Chapter Summaries

Bu Yuehua asked Bu Qingya to recreate the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse while Xie Jinhuan visited the recovering Zhao Xiao in the Imperial City. Zhao Xiao proposed that Zhao Ling marry Xie Jinhuan to help secure the succession, and Zhao Ling led him away to discuss it privately.

• Bu Yuehua explained that Bu Qingya could not act independently and asked him to recreate the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse from Nangong Ye's description.
• Xie Jinhuan entered the Imperial City and visited Zhao Xiao, who was recovering from the gu poisons and reflecting on his failings as emperor.
• Zhao Xiao praised Zhao De's ability to protect himself, prompting Zhao De to celebrate before Zhao Ling and Empress Xu beat him.
• Zhao Xiao told Zhao Ling that Xie Jinhuan was the best choice for her husband and a future emperor's adviser.
• Xie Jinhuan accepted Zhao Xiao's proposal in principle and thanked him, and Zhao Ling led Xie Jinhuan out to speak privately.

Zhao Ling told Xie Jinhuan about the Imperial Court’s decisions concerning Snow Eagle Ridge and his future rewards, while a spectral replay of her drunken antics embarrassed her into dropping her imposing manner. Xie Jinhuan returned with Lin Zisu to discuss his plans for establishing a sect, but he sensed something amiss near the Eldest Princess’s Residence.

• Zhao Ling reprimanded Xie Jinhuan for accepting the emperor’s favor, then Ye Hongshang made her witness a replay of her drunken behavior with Momo and Xie Jinhuan.
• Zhao Ling explained that Duan Yuechou would temporarily become Martial Dao Spokesperson, Snow Eagle Ridge would be disbanded, Wei Yin would serve ten years at the Martyrs’ Shrine, and Wei Lu could settle independently in Jingzhao Prefecture.
• Zhao Ling told Xie Jinhuan that Duoduo was returning from Northern Zhou, and he arrived at the Eldest Princess’s Residence with her.
• Xie Jinhuan met Lin Zisu and Linghu Qingmo after they returned from shopping, and Linghu Qingmo told him that Zisu had finished making his pill.
• Xie Jinhuan went with Lin Zisu toward the Lin Residence and considered how to use the Blood Rain Tower’s intelligence network and Zisu’s medicines to establish a sect.
• Xie Jinhuan frowned and looked back toward the Eldest Princess’s Residence after sensing something there.

Bu Qingya demonstrated the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse, but it caused Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo to swap bodies. The curse could not be reversed immediately, leaving the pair to adjust to their new bodies while Xie Jinhuan and the others watched over them.

• Linghu Qingmo visited Nangong Ye and gave him and Bu Qingya erotic dharma artifacts, but Bu Yuehua called her father to demonstrate the curse before Nangong Ye accepted the gift.
• Bu Qingya cast the curse, and Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo collapsed after being caught in an illusion.
• Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo awoke in each other's bodies, and Ye Hongshang determined they were unharmed but would need to wait for Linghu Qingmo to recover before switching back.
• Xie Jinhuan warned Bu Yuehua not to cast the curse again because repeated body possession could damage Linghu Qingmo's soul.
• Linghu Qingmo struggled to control Nangong Ye's powerful body while Nangong Ye chased Bu Yuehua around the courtyard in Linghu Qingmo's body.
• Xie Jinhuan put an arm around Nangong Ye, and Linghu Qingmo instinctively shocked him with lightning, wrecking the Guest Room and leaving the onlookers laughing.

After Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo remained in each other’s bodies, Xie Jinhuan tried to persuade Qingmo to accept physical affection while Qingmo insisted he respect Nangong Ye’s body. Xie then teased Nangong Ye in Qingmo’s body, and the chapter ended with Nangong Ye attacking him in embarrassment.

• Linghu Qingmo examined Nangong Ye’s body and noticed an unfamiliar cultivation pathway and a red mark, but Xie Jinhuan warned him not to disturb it.
• Xie Jinhuan argued that touching Qingmo’s spirit in Nangong Ye’s body was different from touching Nangong Ye, but Qingmo refused to let him touch his master’s body.
• Xie Jinhuan found Nangong Ye searching for Bu Yuehua, carried him into a room, and asked about the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse.
• Nangong Ye reminded Xie Jinhuan of their agreement and arranged for the Demoness to attend him at night, while warning him not to reveal Nangong Ye’s involvement.
• Xie Jinhuan coaxed Nangong Ye into using the Purple Emblem Mountain Shadowless Hand, then touched his leg and compared his reaction to Qingmo’s.
• Nangong Ye called Xie Jinhuan a bastard, stopped helping him, knocked over the chair, and pounced on him with a flurry of blows.

Lin Zisu’s So Righteous It Seems Evil Pills purged the baleful energy from Xie Jinhuan and clarified his mind, but the medicine strengthened his original ambitions rather than making him virtuous. The chapter ended with him taking Lin Wanyi and Bu Yuehua to her bedroom and demanding their attention.

• Xie Jinhuan visited the Lin Household after appeasing Fairy Nangong, and Lin Zisu gave him a pill she had made to remove the baleful energy in his marrow.
• Xie Jinhuan swallowed the pill, and the Zhenglun Sword dispersed the dark energy it expelled from him.
• Xie Jinhuan realized the medicine had cleared away his distracting impulses while leaving his longstanding pursuit of women intact.
• Xie Jinhuan sent Lin Zisu and Coal Ball to the night market, then carried Lin Wanyi and Bu Yuehua to Wanyi’s bedroom.
• Xie Jinhuan ordered Bu Yuehua and Lin Wanyi to indulge him, and both women yielded.

Xie Jinhuan indulged his newly uninhibited behavior with Bu Yuehua and Lin Wanyi, then teased Ye Hongshang during a walk through the Capital City. He and Ye Hongshang headed toward the Eldest Princess's Residence together, still bickering.

• Zhao Ling watched Linghu Qingmo struggle to learn Wind Riding while Nangong Ye retreated to his room, overwhelmed by the soul-tethering feedback.
• Xie Jinhuan teased Bu Yuehua and Lin Wanyi, then had them help him bathe before leaving to attend to the body-switched pair.
• Xie Jinhuan walked through the Capital City with Ye Hongshang, who challenged his claim that his Dao Heart was unmoved by temptation.
• Ye Hongshang tested Xie Jinhuan with seductive illusions, but he shamelessly admitted defeat and then watched Chief Steward Hou's dance without looking away.
• Ye Hongshang showed Xie Jinhuan an illusion of Wei Lu's Heart Demon, and the two continued bickering as they walked toward the Eldest Princess's Residence.

Xie Jinhuan surprised Zhao Ling with a lifelike portrait, then kissed her after teasing her into admitting she loved it. Linghu Qingmo arrived and found Xie Jinhuan had also painted a portrait of him, but an accidental kiss led to panic when Nangong Ye appeared.

• Zhao Ling learned Steward Hou had been found unconscious after claiming he had practiced standing upside down, and she went to investigate.
• Zhao Ling discovered Xie Jinhuan painting a lifelike portrait of her as a gift and eagerly praised it.
• Xie Jinhuan pressed Zhao Ling to admit how much she liked the portrait, then kissed her when she did.
• Linghu Qingmo arrived, saw Zhao Ling with Xie Jinhuan, and found that Xie Jinhuan had painted a portrait of him as well.
• Linghu Qingmo kissed Xie Jinhuan on the cheek, then panicked when Nangong Ye appeared and rushed away while punching Xie Jinhuan.

Xie Jinhuan spent the evening drinking and teasing Zhao Ling and Linghu Qingmo before slipping into Nangong Ye’s room. Nangong Ye tried to set limits, but Xie Jinhuan’s advances left them alone together in a passionate encounter.

• Xie Jinhuan played pipa while Zhao Ling danced, and Linghu Qingmo scolded him over the earlier kiss made using Nangong Ye’s body.
• Zhao Ling sat in Xie Jinhuan’s lap and fed him wine, making Linghu Qingmo jealous before they played dice together.
• After the three became drunk, Xie Jinhuan took Zhao Ling and Linghu Qingmo to bed, then went to the guest room where Nangong Ye was sleeping.
• Nangong Ye tried to send Xie Jinhuan away, but Xie Jinhuan embraced and kissed him until Nangong Ye agreed to do only what Linghu Qingmo had already done.
• Xie Jinhuan continued teasing Nangong Ye, and the two ended their argument in a passionate encounter.

As Great Qian entered the Dingxi era, the court and Jianghu settled into new arrangements while Missing Moon Manor prospered and Xie Jinhuan spent his time mastering techniques and indulging his wives. A summons from the Directorate of Celestial Observation finally sent him out again, while Ye Hongshang promised to find a way to restore the women who had switched bodies.

• The court restored Lu Wuzhen as Chief Astronomer, established the Protector of the State Temple, and saw Duan Yuechou become the Southern Region's martial alliance leader and a Dragon Suddenness Realm martial artist.
• Lin Wanyi, Zisu, and Xie Jinhuan opened Nine Dragons Hall, which attracted disciples and partnered with Yang Sichen to expand its medicine business.
• Lu Wuzhen secretly questioned Wei Jili and He Tianqi about the Nether God Sect, but neither captive provided useful intelligence.
• Xie Jinhuan trained in several martial arts and cultivation techniques while spending his days with the women in his household, until the Directorate of Celestial Observation summoned him.
• Linghu Qingmo urged Xie Jinhuan to resume his cultivation and asked when she and her master could switch back; Ye Hongshang promised to look for a way to restore them.

Xie Jinhuan received the Jianbing Divine Gift and learned that the Azure Dragon Divine Gift might soon emerge at Dragonbone Shoal, so he planned to investigate the contest in disguise. He also took control of Blood Rain Tower as Wei Kun and ordered it to shift from underworld work to intelligence and cooperation with Missing Moon Manor.

• Lu Wuzhen explained the limits of divine gifts, warned that Earth of the Five Elements was no longer available at Qilin Cave, and gave Xie Jinhuan the Jianbing Divine Gift.
• Lu Wuzhen told Xie Jinhuan that Shang Lianbi had announced the Azure Dragon Divine Gift's emergence at Dragonbone Shoal; Xie Jinhuan decided to go in disguise and investigate the Gu Poison Sect's people in Misty-Wave City.
• Xie Jinhuan rode through the Eastern City with Zhao Ling, Duoduo, Nai Duo, and Coal Ball, where he teased Zhao Ling and kissed Nai Duo during their playful scuffle.
• Fan Hainie and a disciple lamented Blood Rain Tower's decline as Witch Cult poison masters sold medicine openly in Carefree Cave.
• Disguised as Wei Kun, Xie Jinhuan declared himself Blood Rain Tower's leader and directed the group to sell information, work with Missing Moon Manor, and investigate who would attend the Dragonbone Shoal contest.

Bu Yuehua learned about Lin Zisu’s Invisibility Pill and considered how it might be used, while Xie Jinhuan arrived at the branch to discuss Blood Rain Tower. The pill concealed Lin Zisu from him as she changed, leading to an embarrassing encounter that she kept secret.

• Bu Yuehua found Lin Zisu reading gossip and asked her to prepare combat-use medicines for the Fengshan Society.
• Lin Zisu demonstrated an Invisibility Pill that erased her qi but prevented her from using any abilities while it lasted.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived at the branch with Coal Ball to find Wanyi and Bu Yuehua and discuss Blood Rain Tower.
• Xie Jinhuan entered the residence and picked up Wanyi’s lingerie, then encountered Lin Zisu wearing an oversized nightdress.
• Lin Zisu revealed that she had taken the Invisibility Pill, and Xie Jinhuan left after asking her not to tell Bu Yuehua.

Xie Jinhuan prepared to travel to Dragonbone Shoal in search of an opportunity, while his companions worried about the danger and his departure. Just as he and Linghu Qingmo were sharing a private moment, A Piao devised a way to let them possess each other from a distance and began the Deity-Summoning Immortal Art.

• Xie Jinhuan decided to travel alone to Dragonbone Shoal, while Bu Yuehua offered to accompany him and prepare medicines.
• Lin Zisu collected her undergarments from Xie Jinhuan after he explained that the Invisibility Pill had caused an accident.
• Xie Jinhuan organized his equipment and reassured Linghu Qingmo that his armor would protect him during the journey.
• Linghu Qingmo gave in to Xie Jinhuan's coaxing and let him touch him while blindfolded.
• A Piao appeared and proposed strengthening the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse so they could possess each other's bodies from far away.
• A Piao began performing the Deity-Summoning Immortal Art while Xie Jinhuan was caught off guard.

Linghu Qingmo and Nangong Ye unexpectedly switched bodies during an intimate encounter between Qingmo and Xie Jinhuan, leaving Nangong Ye to wake in the middle of it. After switching back, Qingmo panicked and feared his master would punish or expel him, but Nangong Ye concealed his own embarrassment and reassured him that he did not blame him.

• Nangong Ye sensed the Demoness's unusual presence while cultivating, then found himself in the marquis's bedroom kneeling before Xie Jinhuan.
• Nangong Ye realized he had switched bodies with Linghu Qingmo while Xie Jinhuan was blindfolded and intimate with him.
• Linghu Qingmo switched back in the Princess's garden, panicked, and rushed to the Danyang Marquis Household with Zhao Ling and Duoduo following.
• Nangong Ye hurried back into the room after seeing Qingmo, then told him he would pretend nothing had happened and urged him not to blame himself.
• Xie Jinhuan took responsibility while Qingmo knelt and begged forgiveness, and Nangong Ye left for the Bathroom once Qingmo calmed down.
• Zhao Ling guessed what had happened and quietly left with Duoduo after warning her not to ask about it.

After Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo switched back, Xie Jinhuan explained a secret technique that could let people establish long-distance possession links, while Bu Yuehua planned to use it to contact her disciples. At Dragon-Tethering Harbor, Misty-Wave City discovered He Can’s unusual bloodline and ordered him to report to the city, and he insisted that Zhang Chu go with him.

• Ye Hongshang told Xie Jinhuan she had restored Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo but left them able to possess each other temporarily through a mark.
• Xie Jinhuan explained the secret technique to Nangong Ye, Linghu Qingmo, and Bu Yuehua, who planned to use it to contact Wanyi and Zisu.
• At Dragon-Tethering Harbor, He Can and Zhang Chu discussed their low standing among the factions of Dragonbone Shoal while working at the Jinhuan Stir-Fry Restaurant.
• Lord Liu told He Can that Misty-Wave City had identified his exceptional bones from his tax payments and ordered him to report there.
• He Can refused to leave Zhang Chu behind, and Lord Liu allowed Zhang Chu to accompany him.

Xie Jinhuan arranged to conceal his journey to Dragonbone Shoal while Zhao Ling and Duoduo tried to discover what had happened between him and Nangong Ye. As Nangong Ye departed south, she promised herself she would tell Linghu Qingmo the truth when she returned.

• Xie Jinhuan discussed ways to make his absence from the Capital City seem unremarkable, and Zhao Ling proposed having Qingmo impersonate him while the Scarlet Qilin Guard spread reports of his demon-slaying.
• Duoduo suggested a trial marriage and then tried to guess what Xie Jinhuan had done with Nangong Ye by testing intimate possibilities; Zhao Ling joined in, but Xie Jinhuan avoided revealing the truth.
• A few days later, Linghu Qingmo visited Nangong Ye as she prepared to leave and worried that Xie Jinhuan's physical contact with her might leave a lasting knot between master and disciple.
• Nangong Ye reassured Linghu Qingmo and said they would discuss the matter after she returned from Dragonbone Shoal, while inwardly resolving to confess the truth.
• Nangong Ye left south after exchanging farewells with Linghu Qingmo, reflecting on their long bond and the change Xie Jinhuan had brought to it.

Xie Jinhuan arrived at Dragoncloud Harbor in disguise to assess the competition for the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, while avoiding Fan Hainie's conspicuous welcome. He learned that many powerful figures had gathered and left to explore the harbor, with the opportunity still ahead.

• Fan Hainie arranged a grand reception for Xie Jinhuan, but Xie Jinhuan summoned him privately and criticized the display for drawing attention to Blood Rain Tower.
• Fan Hainie gave Xie Jinhuan a list of powerful figures arriving for the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, including Lü Yan, Ming Ji, and Old Sha Tu, and warned that some also wanted to confront Xie Jinhuan.
• Fan Hainie told Xie Jinhuan that Elder Bu Hanying had proposed renaming Blood Rain Tower to Fallen Red, and Xie Jinhuan dismissed him before changing into ordinary clothes.
• Xie Jinhuan walked through Dragoncloud Harbor and resisted Ye Hongshang's teasing suggestion that he pursue the cultivator women there.
• Xie Jinhuan declined to take advantage of the women without compensating them and headed toward the ferry.

Bu Yuehua used the Divine Soul Mark to let Lin Zisu possess her body while she watched a fish roast in Dragoncloud Harbor. Lin Zisu mistook Xie Jinhuan’s playful approach for a lecher’s advance and struck him, then revealed her identity as he pulled her into an alley.

• Bu Yuehua teased Nangong Ye, then went out with Coal Ball to watch a giant fish roast.
• Bu Yuehua activated the Divine Soul Mark, allowing Lin Zisu to take over her body.
• Lin Zisu examined Bu Yuehua’s body and realized her grandmaster had a satisfying intimate life with a man.
• Xie Jinhuan mistook Lin Zisu for Bu Yuehua and tried to kiss her after pinching her bottom.
• Lin Zisu struck Xie Jinhuan and hurried to check his injury before telling him she was Zisu.

Xie Jinhuan took Lin Zisu around Dragoncloud Harbor’s cultivation market, where she met Ye Yunchi, a Confucian expert seeking medicine against Lust Locust Snake venom. Ye Yunchi invited them to Moon-Tasting Tower in Misty-Wave City, and Lin Zisu asked Xie Jinhuan how to pose as a Jianghu traveler.

• Lin Zisu confronted Xie Jinhuan about secretly groping her grandmaster, then hurried him out to explore before her aunt arrived.
• Xie Jinhuan and Lin Zisu visited the harbor market, where Lin Zisu looked for rare medicinal ingredients and Xie Jinhuan spotted a composed blue-robed woman.
• Lin Zisu introduced herself as the Poison-Hand Dan Saint and offered to help the woman find medicine to resist aphrodisiac poison.
• The woman explained that she needed protection from the venom of hundred-year-old Lust Locust Snakes and identified herself as Ye Yunchi of Azure Nether Sword Manor.
• Lin Zisu offered to prepare medicine and deliver it to Moon-Tasting Tower, while Ye Yunchi invited them to visit her in Misty-Wave City.
• After Ye Yunchi left, Lin Zisu asked Xie Jinhuan how to appear more experienced in the Jianghu, and he suggested she use the name Hua Manlou of Azure Nether Sword Manor.

Xie Jinhuan, Bu Yuehua, and Nangong Ye’s room turns chaotic when Lin Wanyi appears and reveals that Zisu has guessed a secret about her and her master. In Misty-Wave City, Lü Yan and Chen Yishan discuss the coming Azure Dragon Divine Gift competition and the dangers facing the Gu Poison Sect.

• Xie Jinhuan tells Bu Yuehua that he met Ye Yunchi of the Azure Nether Sword Manor, and they realize that she and Nangong Ye have both used the manor’s name as an alias.
• Bu Yuehua draws Nangong Ye into the bath after he catches her with Xie Jinhuan, while Ye Hongshang records the scene with a Crystal Ball.
• Bu Yuehua recognizes Nangong Ye in Lin Wanyi’s body and calls Lin Wanyi over, prompting Lin Wanyi to ask Xie Jinhuan what he told Zisu.
• Xie Jinhuan says Zisu guessed the secret herself, and Lin Wanyi realizes Zisu now knows about her and her master.
• In Misty-Wave City, Lü Yan and Chen Yishan discuss the Azure Dragon Divine Gift and whether Xie Jinhuan will attend the competition.
• Lü Yan warns Chen Yishan that the Gu Poison Sect could face extermination if it aligns itself with the Demon Path.

Xie Jinhuan and his companions arrived in Misty-Wave City, where he learned about the Dragonbone Shoal opportunity and an unusual treasure-box event. Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua spotted a Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden who appeared to notice them, so they left to report what happened to Xie Jinhuan.

• After three days aboard the ferry, Xie Jinhuan and the others arrived in Misty-Wave City and split up to explore.
• Xie Jinhuan met Fan Hainie, learned about the Dragonbone Shoal opportunity and Misty-Wave City's treasure-box gambling event, and received an invitation to Mountains and Seas Tower.
• At a restaurant, Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua watched Witch Cult members near a residence and argued about the Blessing and Sacrifice Faction.
• A veiled Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden looked directly toward Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua before leaving in a carriage.
• Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua suspected the Holy Maiden had noticed them, then left the restaurant to discuss the encounter with Xie Jinhuan.