Chapter Summaries

Bai Yuqing learned that Xiao Qinghe had agreed to become Xie Jun’s bride and risked his health beneath the Cold Pool waterfall, hoping Qinghe would return to him. The next day, Qinghe woke in Xie Jun’s residence, unaware that Ouyang Chong had ordered him to return to the sect immediately.

• Bai Yuqing told Ouyang Chong that Xiao Qinghe had agreed to marry someone without his permission, and Ouyang Chong was stunned.
• Ouyang Chong reminded Bai Yuqing how much Qinghe cared for him, and Bai Yuqing wondered whether Qinghe would rush back if he were in danger.
• Bai Yuqing removed his protection beneath the icy waterfall, broke Ouyang Chong’s protective formation, and insisted he knew his limits.
• Ouyang Chong ordered someone to contact Xiao Qinghe and command him to return to the Demon-Slaying Sect.
• Xiao Qinghe woke late the next morning and protested when maids came to help him dress.

Xiao Qinghe questioned a maid about the red-clad Rain God while searching for Xiaolou, then lost his voice transmission talisman. After Xie Jun arrived in disguise, the city lord asked them to pose as lovers to lure out the Female Demon, and Xiao Qinghe negotiated an extra payment.

• Xiao Qinghe found five bottles of ointment from the city lord and asked the maid about a red-clad youth.
• The maid told Xiao Qinghe about the Rain God and the River God, who had kissed the Rain God's hand before being kicked into the lake.
• Xiao Qinghe asked the system for a lead on Xiaolou, then realized his voice transmission talisman was missing.
• Xie Jun arrived dressed as a veiled beauty and asked Xiao Qinghe to call her Jun'er.
• The city lord asked Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun to act like lovers to lure out the Female Demon, and Xiao Qinghe agreed after demanding an additional fee.

Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun went out to look for the little building and the boy in red, but found no sign of him as ominous clouds gathered over the city. At a crowded teahouse, Xiao Qinghe became absorbed in a dramatic story while Xie Jun quietly catered to him.

• Xiao Qinghe led Xie Jun out of the city lord's residence to search for the little building and the boy in red.
• Xie Jun suggested they sit by a teahouse window so their target could spot them, and Xiao Qinghe agreed.
• The teahouse waiter and guests mistook Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun for the young couple from popular tales.
• A storyteller recounted a melodramatic tale of a beauty rescued by a young hero, and the teahouse guests complained that the plot was clichéd.
• Xie Jun refilled Xiao Qinghe's tea and shelled melon seeds for him while he listened, unaware of the playful glint in her eyes.

Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun fled a teahouse after a storyteller turned their encounter into an increasingly outrageous romance, while the steward tried to correct the tale. Meanwhile, Ouyang Chong learned that Bai Yuqing was refusing medicine and obsessively trying to repair a broken jade cup, and went to treat him himself.

• The storyteller spun a tale about Xiao Qinghe and Jun'er having eleven children, then auctioned illustrated booklets to the teahouse patrons.
• Xie Jun offered to bid on a booklet, but Xiao Qinghe hurried her out of the teahouse.
• The steward berated the storyteller for getting the requested characters and roles wrong, and the storyteller resolved to rewrite the tale.
• Ouyang Chong learned that Bai Yuqing was ignoring treatment, refusing medicine, and trying to mend a shattered white jade cup.
• Ouyang Chong took Bai Yuqing's medicine to his hall, where he found disciples searching for cup fragments and Bai Yuqing studying the broken cup.

Bai Yuqing carefully restored the broken white jade cup and insisted on writing a letter to summon Xiao Qinghe back. Meanwhile, Xiao Qinghe and Xie Jun encountered Yan Yunhe and the escaped Demon King Luo Li, whose early appearance left Xiao Qinghe alarmed as danger struck.

• Bai Yuqing collected fragments of the white jade cup and painstakingly repaired it, explaining that it was a token of affection from Qinghe.
• After a disciple detected Qinghe’s location, Bai Yuqing stopped Ouyang Chong from writing and said he would write the letter himself.
• Xiao Qinghe felt uneasy while Xie Jun reached for his hand, then Yan Yunhe unleashed a sword strike that split the lake.
• Demon King Luo Li rose from the lake, and Xiao Qinghe recognized him as the escaped demon and wondered why he had appeared so early.
• Someone cried out for Xiao Qinghe to look out.

Xiao Qinghe and Yan Yunhe fought Luo Li until a red-clad youth intervened and stopped the battle. Xiao Qinghe recognized the youth as Xiao Lou and told him that Bai Yuqing still mourned his supposed death, leaving Xiao Lou shaken.

• Xie Jun pulled Xiao Qinghe out of the path of Luo Li's water attack as Yan Yunhe charged into battle.
• Xiao Qinghe joined Yan Yunhe, and the two drove Luo Li back before a red-clad youth blocked their attacks with a wall of water.
• The red-clad youth redirected his water needles away from Xiao Qinghe and knocked Yan Yunhe onto the shore.
• The youth stopped Luo Li from killing Xiao Qinghe, and Luo Li called him his beloved consort before the youth kicked him into the lake.
• Xiao Qinghe recognized the youth as Xiao Lou and told him that Bai Yuqing still had not come to terms with his death, making Xiao Lou tremble.

Xiao Qinghe obtained Xiao Lou’s jade pendant and learned that Bai Yuqing was critically ill, prompting him to return to the Demon-Slaying Sect. Xie Jun chose to remain behind to deal with the Female Demon, while Xiao Qinghe left worried about both his Master and his junior sister.

• Luo Li and the red-robed youth vanished, leaving Xiao Qinghe with a worn jade pendant marked with the character “Qing.”
• Xiao Qinghe learned from a messenger letter that Bai Yuqing was critically ill, and reader messages urged him to return to the sect.
• Xie Jun hid her pain and encouraged Xiao Qinghe to go back to Bai Yuqing, but Xiao Qinghe asked her to come with him and promised to plead her case to his Master.
• Xie Jun refused to leave before dealing with the Female Demon and collecting the City Lord’s promised reward, saying Yan Yunhe would help her.
• Yan Yunhe assured Xiao Qinghe that he and Xie Jun could handle the Female Demon, urging Xiao Qinghe to hurry back to his critically ill Master.

Xiao Qinghe returned to the Demon-Slaying Sect and found Bai Yuqing ill and upset with him. He tried to placate his master by repairing the White Jade Cup and presenting a kneeling wooden dog, but the chapter ended with the dog tumbling off the windowsill.

• Xie Jun hugged Xiao Qinghe goodbye and left with Yan Yunhe after telling him to find her once Yan Yunhe recovered.
• The system assigned Xiao Qinghe a new mission to care for Bai Yuqing until he recovered, and Xiao Qinghe hurried back to the sect.
• Xiao Qinghe brought medicine to Bai Yuqing, who allowed only him inside but refused to speak with him and turned away to rest.
• Xiao Qinghe accidentally disturbed the cracked White Jade Cup, then repaired it and carried it out of the hall.
• Xiao Qinghe displayed the repaired cup and a kneeling wooden dog at the window, apologized, and urged Bai Yuqing to take his medicine.
• Bai Yuqing accused Xiao Qinghe of using trinkets to coax him, and the wooden dog fell off the windowsill.

Xiao Qinghe tried to win Bai Yuqing’s forgiveness with a series of carved wooden mutts, and Bai Yuqing finally invited him inside out of concern when the rain began. After offering Xiao Qinghe dry clothes, Bai Yuqing grew jealous over the Demon Clan man’s clothes, and his breath caught as Xiao Qinghe changed.

• Xiao Qinghe set up increasingly elaborate wooden mutts outside Bai Yuqing’s window to beg for forgiveness, while the system’s readers reacted excitedly.
• When rain and wind battered the carvings, Xiao Qinghe gathered the White Jade Cup and shielded it with his body.
• Bai Yuqing brought an umbrella to Xiao Qinghe, told him to come inside, and ordered him to bring the wooden mutts in too.
• Xiao Qinghe noticed that Bai Yuqing had finished his medicine and wondered whether he had been forgiven.
• Bai Yuqing gave Xiao Qinghe dry clothes, then darkened at the thought that Xiao Qinghe had worn clothes belonging to the Demon Clan man.
• As Xiao Qinghe loosened his collar to change, Bai Yuqing caught his breath and wondered why seeing his disciple’s body felt different this time.

Bai Yuqing grew jealous when he saw a fading mark on Xiao Qinghe’s neck and questioned him while applying ointment. At the foot of the Thirteenth Peak, Ouyang Susu tried to visit Bai Yuqing with Mo Yan, who used his flute to extract the man’s preferences from a disciple’s memory.

• Bai Yuqing noticed a red mark on Xiao Qinghe’s nape, stripped him to inspect him, and angrily accused him of meeting someone during his three-day absence.
• Bai Yuqing applied jade ointment to Xiao Qinghe’s arm and nape while pressing him for answers.
• Ouyang Susu demanded entry to the Thirteenth Peak despite the disciple’s warning that Bai Yuqing had forbidden visitors other than Xiao Qinghe.
• Mo Yan used his bamboo flute to probe the disciple’s memories, then told Ouyang Susu that Bai Yuqing liked peach blossom pastries and osmanthus wine.
• The disciple realized Mo Yan was no ordinary guest and wondered why he was accompanying Ouyang Susu.

Xiao Qinghe told Bai Yuqing that he had met someone who had suffered greatly and gave him an old jade pendant, prompting Bai Yuqing to visit the memorial hall and reveal his grief. Ouyang Susu interrupted them with the osmanthus wine Xiao Qinghe had brewed, and Bai Yuqing ordered her out.

• Ouyang Susu decided to take the osmanthus wine Xiao Qinghe had buried for Bai Yuqing without asking him.
• Xiao Qinghe told Bai Yuqing he had met someone who could not yet reveal his identity and handed him an old jade pendant.
• Bai Yuqing took the pendant to the memorial hall, let Xiao Qinghe stay beside him, and removed the unnamed memorial tablet.
• Xiao Qinghe tried to comfort Bai Yuqing, who rested a hand on his head and began to explain how he differed from his sworn younger brother.
• Ouyang Susu arrived with Xiao Qinghe's osmanthus wine, and Bai Yuqing repeatedly ordered her to leave.

Xiao Qinghe was ordered by the system to invite Bai Yuqing to drink, even as he worried that the story’s plot had gone off course. After Xiao Qinghe drank one cup of Peach Blossom Wine, he immediately passed out against Bai Yuqing and began clinging to him.

• Ouyang Susu tried to persuade Bai Yuqing to drink, but he coldly ordered her to leave, and she ran off crying.
• The system announced that a reader had won an NPC experience card, then assigned Xiao Qinghe a mission to invite Bai Yuqing for a drink or face a reader-chosen punishment.
• Bai Yuqing thought Xiao Qinghe felt sorry for Ouyang Susu and coughed as he urged him to go after her, but Xiao Qinghe hurried to support him instead.
• Xiao Qinghe offered Bai Yuqing Peach Blossom Wine, and Bai Yuqing invited his disciple to share a drink.
• After the system forbade Xiao Qinghe from refusing, he drank a full cup, collapsed into Bai Yuqing’s chest, and wrapped his arms around his waist.

Xiao Qinghe got drunk on Peach Blossom Wine and clung to Bai Yuqing, revealing his affection and frustrations while Bai Yuqing struggled to manage him. A new female disciple interrupted them, then left with an encouraging remark, and Xiao Qinghe toppled Bai Yuqing onto the quilt.

• Xiao Qinghe drunkenly interlocked fingers with Bai Yuqing and complained about serving him while insisting he would still choose to be his disciple.
• Xiao Qinghe knocked Bai Yuqing down, and Bai Yuqing caught him before they fell; Xiao Qinghe ended up sitting astride him and nuzzling his hand.
• Bai Yuqing softened when Xiao Qinghe lamented his lot and stroked his head, then asked whether Xiao Qinghe truly meant what he said.
• A new female disciple arrived with Bai Yuqing's medicinal decoction, saw them together, and hurried away after wishing them a Happy Ending.
• Bai Yuqing bundled Xiao Qinghe in a quilt and said he must not let him drink so freely again, but Xiao Qinghe toppled onto him and they fell onto the quilt.

After drinking the spiked Peach Blossom Wine, Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing woke up with their souls swapped. They tried to conceal the swap from Ouyang Chong, who arrived with an invitation.

• Xiao Qinghe woke beside Bai Yuqing and realized they had exchanged bodies after drinking Peach Blossom Wine.
• Bai Yuqing recognized the soul-swapping wine and spared the jar because Xiao Qinghe had brewed it as a birthday gift.
• Ouyang Chong entered and mistook the swapped pair’s awkward scene for evidence that Xiao Qinghe was being spoiled by his master.
• Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing played their new roles, with Bai Yuqing helping Xiao Qinghe take medicine while Ouyang Chong scolded them.
• Xiao Qinghe asked Ouyang Chong why he had come, and Ouyang Chong presented an invitation.

Ouyang Chong announced that Bai Yuqing had to enter the Swordcloud Conference after topping the list of disciples others wanted to challenge, while Xiao Qinghe’s system ordered him to participate and resolve Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng’s grudge. As Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing tried to understand their body-swap predicament, Ouyang Susu arrived with the Peach Blossom Wine, and the chapter ended with Bai Yuqing questioning whether he had ever said he liked her.

• Ouyang Chong explained that the Swordcloud Conference would pit sect disciples against one another and pressed Bai Yuqing for information about the Human-Faced Ghost King.
• Ouyang Chong revealed that Bai Yuqing was the most sought-after opponent, but Bai Yuqing refused to participate until Xiao Qinghe received a system quest ordering him to compete and resolve Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng’s hatred.
• Bai Yuqing forced Ouyang Chong out of the hall, and Xiao Qinghe said they needed to switch their bodies back before the conference.
• Ouyang Susu entered and denied putting anything in the Peach Blossom Wine, then accidentally knocked the jar to the floor and shattered it.
• Ouyang Susu asked Bai Yuqing to punish Xiao Qinghe, but Bai Yuqing denied that he had ever said he liked her.

After Ouyang Susu exposed Xiao Qinghe’s claims about Bai Yuqing and her red dudou, Bai Yuqing and Xiao Qinghe failed to switch souls back and traded living arrangements. Xiao Qinghe then rushed to his hut too late to hide a Dual Cultivation Manual, and Bai Yuqing confronted him about how his cultivation had improved.

• Ouyang Susu accused Xiao Qinghe of telling her that Bai Yuqing loved her and kept her red dudou, but she ran off crying when neither man confirmed her story.
• Xiao Qinghe asked the system whether the heroine’s changing behavior and plot problems were safe, and the system said it was fixing minor bugs.
• Bai Yuqing embraced Xiao Qinghe to test whether their souls would switch back, but nothing happened, so he moved into Xiao Qinghe’s wooden hut while Xiao Qinghe stayed in his chambers.
• Xiao Qinghe remembered the Dual Cultivation Manual hidden in his hut and rushed there, but Bai Yuqing had already found it.
• Xiao Qinghe explained that he wanted to overcome his mediocre aptitude and protect Bai Yuqing’s reputation, while Bai Yuqing asked whether he had practiced dual cultivation with someone from the Demon Clan.

Bai Yuqing questioned Xiao Qinghe about his dual cultivation plans while Yan Yunhe exposed the truth behind the so-called Female Demon and helped her release the souls of her victims. The woman’s spirit vanished after leaving her Spirit Pill with the City Lord, and Yan Yunhe ended the chapter looking toward a youth who was tearing apart a flower.

• Bai Yuqing challenged Xiao Qinghe for seeking dual cultivation with a demon instead of his master, then asked whether he intended to continue.
• Yan Yunhe cast the bound murderer into a graveyard, where vengeful spirits stripped away his flesh and revealed the stolen Spirit Pill.
• The Female Demon’s spirit explained that her husband had murdered her for her Spirit Pill and framed her for the deaths caused by its full-moon curse.
• The woman dispersed her soul to calm the wronged spirits, then gave her depleted Spirit Pill to the City Lord after he prayed for her rebirth.
• Yan Yunhe told the City Lord the Spirit Pill could save his ill daughter, declined it for his own incurable illness, and joked that only one person could give him the reward he wanted.
• Yan Yunhe flew to a tree and looked toward a beautiful youth who was mercilessly mangling a Sun-Moon Brocade flower.

Xie Jun obsessed over her senior brother while Yan Yunhe sought more drugs and learned that Xiao Qinghe might soon marry. Meanwhile, Bai Yuqing proposed dual cultivation to Xiao Qinghe, who reluctantly agreed to help his master undress for bed after being shown a cultivation manual.

• Xie Jun plucked petals while insisting her senior brother would come for her, and she told Yan Yunhe she could make him think of her through their spiritual connection.
• Yan Yunhe asked Xie Jun for more drugs, explained that Luo Li had taken his previous pouch, and declared he would fight Luo Li again despite his failing health.
• Xie Jun told Yan Yunhe that Xiao Qinghe's marriage to a chosen bride would be announced at the Swordcloud Conference, and Yan Yunhe mourned their forgotten vows before vanishing.
• Xiao Qinghe sneezed and panicked when Bai Yuqing offered to purify his demonic energy through dual cultivation.
• Xiao Qinghe tried to refuse out of concern that his demonic energy would harm Bai Yuqing, but Bai Yuqing asked whether he distrusted his master's technique and told him to help undress for bed.

Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing attempted to begin dual cultivation, but Bai Yuqing sensed Xie Jun through the Ghost King Spirit Pill and became furious at the thought that Xie Jun had touched Xiao Qinghe. He questioned Xiao Qinghe about what had happened with the demon, and Xiao Qinghe admitted there was something embarrassing he had not yet told him.

• Xiao Qinghe nervously undressed Bai Yuqing, but Bai Yuqing pulled him onto the bed and the readers celebrated their closeness.
• Bai Yuqing felt discomfort in his chest and challenged Xiao Qinghe about how close he had been to the Demon Clan member during dual cultivation.
• As Xiao Qinghe moved closer, Bai Yuqing sensed Xie Jun's emotions through the Ghost King Spirit Pill and erupted in anger.
• Bai Yuqing asked whether the demon had touched or slept with Xiao Qinghe, and Xiao Qinghe said they had only followed the Dual Cultivation Manual.
• Xiao Qinghe admitted that something embarrassing had happened with the demon, leaving Bai Yuqing waiting for an explanation.

As the group traveled to Luo City for the Swordcloud Conference, Xiao Qinghe encountered Mo Yan and a furious Wen Changgeng, while tangled romantic misunderstandings erupted around Mu Yingying. The arrival of a spell-driven mob turned the journey into a fight, leaving Mu Yingying dangling from a building while Wen Changgeng battled the berserk cultivators.

• Bai Yuqing stayed awake after Xiao Qinghe's remark about their dual cultivation, then stopped Ouyang Susu from approaching him on the way to Luo City.
• Xiao Qinghe recognized Mo Yan as the young lord of the Nightmare Clan, an ally of the Human-Faced Ghost Clan, when Mo Yan appeared to mistake him for someone else.
• Wen Changgeng attacked Bai Yuqing, but Mu Yingying interrupted and accused Wen of breaking their engagement after fighting Yan Yunhe over her.
• A crowd of cultivators suddenly went berserk and attacked people in Luo City, surrounding Mu Yingying as she fought back.
• Wen Changgeng charged into the mob, hurled Mu Yingying onto a building's eaves to keep her safe, and fought the attackers while she threatened to marry Yan Yunhe.