Chapter Summaries

Bai Yuqing woke in the modern world and rushed to find Xiao Qinghe, but Xie Jun disrupted their reunion by possessing a spatula and clashing with him. After Xiao Qinghe switched off his robot Little Xie, Bai Yuqing moved close and softly called his name.

• Bai Yuqing remembered waiting for Xiao Qinghe in the system world and feared he would never see him again.
• Xie Jun, inhabiting the kitchen water, accused Bai Yuqing of cheating because he had a human body and caused a mess as they fought over a spatula.
• Xiao Qinghe discovered that his custom robot Little Xie was acting like Xie Jun and calling him Senior Brother.
• Little Xie urged Xiao Qinghe to reject Bai Yuqing, but Xiao Qinghe switched off the robot and offered to tend Bai Yuqing's forehead.
• Bai Yuqing leaned close to Xiao Qinghe and murmured his name, leaving Xiao Qinghe flustered by how much he resembled his master.

Xiao Qinghe treated Bai Yuqing’s forehead, then hurried to the kitchen while Bai Yuqing asked to use his bathroom and borrow clothes. After Little Xie revealed its jealousy and the noodles began cooking, Xiao Qinghe found Bai Yuqing nearly naked amid the bedroom’s scattered belongings.

• Xiao Qinghe applied medicine to Bai Yuqing’s forehead and blew on the injury, mistaking his discomfort for pain.
• Bai Yuqing asked to use Xiao Qinghe’s bathroom and borrow clothes, while mysterious clattering came from the kitchen.
• Xiao Qinghe found the kitchen spotless and the stove lit itself, then Little Xie rebooted and complained that it was jealous.
• Little Xie’s inner thoughts revealed it knew Bai Yuqing retained his memories and was guarding Xiao Qinghe from him.
• Xiao Qinghe started cooking instant noodles, then entered the bedroom and found Bai Yuqing standing nearly naked among scattered clothes and bedding.

Xiao Qinghe’s Aunt Hong walked in on Bai Yuqing in a wrecked bedroom and mistook him for Xiao Qinghe’s sugar daddy. She dragged Xiao Qinghe off to meet a girl, leaving him wondering whether he could still go on a blind date.

• Bai Yuqing was found nearly naked on Xiao Qinghe’s bed with Xiao Qinghe’s shirt over his face, and Little Xie called him a pervert.
• Aunt Hong arrived, confronted Bai Yuqing and Xiao Qinghe, and misread their talk about money and work as a sugar daddy arrangement.
• Bai Yuqing offered to pay Xiao Qinghe more, while Xiao Qinghe misunderstood Aunt Hong’s anger as concern that he had taken too much money.
• Aunt Hong forbade them from continuing their work together and insisted Xiao Qinghe go meet a girl immediately.
• Xiao Qinghe went with Aunt Hong, privately questioning whether he was still straight enough for a blind date.

Xiao Qinghe went to a café for a blind date, but a white-robed man beneath a peach tree stirred memories of his master before vanishing. The date ended in chaos when a blow-up doll called him Master and Senior Brother, and Xiao Qinghe realized it might be his junior sister, Xie Jun.

• Aunt Hong escorted Xiao Qinghe to meet Zhao Susu at a café.
• Xiao Qinghe saw a white-robed man beneath a peach tree and mistook him for his master before the man disappeared.
• Zhao Susu sat beside Xiao Qinghe and touched his hand, but he pulled away, saying the woman pursuing him would not be happy.
• A blow-up doll rushed into the café, tackled Xiao Qinghe, and called him Master and Senior Brother.
• Xiao Qinghe dragged the doll into the men's restroom and suspected it was his robot butler, Little Xie, transformed by the system's data spillover.
• The doll answered Xiao Qinghe's question by confirming that she was his junior sister, Xie Jun.

Xie Jun comforted Xiao Qinghe after revealing she knew she was only data, and he reassured her that he would not abandon her. When they returned to the café, Xiao Qinghe found Bai Yuqing facing off with Zhao Susu, who insisted she wanted to be with him.

• Xie Jun told Xiao Qinghe she knew she was data, and he apologized for the suffering he had written into her life.
• Xiao Qinghe comforted Xie Jun and promised he would never abandon her, while she confessed her devotion and embraced him.
• An older man walked in on Xie Jun clinging to Xiao Qinghe in a doll's body, misunderstood the scene, and left them embarrassed.
• Xiao Qinghe learned Xie Jun could possess inanimate objects, forbade her from using the doll, and let her possess his phone.
• At the café, Xiao Qinghe saw Bai Yuqing arranging peonies while Zhao Susu tearfully complained that he had insulted her and declared her feelings for Xiao Qinghe.

Xiao Qinghe rejected Zhao Susu, then fled with Bai Yuqing from fans who recognized them as characters from a romance movie. As Bai Yuqing held him close, Xiao Qinghe began to suspect that Bai Yuqing was his master.

• Zhao Susu begged Xiao Qinghe for a chance, and he told her he did not like that she was a woman.
• Bai Yuqing gave Xiao Qinghe a bouquet of peonies and invited him to see the game’s CG movie.
• Fans surrounded Xiao Qinghe and Bai Yuqing, praised their apparent romance, and urged Bai Yuqing to make a move.
• Xiao Qinghe grabbed Bai Yuqing and ran from the crowd, while Bai Yuqing clasped his hand and ignored the phone demanding that he let go of his senior brother.
• Bai Yuqing pulled Xiao Qinghe into his arms to avoid a passing car, and Xiao Qinghe recognized his master’s familiar scent and began to suspect Bai Yuqing was his master.

After Xiao Qinghe returned home with Bai Yuqing, he revisited the memories of their time in the system and realized Bai Yuqing might have been his master all along. Bai Yuqing confessed he had known Xiao Qinghe for a very long time and held him in his arms, leaving Xiao Qinghe stunned.

• Bai Yuqing drove the sleeping Xiao Qinghe home and secretly kissed him, but Xie Jun interrupted and accused him of breaking their agreement not to cross the line before Xiao Qinghe chose.
• After Xiao Qinghe woke, Bai Yuqing escorted him to his building and agreed to help debug the system.
• Xiao Qinghe replayed the system's saved scenes and cried as he watched memories of his master and junior disciple.
• Bai Yuqing comforted Xiao Qinghe as they watched the memories together, and Xiao Qinghe asked whether Bai Yuqing was his master.
• Bai Yuqing admitted he had known Xiao Qinghe for a very long time, then embraced him while Xiao Qinghe struggled to understand the revelation.

Aunt Hong discovered Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun’s supernatural connection to Xiao Qinghe, then accepted Xie Jun and urged Qinghe not to let her down. Qinghe remained torn between his junior disciple, his master, and the aunt who raised him, while Bai Yuqing promised to wait and found a way to stay for dinner.

• Aunt Hong caught Bai Yuqing kissing Xiao Qinghe while Xie Jun’s blanket form clung to him, and she demanded an explanation.
• Aunt Hong recognized Xie Jun in her robot form and learned that Bai Yuqing was Xiao Qinghe’s master.
• Xiao Qinghe told Aunt Hong he could not love Zhao Susu, and Aunt Hong asked whether he liked his master or his junior disciple.
• Aunt Hong read messages about Xie Jun, accepted her as a spirit who depended on Xiao Qinghe, and urged him not to abandon her.
• Bai Yuqing comforted Xiao Qinghe and promised to wait for him, while Aunt Hong called for dinner and Bai Yuqing offered to help cook.

Bai Yuqing and Xiao Qinghe shared an awkward dinner with Aunt Hong and Xie Jun before Xiao Qinghe agreed to return to the system with Aunt Hong. After the system restarted and Bai Yuqing awoke, Aunt Hong arrived at the Demon-Slaying Sect and demanded to become his disciple.

• Bai Yuqing failed to cook, and Xiao Qinghe helped him after an onion made his eyes water; Xie Jun then joined Xiao Qinghe in preparing the meal.
• Bai Yuqing ordered an extravagant dinner from a top-class restaurant and seated Aunt Hong, Xiao Qinghe, and Xie Jun for the feast.
• Aunt Hong asked whether Xiao Qinghe planned to return to the system, then decided she wanted to go with him after learning she could become young and immortal there.
• Xiao Qinghe agreed to return with Aunt Hong, and the system restarted as people inside and outside it celebrated.
• Ten days later, Aunt Hong arrived at the Demon-Slaying Sect, demanded to become Bai Yuqing's disciple, and insisted he call her an eighteen-year-old girl rather than Aunt.

Bai Yuqing accepted Aunt Hong as his disciple, provoking outrage across the Demon-Slaying Sect and worsening Ouyang Susu’s jealousy. After Aunt Hong slapped Susu, Ouyang Chong confronted Bai Yuqing and threatened to end their bond if he protected her.

• Bai Yuqing accepted the red-robed woman as his disciple despite Zhao Guangyi’s protests, and the Demon-Slaying Sect erupted over the news.
• Ouyang Chong returned and questioned Bai Yuqing’s decision, while Ouyang Susu pleaded with Bai Yuqing and was met with his warning not to test his tolerance.
• Ouyang Susu accused Xiao Qinghe of changing the Dream Realm and shook him until he pushed her away; Xie Jun carried him to bed and defended him.
• Aunt Hong mocked Ouyang Susu, then slapped her after Susu accused Xiao Qinghe of stealing the people who should have belonged to her.
• Ouyang Chong stormed to the wooden house to demand justice, but Aunt Hong learned Bai Yuqing could defeat him, and Ouyang Chong threatened to end his bond with Bai Yuqing if he protected her.

Bai Yuqing and his three disciples left the Demon-Slaying Sect to roam the martial world, where their fame and scandalous rumors quickly spread. Xiao Qinghe protested a storyteller’s lurid tale about him and his companions, only to give the storyteller new material as their adventures continued.

• Bai Yuqing invited Xiao Qinghe to travel the world with him and his other disciples, and Xiao Qinghe agreed.
• Ouyang Chong failed to stop them from leaving, while martial sects pursued the four to deliver invitations and demons and monsters retreated.
• Bai Liuli told Mu Yingying that the woman in red was not Xiao Qinghe’s beloved, and Yan Yunhe fled from an angry pursuer who demanded he honor their betrothal.
• Luo Li, whose memories were damaged, walked hand in hand with Xiao Lou and called him his beloved consort.
• Xiao Qinghe denounced a storyteller’s tale about him and his companions, but Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun’s remarks made the crowd believe even more strongly in a three-person love triangle.

At eighteen, Xiao Qinghe mistook Bai Yuqing for his senior Bai Qi after a landslide trapped them together, while Bai Yuqing fell for him and was hurt when Xiao later thanked the wrong man. Years later, Bai Yuqing revealed how they first met as he cared for the sick Xiao Qinghe, who still could not remember the mix-up.

• Xiao Qinghe was persuaded to join a spring outing, broke his glasses, and collided with Bai Yuqing, whom he mistook for Bai Qi.
• Bai Yuqing guided Xiao Qinghe up the mountain, and when a landslide struck, he shielded him beneath a peach tree through the night.
• Rescuers found Xiao Qinghe at dawn, and he thanked Bai Qi, while Bai Yuqing realized Xiao Qinghe had mistaken him for someone else.
• Years later, Bai Yuqing cared for the sick Xiao Qinghe and admitted that Xiao had approached him first when they met.
• Bai Yuqing kissed Xiao Qinghe and promised to wait for him to remember their first meeting, while Xiao protested that he was too close.

Xiao Qinghe visited the three-dimensional world to investigate what Xie Jun had done during their dual cultivation, using the movie based on his life as a clue. He watched the film reveal Xie Jun gazing at his sleeping self, while the theater audience cheered over their romance.

• The Demon-Slaying Sect disciples blamed their junior sister for Immortal Venerable Bai's departure and mourned Xiao Qinghe's absence by adding another tally to a board.
• Xiao Qinghe sneezed while practicing, and Xie Jun caught him before he fell and reminded him that the full moon was coming.
• Xiao Qinghe questioned Xie Jun about what she had done after he fell asleep during their dual cultivation, and she admitted she had taken the practice further before fleeing.
• Xiao Qinghe searched for the Dual Cultivation Manual, then returned to the three-dimensional world and disguised himself to watch Every Handsome Man Spoils Me.
• The theater audience recognized Xiao Qinghe, defended his character, and enthusiastically discussed whether he or Xie Jun was the one on top.
• The movie showed Xie Jun watching the sleeping Xiao Qinghe in the Little Wooden House as her gaze grew hotter.

Xiao Qinghe discovered that a movie had exposed an intimate moment with Xie Jun, so he got it taken down and erased the fandom’s explicit fanworks from the internet. He confronted Xie Jun back in the system, but she seduced him again; later, fans learned Xiao Qinghe was behind the takedown and hacking, and he quietly enjoyed fanfiction that portrayed him as the top.

• Xiao Qinghe saw the movie depict Xie Jun kissing him during their past dual cultivation, reported it, and got it removed from the internet.
• After discovering explicit fan art and hearing fans call him a bottom, Xiao Qinghe argued with them, then hacked the internet and erased related content.
• Xiao Qinghe returned to the system and confronted Xie Jun, who said she had followed the Dual Cultivation Manual and offered him blood under the full moon.
• Xiao Qinghe drank Xie Jun’s blood and promised to settle the score later, as their long night began.
• Mo Yan posted that Xiao Qinghe had reported the movie and hacked the internet, prompting fans to preserve their fanworks and portray Xiao Qinghe as the top.
• Xiao Qinghe returned to the Three-Dimensional World, liked the fanfiction with his alternate account, and felt satisfied with how it depicted him.

While recovering in seclusion, Xiao Qinghe watched Aunt Hong train until she began roaming the world and calling him and his companions for help whenever she lost a fight. After a swarm of Snake Demons attacked a city and injured Aunt Hong, Xiao Qinghe went there with Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun, and the chapter ended as he charged to save a girl trapped by a Snake Demon.

• Xiao Qinghe recovered in a secluded bamboo cottage while Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun took turns caring for him, and Aunt Hong began cultivating so she could fight for justice.
• Aunt Hong used Xiao Qinghe's Teleportation Talismans to return for help whenever she encountered opponents she could not defeat.
• Aunt Hong returned badly injured and reported that Snake Demons had overwhelmed a city, so Xiao Qinghe left with Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun to confront them.
• The city's people welcomed Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun as renowned rescuers when the three arrived on flying swords.
• The Snake Demons surged back into the city, and Xiao Qinghe drew his sword to save a young girl trapped in one of their coils.

Xiao Qinghe fought a swarm of Snake Demons, but Xie Jun and his master swiftly turned the battle in the disciples’ favor. After they killed the Two-Headed Snake and saved him, Xiao Qinghe rejected Xie Jun’s offer to help him bathe.

• Xiao Qinghe saved a young woman from a Snake Demon, but she recoiled from him because of the rumors about his protectors.
• A swarm of Snake Demons surrounded Xiao Qinghe, and his master arrived to shield him and destroy them with the Wind-Piercing Sword Formation.
• Xie Jun joined the fight and killed more Snake Demons, impressing the gathered sect disciples.
• A Two-Headed Snake caught Xiao Qinghe, but his master and Xie Jun cut off both heads before it could reach him.
• The young woman offered Xiao Qinghe a place to bathe, but Xie Jun insisted on helping him herself, and Xiao Qinghe shut them out and refused.

Xiao Qinghe was drugged by the two-headed snake’s blood and, with Bai Yuqing and Xie Jun’s help, endured the effects. After waking to the city’s celebration, he saw two lanterns bearing wishes for him and postponed his return home until morning.

• Xiao Qinghe rejected the pleasure incense and toys prepared for his bath, then collapsed when he tried to climb out of the tub.
• Bai Yuqing discovered that Xiao Qinghe had been drugged by the seductive traces in the two-headed snake’s blood and told him he needed help counteracting it.
• Xiao Qinghe asked Bai Yuqing for help, but Xie Jun arrived and shut the door behind her; Bai Yuqing went outside while Xie Jun pounced on Xiao Qinghe.
• Xiao Qinghe woke at night to the city’s celebration and found Xie Jun gone, then decided to wait until morning before returning home.
• Xiao Qinghe saw two Kongming Lanterns carrying wishes that both mentioned him and went back inside for the night.

Yan Yunhe returned to Spirit Sword Mountain with formidable cultivation and humbled Long Aotian, then remembered how Wen Changgeng had rescued him from the medicine makers who abused him. The chapter ended as Wen Changgeng treated his wounds and asked whether the medicine hurt.

• Yan Yunhe struck Long Aotian down and left him kneeling while the other disciples respectfully welcomed their eldest senior brother back.
• Yan Yunhe opened a box of bamboo trinkets and recalled how medicine makers had tortured him because of his Extreme Yin Constitution.
• Wen Changgeng rescued Yan Yunhe from the medicinal cauldron, killed the medicine makers, and carried him away from the City of Sin.
• Wen Changgeng tended Yan Yunhe's wounds in a secluded mountain haven and wove bamboo creatures for him, prompting Yan Yunhe to smile.
• Wen Changgeng began changing Yan Yunhe's dressings and asked whether it hurt when Yan Yunhe's body stiffened.

Yan Yunhe recalled how Wen Changgeng had promised to marry him, then left to seek a cure and never returned. After learning Wen Changgeng had no intention of taking a wife, Yan Yunhe pursued cultivation despite his failing health and won himself three more years to live.

• Wen Changgeng held the recovering Yan Yunhe close and promised to marry him, giving Yan Yunhe his first peaceful sleep since his capture.
• Yan Yunhe’s health deteriorated as he coughed up blood, and he told Wen Changgeng that the medicinal solution had damaged his meridians and marrow.
• Wen Changgeng learned Yan Yunhe’s name, cared for him, and left to find a cure, but never returned.
• The sect leader of Spirit Sword Mountain rescued Yan Yunhe and extended his life with a Demon Lingzhi; Yan Yunhe later saw Wen Changgeng reject marriage and took the bamboo trinkets back to the cave.
• Yan Yunhe begged his master to teach him cultivation, endured Meridian and Marrow Cleansing, and braved the Demon Clan Secret Realm to gather medicinal herbs.
• Yan Yunhe returned transformed and gained three more years of life.

Yan Yunhe proposed marrying Mu Yingying to strengthen Spirit Sword Mountain, then crossed paths with Wen Changgeng amid a storyteller’s scandalous rumors. When a Succubus possessed Yan Yunhe, Wen Changgeng attacked the demon despite the danger to Yan Yunhe’s life.

• Yan Yunhe urged his master to arrange a marriage alliance and asked to marry Mu Yingying.
• A teahouse storyteller invented a romantic rivalry between Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng, prompting both men to confront him.
• Wen Changgeng and Yan Yunhe clashed, and Wen Changgeng recognized something familiar in Yan Yunhe without knowing who he was.
• A Succubus appeared and drained the teahouse patrons of their vitality before rushing at the two men.
• Yan Yunhe shielded Wen Changgeng, but the Succubus possessed him and threatened to savor his vitality.
• Wen Changgeng attacked the Succubus with Yan Yunhe’s body, raising his sword to strike its heart.