Chapter Summaries

He Yuanyue described how Ning Suifeng and Meng Tianyue pursued women and produced gifted heirs, including Ning Qingcheng and Meng Chenyu. She then connected the families’ relocations and Blind Hong’s loss of sight to feng shui assessments, leaving the reason for those events unexplained.

• Ning Suifeng withdrew from leadership and began pursuing women, eventually fathering many children whose Star Souls he had tested and sending most away to be educated.
• He Yuanyue said Ning Suifeng later sought women with strong martial aptitude, and his daughter Ning Qingcheng was born with a ninety-seven star soul.
• Meng Tianyue followed Ning Suifeng’s example, secretly and then openly pursuing women, while the children born from those relationships disappeared.
• Zuo Xiaoduo showed admiration for the two men, and Zuo Xiaonian pinched his waist to silence him.
• He Yuanyue said Meng Chenyu was born with a ninety-five star soul and an Emperor’s Fate, surpassing Ning Qingcheng.
• He Yuanyue recounted that Blind Hong assessed the feng shui of both the Ning Lineage’s relocated graves and the Meng Group’s new headquarters, losing sight in one eye and then both.

He Yuanyue revealed that the Meng Group and Ning Lineage may have manipulated the phoenix vein’s fate and colluded with the Witch Alliance, putting Ling Nian at risk. She asked Qin Fangyang and Mu Yanyan to uncover the families’ ties, find Meng Chenyu’s and Ning Qingcheng’s true birth details, and destroy the sites trapping the phoenix’s legs.

• He Yuanyue told Qin Fangyang and Mu Yanyan that Meng Chenyu’s and Ning Qingcheng’s recorded birth dates and times were false, and recounted how she had arranged for them to become disciples of Mu Yanyan and Teacher Qiu.
• He Yuanyue explained that the Ning Lineage’s graveyard and the Meng Group’s headquarters trapped the phoenix’s legs, which could cause Ling Nian’s phoenix vein soul impact to fail and leave its power available for others to claim.
• He Yuanyue said the remaining phoenix power could flow into Meng Chenyu and Ning Qingcheng or be collected by the Witch Alliance, and concluded that at least one of their families was likely colluding with it.
• Qin Fangyang accused the families of misleading He Yuanyue and using her gratitude to gain information, then said they should treat both families as untrustworthy.
• He Yuanyue asked Qin Fangyang and Mu Yanyan to identify which family was connected to the Witch Alliance, uncover the girls’ true birth details, and destroy the graveyard and headquarters.

He Yuanyue asked Qin Fangyang to help stop the Meng Lineage and the vast commercial empire from interfering with the phoenix vein soul impact, and Qin agreed. After Zuo Xiaoduo revealed that Meng Chentian had been pursuing Zuo Xiaonian, He Yuanyue warned that the chance encounters might endanger her and began explaining her suspicions about the Meng Lineage.

• Qin Fangyang agreed to help He Yuanyue stop threats to the phoenix vein soul impact despite the immense difficulty.
• Sister Lan warned that Meng Chentian’s background and name raised suspicions about his intentions.
• Zuo Xiaoduo learned that Meng Chentian had repeatedly encountered Zuo Xiaonian and became jealous.
• He Yuanyue urged Mu Yanyan to watch over Zuo Xiaonian, suspecting Meng Chentian’s advances could be dangerous.
• He Yuanyue said the Meng Lineage had ambitions toward the phoenix vein soul impact and had already taken action.

He Yuanyue explained the evil Primordial Yin Soul Transfer and why the Meng Lineage might target Zuo Xiaonian so Meng Chenyu could take her place as the recipient of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact. The group realized Meng Chenyu’s repeated efforts to bring Zuo Xiaonian and Meng Chentian together might be part of the scheme, but the chapter ended before they could confirm it.

• He Yuanyue explained that the Meng Lineage knew Zuo Xiaonian was the destined recipient of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact and that Meng Chenyu could inherit only part of its power.
• He Yuanyue described Primordial Yin Soul Transfer, a secret art that could steal a gifted woman’s constitution and primal soul and transfer them to another woman.
• Mu Yanyan and Zuo Xiaonian connected the art’s requirements to Meng Chenyu’s attempts to unsettle Zuo Xiaonian and to Zuo Xiaoduo’s possible death.
• He Yuanyue said the recipient had to cooperate, leading Mu Yanyan to suspect Meng Chenyu knew about the plan.
• Mu Yanyan recalled Meng Chenyu’s efforts to bring Zuo Xiaonian and Meng Chentian together, while Zuo Xiaonian had sensed that Meng Chentian’s feelings were false.
• He Yuanyue warned that if the scheme succeeded, Meng Chenyu might withstand half or more of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact.

He Yuanyue explained how the Meng Lineage and Witch Alliance could exploit the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact to threaten Zuo Xiaonian, while Mu Yanyan struggled to accept the suspected betrayal behind the plan. Zuo Xiaoduo left with a clearer goal: protect Zuo Xiaonian by resolving the Phoenix Vein danger, even as the threats surrounding them grew.

• He Yuanyue estimated that the Meng Lineage could take half of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact Power and the Witch Alliance the remaining forty percent, potentially giving the Witch Alliance nearly all of it.
• He Yuanyue outlined a less malicious possibility in which Ling Nian married Meng Chentian, and Mu Yanyan concluded that the signs pointed to a deliberate plot against Zuo Xiaonian.
• He Yuanyue asked Mu Yanyan and Qin Fangyang to handle the matters they had discussed, and they promised to do their utmost.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian left He Yuanyue's office with their fears eased somewhat, and Zuo Xiaoduo resolved to focus on the Phoenix Vein, the Meng Group, and the Ning Lineage.
• Zuo Xiaonian questioned why Zuo Xiaoduo seemed happy, and he said their lives were getting better and they had more to look forward to, prompting Mu Yanyan to silently marvel at his optimism.

Zuo Xiaoduo reassured Zuo Xiaonian that they could face the threats together, then weighed their enemies and decided to focus on the Meng Family. He ended the night considering how gaining fortune points and breaking through might help their cause.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Zuo Xiaonian that they still had hope and promised she had him to rely on, which moved her.
• Qin Fangyang treated his wounds and vowed to punish the Meng and Ning families for exploiting Qianqian’s intentions.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned home with Zuo Xiaonian, who flew away after he closed the door behind her.
• Zuo Xiaoduo assessed the Witch Alliance, Ning Family, and Meng Family, then chose to target the Meng Family first.
• Zuo Xiaoduo counted his remaining fortune points and resolved to pursue the breakthrough he believed could help them.

Zuo Xiaoduo considered how to use his limited points to investigate his enemies and resolved to begin studying the Qi-Observing Art. Meanwhile, Jiang Changbin set out to recruit help, and Zuo Xiaoduo asked Qin Fangyang to transfer the art’s contents into his mind.

• Zuo Xiaoduo weighed which people and families to investigate, noted that Nian Nian Cat remained the focus of the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact, and decided to study the Qi-Observing Art after resting.
• Jiang Changbin raged over how few people he could trust in Phoenix City, ordered his secretary not to contact him for two days, and left after warning him to behave.
• Jiang Changbin checked the wildfire near Phoenix Tail Mountain, changed his appearance in a village, and headed toward South Ji City to demand help from the Dragon Blood Team.
• Zuo Xiaoduo arrived at Qin Fangyang’s dormitory early and asked him to transfer the General Outline of the Qi-Observing Art from a jade slip into his mind.

Qin Fangyang agreed to transmit the jade slip’s contents to Zuo Xiaoduo after learning that Zuo Xiaoduo had already received an infusion from Uncle Nan. When the process left Zuo Xiaoduo immersed and Qin Fangyang exhausted, Qin Fangyang wondered about the extraordinary talents of Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian and their family’s connection to Uncle Nan.

• Zuo Xiaoduo urged Qin Fangyang to infuse the jade slip’s knowledge into him, and Qin Fangyang warned that the procedure was dangerous for someone below the Embryonic Breathing Realm.
• Zuo Xiaoduo revealed that Uncle Nan had previously knocked him unconscious and infused him, astonishing Qin Fangyang.
• Qin Fangyang decided Zuo Xiaoduo’s opened sea of consciousness would let him receive the jade slip’s contents, then asked about Uncle Nan’s relationship to Zuo Xiaoduo’s family.
• Zuo Xiaoduo called Uncle Nan his father’s creditor, and Qin Fangyang sent him inside to begin the infusion.
• Qin Fangyang transmitted the jade slip’s contents and, afterward, marveled at Zuo Xiaoduo’s powerful divine sense and spacious meridians while questioning his family’s ties to Uncle Nan.

After He Yuanyue’s massive collection of Qi-Observing Arts overwhelmed him, Zuo Xiaoduo recovered and began instinctively examining the auras around him. He noticed that Qin Fangyang was burning through his foundations and reserves, and Qin Fangyang attributed the damage to his recent battles.

• Zuo Xiaoduo woke from the knowledge infusion and tried to head for the Gravity Room, but he crashed into a tree and collapsed.
• Zuo Xiaoduo sat beneath a running tap until his spiritual sense recovered, while Qin Fangyang reflected on how much he had done to uncover the people behind the recent events and protect Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaoduo realized He Yuanyue had infused him with millions of words of Qi-Observing Arts knowledge and applications, far more than a single book.
• Zuo Xiaoduo instinctively examined Qin Fangyang’s aura and saw that his body, cultivation, spiritual sense, and reserves had been severely depleted.
• Qin Fangyang said his recent string of battles had caused the depletion.

Zuo Xiaoduo realized Qin Fangyang was pouring his cultivation and life’s insights into his students, and he left to avoid hastening Qin’s decline. With only fifty days remaining, Zuo Xiaoduo trained relentlessly in the Gravity Room and rapidly mastered difficult techniques under extreme conditions.

• Zuo Xiaoduo recognized that Qin Fangyang was passing his knowledge and Sword Heart to his students, including Zuo Xiaoduo, and feared that staying nearby would make Qin give more of himself.
• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo not to tell anyone that he was unwell, and Zuo Xiaoduo went to the Gravity Room.
• Zuo Xiaoduo trained intensely for four hours, exhausted himself, ate quickly, and returned to train for six more hours.
• The Gravity Room teacher told Qin Fangyang that Zuo Xiaoduo had mastered the Starry Sky Step under five times normal gravity and practiced with his eyes closed.
• Qin Fangyang agreed to prepare roughly a hundred kilograms of added weight for Zuo Xiaoduo’s next training session.

Zuo Xiaoduo and the other students endured punishing Gravity Room training, while Qin Fangyang dragged them out and later escorted Zuo Xiaoduo home. As they traveled without being attacked, Zuo Xiaoduo wondered whether Shen Yushu had abandoned the hunt for Qin Fangyang.

• Wan Lixiu, Long Yusheng, Yu Moyan, and Li Chenglong pushed themselves through strenuous Gravity Room training, while Li Changming cultivated the Great Dream Divine Art in deep sleep.
• After school, Qin Fangyang dragged all six exhausted students out of the Gravity Rooms by ropes, prompting their protests and the supervising teacher's outrage.
• Li Changming described the soreness caused by cultivating the Great Dream Divine Art in the Gravity Room, despite being pleased with his progress.
• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo that three families had joined Shen Yushu's hunt and that Shen had offered most of the bounty for Qin's head.
• As Qin Fangyang escorted Zuo Xiaoduo home without encountering an attack, Zuo Xiaoduo asked whether Shen Yushu had given up.

Zuo Xiaoduo asked Qin Fangyang to take him flying so he could study Phoenix City's terrain with the Qi-Observing Art. From high above the city, he recognized its mountains, river, and lakes as a treasure-gathering basin.

• Qin Fangyang said Shen Yushu would keep seeking revenge, while the other two families had withdrawn from the operation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Qin Fangyang to arrange a meeting with He Yuanyue so he could ask about the Qi-Observing Art.
• Zuo Xiaoduo persuaded Qin Fangyang to fly him over Phoenix City to inspect the terrain and the locations of the Meng Group and the Ning Lineage's burial grounds.
• Qin Fangyang carried Zuo Xiaoduo into the sky, then swept away the clouds to clear their view.
• Zuo Xiaoduo studied Phoenix City's mountains, river, and lakes from above and recognized the city as a treasure-gathering basin.

Zuo Xiaoduo studied Phoenix City’s feng shui and concluded that the Meng Group’s Crazy Blade Tower and the Ning Lineage’s ancestral graves formed a Yin-Yang Chain Formation that suppressed the Phoenix Vein. He left the discussion insisting that the formation had to be broken before the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact could succeed, and Qin Fangyang asked how they could do it.

• Zuo Xiaoduo said the Crazy Blade Tower’s shape and position made it an inauspicious structure that drained Phoenix City’s fortune and the Phoenix Vein’s power.
• Qin Fangyang explained that the tower belonged to the influential Meng Group and that demolishing it would face strong resistance.
• Zuo Xiaoduo identified the Ning Lineage’s ancestral graves as a site of extreme yin that occupied a key point where Phoenix City’s earth veins converged.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that the Meng Group and Ning Lineage’s opposing forces complemented each other underground, forming a cycle that kept the Phoenix Vein suppressed.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact could not succeed while the two families and their formation remained, and Qin Fangyang asked what they could do.

Zuo Xiaoduo proposed changing Phoenix City's feng shui by redirecting the Wenshui River instead of demolishing the Ning Lineage graves or Meng Group headquarters. He explained a plan to reverse the river's flow while avoiding harm to residents and local livelihoods.

• Qin Fangyang dismissed razing the Ning Lineage graves or Meng Group headquarters as impossible because of the feud, casualties, and livelihoods at stake.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Qin Fangyang that he had another method based on the Qi-Viewing Technique and began explaining the Wenshui River's role in Phoenix City's feng shui.
• Zuo Xiaoduo described how Spirit Pearl Lake and Heaven Pearl Lake fed the Wenshui and Canglan Rivers and said changing the Wenshui's direction could alter the city's configuration.
• Qin Fangyang was stunned when Zuo Xiaoduo proposed blocking and opening waterways to reverse the river's flow.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that the water could be redirected through the Coldwater River and that the Meng Group's artificial lake would remain unaffected.

Zuo Xiaoduo persuaded Qin Fangyang to help reverse the waterways feeding the Meng and Ning families’ artificial lakes, hoping to restore the Phoenix Vein’s vitality. Qin agreed to gather experts and proceed without burdening He Yuanyue, while Zuo planned to enlist his sister.

• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that reversing the waterways would make the Phoenix Vein draw energy from the lakes instead of losing its vitality to the Meng Group and Ning Lineage.
• Zuo Xiaoduo convinced Qin Fangyang that the Meng and Ning families were conspiring with the Witch Alliance, and Qin agreed to help.
• Zuo Xiaoduo suggested asking He Yuanyue to inspect the area, but Qin refused to strain her health and trusted Zuo’s judgment instead.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said they needed at least five or six experts, and Qin offered to bring Li Changjiang, Luo Lie, and possibly Sister Lan.
• Qin Fangyang suggested that Zuo Xiaoduo ask his sister to persuade Mu Yanyan to help, and Zuo agreed to talk to Nian Nian.
• Qin Fangyang urged them to act immediately, while Zuo Xiaoduo protested against Qin’s insult about his sister.

Zuo Xiaoduo returned home with Qin Fangyang and discovered Zuo Xiaonian was helping Wu Yuting in the kitchen. After bragging about his popularity with girls, he tried to placate Zuo Xiaonian with shameless praise, and the family ended up laughing together.

• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Qin Fangyang to fly him past Chen Yu Tower, where he exchanged a brief hand signal with Mu Yanyan.
• Qin Fangyang dropped Zuo Xiaoduo off at his residential complex and left to attend to work that night.
• Zuo Xiaoduo went home hungry and deduced from Wu Yuting's reaction that Zuo Xiaonian was not around, then bragged that girls pursued him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo froze when Zuo Xiaonian emerged from the kitchen, having heard his boasts, and realized Wu Yuting had known she was there all along.
• Zuo Xiaoduo praised Zuo Xiaonian and pretended to bark at her until Zuo Xiaonian and Wu Yuting laughed, then offered to massage her shoulders.

Zuo Changlu told Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian about a new blacksmith who had opened a shop nearby and urged them to consider commissioning weapons while he stayed for a month. The siblings began thinking about their weapons, and Wu Yuting worried that Zuo Xiaoduo might be pushed to choose too soon.

• Wu Yuting warned Zuo Xiaonian that someone should not feel the need to save face with the person they care about, and Zuo Xiaoduo cheered Zuo Xiaonian up with teasing and a song.
• Zuo Changlu suggested a trip with Wu Yuting, then revealed that the parents might travel without the siblings.
• Zuo Changlu told the siblings that Uncle Ma's former shop had become a blacksmith's shop and encouraged them to order weapons from its new owner, who would stay for only a month.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian went to their rooms to consider the forms of their weapons.
• Wu Yuting worried that Zuo Xiaoduo had not settled on a weapon, but Zuo Changlu said he was already leaning toward heavy weapons.

Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting discussed Zuo Xiaoduo’s cultivation and his recurring dreams, then decided to travel without him and Zuo Xiaonian. Meanwhile, Zuo Xiaoduo helped Zuo Xiaonian choose a sword, narrowing the options and suggesting its length.

• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting discussed Zuo Xiaoduo’s progress and regretted that their past attempts to help him use his dreams had failed.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting agreed to travel without Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian so the two could spend time alone together.
• Zuo Xiaonian spread sword pictures across Zuo Xiaoduo’s bed and asked him to help choose one.
• Zuo Xiaoduo eliminated most of the designs and said the remaining swords lacked the ethereal quality that suited Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaoduo suggested a sword about two feet seven inches long, and Zuo Xiaonian approved the length.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian designed weapons, with Zuo Xiaonian shaping a beautiful longsword for herself before Zuo Xiaoduo revealed he wanted a pair of elaborate hammers. The chapter left Zuo Xiaonian imagining how terrifying Zuo Xiaoduo would be in a fight with his concealed weapons.

• Zuo Xiaoduo guided Zuo Xiaonian as she formed a translucent white longsword from Star Spirit Qi and designed its hilt and guard as an ice phoenix.
• Zuo Xiaonian wanted to add little Doggos to the sword, but Zuo Xiaoduo refused, and she saved photographs of the finished design.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Zuo Xiaonian he intended to use two heavy hammers because their weight would help him overcome his softheartedness.
• Zuo Xiaoduo described hammers with hidden swords, hollow handles and chains, and numerous concealed-weapon compartments and firing mechanisms.
• Zuo Xiaonian listened in shock and imagined Zuo Xiaoduo wielding the hammers and their hidden weapons against an unsuspecting opponent.

Zuo Xiaoduo planned to alter the terrain around Chen Yu Tower and the Meng Group headquarters to reverse Zuo Xiaonian’s fate, and Mu Yanyan joined them to begin the plan that night. Before they set out, Zuo Xiaoduo prepared a blood-marked coin bank as part of his arrangement.

• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian discussed his weapon design, and Zuo Xiaonian advised him to practice with a light weapon before revealing his hammers in battle.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained his plan to alter the terrain near Chen Yu Tower and the Meng Group headquarters, and Zuo Xiaonian called Mu Yanyan for help.
• Mu Yanyan confirmed she had left Chen Yu Tower and hurried over to meet them.
• Zuo Xiaoduo described how changing the terrain would affect the fortunes of the two families, and Mu Yanyan agreed they should act that night.
• Zuo Xiaoduo brought out his old puppy coin bank and had Zuo Xiaonian drip three drops of blood from her middle finger into it.