Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo recovered from his injuries in a secluded cave after Hong Yue sent him back to the sect, while hiding that she had rescued him. He learned that Zhuiming had been punished and sent away, leaving him to focus on surviving Su Yu’s schemes.

• Hong Yue questioned Lin Mo about his rapid recovery, then ordered him to return to the sect and warned that she would not save him again without proof that Su Yu was a spy.
• Lin Mo hid in a nearby cave and used the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art and the Clear Spirit Pill’s lingering effects to heal for more than half a month.
• Shangguan Wuqing found Lin Mo and rushed into his arms, relieved that he was safe.
• Lin Mo recounted what had happened but concealed Hong Yue’s involvement.
• Shangguan Wuqing told Lin Mo that her master had punished Zhuiming and sent him away from the sect to gain experience.

After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Lin Mo repeatedly fought a shadow in a mysterious state until he defeated it and gained extensive combat experience. Grand Elder Hong Yue then appeared and told him he had to show himself to Saintess Su Yu occasionally so their plan could continue.

• Lin Mo returned with Shangguan Wuqing to her residence, and after two days and nights together, he used three thousand spirit stones to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Lin Mo entered a mysterious state and repeatedly fought a shadow wielding a Black Blade, learning from each defeat.
• Lin Mo adapted to the shadow's varied tactics and finally defeated it, then awoke and named his new ability the Meditative Cultivation Method.
• Grand Elder Hong Yue appeared and warned Lin Mo that hiding away would make Saintess Su Yu suspect him and disrupt their plan.
• Hong Yue told Lin Mo he would have to show himself in front of the Saintess from time to time.

Lin Mo returned to the sect and met Su Yu, who questioned him about his disappearance and his connection to Shangguan Wuqing. He fed Su Yu a fabricated account, leaving her to believe Shangguan Wuqing had invited him for dual cultivation.

• Hong Yue saw Lin Mo's rapid cultivation and self-healing as signs that he might be a Child of Fortune, and decided to investigate him.
• Lin Mo encountered Su Yu on the way back to Purple Heaven Palace, and she pretended to be relieved that he was alive.
• Lin Mo told Su Yu that he had hidden in a cave to recover and returned after Shangguan Wuqing found him and Zhuiming left to train.
• Su Yu asked about Lin Mo's relationship with Shangguan Wuqing, and Lin Mo claimed Shangguan Wuqing had invited him home for dual cultivation.
• Su Yu blushed and found Lin Mo's explanation plausible because Zhuiming liked Shangguan Wuqing.

Su Yu persuaded Dugu Liuli to arrest Lin Mo for the Enforcement Hall disciple’s murder, while Lin Mo sensed Zhuiming’s watcher nearby and returned to the Purple Heaven Palace hut. That night, Dugu Liuli arrived with enforcement disciples and surrounded him.

• Su Yu asked Lin Mo to keep his story about Zhuiming and Shangguan Wuqing secret, then went to the White Tiger Squad office.
• Su Yu told Dugu Liuli that Lin Mo had returned and urged her to arrest him for killing an Enforcement Hall disciple.
• Dugu Liuli agreed to take a squad to Lin Mo’s hut, intending to leave the decision about his punishment to Su Yu.
• Lin Mo sensed a dangerous watcher, returned to the Purple Heaven Palace, and kept alert through the night.
• Dugu Liuli and several Enforcement Hall disciples kicked open Lin Mo’s hut door and surrounded him.

Dugu Liuli arrested Lin Mo over Zhu Fan’s death and tried to interrogate him at the White Tiger Squad Office. After her Charm Art failed and she threatened to expose his relationship with Shangguan Wuqing, she offered to spare him if he abandoned Shangguan Wuqing and became her dual cultivation partner, leaving Lin Mo to wonder whether the two captains were rivals.

• Dugu Liuli accused Lin Mo of killing Zhu Fan and took him to the White Tiger Squad Office despite his request to see Shangguan Wuqing.
• Dugu Liuli used her Charm Art on Lin Mo, but his pure yang energy broke her influence before she learned anything useful.
• Dugu Liuli guessed that Lin Mo and Shangguan Wuqing were dual cultivation partners and threatened to spread the news, so Lin Mo admitted she was right.
• Dugu Liuli offered to spare Lin Mo if he cut ties with Shangguan Wuqing and practiced dual cultivation with her.
• Lin Mo asked Dugu Liuli whether she and Shangguan Wuqing had a grudge, while wondering why he had to choose between them.

Dugu Liuli admitted her jealousy of Shangguan Wuqing and tried to make Lin Mo choose between her and Wuqing. Shangguan Wuqing arrived at the interrogation room and secured Lin Mo’s release, while Dugu Liuli hinted that she knew about their relationship.

• Dugu Liuli told Lin Mo she wanted to compete with Shangguan Wuqing because Wuqing received attention from the Enforcement Hall disciples.
• Dugu Liuli demanded that Lin Mo choose between being sent to the Tower of Self-Cultivation and Self-Immolation or cutting off contact with Shangguan Wuqing, but Lin Mo questioned whether she could protect him.
• Shangguan Wuqing entered the interrogation room with members of the White Tiger Squad and challenged Dugu Liuli’s arrest of Lin Mo.
• Dugu Liuli admitted she had no evidence against Lin Mo, and Shangguan Wuqing ordered his release and untied him.
• After Lin Mo left, Dugu Liuli told Shangguan Wuqing she knew about their relationship and mocked her for supposedly falling for an old servant.

Lin Mo suspected Saintess Su Yu had helped Dugu Liuli target him, then asked Shangguan Wuqing to help lure out the assassin watching him. Shangguan Wuqing killed Liu Tie when he attacked Lin Mo, and Lin Mo ended by playfully calling her Little Qingqing.

• Lin Mo asked Shangguan Wuqing whether the Enforcement Hall could make arrests near the Purple Heaven Palace and concluded that someone had told Dugu Liuli the Sect Leader was away.
• Lin Mo whispered a request to Shangguan Wuqing, then went alone to a secluded valley and challenged the hidden watcher to appear.
• After waiting four hours, Lin Mo began returning to the sect gates, and Liu Tie blocked his path and admitted that Azure Dragon Squad Captain Zhuiming had sent him.
• Liu Tie attacked Lin Mo, but Shangguan Wuqing struck him through the heart from behind and destroyed him with her spiritual power.
• Lin Mo thanked Shangguan Wuqing, then corrected his form of address to Little Qingqing after she teased him.

After Shangguan Wuqing was sent away from the sect, Dugu Liuli arrested Lin Mo again over Zhu Fan’s case and confronted him in the White Tiger Squad’s interrogation room. Lin Mo warned her that her jealousy of Shangguan Wuqing could lead to a heart demon.

• Lin Mo and Shangguan Wuqing discussed Liu Tie’s disappearance, while an unseen watcher observed them.
• Su Meiyu confronted Shangguan Wuqing about Liu Tie’s disappearance and ordered her to lead the Vermilion Bird Squad to the No. 9 mineral vein.
• Shangguan Wuqing suspected someone was manipulating events to separate her from Lin Mo, but she left for the mineral vein.
• Lin Mo’s foreboding drove him out of the wooden hut, where Dugu Liuli and Enforcement Hall disciples arrested him again over Zhu Fan’s case.
• Dugu Liuli took Lin Mo to the White Tiger Squad’s interrogation room and told him not to expect Shangguan Wuqing to rescue him.
• Lin Mo warned Dugu Liuli that her jealousy of Shangguan Wuqing could give her a heart demon.

Lin Mo helped Dugu Liuli confront her jealousy of Shangguan Wuqing, then the two practiced dual cultivation for three days. Dugu Liuli revealed that Shangguan Wuqing had gone to the sect's Ninth Mine Vein, leaving Lin Mo to suspect Saintess Su Yu was maneuvering against him.

• Lin Mo warned Dugu Liuli that envy could become an inner demon and urged her to improve herself instead of competing with Shangguan Wuqing.
• Dugu Liuli took Lin Mo to her residence and proposed dual cultivation to repay him for his advice.
• Lin Mo and Dugu Liuli practiced dual cultivation for three days, raising their cultivation before Dugu Liuli reached her limit.
• Lin Mo coaxed Dugu Liuli into revealing that Shangguan Wuqing had been sent to the sect's Ninth Mine Vein to deal with incursions from the Yin Yang Sect.
• Lin Mo suspected Saintess Su Yu had arranged Dugu Liuli's attempt to arrest him and worried that she could use her authority to send more powerful opponents.
• Dugu Liuli asked Lin Mo why he seemed to care so much about Shangguan Wuqing.

Lin Mo focused on cultivation after leaving Dugu Liuli, while Su Yu abandoned her plan to have him tried and began considering whether she could recruit him. That night, Su Yu visited Lin Mo and offered to help him escape the First Saint Sect, but he remained suspicious of her intentions.

• Lin Mo spent several hours with Dugu Liuli, then returned to his hut and decided to cultivate toward the late stage of foundation establishment.
• Seven days later, Dugu Liuli told Su Yu that she had not tried Lin Mo because there was insufficient evidence, and privately resolved to help him.
• Su Yu worried that Shangguan Wuqing’s return could expose her identity as an infiltrator, then considered turning Lin Mo to her side.
• Su Yu visited Lin Mo’s hut at night and spoke with him about servant disciples’ lack of rights and the possibility of escaping the sect.
• Su Yu offered to help Lin Mo leave the First Saint Sect without anyone finding out, while Lin Mo questioned her motives.