Chapter Summaries

Azure Luan asked Guang Ling where Green Yaxin and Jiu Lan had gone, while Guang Ling tried to hide what he knew and questioned Azure Luan’s concern for Jiu Lan. Azure Luan clarified that he saw Jiu Lan as a younger sister, then threatened to reveal Guang Ling’s past drunken behavior if he spread rumors about them.

• Azure Luan asked Guang Ling where Green Yaxin and Jiu Lan had gone, and Guang Ling insisted that he did not know.
• Guang Ling questioned whether Azure Luan liked Jiu Lan, while Azure Luan said someone had asked him about their whereabouts.
• Azure Luan explained that he treated Jiu Lan like a younger sister and had asked about her after Jiang Mo brought up Green Yaxin.
• Zhu Zhuqing left with Yiyi to avoid being caught between the two immortals.
• Azure Luan threatened to tell Yue'er about Guang Ling’s past, and Guang Ling covered his mouth and protested.

Qian Renyue reunited with Guang Ling and the others after two years away, discussed Green Yaxin’s training and the unresolved truth about Xuan Ling, then invited everyone to visit Heaven Dou City. That night, she wondered whether to be wary of Xue Beng.

• Guang Ling reunited with Qian Renyue, and they embraced after more than two years apart.
• Qian Renyue told Jiang Mo that Green Yaxin was training and would return within three years, then confirmed that Bibi Dong was connected to Xuan Ling’s situation.
• Qian Renyue said she would not act against Bibi Dong until she was certain, and the three Enshrined avoided choosing sides.
• Qian Renyue asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she wanted to break off her engagement to Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing said she had wanted to end it for a long time.
• Qian Renyue invited Zhu Zhuqing, Guang Ling, Jiang Mo, and Azure Luan to visit Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City the next day.
• That night, Qian Renyue wondered whether she should be wary of Xue Beng.

Qian Renyue returned to Spirit Hall and discussed Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and her plans with Guang Ling before meeting Yue Guan, who recognized a connection between her and the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe decided to have Xue Beng killed and planned to send Xue Ke back to the Moonlight Pavilion.

• Qian Renyue asked Guang Ling about Hu Liena going to Slaughter City and said she would wait before acting against Bibi Dong while she pursued justice for her parents.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling spent the morning together, then joined Qian Daoliu for lunch, where Qian Renyue agreed to become the Eighth Enshrined.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile maintained that Xuan Ling had died while hunting a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Yue Guan sought a private meeting with Qian Renyue and suspected she was connected to the woman associated with the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus.
• After reading Qian Renyue's letter, Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to lure out and kill Xue Beng, then said Xue Ke should be sent back to the Moonlight Pavilion.

Yue Guan told Qian Renyue that he had once served her mother, Jiu Xian'er, and offered to help her, but he could not prove his claims. He also revealed that Xuan Ling had not died in the Blue Silver Emperor encirclement and suspected the current Pope was involved, leaving Qian Renyue shaken and seeking more answers.

• Yue Guan told Qian Renyue that Jiu Xian'er had saved his life and that he had pledged himself to her, but admitted he had no proof.
• Qian Renyue ordered Yue Guan to leave, but he said Xuan Ling had not died during the Blue Silver Emperor encirclement and that Xuan Ling had not taken part in the hunt.
• Yue Guan said the current Pope had declared Xuan Ling dead, and Qian Renyue suddenly lost her balance as she considered Bibi Dong's possible role.
• Guang Ling returned, caught Qian Renyue, and attacked Yue Guan before Qian Renyue stopped him.
• Qian Renyue pressed Yue Guan for more information, and he said he suspected the Pope because he sensed Jiu Xian'er's aura on him.

Yue Guan told Qian Renyue that Bibi Dong’s increasingly sinister aura suggested she might have fallen, and that Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile may have hidden the truth about Xuan Ling. Qian Renyue confronted Golden Crocodile at the Angel Hall, where his shocked reaction revealed that he had not known Xuan Ling was alive.

• Yue Guan told Qian Renyue he suspected Bibi Dong had fallen and that the elders might have concealed what happened to Xuan Ling.
• Qian Renyue asked Guang Ling to accompany her to see Qian Daoliu and accepted Yue Guan’s pledge of allegiance.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling arrived at the Angel Hall and confronted Golden Crocodile about Xuan Ling.
• Golden Crocodile insisted they had already answered Qian Renyue’s questions, and she accused him of lying from the beginning.
• Qian Renyue said she had known Xuan Ling was alive because his life force remained, while Golden Crocodile reacted in shock and exposed that he had not known.

Qian Renyue pressed Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile for the truth about her father, Xuan Ling. Qian Daoliu agreed to tell her, and she made clear that she would pursue whoever killed him without turning against Spirit Hall as a whole.

• Golden Crocodile fell silent after Qian Renyue demanded answers, and Qian Daoliu invited her into the hall to talk.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renyue to promise something before revealing the truth, but she refused to abandon revenge against her father's killer.
• Qian Daoliu admitted that Spirit Hall had wronged Qian Renyue and said he would not stop her as long as she did not hinder Spirit Hall's development.
• Qian Renyue resolved to go after whoever killed Xuan Ling rather than hold all of Spirit Hall responsible.
• Golden Crocodile told Guang Ling that he had watched Xuan Ling die years earlier, while Guang Ling explained that an item left by Qian Renyue's mother showed Xuan Ling's life force still present three years ago.

Qian Renyue learned that Qian Daoliu believed her father had died at Ji'er's hands, but she insisted he had died only two years ago and that Bibi Dong was involved. The conflicting accounts left the truth unresolved, and Qian Renyue vowed to investigate before confronting Bibi Dong.

• Guang Ling told Golden Crocodile that Qian Renyue was the previous Flower God's daughter and could inherit the divine position without a test.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renyue that her father had died at Ji'er's hands, but she rejected the claim.
• Qian Renyue said her father had died only two years earlier, while Golden Crocodile said he had seen Xuan Ling's body.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile considered whether Xuan Ling had faked his death, as Qian Renyue realized the story was more complicated than she had thought.
• Qian Renyue blamed Bibi Dong for her father's death and promised to settle the score after she uncovered the truth.

Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile discussed Qian Renyue’s suspicion that Bibi Dong killed Xuan Ling and agreed that the truth needed to be investigated. They left the question of Bibi Dong’s fate to what the investigation revealed, while Qian Renyue remained resolved to seek answers.

• After Qian Renyue and Guang Ling left, Qian Daoliu worried about how she might take revenge if Bibi Dong had killed Xuan Ling.
• Golden Crocodile argued that Qian Renyue lacked concrete evidence and that Bibi Dong’s position and service to Spirit Hall mattered.
• Qian Daoliu said they had to investigate to give Xuan Ling an answer.
• Golden Crocodile asked whether they would let Qian Renyue kill Bibi Dong if her suspicions proved true.
• Qian Daoliu said Bibi Dong’s fate depended on what she had done, and that Qian Renyue would spare her if she had only succumbed to greed rather than directly killing Xuan Ling.

Qian Renyue met Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo at a café in Heaven Dou City with Guang Ling. Memories of the past and the friends she had lost weighed on her as she reflected on the possibility of restoring Jiu Lan and Green Yaxin, while Little Nine remained beyond her reach for now.

• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling arrived late at the café, where Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo had been waiting.
• Ye Lingling offered Qian Renyue a cake she remembered her liking, but Qian Renyue said it tasted too sweet.
• Dugu Bo gave Qian Renyue white peaches, bringing Little Nine to her mind.
• Qian Renyue recalled that Jiu Lan and Green Yaxin's true forms had endured, but Little Nine's soul and body had been destroyed.
• Qian Renyue resolved to seek a way to bring Little Nine back after returning to the Divine Realm.

Qian Renyue told Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling that Xue Ye was close to death and hinted that Heaven Dou City’s rulers would soon change. She persuaded Dugu Bo to accept a new job: watching over Xue Ke.

• Dugu Bo asked Qian Renyue why she had brought them to Heaven Dou City, and Ye Lingling asked what she meant by a trip around the city.
• Qian Renyue said Xue Ye’s health had worsened and he might have only a few days left, and she planned to visit her sworn elder brother.
• Dugu Bo refused Qian Renyue’s offer of a better-paying job, while Ye Lingling said she wanted to focus on cultivation.
• Qian Renyue reminded Dugu Bo that he wanted to provide Dugu Yan with a generous dowry, and he asked what she wanted him to do.
• Qian Renyue asked Dugu Bo to keep watch over Xue Ke because she did not want to hurt her.

Qian Renyue negotiated with Dugu Bo to guard Xue Ke, while Guang Ling objected to Dugu Bo's wildly inflated pay guess. Dugu Bo agreed to an eighty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin offer and learned that Qian Renyue and Xiao Xue planned to annex the Heaven Dou Empire before deciding whether to pursue the Star Luo Empire after a major upheaval three years later.

• Dugu Bo asked Qian Renyue how much she would pay him to work as a guard, and he guessed that she meant eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Guang Ling scolded Dugu Bo for demanding an absurd amount, and Qian Renyue got Guang Ling to stop arguing.
• Dugu Bo asked Qian Renyue to name her actual offer, and she offered him eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins to ensure Xue Ke survived.
• Qian Renyue explained that she and Xiao Xue planned to annex the Heaven Dou Empire, with the Star Luo Empire as their next target if events three years later allowed it.

Qian Renyue explained that Tang San would likely cause upheaval in the Star Luo Empire and assigned Ye Lingling to remain with Xue Qinghe. After learning Emperor Xue Ye was close to death and Xue Beng had fled before an attempt to deal with him, Qian Renyue agreed there could be a traitor among their people.

• Qian Renyue told Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling that Tang San would go to the Star Luo Empire to help Dai Mubai, while Spirit Hall had been unable to find him.
• Qian Renyue instructed Ye Lingling to follow Xue Qinghe's orders if she did not return before the palace coup.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling went to meet Xue Qinghe in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Xue Qinghe told Qian Renyue that Emperor Xue Ye was gravely ill and could no longer speak.
• Xue Qinghe said Xue Beng had left the palace before his people could deal with him, leading him to suspect a traitor.
• Qian Renyue said having a traitor among their people was perfectly normal.

Qian Renyue and her allies planned to blame Xue Beng for poisoning Xue Ye and fleeing, clearing the way for Xue Qinghe to inherit the throne legitimately. Qian Renyue hinted that her plan would leave Xue Ye with the same kind of regret he had once caused someone else.

• Guang Ling questioned why traitors in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace had not been dealt with, and Qian Renyue argued that Xue Qinghe needed to take the throne legitimately rather than force an abdication.
• Guang Ling suggested blaming the princes' deaths on Xue Beng, and Xue Qinghe noted that Xue Beng's meeting with Xue Ye coincided with the poisoning.
• Qian Renyue agreed to frame Xue Beng and ordered that Ye Lingling treat Xue Ye so he would survive until the rumors spread.
• Qian Renyue devised a rumor tying Xue Beng to Tang San and accusing him of poisoning Xue Ye to stop the hunt for Tang San.
• Guang Ling called Qian Renyue heartless, while she said she was turning Xue Ye's own methods back on him; Xue Qinghe accepted that a little ruthlessness was justified.

Qian Renyue explained her plans for Xue Qinghe’s rise to the throne and warned that she might be away for three years. She then went exploring Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe and Guang Ling, where they met Ye Lingling.

• Xue Qinghe told Guang Ling that Xue Ye had intercepted the letters Yue'er's father sent to her mother, keeping them from meeting again.
• Qian Renyue advised Xue Qinghe to wait until Xue Beng’s crimes were proven before taking the throne, and to prepare for opposition from Ge Long and Xue Ke.
• Qian Renyue warned Xue Qinghe that a major war with the Star Luo Empire was likely and said she might be gone for three years.
• Guang Ling asked to spend time with Qian Renyue, and Xue Qinghe agreed to let her choose what to do.
• Qian Renyue, Qian Renxue, and Guang Ling went into Heaven Dou City, where they ran into Ye Lingling and Qian Renyue introduced her to Qian Renxue.

Qian Renyue told Guang Ling that reviving Green Yaxin and Jiu Lan would cost her divine power and destroy the Flower God divine position, but would not cost her life. Guang Ling made her swear to heaven that the resurrection would not endanger her.

• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling visited Coconut Grove City and discussed her plans and the risks of reviving Green Yaxin and Jiu Lan.
• Qian Renyue explained that she felt responsible for their deaths and was willing to lose her divine power to revive them.
• Qian Renyue told Guang Ling that using the method would damage the Flower God divine lineage a second time and erase the Flower God divine position from the Divine Realm.
• Guang Ling demanded that Qian Renyue swear her plan would not endanger her life, and she swore to heaven.

Qian Renyue promised Guang Ling she would never leave him, then asked him to marry her in Coconut Grove City. They chose to register their marriage the next day and planned to hold a larger wedding after Green Yaxin and the others returned.

• Guang Ling asked Qian Renyue to promise she would never leave him, and she agreed before kissing him on an arched bridge.
• Qian Renyue asked Guang Ling to marry her that night in Coconut Grove City.
• Qian Renyue proposed that they take wedding photos and register their marriage with a priest, saving a large wedding for after Green Yaxin and the others returned.
• Guang Ling agreed, and Qian Renyue suggested they marry the next day.
• Qian Renyue imagined a future of traveling with Guang Ling and having two daughters as he held her close.

Guang Ling and Qian Renyue set out to register their marriage after a sleepless night together. On the way, Qian Renyue uncovered that Guang Ling was hiding something involving Third Brother, and he admitted he had wronged her that night.

• Guang Ling and Qian Renyue shared intimate words through the night, then headed out early to register their marriage.
• Guang Ling nervously promised Qian Renyue he would only ever be with her, while she teased him about their future arguments.
• Guang Ling asked whether Third Brother had said something to Qian Renyue, making her suspect he was hiding a secret.
• Qian Renyue pressed Guang Ling to explain, and he finally confessed that he had done something that wronged her that night.

Guang Ling confessed that he and Seventh Brother and Third Brother had gone up a mountain while drunk, but stopped before explaining what happened when he saw Qian Renyue. Qian Renyue pressed him to finish confessing before they registered their marriage.

• Qian Renyue questioned Guang Ling about what he had done to wrong her, and he denied sneaking around or cheating.
• Qian Renyue threatened to reconsider marrying Guang Ling unless he explained what he had been hiding.
• Guang Ling agreed to confess after Qian Renyue promised not to get angry or bring it up again.
• Guang Ling said he, Seventh Brother, and Third Brother had gone drinking, then climbed a mountain while drunk.
• Guang Ling said Seventh Brother and he had fallen, and then he had seen Qian Renyue.

Qian Renyue learned that Guang Ling had kissed Jiang Mo while drunk and mistook it for a serious betrayal, then accompanied Guang Ling to register their marriage. Their marriage was official, though Qian Renyue was angry that Guang Ling had claimed to be twenty-three while she was listed as forty-five.

• Guang Ling explained that after drinking too much, he hallucinated and kissed Jiang Mo, and Qian Renyue reassured him she was not angry.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling went to the Heaven Dou Empire marriage registry using the names Xuan Mingyue and Gui Ling because the Enshrined had to conceal their real identities.
• The clerk noticed that Xuan Mingyue was listed as forty-five and Gui Ling as twenty-three, and Qian Renyue glared at Guang Ling for concealing his age.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling confirmed the listed ages, completed the paperwork, and received their marriage booklets.

Guang Ling and Qian Renyue registered their marriage and promised to love and remember each other. Later, they discussed the threat posed by Xue Beng and asked about Spirit Hall’s informants in the Star Luo Empire.

• Qian Renyue told Guang Ling she loved him and asked him to promise he would always remember her; Guang Ling vowed to love and search for her no matter what happened.
• Guang Ling and Qian Renyue completed their marriage registration, then spent the day shopping together.
• After they returned to their hotel, Qian Renyue watched Heaven Dou soldiers patrol and worried that Xue Beng remained a threat.
• Guang Ling said Xue Beng might have fled to the Star Luo Empire, where the royal struggle could make his position dangerous.
• Qian Renyue asked whether Spirit Hall had informants in the Star Luo Empire, and Guang Ling confirmed that they had made arrangements there too.