghe, and Xiao Qinghe later used the system’s reward to practice dual cultivation with him.
• Xiao Qinghe volunteered for the Heroes’ Conference, and he and Xie Jun traveled together after Ouyang Susu changed her plans to accompany Bai Yuqing.
• At a tavern, Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun intervened when Bai Liuli was cornered by men who had drugged her tea.
• Xie Jun beat the attackers and warned Xiao Qinghe to stay away from Bai Liuli, but she later entered Xiao Qinghe’s room while drugged and began removing his outer robe.

Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun faced the Human-Faced Ghost King, leaving Xiao Qinghe bound to Xie Jun by the Ghost King Spirit Pill and estranged from Bai Yuqing. After Bai Yuqing sent Xiao Qinghe away to seek experience, he joined Yan Yunhe on a journey south and encountered a village terrorized by a supposed Female Demon.

• At the Heroes' Conference, Xiao Qinghe challenged Wen Changgeng, while Xie Jun gave him thirty-nine Spirit Pills and pushed him to first place in the rankings.
• Two-Headed Snakes and a Human-Faced Ghost attacked the contestants, and Xiao Qinghe used the system's Protective Array to shelter survivors before the Ghost King poisoned him.
• Xie Jun demonized to fight the monsters, and Xiao Qinghe killed the Ghost King and used its Spirit Pill to suppress his poison.
• Bai Yuqing wounded Xie Jun and demanded Xiao Qinghe return with him, while Xiao Qinghe confessed he had known Xie Jun was a demon.
• Xiao Qinghe suffered the Spirit Pill's full-moon backlash and secretly reunited with Xie Jun, whose blood eased his symptoms and earned Xiao Qinghe reader tips.
• Bai Yuqing revealed that a demon had killed his sworn younger brother Bai Yulou, and the system tasked Xiao Qinghe with finding him.
• Bai Yuqing gave Xiao Qinghe the sword Soaring Heavens, and Xiao Qinghe traveled south with Yan Yunhe, who encountered an unseen attacker.
• Xiao Qinghe and Yan Yunhe found nearly a thousand paired graves and heard that a Female Demon killed newlyweds on full-moon nights, before a red-clad boy challenged the crowd's accusations against demons.

Xiao Qinghe helps Xie Jun lure out the Female Demon, then returns to the sect when Bai Yuqing falls ill. After they reconcile, Peach Blossom Wine swaps their bodies, and a system quest sends them toward the Swordcloud Conference.

• Xiao Qinghe and Yan Yunhe reached a city where Xie Jun posed as the city lord’s daughter to lure out the Female Demon, and Xiao Qinghe agreed to pretend to be her partner.
• Xiao Qinghe cared for Xie Jun as reader requests pushed them into an intimate bath, while Bai Yuqing learned of their planned marriage and vowed to summon Xiao Qinghe back.
• Yan Yunhe and Xiao Qinghe fought Demon King Luo Li until Xiao Lou intervened, and Xiao Qinghe learned from a messenger that Bai Yuqing was critically ill.
• Xiao Qinghe returned to the sect, repaired Bai Yuqing’s White Jade Cup, and used wooden dogs and an apology to persuade Bai Yuqing to take his medicine.
• Bai Yuqing confronted Xiao Qinghe about his absence and learned he had encountered someone who gave him an old jade pendant, while Ouyang Susu’s visit prompted Bai Yuqing to explain his feelings about his sworn younger brother.
• Xiao Qinghe shared Peach Blossom Wine with Bai Yuqing, became drunk, and woke to discover that they had exchanged bodies.
• Ouyang Chong presented the Swordcloud Conference invitation, and a system quest ordered Xiao Qinghe to compete and resolve Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng’s hatred.
• Ouyang Susu accidentally shattered the Peach Blossom Wine jar, while Bai Yuqing denied that he had ever said he liked her.

Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing faced the Seven Fiends Sect’s crimes and Gui Sha’s attack, but Bai Yuqing died protecting Xiao Qinghe. Xiao Qinghe entered Bai Yuqing’s nightmare to bring him back, then returned to a body still compelled by the original plot and left confronting Zhao Guangyi.

• Yan Yunhe exposed the Female Demon’s husband as her murderer, while Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing argued over the Dual Cultivation Manual and Xiao Qinghe’s demonic energy.
• Cultivators in Luo City went berserk, and Bai Yuqing, Xie Jun, Wen Changgeng, Yan Yunhe, and others fought to protect people as the Seven Fiends Sect’s All-Spirit Medicine plot emerged.
• Xiao Qinghe learned the Seven Fiends Sect was kidnapping children and harvesting Red Merfolk scales, then destroyed Gui Sha’s demon-suppressing formation with the Heavenly Eye.
• Gui Sha’s crimes were exposed, but Bai Yuqing took a sword through the heart to protect Xiao Qinghe and died in his arms.
• Mo Yan explained Wen Changgeng’s sacrifice to Yan Yunhe, while Xiao Qinghe woke in the Demon-Slaying Sect and learned Bai Yuqing remained trapped in a nightmare.
• Xiao Qinghe entered Bai Yuqing’s dream and endured the original plot’s banquet, where Bai Yuqing chose to take him back to Thirteenth Peak instead of Ouyang Susu.
• Xie Jun’s demonic nature emerged as the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s barrier weakened, and Xiao Qinghe gave her his blood before Bai Yuqing found demonic energy in his room and doubted him.
• Xiao Qinghe tried to make peach blossom wine for Bai Yuqing, but his body forced him to praise Ouyang Susu, and he challenged Zhao Guangyi after Zhao insulted Bai Yuqing.