Chapter Summaries

Ye Qinghong grew jealous when the Tower Spirit called several women her mothers, while Fang Yang taunted the weakened demonic cultivators. The Hehuan Sect Master and Corpse Controlling Sect Master unleashed their powerful wives against Fang Yang, leaving him stunned by the corpse’s accusation that he had abandoned her.

• The Tower Spirit called Ye Qinghong “Mother” and explained that the spirits were harmless, making Ye Qinghong first promise to care for her and then call her a bad Tower Spirit when she called other women mothers too.
• Fang Yang mocked the demonic cultivators, whose injuries and losses had left them furious and weakened.
• The Hehuan Sect Master devoured his wife and advanced to the four-leaf dharmakaya realm before declaring that he would kill Fang Yang.
• The Corpse Controlling Sect Master released his corpse wife, who had grown to the peak of the three-leaf dharma body realm and accused Fang Yang of abandoning her.
• Fang Yang froze at the sight of the enormous corpse, while Han Lingxuan looked at him as though he were a scumbag.

The Demonic Path sect masters attacked Fang Yang at the Illusory Moon Tower, but he revealed that he had concealed his strength and manifested a four-leaf dharma body. His dharma form seized the Hehuan Sect Master's, leaving the battle poised to turn against the attackers.

• The Hehuan Sect Master attacked Fang Yang with his four-leaf Yin-Yang Dharma Form as Ye Qinghong, Guan Qinghan, Lian Yue, and the other women stood before Fang Yang.
• Fang Yang rose and revealed that he had been pretending to be weakened, then manifested his own four-leaf dharma body.
• The Corpse Controlling Sect Master and Ghost Lantern Sect Master recognized the danger, while the Hehuan Sect's followers panicked at Fang Yang's return to power.
• Fang Yang's dharma form reached through the clouds and grabbed the Hehuan Sect Master's Yin-Yang Dharma Form.

Fang Yang crushed the Hehuan Sect Master's Yin-Yang Dharma Form and defeated the Corpse Controlling Sect Master's Corpse Kui, revealing his Four-Leaf Formless Demon Body. As Fang Yang seized the Corpse Controlling Sect Master, the Ghost Lantern Sect Master made a desperate offering to the Soul-Burning Lamp, setting his disciples' heads ablaze.

• Fang Yang snapped the Yin-Yang Dharma Form's neck and shattered it, grievously injuring the Hehuan Sect Master.
• The Corpse Controlling Sect Master sent a Corpse Kui to attack Fang Yang from behind, but Fang Yang activated his Four-Leaf Formless Demon Body and crushed the Corpse Kui's head.
• The Corpse Controlling Sect Master and his subordinates climbed into their stone coffins to flee, but Fang Yang's Dharma Form crushed the coffins and knocked the Sect Master out.
• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master severed five fingers and fed them to the Soul-Burning Lamp, then threw paper slips into its flames.
• Pale flames ignited inside the Ghost Lantern Sect disciples' heads and burned them away.

The Ghost Lantern Sect Master used Ye Qinghong’s birth characters in the Soul-Burning Lamp to attack his Divine Consciousness. Ye Qinghong collapsed, and Fang Yang caught him, realizing the depth of their shared past as his disciple’s life faded.

• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master burned Ye Qinghong’s birth characters in the Soul-Burning Lamp and sent his mental force toward Ye Qinghong’s Divine Consciousness.
• Ye Qinghong gave the Tower Spirit a copper coin for a hawthorn after she praised him, while continuing to guard Fang Yang.
• Ye Qinghong suddenly lost consciousness and began to die, and the Tower Spirit used golden light to slow his fading life.
• Fang Yang caught Ye Qinghong and silently recalled their first meeting, their time together, and Ye Qinghong’s unwavering devotion.
• Fang Yang remembered Ye Qinghong carrying him into a cave in the snow and insisting that he did not want to lose.

Fang Yang unleashed the Profound Heaven Strategy, killing nearly all the Demonic Path Disciples as autumn rain swept through the Illusory Moon Tower. Ye Qinghong’s Storage Bag passed to Fang Yang, revealing her devotion, while Lian Yue watched beside her fallen Eldest Senior Sister as Fang Yang vowed to destroy the three Demonic Path Sects.

• Fang Yang’s aura rose to the Unity of Heaven and Man realm, and his autumn rain killed nearly all the Demonic Path Disciples on the tower’s second floor.
• Fang Yang’s Dharma Form grew to twenty zhang, and its lotus bloomed into five leaves as he stood and protected Ye Qinghong’s body.
• Ye Qinghong’s Storage Bag flew to Fang Yang, who discovered her carefully labeled savings, a hand-copied book, and a diary filled with the word “Master.”
• Lian Yue crouched beside Ye Qinghong as Fang Yang declared that every member of the three Demonic Path Sects would die.

Fang Yang revealed a five-leaf Dharma Form and survived the Ghost Lantern Sect Master's Soul-Burning Lamp attack, then shattered the sect's supreme treasure. As the three sect masters tried to activate their last defense, Gong Yajun declared that she had always served Fang Yang.

• The Ghost Lantern, Hehuan, and Corpse Controlling Sect Masters realized Fang Yang had reached the five-leaf realm and found themselves trapped by the autumn rain.
• The Ghost Lantern Sect Master used the Soul-Burning Lamp and Fang Yang's private information to attack his soul, but Fang Yang remained unharmed and counterattacked through the black sun in his mind.
• Fang Yang's attack gravely injured the Ghost Lantern Sect Master and shattered the Soul-Burning Lamp.
• The three sect masters summoned black jade pieces to activate the Four-Demon God-Slaying Array as Fang Yang approached.
• Gong Yajun stood behind Fang Yang with an umbrella and told the sect masters that she and the Shadow Moon Convent belonged to the Demon Venerable.

After the three sect masters died, Fang Yang grieved over Ye Qinghong, whose soul seemed to have vanished. The Tower Spirit revealed that she had secretly sealed Ye Qinghong’s soul inside the Illusory Moon Tower, leaving Fang Yang with hope of saving her.

• Fang Yang covered Ye Qinghong with his robe and searched her body for her missing soul while the others mourned.
• The Little Maid offered Fang Yang medicine and a coat, but he said the herbs could not wake Ye Qinghong.
• Lian Yue wept and regretted failing to protect her Eldest Senior Sister and killing the Ghost Lantern Sect Master sooner.
• The Tower Spirit told Fang Yang that Ye Qinghong was not dead and that her soul had not disappeared.
• The Tower Spirit explained that she had sealed Ye Qinghong’s soul inside the Illusory Moon Tower to hide it from the Ghost Lantern Sect Master’s oil lamp.

Fang Yang learned that Ye Qinghong's soul could be healed with the Soul-Nourishing Art and began cultivating it, while Lian Yue resolved to help him awaken sooner. At Star-Seizing Temple, Mo Ke urged the Tang Kingdom's Female Emperor to tour the maple grove with Fang Yang, and the empress agreed to consider it for the sake of her people.

• The Tower Spirit revealed that Ye Qinghong's soul was badly injured but could recover if Fang Yang cultivated a soul-nourishing technique.
• Fang Yang found the Soul-Nourishing Art Jade Slip and began cultivating it immediately.
• Lian Yue decided to let Fang Yang extract her aptitude to speed his cultivation, despite believing she had only three months to live.
• At Star-Seizing Temple, Mo Ke told the Female Emperor that Fang Yang could resolve the Tang Kingdom's crisis and asked her to tour the maple grove with him.
• The Female Emperor agreed to consider meeting Fang Yang for her people's sake, and Mo Ke said that her master liked women.

Mo Ke reflected on her gift to her master before heading to Back Mountain to harvest the crops. In the Illusory Moon Tower, Fang Yang used the Spirit-Nurturing Art to awaken Ye Qinghong's Divine Sense, and Ye Qinghong eventually opened his eyes in his own body.

• Mo Ke watched the Female Emperor leave, wondered what story her master would write for her, and went to Back Mountain with a hoe.
• Fang Yang used the Spirit-Nurturing Art on Ye Qinghong, and his Divine Sense began to grow clearer as Han Lingxuan watched.
• The awakened little Ye Qinghong clutched The Return of the Condor Heroes and a copper coin, then tried to undress Fang Yang and demanded their wedding night.
• The Tower Spirit guessed that Ye Qinghong had lost his memories, while the others reacted with suspicion and alarm to his behavior.
• Fang Yang returned Ye Qinghong's Divine Sense to his body, and Ye Qinghong slowly opened his eyes.

Fang Yang subdued Ye Qinghong after his amnesia made him try to force a candlelit wedding night, then resolved to cultivate the Spirit-Nurturing Art and visit his second disciple in the capital. Meanwhile, the Illusory Moon Grand Array trial ended as a mysterious Underworld River appeared at the Shadow Moon Convent, swallowing female disciples and seeming impossible to cross.

• Fang Yang knocked Ye Qinghong unconscious again and caught him, then decided to cultivate the Spirit-Nurturing Art and visit his second disciple in the capital.
• The Illusory Moon Grand Array trembled, and its surviving participants emerged as the waiting Demonic Path disciples crowded around them.
• The Princess Consort shielded her Little Maid from the Blood Rain Demon Venerable, while the Demon Venerable's arrival sent the gathered disciples fleeing in terror.
• A sound of flowing water came from the Shadow Moon Convent, and a dark Underworld River appeared, dragging female disciples into its depths.
• Guan Qinghan explained that no one had ever emerged from the Underworld River, suggesting the Shadow Moon Convent might become a forbidden zone.

A black Underworld River engulfed Shadow Moon Convent, dragging in buildings and disciples as the Blood Rain Demon Venerable appeared and condemned the Three Great Sects to die. Fang Yang dealt with the attackers and tended to the women, while the river continued to threaten everyone in the convent.

• Gong Yajun explained that Underworld Rivers emerged in Death Forbidden Zones and wondered why one had appeared at Shadow Moon Convent.
• The Underworld River flooded the convent, corroding its halls and dragging people into its black waters.
• The Blood Rain Demon Venerable appeared above the convent and declared that the disciples of the Three Great Sects would die for their sect masters’ defiance.
• The river’s shadows seized and killed disciples of the Ghost Lantern Sect, Hehuan Sect, and Corpse Controlling Sect as survivors begged for mercy and fled.
• Fang Yang healed Lian Yue and revived Ye Qinghong after the convent grew quiet, while autumn rain washed away the blood.

Yin Gui Ancestor revealed himself at the Shadow Moon Convent and summoned the Underworld River with White Bone Beads, intending to kill Fang Yang and claim leadership of the Divine Sect. As the river engulfed the convent and dragged its disciples into the Underworld Realm, Fang Yang and the others faced an expanding supernatural threat.

• Fang Yang recognized the White Bone Pearls Yin Gui Ancestor threw into the Underworld River and suspected the recent attacks were tied to the forbidden ground.
• Yin Gui Ancestor appeared above the river, revealed his plan to become Divine Sect Leader, and taunted Fang Yang about taking revenge.
• Gong Yajun realized the danger and called for the Shadow Moon Convent disciples to return as the Underworld River spread across the convent.
• Black hands seized Shadow Moon Convent disciples and dragged them into the river, while the divine statues stripped the souls of others who looked at them.
• Fang Yang watched Yin Gui Ancestor and the growing number of trapped souls as the river's sinister winds and murderous intent engulfed the square.

Yin Gui Ancestor summoned the Underworld River and its evil gods, trapping Fang Yang and the women as their defenses failed. Just as they faced certain death, Fang Yang crushed the Demon Venerable Card, and his Dharma Form stopped the river’s descent.

• Yin Gui Ancestor revealed that the Underworld River contained powerful evil gods and sent its expanding black tide over Fang Yang and the others.
• Guan Qinghan, Lian Yue, Ye Qinghong, and Gong Yajun raised their Dharma Forms, but the river dissolved them and swallowed the group.
• The women prepared to face death, while the Princess Consort suggested they indulge themselves before it came.
• Fang Yang saw his Dharma Form weakening inside the river and crushed the Demon Venerable Card.
• Fang Yang's Dharma Form appeared, and the surging Underworld River abruptly stopped above them.

Fang Yang and his disciples were trapped inside the Underworld River, where his Five-Leaf Dharma Body was being dragged down and the Azure Light Shield was besieged by pale faces. Lian Yue offered her life to help them escape, but Fang Yang refused and revealed a powerful countermeasure against the river’s evil beings.

• The Yin Gui Ancestor watched Fang Yang’s Five-Leaf Dharma Body struggle against the Underworld River and wondered how anyone could survive there.
• Fang Yang crushed the Guardian Card, creating an Azure Light Shield that protected the group from the corrosive waters and surrounding pale faces.
• Lian Yue offered to sacrifice her life by letting Fang Yang extract her Red Dust Art aptitude to empower him.
• Fang Yang refused to sacrifice Lian Yue and warned that he could send her into the river himself if she insisted on dying.
• Fang Yang summoned the Profound Heaven Strategy, whose immense white Dharma Form overwhelmed the white-bone giant and frightened the evil gods.

Fang Yang entered the Underworld River and discovered that the Yin Souls feared the aura of his Profound Heaven Strategy. He devoured the Yin Souls and evil gods as his power grew, while Lian Yue remained behind the shield and watched.

• Fang Yang stepped outside the azure light shield into the Underworld River, alarming the women and delighting Yin Gui Ancestor.
• Fang Yang activated the Profound Heaven Strategy, causing the approaching Yin Souls to recoil in terror.
• Fang Yang devoured the Yin Souls, turning them into droplets that rapidly strengthened his soul.
• Fang Yang's Dharma Form attacked the evil gods, tearing them apart and swallowing them as the Underworld River filled with thunderous noise.
• Lian Yue revealed the Red Dust Gu, then smashed it and watched Fang Yang with complicated feelings.

Fang Yang devoured the wandering souls and evil gods in the Underworld River, growing powerful enough to tear the river apart and defeat Yin Gui Ancestor. After the river sank underground, Fang Yang left with Ye Qinghong still clinging to his robe.

• Fang Yang hunted down the pale faces and evil gods in the Underworld River, devouring them as his Dharma Form grew stronger.
• Yin Gui Ancestor tried to escape, but Fang Yang tore the Underworld River apart and stepped out of it with his enormous Five-Leaf Dharma Form.
• Fang Yang swallowed the Underworld River as it began sinking into the ground, then destroyed Yin Gui Ancestor.
• The Underworld River disappeared, leaving Shadow Moon Convent's surviving disciples grievously injured and shaken.
• Ye Qinghong held tightly to Fang Yang's robe and said he would get lost if he let go.

After defeating Yin Gui Ancestor and clearing the Underworld River, Fang Yang prepared to return to the Blood Rain Cult before traveling to Capital City to see his second disciple and the Female Emperor. The chapter ended as the Flying Carriage continued onward and Fang Yang proposed that he and his eldest disciple unite against a shared enemy.

• Fang Yang devoured the Underworld River and its Evil Gods, then crushed Yin Gui Ancestor's body and soul after he pleaded for mercy.
• Fang Yang rescued the women trapped in the blue light barrier and returned them to Shadow Moon Convent's square.
• Fang Yang decided to return to the Blood Rain Cult and later travel to Capital City to meet his second disciple and the Female Emperor.
• The Flying Carriage set off for the Blood Rain Cult while Fang Yang suggested that he and his eldest disciple join forces against their common enemy.

Fang Yang rewarded the women with flowers before they departed in the Blood Rain Cult’s Black Jade Flying Carriage, while his disciples and companions continued to compete for his attention. The carriage flew onward with its passengers divided into rival groups, and Lian Yue remained outside.

• Fang Yang gave Ye Qinghong a rare blue-green flower and distributed other blooms to the women, including a peony for the Princess Consort and a small white flower for the Little Maid.
• Ye Qinghong offered Fang Yang three copper coins and tugged at his clothes, but Fang Yang refused to let him bargain for intimacy and eventually gave him a flower.
• Gong Yajun and Huang Fuling joined the group, and the women formed rival camps as they prepared to travel.
• Fang Yang boarded the Black Jade Flying Carriage with the Princess Consort and the Little Maid, while Ye Qinghong, Gong Yajun, and Huang Fuling followed.
• The Black Jade Flying Carriage rose into the sky as the women took turns resting inside and Lian Yue stayed outside.

Lian Yue struggled with her growing affection for Ye Qinghong while he suffered worsening soul injuries and remained mostly unconscious. After receiving the other half of a treasured Peach Blossom from him, she decided to sacrifice her Red Dust Art and innate aptitude to their master to help save him.

• Three days after Ye Qinghong's soul injuries worsened, Lian Yue followed the Black Jade Flying Carriage while recalling the feelings stirred by the illusion.
• Lian Yue saw Ye Qinghong's soul in grave danger and resolved to offer herself to their master so he could extract her Red Dust Art and innate aptitude.
• Ye Qinghong appeared before Lian Yue and gave her the blue-green half of his treasured Peach Blossom, joining it with her pink half.
• Lian Yue felt her hatred fade as she held the Peach Blossom and struggled with shame over her growing feelings for Ye Qinghong.
• Lian Yue decided to destroy the pink blossom, but Ye Qinghong's gesture left her wavering over the sacrifice she had planned.

Lian Yue chose to approach Fang Yang and offer herself, hoping to help heal Ye Qinghong, while Ye Qinghong left with half a peach blossom and vowed to compete fairly for Fang Yang. Lian Yue’s Red Dust Art then activated as Fang Yang fell into confusion, and she later awoke in his arms with no clear memory of what had happened.

• Ye Qinghong split a peach blossom and gave half to Lian Yue, insisting that she should not refuse his concern for her.
• Lian Yue decided to keep following Ye Qinghong and let him be happy, then walked toward the Demon Venerable Pavilion.
• Lian Yue touched the space between her brows and released a pink thread as Fang Yang fell into confusion.
• Lian Yue’s Red Dust Art activated, and she expected it to combine with Fang Yang’s incomplete cultivation art and drive them into madness.
• Fang Yang later woke and discovered his strength had increased, while Lian Yue found herself in his arms on the Great Hall throne.
• Ye Qinghong remained unconscious beneath the peach tree as his Azure Shadow Sword called to him.