Chapter Summaries

Gong Yajun returned from Fang Yang claiming she had uncovered the secret behind his power, then left to rally sect leaders against him. Fang Yang continued investigating the Profound Heaven Strategy and discovered that a huge cold-jade bed had appeared in his mind-cave, with the Princess Consort and Ye Qinghong lying on it.

• Gong Yajun returned to Protector Wang appearing dazed and marked, then claimed her plan had partly succeeded because she had learned Fang Yang was too powerful for her to defeat alone.
• Gong Yajun told Protector Wang to return to the Shadow Moon Convent and invite sect leaders to discuss a campaign against the Demon Venerable.
• Protector Wang wondered at Fang Yang's strength as she followed Gong Yajun away from the Blood Rain Cult.
• Fang Yang studied the Profound Heaven Strategy and concluded that it had helped him counter Gong Yajun's Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Yang entered his mind-cave and found a vast cold-jade bed where the Princess Consort and Ye Qinghong were lying.

Fang Yang discovered that Huang Fuling’s affection for him had reached its maximum and received powerful rewards from the treasure chests. After awakening the incomplete Formless Demon Body, he gained Grandmaster Realm strength and opened a third chest whose contents he had not yet identified.

• Fang Yang saw that Huang Fuling’s affection score was one hundred and that her feelings for him were genuine.
• Fang Yang opened the first jade chest and found a card that granted him the incomplete Formless Demon Body.
• Fang Yang endured the painful transformation and emerged with greatly increased strength, reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
• Fang Yang opened the second chest and received Counterattack, Invincibility, and Demon Venerable cards.
• Fang Yang opened the third chest and realized the pill inside was not meant for him to swallow.

Fang Yang spent his Fated Bond Points on draws, gained new skills and items, and advanced the Profound Heaven Strategy to its second level. He headed to Wutong Courtyard to visit Han Lingxuan, while a little maid prepared a basket of carefully selected hawthorns in Parasol Tree Courtyard.

• Fang Yang discovered that Huang Fuling's statue listed two secrets that could earn him a Black Jade Treasure Box.
• Fang Yang spent all forty Fated Bond Points on twenty draws and received Han Lingxuan's Painting Technique, Huang Fuling's Disguise Technique, a Reverse Persona Card, and Demon Finger.
• Fang Yang cultivated through the night and advanced the Profound Heaven Strategy to its second level, strengthening his ability to conceal his cultivation.
• Fang Yang left the Demon Venerable Pavilion and headed to Wutong Courtyard to visit Han Lingxuan.
• The little maid swept Parasol Tree Courtyard, fetched water, made clothes, and gathered flawless hawthorns from Back Mountain.

Ling'er gathered and prepared hawthorns to make candied skewers for Han Lingxuan and the Demon Venerable, despite being badly injured by the Back Mountain’s thorns. Han Lingxuan learned why Ling'er had gone to such lengths and, after her fury subsided, resumed helping her wash the fruit.

• Ling'er recalled gathering hawthorns in the Back Mountain and suffering countless thorn wounds to make a gift for the Demon Venerable.
• Han Lingxuan found Ling'er washing the hawthorns, saw her wounds, and gently asked whether they hurt.
• Ling'er admitted she had gathered the hawthorns herself to improve Han Lingxuan's appetite and repay the Demon Venerable.
• Han Lingxuan pulled the Hairpin from her hair and threatened to kill the Demon Venerable or die trying.
• Han Lingxuan abandoned the idea of assassination and returned to washing the hawthorns, still furious with the Demon Venerable.

Han Lingxuan and Ling'er made candied hawthorns while planning how to divide them, and Han Lingxuan prepared to use her charm to weaken Fang Yang. When Fang Yang arrived carrying a bouquet and saw Ling'er's injured hands, his expression darkened.

• Han Lingxuan and Ling'er washed and cooked the hawthorns, each secretly deciding who deserved the best ones.
• Han Lingxuan heard Fang Yang knocking and told herself that she would use seduction and cultivation to weaken him while building her own strength.
• Ling'er opened the door to Fang Yang, saw the bouquet he was carrying, and brought him the candied hawthorns.
• Fang Yang noticed the wounds on Ling'er's hands and grew angry, but softened when he saw how nervously she reacted.

Fang Yang healed Ling'er's wounds after she mistook his instructions for an invitation to torment her. He gave her flowers for herself and her mistress, and she remained convinced that he was a kind man.

• Ling'er offered Fang Yang a plate of hawthorns, and he ate them and praised their taste.
• Fang Yang told Ling'er to close her eyes, but she misunderstood and began unbuttoning her clothes, asking him to torment her.
• Fang Yang fastened Ling'er's clothes and healed her wounds with his internal energy.
• Ling'er decided Fang Yang was kind and wondered why he bullied the Princess Consort but would not bully her.
• Fang Yang gave Ling'er a bouquet for her mistress and a wild daisy for herself, then went into the inner room.

Fang Yang used a Reversal Card on Han Lingxuan, causing her to admit that she looked forward to seeing him and to reveal her private collection of seductive items. The chapter ended with Fang Yang asking what the items were for as Han Lingxuan stared at him in terror.

• Han Lingxuan reconsidered her feelings for Fang Yang but resolved to keep trying to assassinate him.
• Fang Yang entered Han Lingxuan's room, and she offered him her water before the two spent an hour together.
• Fang Yang crushed a Reversal Card and asked Han Lingxuan whether she disliked his visits, prompting her to admit she looked forward to them.
• Han Lingxuan tried to hide the reason for her anticipation, but the card made her retrieve her hidden collection of lingerie, erotic booklets, and drawings.
• Fang Yang saw the collection and asked Han Lingxuan what it was for, leaving her terrified.

Under the Reversal Card’s influence, Han Lingxuan confessed her confused feelings for Fang Yang and admitted she looked forward to his visits, though she still believed she hated him. She asked for a cultivation art, and Fang Yang gave her the Heaven Tier Spring Jade Art before leaving Parasol Tree Courtyard.

• Han Lingxuan was forced to reveal that her intimate belongings were meant to help her seduce Fang Yang and keep him away from Huang Fuling.
• Fang Yang asked Han Lingxuan whether she resented him, and she admitted she did not know because she both remembered his past cruelty and looked forward to his visits.
• Han Lingxuan said she wanted a cultivation art, but the Reversal Card made her request a seductive Charm Art to keep Fang Yang for herself.
• Fang Yang gave Han Lingxuan the Heaven Tier Spring Jade Art, then noticed the little maid treasuring the wild daisy he had picked.
• Han Lingxuan sat beside the bed in a daze, staring at the Spring Jade Art.

Han Lingxuan convinced herself to cultivate the Spring Jade Art as part of her plan to assassinate Fang Yang, only to discover the White Snow Lion Cat had advanced faster than she had. Over the next two days, Fang Yang trained Ye Qinghong and continued telling him a softened version of The Return of the Condor Heroes, while Han Lingxuan’s cultivation began boosting Fang Yang’s progress.

• Han Lingxuan decided the Spring Jade Art would help her grow stronger and lower Fang Yang’s guard, then began cultivating it.
• The White Snow Lion Cat reached the Spring Jade Art’s second introductory stage before Han Lingxuan had progressed past the first.
• Fang Yang spent the next two days visiting Huang Fuling, training Ye Qinghong at the Back Mountain Hot Spring, and telling Ye Qinghong more of his altered story.
• Fang Yang softened the story after seeing Ye Qinghong’s despair, and Ye Qinghong’s affection for him continued to grow.
• Han Lingxuan’s cultivation advanced quickly, and her Bridal Robe Divine Body increased Fang Yang’s daily cultivation speed by ten percent.

Ye Liangchen approached the Blood Rain Cult with a plan to use Soul Poison against Blood Rain Demon Venerable, believing Ye Qinghong would help him. Yin Gui Ancestor secretly abandoned him and headed for the Shadow Moon Convent, while Ye Qinghong’s story began as Sword Hall Master of the Blood Rain Cult.

• Ye Liangchen arrived at Blood Rain Cult Mountain with Yin Gui Ancestor and explained that he intended to have Ye Qinghong poison Blood Rain Demon Venerable with Soul Poison.
• Yin Gui Ancestor praised Ye Liangchen, then forced him back into the Flying Carriage to play a tune before setting out.
• Ye Liangchen left for the Blood Rain Cult, vowing revenge on Blood Rain Demon Venerable and Yin Gui Ancestor.
• Yin Gui Ancestor told his four disciples that Ye Liangchen was merely a plaything and ordered them to head to the Shadow Moon Convent instead of waiting for him.
• Yin Gui Ancestor said he had left Blood Rain Demon Venerable a gift, as the Flying Carriage vanished into the sky.
• The narration introduced Ye Qinghong as the Blood Rain Cult’s Sword Hall Master.

Ye Liangchen approached Ye Qinghong with a plan to kill the Demon Venerable, expecting their shared hatred to make them allies. Ye Qinghong took the offered poison, then cut off Ye Liangchen’s arm and declared that the Demon Venerable was his master; Ye Liangchen was left wounded and bewildered.

• Ye Qinghong drew his sword on Ye Liangchen, but paused when Ye Liangchen mentioned the Demon Venerable.
• Ye Liangchen claimed the Demon Venerable had wronged his family and proposed joining forces to kill him.
• Ye Qinghong asked how Ye Liangchen planned to kill his master, and Ye Liangchen explained his soul poison scheme and handed him the bottle.
• Ye Qinghong agreed to act immediately, then struck Ye Liangchen and severed one of his arms.
• Ye Qinghong said he bore a grudge against the Demon Venerable but insisted that the man was his master.

Ye Qinghong killed Ye Liangchen after discovering Yin Gui Ancestor had abandoned him, but sinister markings from the corpse entered Ye Qinghong unnoticed. Ye Qinghong returned to report the threat to Fang Yang, whose Formless Demon Body’s lingering heat surged when he saw his disciple.

• Ye Qinghong secretly followed Ye Liangchen after sparing him to uncover who was behind the plot against his master.
• Ye Liangchen found Yin Gui Ancestor’s Flying Carriage gone and realized Yin Gui Ancestor had abandoned him after taking the Heavenly Yin Sect’s legacy.
• Ye Qinghong killed Ye Liangchen with the Green Sword, then noticed black markings from the corpse enter the back of his head without detecting them.
• Fang Yang cultivated the incomplete Formless Demon Body, which increased his strength but intensified his violent desires and left him feverishly hot.
• Ye Qinghong entered the Demon Venerable Pavilion to warn Fang Yang about Yin Gui Ancestor, and Fang Yang’s lingering heat surged when he saw him.

Fang Yang, battling a strange cultivation condition, ordered Ye Qinghong to remove his shoes and undergarments, claiming his actions were for his disciple’s good. Ye Qinghong reluctantly obeyed, leaving the nature of Fang Yang’s intentions unresolved.

• Fang Yang summoned Ye Qinghong, saying he would teach him the flaws in his God-Shocking Sword by hand.
• Ye Qinghong approached Fang Yang and removed his shoes at his master’s command.
• Fang Yang made Ye Qinghong sit on the throne, then seized and stroked his feet while a scorching aura entered his body.
• Fang Yang ordered Ye Qinghong to remove his undergarments, and Ye Qinghong persuaded himself to trust his master before complying.
• Fang Yang told Ye Qinghong to remove one more piece of clothing, and Ye Qinghong tossed it aside as Fang Yang watched him with a strange look.

Fang Yang appeared to humiliate Ye Qinghong, but he was actually removing a hidden soul-devouring curse from his disciple. Ye Qinghong realized Fang Yang had been protecting him and suspected Yin Gui Ancestor was behind the curse, leaving the threat against his master unresolved.

• Fang Yang ordered Ye Qinghong to kneel and placed a hand on his back, while Ye Qinghong believed his master was humiliating him and prepared to draw his sword.
• Fang Yang told Ye Qinghong not to move and pulled strands of sinister black thread from the back of his head.
• Fang Yang identified the threads as a soul-devouring curse that could spread to those close to Ye Qinghong and vowed to kill whoever had targeted his disciple.
• Ye Qinghong realized Fang Yang had been saving him and suspected Yin Gui Ancestor had planted the curse through the Heavenly Yin Sect remnants.

Fang Yang removed the last of the curse afflicting Ye Qinghong and learned that the Yin Gui Ancestor had targeted his disciple. He revealed that the ancestor planned to join forces with others at the Shadow Moon Convent, then rang the Bell of All Life.

• Fang Yang used his essence blood to purge the remaining curse from Ye Qinghong and destroyed the ghostly face that had caused it.
• Ye Qinghong recounted what had happened, identifying the Yin Gui Ancestor as the one behind the curse.
• Fang Yang recognized the Yin Gui Ancestor and said he was heading to the Shadow Moon Convent to join forces against him.
• Fang Yang explained that an old acquaintance had helped him learn about the Demonic Path titans and their plans.
• Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life above the Blood Rain Cult while Ye Qinghong watched in astonishment.

After Ye Qinghong was injured, Fang Yang rallied the Blood Rain Cult to march against the enemy, declaring that anyone who harmed his disciple would die. As the Flying Carriage prepared to depart, Huang Fuling begged to join Fang Yang, crawling to his leg and asking him to take her into battle.

• Fang Yang rang the Bell of All Life and gathered thousands of Blood Rain Cult members beneath the Demon Venerable Pavilion.
• Ye Qinghong interpreted Fang Yang’s care and willingness to avenge him as proof that his master had changed, then glared coldly at the entranced female cultists.
• Fang Yang embraced Ye Qinghong, declared that the enemy deserved death, and summoned the Blood Rain Cult to battle.
• Fang Yang manifested his Formless Demon Body and boarded the black-jade Flying Carriage with Ye Qinghong, ordering the cult to set out.
• Huang Fuling arrived with Yuan Heng, knelt before Fang Yang, and crawled to his leg as she asked to accompany him into battle.

Fang Yang accepted Huang Fuling's offer to accompany the campaign to the Shadow Moon Convent, while Yuan Heng watched in despair. Inside the flying carriage, Huang Fuling revealed a carefully prepared fox-spirit outfit to please Fang Yang, leaving him flustered and excited as they traveled toward the convent.

• Huang Fuling knelt before Fang Yang and offered to accompany him on the campaign, promising to serve him despite his warning that he would be angry and demanding.
• Yuan Heng offered Huang Fuling golden-thread soft armor to protect her knees, but she rejected it and said she usually massaged Fang Yang while in his arms.
• Huang Fuling boarded the Black Jade Flying Carriage, and Yuan Heng watched the carriage depart with the Demon Cult procession toward the Shadow Moon Convent.
• Inside the carriage, Huang Fuling removed her outer dress to reveal a fox-spirit outfit she had designed after Fang Yang told her the story of Yingning.
• Fang Yang recognized Huang Fuling's effort to please him, and his blood boiled as he stared at her.

Ye Qinghong interrupted Huang Fuling’s attempt to seduce and massage Fang Yang, then guarded him as Huang Fuling teased and challenged him. The confrontation ended with Ye Qinghong declaring that he might become Fang Yang’s wife in the future.

• Huang Fuling approached Fang Yang with a seductive offer, but Ye Qinghong filled the carriage with Sword Qi and questioned her intentions.
• Ye Qinghong placed Fang Yang’s hand on his own waist, accidentally guiding it to his buttocks, while Huang Fuling realized the rumors about Fang Yang and his disciple might be true.
• Fang Yang used the Formless Demon Body to pull Huang Fuling over and ordered her to massage him.
• Huang Fuling massaged Fang Yang in revealing clothes and provoked Ye Qinghong, who warned her not to covet his master.
• Ye Qinghong claimed that he was Fang Yang’s most favored disciple and might become his wife, leaving Fang Yang nearly stunned.

Ye Qinghong and Huang Fuling competed for Fang Yang’s attention inside the Flying Carriage, and a torn stocking finally provoked Ye Qinghong to respond with his sword. Outside, Yuan Heng mistook the commotion for a fight and worried that Huang Fuling was in danger.

• Ye Qinghong clung to Fang Yang to keep Huang Fuling from seducing him, while Fang Yang tried to soothe him and enjoy Huang Fuling’s massage.
• Huang Fuling secretly slipped a stocking-clad foot into Fang Yang’s hand and rubbed it against his fingers until the stocking tore.
• Ye Qinghong opened his eyes at the sound of the rip, and his murderous aura spread beyond the Flying Carriage.
• Yuan Heng guarded the Flying Carriage and assumed the people inside had started fighting, while female Demon Cult members watched with envy.
• Ye Qinghong emerged from Fang Yang’s embrace, sat coldly with the Azure Shadow Sword across his knees, and stared at Huang Fuling.

On the Flying Carriage, Huang Fuling secretly teased Fang Yang while Ye Qinghong watched for signs of an affair. Ye Qinghong eventually left, convinced that Fang Yang had only held and comforted him out of tenderness and would punish Huang Fuling once they were alone.

• Ye Qinghong suspected that Huang Fuling and Fang Yang were having a secret affair, but checked the carriage curtain and decided the suspicious sound had come from the Astral Wind.
• Huang Fuling continued teasing Fang Yang beneath the table, and Fang Yang discovered that Ye Qinghong had secretly placed a foot in his other hand.
• Fang Yang gently soothed Ye Qinghong's foot while secretly punishing Huang Fuling, and both disciples lay against him with their own designs.
• Ye Qinghong's foot bumped into Huang Fuling's, leaving both disciples frozen before they moved apart and pretended nothing had happened.
• Ye Qinghong left the Flying Carriage after ordering Huang Fuling to protect Fang Yang, believing his master would reject and punish her in private.