Chapter Summaries

Fang Yang killed a hidden shadow with the God-Shocking Sword, then used the Profound Heaven Strategy’s phenomenon to convince the Demon Cult that he had reached a new realm. As the female followers became infatuated with him, Fang Yang coughed up blood and prepared another Demon Venerable Card to restore his strength.

• Fang Yang unleashed Flash of Astonishing Grace, cutting down the shadow that had lunged at him and destroying the waterfall behind the Demon Venerable Pavilion.
• A heaven-and-earth phenomenon appeared behind Fang Yang, and the Demon Cult followers believed he had achieved an unprecedented breakthrough.
• Huang Fuling confessed that she would endure the Demon Venerable’s torment to be with him, and Yuan Heng fainted from rage after she rejected him.
• Fang Yang recognized that the Profound Heaven Strategy’s phenomenon was fooling the followers and saw the women gazing at him with infatuation.
• Fang Yang coughed up blood from overusing the Demon Venerable Card and took out another card, ready to crush it if his condition worsened.

Fang Yang used his apparent injury to cow the Demon Cult members and reassert control, while the Princess Consort mistook his suggestive smile for a threat of another night together and fled. The chapter ended with her rejecting her maid’s plan to lure him into an ambush because the thought of the bed terrified her.

• The kneeling cultists pleaded for mercy, and Fang Yang realized that his cards had successfully frightened them into submission.
• The Princess Consort smiled at Fang Yang, but when he returned a meaningful look, she panicked and hurried away, believing he meant to summon her to bed.
• Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life, declared the Demon Venerable Pavilion forbidden ground, and ordered everyone except Ye Qinghong to leave.
• Huang Fuling flew to the Hot Spring on the Back Mountain, while the Princess Consort returned to the Parasol Tree Courtyard and denied that she had fled out of fear.
• The young maid suggested that the Princess Consort lure Fang Yang to the courtyard and ambush him from beneath the bed, but the Princess Consort emphatically refused.

The Princess Consort resolved to keep trying to kill Fang Yang, believing she could not abandon the responsibility and reputation tied to her position. Ye Qinghong went to Fang Yang to retrieve the Azure Shadow Sword, but the sword resisted returning to him and showed its attachment to Fang Yang.

• Ling'er urged the Princess Consort to stop opposing Fang Yang, but the Princess Consort said she had to kill him and would resume her former life afterward.
• The Princess Consort promised to shoulder her responsibilities as the Southern Pacifying King’s consort, and Ling'er vowed to stay by her side.
• Ye Qinghong entered the Demon Venerable Pavilion and greeted Fang Yang.
• Fang Yang returned the Azure Shadow Sword to Ye Qinghong, but the sword struggled to break free and return to Fang Yang.
• Ye Qinghong suppressed the Azure Shadow Sword, which nuzzled his face before he sent it into its sheath, still reluctant to leave Fang Yang.

Fang Yang confronted Ye Qinghong for standing by while rebels tried to kill him, while Ye Qinghong struggled against his heart demon and his Azure Shadow Sword’s eager attachment to Fang Yang. The chapter ended with Fang Yang asking whether he should punish Ye Qinghong, who found himself less resistant to the thought than before.

• Fang Yang stopped Ye Qinghong from leaving and used the Profound Heaven Strategy to pressure him.
• Ye Qinghong nearly succumbed to his heart demon when Fang Yang stood close, but the Azure Shadow Sword’s cry brought him back to his senses.
• The Azure Shadow Sword flew to Fang Yang and begged for his attention before reluctantly returning to Ye Qinghong.
• Fang Yang accused Ye Qinghong of standing by while rebel traitors tried to kill him and asked whether he should punish him.
• Ye Qinghong remembered his previous humiliation in the hall and realized he no longer resisted the idea of being punished as strongly.

Ye Qinghong succumbed to his heart demon and asked Fang Yang to punish him, leaving Fang Yang stunned. Fang Yang gave him two slaps and the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique before Ye Qinghong fled to the Back Mountain Hot Spring.

• Ye Qinghong's visions transformed the Princess Consort's face into his own, and the demonic voices drove him to ask Fang Yang for punishment.
• Fang Yang struck Ye Qinghong twice and gave him a jade slip containing the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique.
• Ye Qinghong hurried toward the Back Mountain Hot Spring while Fang Yang reflected that he had avoided provoking his disciple into a fight.
• Ye Qinghong entered the hot spring without splashing, and his bamboo Hairpin fell loose.

After receiving the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique from Fang Yang, Ye Qinghong returned to his courtyard, troubled by the Demon Venerable’s unexpected change. At the hot spring, Huang Fuling followed the White Snow Lion Cat and discovered a woman bathing through the mist.

• Ye Qinghong recovered from his embarrassment in the hot spring and used his spiritual qi to dry and tie up his hair.
• Ye Qinghong studied the complete God-Shocking Sword Technique Fang Yang had given him and wondered why the Demon Venerable had changed.
• Ye Qinghong left the hot spring and returned to his Listening Sword Courtyard.
• Huang Fuling bathed while thinking about the Demon Venerable and pressed the jade slip she had obtained from the Spring Passion Hall.
• Huang Fuling recognized the White Snow Lion Cat from the Demon Venerable Tower, suspected the Princess Consort was nearby, and secretly swam behind a rock.
• Huang Fuling peered through the mist and saw a woman bathing.

Huang Fuling became jealous after finding what she believed was proof that the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King was intimate with the Demon Venerable, and she dressed to seduce him. Yuan Heng learned she intended to meet the Demon Venerable and rushed to stop her.

• Huang Fuling found a strand of hair on the Princess Consort's intimate garments and concluded that she and the Demon Venerable were lovers.
• Huang Fuling decided to pursue the Demon Venerable and returned to her courtyard to prepare herself.
• Huang Fuling ignored Yuan Heng's offer of congee and shut herself in her room.
• Huang Fuling dressed herself seductively, and Yuan Heng mistook her appearance as a gesture toward him.
• Huang Fuling revealed that she wanted the Demon Venerable to like her and headed for the gate.
• Yuan Heng realized her intention and hurried to block her path.

Huang Fuling defied Yuan Heng and sneaked into the Blood Rain Demon Venerable’s sleeping palace, convinced she would win his favor by offering herself to him. Fang Yang returned to his bed without noticing her and froze when an unknown woman embraced him from behind.

• Huang Fuling told Yuan Heng she was going to offer herself to the Demon Venerable, then left him behind; Yuan Heng convinced himself she had only said it to make him jealous.
• Huang Fuling entered the Demon Venerable’s sleeping palace and admired its trophies as if they were romantic decorations prepared for her.
• Huang Fuling undressed, climbed into Fang Yang’s bed, and hid beneath his quilt while waiting for him.
• Fang Yang returned exhausted from cultivation and the day’s battles, then lay down without noticing Huang Fuling.
• Fang Yang sensed someone embracing him from behind, stiffened, and summoned a Demon Venerable Card.

Fang Yang mistook Huang Fuling for the Princess Consort and treated her tenderly, while Huang Fuling believed his affection was meant for her until he addressed her by the Princess Consort’s title. Realizing the mistake, she resolved to win Fang Yang over anyway and guided his hand onto her body.

• Fang Yang assumed the woman in his bed was the Princess Consort and kissed her before holding her tenderly.
• Huang Fuling delighted in Fang Yang’s embrace and convinced herself that his gentleness proved he had long cared for her.
• Fang Yang called Huang Fuling “Princess Consort,” revealing that he had mistaken her for the Southern Pacifying King’s wife.
• Huang Fuling was heartbroken when she understood the truth, but decided to use her Charm Art to make Fang Yang fall for her.
• Huang Fuling settled back into Fang Yang’s arms and guided his hand onto her body.

Fang Yang discovered that the woman in his bedchamber was Huang Fuling, a Blood Rain Cult protector, rather than the Southern Pacifying King's Princess Consort. Huang Fuling professed her love and accepted any punishment, and Fang Yang struck her in the chest.

• Fang Yang noticed the woman in his bed was unlike the Princess Consort and confronted her with his power and a Demon Venerable Card.
• Huang Fuling revealed herself as one of the Blood Rain Cult's Eight Great Protectors and knelt before Fang Yang.
• Huang Fuling claimed she had trespassed because she adored Fang Yang and wanted to serve him.
• Huang Fuling offered to disguise herself as the Princess Consort and insisted she would accept any punishment to be with Fang Yang.
• Huang Fuling guided Fang Yang's hand to her neck and urged him to tighten his grip, so Fang Yang struck her in the chest with his palm.