Chapter Summaries

Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe fought off the thugs while trading suggestive barbs, and Mu Yingying was repeatedly caught in the crossfire. As the battle continued, their teasing exposed the growing tension between them, while Mu Yingying declared Wen Changgeng her mortal enemy.

• Wen Changgeng knocked Mu Yingying unconscious with a thug’s shoe, then silenced her again with a sword strike after she cursed him and declared she wanted Yan Yunhe.
• A thug attacked Wen Changgeng from behind, but Yan Yunhe killed him with a swift strike to the throat.
• Yan Yunhe taunted the outnumbered Wen Changgeng about their fight the previous night, prompting Wen Changgeng to leap onto the roof and pin him down.
• Yan Yunhe teased Wen Changgeng about their private master-and-servant dynamic, while falling roof tiles struck the unconscious Mu Yingying.
• Mu Yingying woke and demanded that Yan Yunhe rescue her, but Wen Changgeng cut the fabric holding her up, making her fall face-first and tear the back of her clothes.
• Yan Yunhe chided Wen Changgeng for treating Mu Yingying roughly, then teased him about the sounds he had made the previous night, leaving Wen Changgeng furious and embarrassed.

Mu Yingying’s screams drew a horde of fanatics, while Mo Yan’s flute redirected them toward Xiao Qinghe. Bai Yuqing unleashed a powerful sword formation to protect his disciple, but an unknown rescuer whisked Xiao Qinghe away, leaving him horrified to be carried bridal-style in Bai Yuqing’s body.

• Bai Liuli rescued Mu Yingying from the fanatics, then diverted the horde toward Ouyang Susu, who ordered Mo Yan to keep them away.
• Mo Yan played his bamboo flute, causing the fanatics to change direction and charge at Xiao Qinghe.
• Xiao Qinghe noticed a fanatic was still aware and hesitated to kill him, leaving himself open to attack.
• Bai Yuqing rushed to Xiao Qinghe’s defense and used the Thunderclap Sword Rain Formation to kill over a hundred attackers.
• Bai Liuli warned Xiao Qinghe about three fanatics ambushing him, but an unseen rescuer carried him away and killed them with one stroke.
• The rescuer spun Xiao Qinghe in a bridal carry, prompting Bai Yuqing to demand that Xie Jun put his master down.

Xiao Qinghe investigated why the Firmament Sect had gone berserk and learned that the Seven Fiends Sect had distributed All-Spirit Medicine made with Red Scales. After a witness was silenced, Bai Yuqing recognized the scale as evidence of the Demon Clan, while Xie Jun tenderly licked his wounded hand.

• Xie Jun mistook Xiao Qinghe for Bai Yuqing, carried him through the air, and dropped him before realizing her mistake.
• Xiao Qinghe questioned a surviving Firmament Sect disciple, who said the Seven Fiends Sect had supplied the sects with All-Spirit Medicine and showed them a Red Scale.
• An unseen attacker struck the disciple before he could explain more, and Xiao Qinghe chased the attacker without finding them.
• Bai Yuqing recognized the Red Scale and angrily blamed the Demon Clan, while Xiao Qinghe remembered that the original story had centered the Swordcloud Conference on the Seven Fiends Sect and Xie Jun.
• Xie Jun cleaned Bai Yuqing's wounded palm and licked it, leaving Xiao Qinghe stunned.

Bai Yuqing confronted Xiao Qinghe over Xie Jun’s claim that Xiao had taught her to disinfect wounds with saliva. He led them into a private room, where Xie Jun elaborated on the supposed lesson and Bai Yuqing challenged Xiao to demonstrate it.

• Xiao Qinghe tried to stop Bai Yuqing from attacking Xie Jun, who claimed that Xiao had taught her to disinfect wounds with saliva.
• Bai Yuqing questioned Xiao about the claim, while Xie Jun insisted that she and her senior brother were deeply devoted to each other.
• Bai Yuqing smashed the teahouse table and ordered Xiao to follow him to a private room.
• Xie Jun followed them, believing she could defend her senior brother and flaunt their closeness to her rival.
• Bai Yuqing asked Xie Jun to explain the supposed lesson, and she described licking a wound gently several times.
• Bai Yuqing held out his cut hand and asked Xiao whether he now knew how to disinfect it.

Bai Yuqing confronted Xie Jun after learning she had secretly used Xiao Qinghe for sword practice while he slept, then stopped Xiao Qinghe from defending her too much. As Xiao Qinghe treated Bai Yuqing’s injured hand, Bai Yuqing warned him not to lick Xie Jun again and left him trapped in a worse misunderstanding.

• Xie Jun claimed she had used force on Xiao Qinghe while they were dual cultivating, and Bai Yuqing mistook her words for a confession of molestation.
• Bai Yuqing drew his sword and threatened to kill Xie Jun, but Xiao Qinghe restrained him and sent her outside.
• Xiao Qinghe defended Xie Jun by explaining her difficult upbringing, and Bai Yuqing relented after warning that there would be no next time.
• Xiao Qinghe applied jade ointment to Bai Yuqing’s injured hand, while Bai Yuqing told him not to lick Xie Jun even to disinfect her.
• Bai Yuqing offered to make an exception if Xiao Qinghe could not help himself, leaving Xiao Qinghe mortified by the misunderstanding.

Xiao Qinghe was ordered by the system to mediate Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe’s fight, but first he clashed with Xie Jun over her apology letter. After they struggled in the corridor, Bai Liuli mistook them for lovers, and Xie Jun left with her misspelled letter.

• The system told Xiao Qinghe to mediate Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe’s battle, warning that their absence could disrupt the Swordcloud Conference.
• Xiao Qinghe found Xie Jun outside Bai Yuqing’s room and took her brush to correct her misspelled apology.
• Xie Jun accused Xiao Qinghe of mocking her and grabbed him by the throat, but he used Bai Yuqing’s powerful body to pin her down.
• Bai Yuqing called from inside, and Xiao Qinghe awkwardly denied being outside before Bai Liuli saw him pinning Xie Jun in the corridor.
• Xie Jun tore off Xiao Qinghe’s neatly written apology, kept her own letter, and walked away.

As the Swordcloud Conference approached, Xiao Qinghe used his disguise as Immortal Venerable Bai to intimidate the sect members in Luo City. The system gave him jade balm and told him to use it to resolve Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe’s grudge, and he found the two already fighting in Wen Changgeng’s room.

• Xiao Qinghe’s guise as the Demon-Slaying Sect’s Chief Seat caused a would-be attacker to back down in fear.
• The system delivered a bottle of jade balm donated to help resolve the hatred between Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe.
• Xiao Qinghe learned that the balm could prevent injury but received no clear instructions for using it.
• Xiao Qinghe arrived outside Wen Changgeng’s room and saw Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng fighting fiercely, both already covered in wounds.

Xiao Qinghe was cornered and teased by Mo Yan, but a Seven Fiends Sect member interrupted them while fleeing with a child destined for medicine refining. Wen Changgeng pursued the sect member, and Xiao Qinghe followed, still wondering about Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe’s relationship.

• Mo Yan teased Xiao Qinghe and admitted that he found him more interesting than Ouyang Susu, while Xiao Qinghe suspected Mo Yan could sense his system.
• A Seven Fiends Sect member fled with a child after someone shouted and sword light narrowly missed Xiao Qinghe.
• Wen Changgeng identified the fleeing figure and said the kidnapped child was destined for medicine refining, linking the child to the All-Spirit Medicine.
• Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng exchanged suggestive taunts before Wen Changgeng gave Yan Yunhe his robe and ordered Mo Yan to watch over Xiao Qinghe.
• Wen Changgeng pursued the fleeing sect member, and Xiao Qinghe followed, asking whether Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe really had a grudge.

Xiao Qinghe, Wen Changgeng, and the demons were caught in Gui Sha’s trap at Luo Lake, where Gui Sha revealed the truth behind Xiao Lou’s death ten years earlier. Xiao Qinghe attacked Gui Sha as the Seven Fiends Sect closed in.

• Xiao Qinghe confronted Wen Changgeng about his relationship with Yan Yunhe, then the Seven Fiends Sect disciple cut scales from a red-tailed child to use as a cultivation catalyst.
• Two red-clad figures arrived to save the child, but the disciple activated a demon-suppressing formation and summoned the Seven Fiends Sect to ambush them.
• Wen Changgeng urged Xiao Qinghe to reach the arena, where Luo Li attacked him before Bai Yulou stopped the fight.
• Gui Sha revealed that he had lured Luo Li with Xiao Lou ten years earlier, wounded Xiao Lou, and driven Luo Li to give up his spirit core to save him.
• Gui Sha explained that Luo Li had been imprisoned beneath the Demon-Suppressing Tower after the Chief Seat of the Demon-Slaying Sect was deceived, then demanded Luo Li’s scales and spirit core.
• Xiao Qinghe charged at Gui Sha in anger.

Xiao Qinghe broke Gui Sha’s formation and helped Luo Li and Bai Yulou escape, but stayed behind to fight. Bai Yuqing arrived in time to save Xiao Qinghe, and Xie Jun realized that he was the person she had mistaken for her senior brother.

• Gui Sha ordered the Seven Fiends Sect to attack, and the formation suppressed Luo Li and weakened Bai Yulou as they fought to protect each other.
• Xiao Qinghe received a Heavenly Eye gift that revealed the formation’s core, and he destroyed it with his sword.
• Luo Li unleashed a storm of water needles against the attackers, then escaped into the lake with Bai Yulou and the unconscious Red Merfolk child while Xiao Qinghe held off Gui Sha.
• Gui Sha wounded Xiao Qinghe and nearly struck his throat, but Wen Changgeng and then Bai Yuqing intervened.
• Xie Jun heard Xiao Qinghe call Bai Yuqing “Master” and recognized that he was the person she had mistaken for her senior brother.

Xie Jun discovered that Xiao Qinghe’s body held her senior brother’s soul and defended him from the Seven Fiends Sect, while Xiao Qinghe tried to keep her and Bai Yuqing away to conceal their demonic secrets. Gui Sha accused them of colluding with demons, but the gathered sects became distracted by the rivalry over Xiao Qinghe, leaving the accusations unresolved.

• Xie Jun realized Xiao Qinghe was her senior brother and killed the Seven Fiends Sect members who attacked him.
• Xiao Qinghe warned Xie Jun and Bai Yuqing not to approach because the arena’s formation could expose them.
• Gui Sha accused Xiao Qinghe, Xie Jun, and Bai Yuqing of aiding demons and demanded their execution.
• Yan Yunhe defended Xiao Qinghe as the assembled sects questioned the accusations.
• Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun each called for Xiao Qinghe to come to their side, turning the confrontation into a public romantic rivalry.

Xiao Qinghe exposed Gui Sha as the demon, but Bai Yuqing was mortally wounded while shielding him. Wen Changgeng proposed to Yan Yunhe before collapsing, and Mo Yan revealed a grim future in which Wen would die preserving Yan Yunhe’s body.

• Xiao Qinghe restarted the formation, causing Gui Sha to transform into a demon and exposing his crimes against the Red Merfolk.
• Bai Yuqing caught the injured Xiao Qinghe, then took a sword through the heart while protecting him and died in his arms.
• Wen Changgeng gave Yan Yunhe the red scale and proposed marriage before passing out.
• Mo Yan identified the matching red bands as the Heartstring Rope and told Yan Yunhe that Wen would sacrifice his cultivation to preserve him after his death.
• Mo Yan foretold that Wen would carry Yan Yunhe’s body beneath the icy sea and seal them together for every lifetime.

Yan Yunhe learned that Wen Changgeng had bound their lives with the Heartstring Rope to keep him alive, while Mo Yan gave him a way to survive for three more years. At the Demon-Slaying Sect, Xiao Qinghe woke to find Xie Jun caring for him and carried him to visit their unconscious master.

• Yan Yunhe realized Wen Changgeng had recovered his memories and used the Heartstring Rope to bind their fates.
• Mo Yan explained that Wen Changgeng was sacrificing his lifespan to sustain Yan Yunhe and gave him an object to use with the Red Scale for three more years of safety.
• Mo Yan noticed demonic energy in Gui Sha's remains and remarked on the trace of Dragon Clan aura before leaving.
• Xiao Qinghe woke in the Demon-Slaying Sect after Xie Jun tried to feed him medicine mouth-to-mouth, then learned their master had not awakened.
• Xie Jun carried the badly injured Xiao Qinghe in her arms as he protested and insisted he was not imagining romantic intentions.

After Bai Yuqing was wounded protecting Xiao Qinghe, he remained unconscious and trapped in a nightmare where he killed his disciple. Xiao Qinghe chose to enter the dream to bring him back, leaving Xie Jun to watch Mo Yan.

• Ouyang Susu tried to wake Bai Yuqing, but his resistance reopened his wound and his true energy blasted her away.
• Xiao Qinghe arrived, and Bai Yuqing calmed when he held his hand and called his name; Xiao Qinghe drove Ouyang Susu from the room.
• Xiao Qinghe tended Bai Yuqing's wound while Xie Jun watched them, and Mo Yan appeared.
• Xie Jun seized Mo Yan and demanded he reverse the soul swap, but he explained that Bai Yuqing was trapped in a nightmare where he killed Xiao Qinghe.
• Mo Yan said Xiao Qinghe could enter the dream and tell Bai Yuqing it was false, so Xiao Qinghe asked him to take him in and told Xie Jun to watch Mo Yan.

Xiao Qinghe entered Mo Yan’s dream and found himself trapped in a scene from the original plot, where he was beaten for his demonic cultivation and unrequited love for Ouyang Susu. Xie Jun recognized him and stopped the assault, but the argument over the Demon Clan continued as he neared unconsciousness.

• Mo Yan used the Bamboo Flute to send Xiao Qinghe into the dream, where Zhao Guangyi kicked him awake in his own body.
• Xiao Qinghe realized he was at Xie Jun and Ouyang Susu’s engagement celebration and could not control his body or summon the system.
• His body repeated the original plot’s declarations of love for Ouyang Susu, prompting the gathered sect members to condemn him for demonic cultivation.
• Ouyang Susu denied ever encouraging Xiao Qinghe, and Zhao Guangyi led the others in beating him.
• Xie Jun ordered them to stop, then challenged Ouyang Susu’s claim that the Demon Clan deserved to die.
• A white-robed figure swept into view as Xiao Qinghe was about to lose consciousness.

Bai Yuqing arrived at Ouyang Susu’s engagement banquet and ignored her advances, while Xiao Qinghe tried to defend his master and was struck by painful backlash. Bai Yuqing took Xiao Qinghe back to Thirteenth Peak, where Xiao Qinghe stumbled while changing and recalled a passage from the original novel.

• Bai Yuqing appeared at the banquet, and Xiao Qinghe clung to his leg to escape the crowd beating him.
• Ouyang Susu held Bai Yuqing’s and Xie Jun’s hands at once, demanded that Bai Yuqing take her away, and drew criticism from the gathered sect leaders.
• Ouyang Chong urged Bai Yuqing not to break Ouyang Susu’s heart, but Xiao Qinghe protested and was overwhelmed by agony.
• Bai Yuqing told Xiao Qinghe to let go and return to Thirteenth Peak with him, leaving Ouyang Susu behind.
• Xiao Qinghe chased after Bai Yuqing and felt free of the female lead’s influence, then fell while changing clothes.
• Bai Yuqing reached out to help Xiao Qinghe, who recalled a passage from the original novel.

Xiao Qinghe struggled to make sense of his changed relationship with Bai Yuqing, then found himself alone with a suspicious and dangerously aggressive Xie Jun. The chapter ended with Xie Jun choking him and demanding to know who he really was, before the words “junior sister” made her grip tremble.

• Bai Yuqing gave Xiao Qinghe jade salve and a cultivation manual to help him leave the demonic path, then refused to apply the medicine himself.
• Xiao Qinghe began treating his wounds, but someone took the salve and rubbed it over his back as he mistook the person for Bai Yuqing.
• Xiao Qinghe realized the person treating him was Xie Jun and hastily covered himself.
• Xie Jun questioned why Xiao Qinghe had started calling her junior sister and accused him of lying.
• Xie Jun grabbed Xiao Qinghe by the throat and demanded to know who he really was, but her grip trembled when he called her junior sister.

On the full moon, Xie Jun’s demonic blood surged as demons escaped the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and Xiao Qinghe hid and protected her from the sect. When Bai Yuqing came to investigate, Xiao Qinghe tried to conceal Xie Jun, who held a sword behind him.

• Xie Jun’s demonic markings and blood-red eyes appeared as the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s barrier weakened and demons escaped.
• Xiao Qinghe concealed Xie Jun from searching disciples, then offered his blood to help her endure the full moon.
• Xie Jun drank Xiao Qinghe’s blood and, overwhelmed by instinct, knocked him onto the bed and bit him.
• Bai Yuqing entered to question Xiao Qinghe about the blood and lingering demonic energy in his room.
• Xiao Qinghe knelt and claimed the blood came from an accidental cut and the demonic energy from his past practice, while Xie Jun held a sword behind his back.

Xiao Qinghe tried to regain Bai Yuqing’s trust and, with Xie Jun’s advice, began planning how to please him. As Xie Jun followed, Xiao Qinghe climbed the peach tree he had planted for Ouyang Susu to gather blossoms for peach blossom wine.

• Bai Yuqing rejected Xiao Qinghe’s pleas and left, still doubting his disciple.
• Xiao Qinghe blamed Xie Jun for the misunderstanding and insisted that Bai Yuqing’s trust mattered more to him than his own life.
• Xie Jun suggested that Xiao Qinghe learn what Bai Yuqing liked and give him something he would enjoy.
• Xiao Qinghe set out to make peach blossom wine from the tree he had planted for Ouyang Susu, while Xie Jun followed to watch his plan.

Xiao Qinghe struggled against a bootlicker setting that forced him to flatter Ouyang Susu, while Zhao Guangyi attacked him for defending her and insulting Bai Yuqing. The chapter ended with Xiao Qinghe furious and ready to fight Zhao Guangyi for disparaging his master.

• Xiao Qinghe's body forced him to give the peach blossoms he picked to Ouyang Susu and praise her, while Xie Jun watched from a tree.
• Zhao Guangyi arrived, accused Xiao Qinghe of ruining Ouyang Susu's betrothal, and slashed at him with his sword.
• Xiao Qinghe's body declared its love for Ouyang Susu and begged her not to pursue Bai Yuqing; Ouyang Susu ran away crying, triggering backlash against Xiao Qinghe.
• Zhao Guangyi kicked Xiao Qinghe from the tree, then attacked him with his sword and insulted Bai Yuqing.
• Xiao Qinghe challenged Zhao Guangyi after he disparaged Bai Yuqing.