Chapter Summaries

Han Lingxuan arrived at Shadow Moon Convent intending to confront Fang Yang, but Ling'er persuaded her to hold back so other women would not get closer to him. Seeing Fang Yang, Han Lingxuan's affection and Charm Art stirred, and she prepared to approach him looking her best.

• Guan Qinghan shielded Fang Yang with her icy dharma form and warned the Hehuan Sect Master and the other sect leaders that anyone who touched her husband would die.
• The gathered Demonic Path factions reacted with shock when Guan Qinghan called Fang Yang her husband, while many women envied her and desired Fang Yang.
• Han Lingxuan arrived at Shadow Moon Convent with Ling'er, determined to confront Fang Yang for his supposed infidelity.
• Ling'er urged Han Lingxuan to forgive Fang Yang for now, warning that a confrontation could push him toward the women at Shadow Moon Convent.
• Han Lingxuan agreed to give Fang Yang another chance, then saw him and prepared herself to outshine the other women.

Han Lingxuan tried to approach Fang Yang after Guan Qinghan claimed he was her husband, but she restrained her anger when Ling'er suggested the claim might be a misunderstanding. Ye Qinghong then arrived and embraced Fang Yang, apologizing before rising onto his tiptoes.

• Guan Qinghan declared Fang Yang her husband and warned everyone not to touch him.
• Han Lingxuan grew furious, but Ling'er persuaded her that Guan Qinghan's claim might be a scheme and Fang Yang had not confirmed it.
• Han Lingxuan suppressed her anger and approached Fang Yang, resolving to punish him later.
• Ye Qinghong arrived on a path of sword energy, embraced Fang Yang, and softly apologized.
• Ye Qinghong rose onto his tiptoes and lifted his head before the gathered crowd.

Ye Qinghong publicly kissed Fang Yang and declared himself his spouse, then stood with Guan Qinghan to protect him from the Demonic Path sects. Fang Yang unleashed his power and killed over a hundred attackers, leaving the three sect masters afraid to move and Guan Qinghan confronting Ye Qinghong over her husband.

• Ye Qinghong declared that he was Fang Yang’s disciple and spouse, and vowed to kill anyone who harmed him.
• Fang Yang warned Ye Qinghong that his declaration would bring condemnation, but Ye Qinghong said he did not care what others thought.
• Fang Yang invoked a Demon Venerable Card and swept a blizzard through the square, killing over a hundred people who had gathered against him.
• The survivors, including the three sect masters, feared Fang Yang’s overwhelming power and hesitated to fight him.
• Guan Qinghan recovered from her shock and demanded to know who Ye Qinghong was and why he was trying to steal her husband.

Guan Qinghan tried to win Fang Yang’s affection and befriended Ye Qinghong, believing she could learn how to pass Fang Yang’s test. Lian Yue arrived and revealed she was Ye Qinghong’s junior sister, leaving Guan Qinghan realizing she had allied herself with another rival just as the Princess Consort charged in.

• Guan Qinghan and Ye Qinghong kissed Fang Yang and competed for his affection, but Fang Yang pushed Guan Qinghan away and held Ye Qinghong.
• Fang Yang told Guan Qinghan she was on probation and would have to pass his test before becoming his woman.
• Guan Qinghan accepted the challenge and befriended Ye Qinghong, hoping to learn from him and pass the test.
• Lian Yue arrived, embraced and kissed Fang Yang, then addressed Ye Qinghong as her Eldest Senior Sister.
• Guan Qinghan realized Ye Qinghong and Lian Yue were fellow disciples and that she had mistaken her rival for an ally.
• The Princess Consort charged toward them in a rage.

Han Lingxuan arrived at Fang Yang’s gathering, determined to confront him over his new wives, but changed tactics and tried to intimidate his other women instead. Her scheme left Lian Yue and Ye Qinghong pitying her for her foolishness, while Han Lingxuan mistook their reactions for fear and became wary of Guan Qinghan.

• Han Lingxuan flew through the snow with Ling'er and the White Snow Lion Cat to confront Fang Yang over his new wives.
• Han Lingxuan greeted Fang Yang tenderly and straightened his robes in front of everyone.
• A painting depicting Han Lingxuan and Fang Yang in an intimate pose fell from her sleeve, where only Ye Qinghong, Lian Yue, and Guan Qinghan could see it.
• Han Lingxuan deliberately retrieved the painting and loudly pretended its revealing fall was an accident, hoping to intimidate her rivals.
• Lian Yue and Ye Qinghong recognized Han Lingxuan as foolish and felt little hostility toward her.
• Han Lingxuan mistook their reactions for awe, then decided Guan Qinghan was a formidable opponent because she showed no response.

Han Lingxuan and Guan Qinghan secretly formed an alliance while each planned to betray the other, and Han Lingxuan revealed that she had traveled to Shadow Moon Convent on Fang Yang’s second disciple’s Flying Carriage. She delivered a letter from that disciple, prompting Ye Qinghong to suspect that the Heavenly Calculation Heir was finally moving against their master.

• Han Lingxuan and Guan Qinghan met in the snow, each deciding to ally with the other against Ye Qinghong and Lian Yue while privately plotting to turn on her later.
• Han Lingxuan told Fang Yang she had come to Shadow Moon Convent aboard his second disciple’s Flying Carriage.
• Ye Qinghong recognized the journey as a possible move by his mysterious second junior sister and worried that she might be preparing to act against their master.
• Han Lingxuan handed Fang Yang a letter from his second disciple and said he must read it to the end.
• Fang Yang considered his second disciple’s past and her rise to influence in the Tang Kingdom as an adviser to the Female Emperor.

Fang Yang accepted Mo Ke’s invitation to visit the capital in a month, where he would meet his second disciple and the Female Emperor. Ye Qinghong resolved to pursue Fang Yang by knocking him unconscious, while Fang Yang sensed something strange behind him.

• Fang Yang read Mo Ke’s letter inviting him to the capital to admire the autumn maples with her and the Female Emperor.
• Lian Yue grew concerned that Mo Ke’s invitation meant something had changed, while Ye Qinghong worried about Fang Yang’s safety.
• Fang Yang accepted the invitation and reassured Ye Qinghong that no one beneath the heavens could kill him.
• Fang Yang made Ye Qinghong a bamboo hairpin and tied his hair into a high ponytail, encouraging him to remain the proud God-Shocking Sword.
• Ye Qinghong decided to knock Fang Yang unconscious and force himself on him, then silently studied the back of Fang Yang’s head for the right angle.
• Fang Yang sensed Sword Qi behind him, turned around, and asked Ye Qinghong what was wrong; Ye Qinghong denied that anything was amiss.

Fang Yang explained his skill at putting up hair, then affectionately stroked the heads of Ye Qinghong, Lian Yue, Guan Qinghan, and the Princess Consort. After the snow stopped, he concealed his power and pretended to be weak to lure the Three Great Sect Masters into attacking, while Gong Yajun tried to provoke them.

• Ye Qinghong questioned Fang Yang about his practiced skill at putting up hair, and Fang Yang claimed he had learned it at a glance.
• Ye Qinghong said she believed Fang Yang, moving him and softening his guarded feelings toward his disciples and companions.
• Fang Yang stroked the heads of Ye Qinghong, Lian Yue, Guan Qinghan, and the Princess Consort, each of whom reacted in her own way.
• After the snow stopped, Fang Yang concealed his aura, collapsed his Dharma Body, and pretended to cough blood as he challenged the Three Great Sect Masters.
• Gong Yajun urged the Three Great Sect Masters to attack Fang Yang, but they hesitated; when she taunted the Hehuan Sect Master about his unconscious wife, he replied that she was still usable.

The four sect masters agreed to use the Four-Demon God-Slaying Array to ambush Fang Yang during the Demonic Path Assembly, though Gong Yajun concealed her allegiance to him. Gong Yajun then opened the Illusory Moon Tower trial to choose the Divine Sect Leader, warning that its trials could destroy the hearts and minds of those who entered.

• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master proposed using the Four-Demon God-Slaying Array to kill Fang Yang, and the Hehuan Sect Master, Corpse Controlling Sect Master, and Gong Yajun agreed to compete for leadership afterward.
• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master raised the possibility of a spy, but the other sect masters defended Gong Yajun, and he said he did not suspect her.
• The sect masters withdrew their Dharma Bodies as the Demonic Path attendees feared Fang Yang, who appeared pale and coughed up blood.
• Gong Yajun announced that the trial to select the Divine Sect Leader would take place in the Illusory Moon Tower, with the first to reach its top winning.
• Gong Yajun warned that the tower could beguile souls and destroy hearts, then opened a mysterious gateway above the square.

Fang Yang learned that the Three Great Sect Masters planned to ambush him in the Illusory Moon Grand Array with the Four-Demon God-Slaying Array, while Gong Yajun offered to dispel his killing intent. As entrants began exposing their hidden desires at the array’s gate, the sect masters entered with their own threats and grudges against Fang Yang.

• Gong Yajun warned Fang Yang about the Three Great Sect Masters’ plan and their ancient Four-Demon God-Slaying Array, and he promised her a reward.
• The Illusory Moon Grand Array began swallowing entrants, and several rogue cultivators blurted out their secrets and desires as they crossed its gate.
• Gong Yajun explained that the array exposed hidden desires and that the Illusory Moon Tower’s power made even the entrance dangerous to people with weak minds.
• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master entered after threatening Fang Yang and promising him a gift inside the array.
• The Corpse Controlling Sect Master entered with a stone coffin whose occupant vowed revenge on Fang Yang.
• The Hehuan Sect Master supported his still-dazed wife into the array and promised to kill Fang Yang to avenge her humiliation.

The Hehuan Sect Master and his wife entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array after his wife publicly praised Fang Yang and humiliated him. Outside the formation, Han Lingxuan and Guan Qinghan swore sisterhood while secretly plotting against each other, as Fang Yang kept his disciples back from the array.

• The Sect Master's Wife rebuked the Hehuan Sect Master, praised Fang Yang, and entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array with her husband.
• Fang Yang ordered Lian Yue and Ye Qinghong to stay outside the dangerous formation, and they complied.
• Han Lingxuan and Guan Qinghan exchanged flattery and agreed to become sworn sisters.
• Han Lingxuan swore she would share a husband with the White Snow Lion Cat if she betrayed Guan Qinghan, while Guan Qinghan swore she would meet the same end as her master.
• Han Lingxuan and Guan Qinghan each privately planned to deceive the other and pursue Fang Yang.

Guan Qinghan tried to learn the Demon Venerable’s preferences from Han Lingxuan, then gave Fang Yang the Heavenly Demon Sect’s treasury and her undergarment before he entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array. Inside, the Illusory Moon Tower reacted to Fang Yang’s arrival, and a little girl trapped on it recognized him as her father.

• Han Lingxuan answered Guan Qinghan’s questions about the Demon Venerable with claims that he liked things associated with her, frustrating Guan Qinghan.
• Guan Qinghan gave Fang Yang a storage pouch containing the Heavenly Demon Sect’s inheritance and treasury, and he reluctantly accepted it.
• Guan Qinghan gave Fang Yang her warm undergarment before flying away, and Fang Yang entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array.
• The Illusory Moon Grand Array and its purple tower trembled as Fang Yang entered.
• A little girl appeared atop the tower, called Fang Yang Daddy, and tried to reach him, but purple light restrained her and she sent ice and snow through the array.

The Illusory Moon Grand Array changed violently as Gong Yajun suspected the prophecy about the Demon Venerable was coming true, while disciples and rivals entered the array. After regaining her memories, Guan Qinghan realized her underwear was missing and demanded to know who had taken it.

• Gong Yajun sensed that the Illusory Moon Grand Array had slipped beyond her control and flew toward it to investigate the Illusory Moon Tower.
• Ye Qinghong entered the array to protect his master and remember those who had threatened to kill him, and Lian Yue followed with her Red Dust Gu.
• Guan Qinghan gave Han Lingxuan a sword of true qi for protection, while Han Lingxuan gave her an outdated Spring Passion Hall manual.
• Guan Qinghan and Han Lingxuan each privately believed they had outwitted the other with their exchange of gifts.
• Guan Qinghan regained her memories, noticed she was missing her underwear, and demanded to know who had stolen it.

Guan Qinghan entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array, determined to become the Divine Path Leader and kill Fang Yang, while Han Lingxuan and Ling'er remained outside. Han Lingxuan insisted she had scolded Fang Yang and wanted him dead, but watched the array with growing unease.

• Guan Qinghan hid the Spring Passion Hall booklet, then headed into the Illusory Moon Grand Array to pursue the Divine Path Leader position and kill Fang Yang.
• Guan Qinghan considered killing the Princess Consort but felt inexplicably reluctant, then left without harming her.
• Ling'er arrived with a handmade black robe for Fang Yang and learned that he had entered the array.
• Han Lingxuan claimed Fang Yang had apologized to her and said she had scolded him, while Ling'er assumed the opposite and felt relieved.
• Han Lingxuan insisted she did not care whether Fang Yang was harmed, but she and Ling'er watched the array anxiously as its mist churned and rumbled.

Inside the Illusory Moon Grand Array, Ye Qinghong hunted cultivators who had threatened her master, the Demon Venerable. When one of her targets called the Demon Venerable her husband and praised their future together, Ye Qinghong became distracted by imagining married life and children.

• Han Lingxuan and Ling Ling'er entered the Illusory Moon Grand Array with the White Snow Lion Cat, while the maid promised to stay by the princess consort's side.
• Ye Qinghong killed a Great Grandmaster Realm cultivator and pursued the other people she had marked on her Death List.
• Lian Yue found the slain cultivator and followed Ye Qinghong to keep her eldest senior sister safe.
• A Demonic Path disciple pleaded that he had never meant to kill the Demon Venerable, calling the Demon Venerable Ye Qinghong's husband.
• Ye Qinghong pressed the disciple to repeat his words, then listened as he praised their match and wished them children, imagining a family with the Demon Venerable.

Ye Qinghong killed a Demonic Path disciple and took his wealth to fund the betrothal gifts for Master. He then demanded wedding congratulations from Hehuan Sect disciples and eagerly accepted their offers of marriage-related treasures.

• Ye Qinghong listened as the Demonic Path disciple praised him and Fang Yang, then killed him with a single sword strike when he unleashed his Forbidden Technique.
• Ye Qinghong decided to marry Master soon and gather lavish betrothal gifts, then returned to loot the disciple's Storage Bag.
• Lian Yue arrived, wondered why Ye Qinghong had looted the corpse, and followed him.
• Ye Qinghong confronted Hehuan Sect disciples who had voiced plans to slaughter the Demon Venerable, but spared them and demanded congratulations on his upcoming marriage to Master.
• The Hehuan Sect disciples offered Ye Qinghong a series of indecent treasures, including Hehuan Powder and a Childbearing Pill, and he showed keen interest.

Ye Qinghong rounded up Demonic Path disciples who had insulted Fang Yang and forced them to shout wedding congratulations for his marriage to the Demon Venerable. After Lian Yue arrived, he asked her to be his bridesmaid and demanded a substantial wedding gift to help fund his betrothal gifts for Master.

• Ye Qinghong confiscated the treasures of several Demonic Path disciples and made them offer wedding congratulations before immobilizing them.
• Ye Qinghong hunted down and gathered twenty or thirty people who had insulted Fang Yang and committed serious crimes.
• Ye Qinghong divided the captives into groups, taught them wedding wishes, and made them shout congratulations across the snowy plain.
• Lian Yue arrived, and Ye Qinghong asked her to be his bridesmaid.
• Ye Qinghong told Lian Yue he wanted to marry Master so they could have children, then asked her for a substantial wedding gift.
• When Lian Yue hesitated, Ye Qinghong reminded her that he had scrubbed her back when she bathed as a child.

Ye Qinghong collected betrothal gifts from Lian Yue and the defeated Demonic Path disciples before heading to the Illusory Moon Tower to report to his master and plan their marriage. Lian Yue remained conflicted about her feelings for their master, while Han Lingxuan and Ling'er approached the tower with Ling'er’s suggestive promise to help her “withstand” the demon.

• Ye Qinghong took Lian Yue’s Storage Bag as a betrothal gift, then killed the Demonic Path disciples and collected their valuables.
• Ye Qinghong told Lian Yue he was saving betrothal gifts for their master and insisted that he never lost when she said she would compete for him.
• Ye Qinghong returned to demand that Lian Yue offer wedding congratulations, using embarrassing childhood memories to pressure her into doing so.
• After Ye Qinghong left, Lian Yue wondered whether her attraction to their master was genuine or merely pique toward her senior sister.
• Han Lingxuan complained about the demon as she traveled toward the Illusory Moon Tower, and Ling’er said she would help the Princess Consort withstand him.

Han Lingxuan and Ling’er were ambushed by Demonic Path Disciples led by a man seeking revenge on the Blood Rain Demon Venerable. Han Lingxuan and the White Snow Lion Cat fought back, but their attackers’ leader remained ready to capture them.

• Han Lingxuan learned that the White Snow Lion Cat seemed willing to help her, then a group of Demonic Path Disciples appeared in the blizzard.
• The middle-aged leader said he planned to use Han Lingxuan as bait to kill the Blood Rain Demon Venerable because he blamed him for his husband’s death.
• The White Snow Lion Cat killed several attackers, and Han Lingxuan used her old jade hairpin to kill another while protecting Ling’er.
• Han Lingxuan fought on despite her fear, killing more Demonic Path Disciples as Ling’er watched from behind her.
• The middle-aged leader dismissed his followers as useless and declared that he would capture Han Lingxuan and Ling’er himself.

Fang Yang arrived as the Princess Consort and her companions were being crushed by a middle-aged man’s power, then revealed a five-leaf Dharma Body that shattered what the Cultivation World believed possible. The middle-aged man’s Dharma Body began to crack as he faced Fang Yang.

• The middle-aged man pressured Han Lingxuan, the White Snow Lion Cat, and the little maid, demanding that Han Lingxuan insult the demon to avoid further suffering.
• Han Lingxuan refused to speak against the demon, while the little maid endured the pressure until she fainted, relieved when Fang Yang arrived.
• Fang Yang dispersed the middle-aged man’s pressure and confronted him as the man tried to exploit rumors that Fang Yang’s strength had declined.
• Fang Yang summoned a Dharma Body that grew from four lotus leaves to five, terrifying the middle-aged man and overturning the Cultivation World’s accepted limits.
• Cracks spread across the middle-aged man’s Dharma Body as he stared in horror at Fang Yang.