Chapter Summaries

Chen Wei and Yang Chan were summoned to Yaochi, where the Queen Mother of the West questioned their closeness and warned Chen Wei about his future. Chen Wei defended their professional relationship and accused the people spreading rumors of misleading the Queen Mother, prompting her to cry, “Insolence!”

• Chen Wei noticed Yang Chan was upset on the way to Yaochi, and she scolded him for not asking sooner before agreeing to let him handle the Queen Mother of the West.
• The Queen Mother of the West used Word Becomes Law to dispel Yang Chan’s disguise and reveal her true appearance.
• The Queen Mother asked Chen Wei about rules for male and female immortals working together, and he replied with praise for her conduct and assurances that he followed the laws.
• The Queen Mother warned Chen Wei that his closeness with Yang Chan could endanger his career, but he insisted their contact was necessary for their Tongming Hall investigations.
• When the Queen Mother challenged Chen Wei for calling her words a farce, he said the people who spread baseless rumors had misled her, and she angrily called him insolent.

Taibai Jinxing intervened when the Queen Mother of the West confronted Chen Wei and Yang Chan over rumors of their private affection. He invoked the Great Heavenly Venerable’s authority to argue that Tongming Hall should handle Chen Wei’s discipline, but the Queen Mother had not yet relented when the Holy Manifestation True Lord arrived.

• Yang Chan defended Chen Wei and urged the Queen Mother of the West not to trust the rumors, angering the Queen Mother.
• A Celestial Maiden announced that Taibai Jinxing was waiting, and the Queen Mother summoned him into Yaochi.
• Taibai Jinxing offered to take Chen Wei back to Tongming Hall for discipline and promised to investigate the rumors.
• The Queen Mother invoked the Heavenly Laws, but Taibai Jinxing countered by citing the Great Heavenly Venerable’s repeated decrees.
• Chen Wei apologized and Yang Chan offered to write a self-examination, but the Queen Mother remained displeased.
• A Celestial Maiden announced that the Holy Manifestation True Lord was waiting outside the hall.

Yang Jian and Taibai Jinxing secured Chen Wei and Yang Chan’s release from Yaochi, and Yang Chan returned to Guanjiangkou with her brother. Taibai Jinxing then assigned Chen Wei a difficult official matter involving the Great Heavenly Venerable’s dignity.

• Yang Jian asked the Queen Mother of the West to let him take Yang Chan home, and Taibai Jinxing and Yang Jian’s support persuaded her to release both Yang Chan and Chen Wei.
• The Queen Mother of the West sent Hong'er to invite the Matchmaker to discuss the Book of Marriages.
• Chen Wei urged Yang Chan to leave with Yang Jian and lie low, and Yang Jian whisked his reluctant sister away.
• Taibai Jinxing teased Chen Wei for his daring defense, and Chen Wei explained that he had acted out of loyalty to Yang Chan and the Star Lord.
• Taibai Jinxing ordered Chen Wei back to work and warned that his next assignment concerned the Great Heavenly Venerable’s dignity.

Chen Wei investigated the Demon King who forged Heavenly Court decrees and discovered a link to the White Deer serving the Antarctic Immortal Elder, so he ordered a discreet search for evidence. He then realized he had ignored Yang Chan’s messages for two years in the Mortal Realm, and tried to calm her by singing the song she requested.

• Chen Wei read Taibai Jinxing’s case file about a Demon King using a fragment of the Glazed Lamp to forge Imperial Decrees and collect incense offerings and merit.
• Pang Long noted that the Demon King’s four adopted sons handled the crimes while the Heavenly Court’s Patrol Office ignored the scheme.
• Ma Muzhi reported that one favored adopted son had secret dealings with the White Deer serving the Antarctic Immortal Elder.
• Chen Wei ordered his subordinates to investigate the adopted sons’ crimes discreetly and said he would personally sound out the Longevity Star.
• Chen Wei noticed that two years had passed in Guanjiangkou without his replying to Yang Chan’s voice transmissions, and she struck him with her Jade Pendant after he contacted her.
• Yang Chan asked Chen Wei to sing the song from Mount Hua, and he sang it to soothe her.

Chen Wei cut short a tense conversation with Yang Chan to hear Ma Muzhi report that the Demon King planned to retire and choose a successor. He then visited the Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity at White Cloud Cave and asked where their White Deer was, leaving the three immortals aware that he suspected the mount had caused trouble.

• Chen Wei soothed Yang Chan with a song, then ended their call by pretending Star Lord Taibai had summoned him.
• Ma Muzhi reported that the Demon King had announced his retirement plans and arranged a contest among his four adopted sons to choose his successor.
• Chen Wei decided the Demon King would not escape punishment and brought immortal peaches to visit the Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity in Penglai.
• Chen Wei asked why White Deer was absent, and the three stars realized he likely suspected the mount had caused trouble in the Mortal Realm.

Chen Wei used a casual visit to pressure the Three Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity into supporting Tongming Hall’s investigation of White Deer. The Star of Longevity agreed to cut ties with White Deer if necessary, and the three stars prepared to report to the Emperor of the Southern Pole before the case reached Penglai.

• Chen Wei discussed gossip about the God of Wealth’s Black Tiger and implied that mounts could bring trouble upon their masters, making the Star of Longevity suspect White Deer had caused another offense.
• The Star of Longevity pledged the Three Stars’ support for Chen Wei and said White Deer should be replaced if he could not be corrected.
• Chen Wei said Ma Muzhi and Pang Long would gather evidence before the Discipline Inspection Court moved against White Deer, then left Penglai.
• After Chen Wei departed, the three stars decided to sever ties with White Deer and report to the Emperor of the Southern Pole to avoid being caught in the factions’ struggle.
• The Star of Longevity recognized that Chen Wei’s fruit basket and carefully measured warnings had prepared them for future accusations in Lingxiao Palace.

Chen Wei returned to Tongming Hall pleased with the news from Penglai, but found Yang Chan waiting in his seat and his subordinates fleeing to avoid her. Yang Chan softened after Chen Wei’s teasing, and he was left wondering whether she had revealed a gentler side.

• Chen Wei returned to Tongming Hall, where Yang Chan appeared in his seat and challenged him about comparing her to a beast or Demon King.
• Ma Muzhi pretended to have a stomachache, and Pang Long, Xiao Yan, and Chu Feng helped him escape with him.
• Chen Wei massaged Yang Chan’s shoulders and professed his love for her and her tangyuan.
• Yang Chan sarcastically complained about sitting in Chen Wei’s chair, but Chen Wei insisted he would let her have even his life.
• Yang Chan gave Chen Wei Immortal Pills to stabilize his Dao Heart and apologized for her earlier remarks.
• Chen Wei asked whether Yang Chan was telling him what to do, expecting her to strike him, but she blushed and turned away.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan prepared to flee the Heavenly Court for a Mortal Realm assignment before Yang Jian could discover her escape. Meanwhile, Ma Muzhi and Xiao Yan found a way to use the Three Demons of Chechi Kingdom as fall guys in the forged Imperial Decree case, and Ma Muzhi warned Xiao Yan not to rush his advancement.

• Yang Chan admitted she had used Chen Wei’s divine sense imprint to cover her escape, leaving Chen Wei afraid Yang Jian would blame him.
• Yang Chan accidentally slapped Chen Wei into a pillar, and Chen Wei proposed taking an assignment in the Mortal Realm to lie low; she eagerly agreed.
• Xiao Yan learned that Hu Li, Deer Power, and Yang Li were still in the Netherworld and told Ma Muzhi.
• Ma Muzhi and Xiao Yan decided to use the Three Demons of Chechi Kingdom as scapegoats in the forged Imperial Decree case.
• Ma Muzhi cautioned Xiao Yan that he must not seek promotion or incense merit before his place was open.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan traveled incognito to Skyreach Mountain to reclaim its divine offices from demons, and they headed toward an assembly to elect a new mountain lord. After knocking out a leopard demon and taking its command token, they prepared to infiltrate the gathering, with Yang Chan teaching Chen Wei the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts through dao fruit fusion.

• Chen Wei and Yang Chan disguised themselves as mortal scholars and traveled through Skyreach Mountain, where demons had usurped the local gods' positions.
• Chen Wei stopped a leopard demon and learned that Black Wind Cave was holding an assembly to elect a mountain lord.
• Chen Wei tricked the leopard demon, knocked it unconscious, and took its command token so he and Yang Chan could infiltrate the assembly as demons.
• Yang Chan transformed convincingly into a demon, while Chen Wei struggled to copy the transformation.
• Yang Chan fused her dao fruit with Chen Wei's and began teaching him the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

At Righteous Guardian Daoist’s succession banquet, his four godsons fought over the mountain lord position until Chen Wei, disguised as a Leopard Spirit, insulted them all. He left the demons stunned after declaring that everyone there was trash.

• Righteous Guardian Daoist staged his retirement to make his four godsons compete for control of Skyreach Mountain.
• At the banquet, Most Just Gentleman, Upright Venerable, King Who Exhorts Goodness, and Great Immortal of Universal Aid traded insults over who should succeed him.
• Yang Chan, disguised as a Leopard Spirit, laughed at their quarrel, and Chen Wei hurried to shield her from the angry demons.
• King Who Exhorts Goodness asked Chen Wei which demon deserved to become mountain lord, and Chen Wei argued that Righteous Guardian Daoist was the best choice.
• When King Who Exhorts Goodness accused Chen Wei of calling the four godsons unsuitable, Chen Wei declared that everyone present was trash.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan exposed the four demon kings of Black Wind Cave and easily withstood their attacks, while the Righteous Guardian Daoist secretly summoned Heavenly Court officials. Lü Yan and his inspection team prepared to intervene and seize the cave’s wealth under the pretense of enforcing justice.

• Chen Wei accused the four demon kings of exploiting lesser demons, and the Great Immortal of Universal Aid bit off his head, which continued flying and talking.
• The Great Immortal of Universal Aid tried to bite Yang Chan, but her head also flew free, and the two heads mocked the vulture’s teeth.
• The four demon kings attacked Chen Wei and Yang Chan with spells and magical treasures, but their attacks had no effect, and the pair toyed with them until they were exhausted.
• The Most Just Gentleman offered lesser demons fifty years of merit to capture a leopard head, causing the cave hall to erupt in chaos.
• The Righteous Guardian Daoist secretly sent a message to Heavenly Court officials while the fighting distracted the demon kings.
• Lü Yan received the message aboard a concealed Flying Boat and told his officials to gather evidence before confiscating Black Wind Cave’s wealth.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan withdrew from Black Wind Cave before Lü Yan seized the four Demon Kings, claiming the Righteous Guardian Daoist had reported their crimes. Ma Muzhi and Pang Long then arrived to arrest Lü Yan for suspected collusion with demons.

• Chen Wei and Yang Chan left Black Wind Cave after realizing the Righteous Guardian Daoist was hiding his strength and had another scheme in reserve.
• Lü Yan arrived with Inspection Immortal Officials and bound the exhausted Most Just Gentleman, the Upright Venerable, the King Who Exhorts Goodness, and their fellow Demon King.
• Lü Yan accused the four Demon Kings of abusing power, stealing merit, and harming innocents, while the Righteous Guardian Daoist feigned ignorance of their protests.
• Ma Muzhi and Pang Long descended with Discipline Inspection Court officials and declared that they had orders to arrest Lü Yan for shielding Demonkind.

Ma Muzhi arrested Lü Yan and the demons at Black Wind Cave, but White Deer rescued Lü Yan and the Righteous Guardian Daoist. When Chen Wei and Yang Chan confronted them, Yang Chan produced an imperial decree that left Chen Wei stunned because it appeared to be blank.

• Ma Muzhi rejected Lü Yan’s offer of favors, arrested him and his subordinates with the Discipline Inspection Great Formation, and ordered the confiscation of the demons’ treasures.
• The Righteous Guardian Daoist tried to flee, but Xiao Yan blocked him before golden light carried him and Lü Yan away.
• White Deer revealed himself in a secluded mountain range and rescued Lü Yan and the Righteous Guardian Daoist from arrest.
• Chen Wei and Yang Chan descended from the clouds, and Chen Wei accused Lü Yan of colluding with demons and resisting law enforcement.
• White Deer challenged Chen Wei to produce an imperial decree, so Yang Chan conjured one, leaving Chen Wei shocked to find it blank.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan confronted Lü Yan with a blank Imperial Decree, which White Deer recognized as genuine and backed by the Great Heavenly Venerable’s authority. White Deer and Righteous Guardian Daoist turned against Lü Yan, and White Deer captured him to take back to the Heavenly Court.

• Yang Chan held up the blank Imperial Decree as Lü Yan accused her and Chen Wei of forging it and recited the Heavenly Laws against them.
• White Deer realized the decree was genuine and understood that its blankness gave its holder extraordinary authority.
• When Lü Yan sought White Deer’s support, White Deer denounced him for colluding with demons and exploiting the Mortal Realm.
• Righteous Guardian Daoist’s adoptive father blamed Lü Yan for coercing him into their scheme, while Chen Wei and Yang Chan watched their allies betray him.
• White Deer seized Lü Yan and proposed taking him back to the Heavenly Court for judgment.

Chen Wei moved to arrest White Deer for causing the chaos in Skyreach Mountain, while White Deer tried to offer scapegoats and then bargain with the secrets he held. In private, White Deer revealed that powerful immortals shared in the region’s incense-merit dealings and warned that a deeper investigation could bring down more than Skyreach Mountain.

• White Deer silenced Lü Yan and handed him to Chen Wei, while Chen Wei pointed to the Black Bear Spirit as another target in the case.
• White Deer attacked and captured Righteous Guardian Daoist, then presented both prisoners to Chen Wei as scapegoats.
• Ma Muzhi and Pang Long arrived with Censorate officials, who surrounded White Deer as Chen Wei accused him of causing the Skyreach Mountain chaos and cited the Star of Longevity and the Great Heavenly Venerable’s decree.
• White Deer asked to speak privately, and Yang Chan insisted on accompanying Chen Wei.
• White Deer told Chen Wei and Yang Chan that powerful immortals shared in Skyreach Mountain’s incense-merit dealings and warned that arresting him could expose them.

Chen Wei arrested the White Deer demon despite his attempt to use a secret ledger to threaten the Censorate. Yang Chan then revealed that the Great Heavenly Venerable had written White Deer's crimes onto the Imperial Decree, and the couple returned to the Heavenly Court as a mysterious figure appeared in the clouds.

• Chen Wei rejected White Deer's threat and ordered Ma Muzhi, Pang Long, and the Censorate Immortal Officials to arrest him alongside Lü Yan and Righteous Guardian Daoist.
• White Deer surrendered without a fight and warned Chen Wei and Yang Chan that they might regret arresting him.
• Chen Wei explained that accepting White Deer's offer would have compromised the Censorate, while Yang Chan reassured him and teased him to ease his worries.
• Yang Chan revealed that the Great Heavenly Venerable, not her, had written White Deer's crimes on the Imperial Decree, confirming his approval of the arrest.
• Chen Wei and Yang Chan flew back toward the Heavenly Court, and a tall figure appeared in the clouds after they departed.

Chen Wei explained why he had arrested the White Deer despite Taibai Jinxing’s warning that the move had made powerful enemies. Taibai Jinxing approved of Chen Wei’s resolve, ordered him to deal with the White Deer permanently, and revealed that Yang Chan had been listening nearby.

• Chen Wei reported the events at Black Wind Cave and explained how the White Deer’s accounts had exposed corruption and threatened the Censorate.
• Taibai Jinxing warned Chen Wei that arresting the White Deer had overstepped the intended scope of the assignment and would bring retaliation from powerful immortals.
• Chen Wei argued that sparing the White Deer would have destroyed the Censorate’s authority, and declared that he had no regrets about upholding the Heavenly Laws.
• Taibai Jinxing praised Chen Wei’s courage and ordered him to deal with the White Deer cleanly so the jade slip could not be used against them.
• Taibai Jinxing called out to a hidden listener, and Yang Chan appeared at the Clear Pool and winked at Chen Wei.

Yang Chan helped Chen Wei smooth over Taibai Jinxing’s interrogation, then served them tangyuan and revealed Taibai had caused Chen Wei’s fondness for them. Meanwhile, Yang Jian confronted the Great Heavenly Venerable over Yang Chan’s involvement and left with only a vague assurance that she would be safe.

• Yang Chan appeared at the Clear Pool, and Taibai Jinxing explained that she had come to apologize and protect Chen Wei.
• Taibai Jinxing urged Chen Wei to appreciate Yang Chan’s support, and Chen Wei praised her until she stopped him.
• Yang Chan served tangyuan and explained that Taibai Jinxing had told her Chen Wei loved them, revealing how his forced tangyuan habit began.
• Chen Wei and Taibai Jinxing ate Yang Chan’s tangyuan despite their reluctance.
• Yang Jian challenged the Great Heavenly Venerable in Lingxiao Palace over Yang Chan’s involvement, then addressed him as Uncle after being reminded of the proper hierarchy.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable assured Yang Jian that he treated Yang Chan like his own daughter and would not harm her.

Yang Jian demanded assurances about Yang Chan and Chen Wei, while the Great Heavenly Venerable tried to draw him into a wager over Chen Wei’s fate. Meanwhile, Chen Wei released White Deer by declaring him innocent, leaving the demon terrified of the powerful immortals who might kill him.

• Yang Jian rejected the Great Heavenly Venerable’s procedural response and called him uncle to secure assurances that Yang Chan would be safe in Tongming Hall.
• Yang Jian accused Chen Wei of scheming for promotion and demanded that he be kept away from Yang Chan.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable proposed a wager that would settle whether Chen Wei stayed or left, and Yang Jian hesitated over the risk to his sister.
• Chen Wei visited White Deer in the Detention Room and dismissed Ma Muzhi and Pang Long before questioning him.
• Chen Wei unlocked White Deer’s shackles and declared the demon innocent, prompting White Deer to confess to the Skyreach Mountain crimes in panic.
• Chen Wei refused White Deer’s confession and opened the door, insisting the evidence proved his innocence.

Chen Wei released White Deer and publicly declared him innocent, hoping to distance the Censorate from Skyreach Mountain’s secrets. The discovery of a jade slip containing incriminating records left Chen Wei scrambling to contain the fallout.

• White Deer begged to remain in custody and confess, but Chen Wei insisted he follow the reporting procedure and used a divine ability to send him away.
• Chen Wei posted a notice declaring White Deer innocent, then assured Heavenly Lord Tao that the Censorate had heard no accusations and would pursue nothing further.
• Ma Muzhi brought Chen Wei a jade slip found in White Deer’s Detention Room, and Chen Wei discovered it held records implicating many immortals.
• Chen Wei ordered Ma Muzhi to arrange transfers for the two officials who had seen the jade slip, then crushed it and declared that it had never existed.