Chapter Summaries

Lu Wuzhen gave Xie Jinhuan the Jianbing Divine Gift and warned him that the next opportunity, the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, would appear at Dragonbone Shoal. Xie Jinhuan decided to go there in disguise, investigate the Gu Poison Sect, and take over Blood Rain Tower as Wei Kun.

• Lu Wuzhen explained the limits and dangers of divine gifts, then told Xie Jinhuan that the opportunity for Earth of the Five Elements had been cut off and that Dragonbone Shoal's Azure Dragon Divine Gift might soon appear.
• Xie Jinhuan accepted the Jianbing Divine Gift and decided to travel to Dragonbone Shoal under a concealed identity while investigating the Gu Poison Sect and the soul exchange involving He Tianqi.
• Yang Dabiao and Liu Qingzhi gossiped about Xie Jinhuan, and Xie Jinhuan teased Zhao Ling and Nai Duo in the carriage.
• Missing Moon Manor's poison masters sold Ever-Smiling Powder in Carefree Cave, while Fan Hainie lamented that Blood Rain Tower had lost business and influence.
• Xie Jinhuan appeared as Wei Kun, declared himself Blood Rain Tower's sect leader, and ordered the group to abandon underworld jobs and rely on intelligence work and Missing Moon Manor's support.
• Xie Jinhuan told Fan Hainie to gather information about the cultivators heading to Dragonbone Shoal and prepare to send scouts ahead.

Bu Yuehua learned that Lin Zisu had created an Invisibility Pill that erased its user’s qi but also left them unable to act. Xie Jinhuan later encountered Zisu while she was invisible and changing clothes, then hurried away after recognizing her.

• Bu Yuehua visited the pill-refining area and found Lin Zisu reading gossip about Bu Yuehua and Xie Jinhuan while preparing medicine.
• Bu Yuehua asked Lin Zisu for a powerful combat pill, and Lin Zisu demonstrated an Invisibility Pill that concealed her qi but prevented her from using moves or Divine Abilities.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived at the branch and searched the empty office for Wanyi, then went to change in the living quarters.
• Xie Jinhuan found Wanyi’s lace clothes and picked them up as Lin Zisu, wearing a nightdress, emerged from the adjoining room.
• Lin Zisu explained that she had taken the Invisibility Pill while changing, and Xie Jinhuan warned her not to tell Bu Yuehua before leaving.

Xie Jinhuan prepared for his dangerous trip to Dragonbone Shoal while Linghu Qingmo worried about his safety. Just as A Piao proposed using the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse to let others possess and assist them from afar, she began the Deity-Summoning Immortal Art.

• Xie Jinhuan decided to travel alone to Dragonbone Shoal, but Bu Yuehua offered to accompany him and prepare supplies.
• Lin Zisu returned Xie Jinhuan's hidden undergarment before leaving with Coal Ball, while Lin Wanyi and Bu Yuehua eavesdropped on their exchange.
• Xie Jinhuan organized his equipment and reassured Linghu Qingmo that his chest armor would protect him on the journey.
• Linghu Qingmo reluctantly shared an intimate farewell with Xie Jinhuan while he was blindfolded.
• A Piao appeared and proposed strengthening the Thousand Threads Soul-Tethering Curse so others could possess their bodies and help from afar, then began the Deity-Summoning Immortal Art.

During an intimate encounter with Xie Jinhuan, Linghu Qingmo and Nangong Ye unexpectedly switched bodies, leaving Nangong Ye to wake in Qingmo’s body and Qingmo to realize his master had witnessed what happened. Nangong Ye tried to shield Qingmo from blame, while the mortified Qingmo struggled to face him.

• Nangong Ye and Zhao Ling cultivated with Duoduo at the Princess's Residence while Nangong Ye worried about Xie Jinhuan’s impending journey.
• Nangong Ye suddenly found himself in Linghu Qingmo’s body at the Marquis's Residence as Xie Jinhuan attended to him.
• Linghu Qingmo switched back into his own body at the Princess's Residence and rushed to Xie Jinhuan’s residence in panic.
• Nangong Ye emerged from the room in embarrassment, and Linghu Qingmo fell to his knees and tried to resign from Purple Emblem Mountain.
• Nangong Ye told Qingmo that he did not blame him and insisted that the incident had nothing to do with him.
• Zhao Ling and Duoduo witnessed the aftermath, and Zhao Ling quietly left with Duoduo.

Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo’s souls were switched back, and Xie Jinhuan explained a long-distance spirit-possession technique that could connect marked people. At Dragon-Tethering Harbor, Misty-Wave City summoned He Can and Zhang Chu after discovering something unusual in He Can’s donated blood essence.

• Ye Hongshang told Xie Jinhuan that Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo had switched back and explained how marked people could possess one another over long distances.
• Xie Jinhuan returned to the sitting room, where Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo confronted him about switching their souls during his intimacy with Qingmo.
• Xie Jinhuan described the spirit-possession technique, and Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua discussed whom they would contact through it.
• At Dragon-Tethering Harbor, He Can and Zhang Chu complained about discrimination against demon-path cultivators and ghost witches while working at their restaurant.
• A Misty-Wave City tax official summoned He Can after experts found extraordinary qualities in his recorded blood essence.
• He Can insisted Zhang Chu accompany him to Misty-Wave City, and the official agreed to take them both.

Xie Jinhuan planned to leave secretly for Dragonbone Shoal while Zhao Ling proposed ways to disguise his absence. After several days, Nangong Ye departed south and promised Linghu Qingmo they would talk about their tangled feelings when she returned.

• Xie Jinhuan discussed concealing his trip to Dragonbone Shoal with Duoduo and Zhao Ling, who suggested having Qingmo impersonate him and spreading reports of his exploits.
• Duoduo and Zhao Ling tried to guess what Xie Jinhuan had done with Nangong Ye, but their teasing turned into a distraction before they learned the truth.
• Several days later, Linghu Qingmo visited Nangong Ye by the Luo River and asked whether the recent physical contact had left a knot between them.
• Nangong Ye reassured Linghu Qingmo, promised to discuss their relationship after returning from Dragonbone Shoal, and set off south.

Xie Jinhuan arrived at Dragoncloud Harbor under the alias Wei Kun to compete for the Jiazi Opportunity, but avoided the conspicuous reception Fan Hainie had arranged. After learning that many powerful figures had gathered and might be hunting for him, Xie Jinhuan disguised himself and explored the harbor with Ye Hongshang.

• Fan Hainie organized a lavish dockside reception for the new Blood Rain Tower Lord, while Jianghu travelers speculated about Wei Kun's identity.
• Xie Jinhuan summoned Fan Hainie privately and rebuked him for drawing attention to the underground organization.
• Fan Hainie reported that numerous sect leaders, hermits, and old experts had arrived to seek the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, with some also hoping to intercept Xie Jinhuan.
• Fan Hainie told Xie Jinhuan that Elder Bu Hanying wanted to rename Blood Rain Tower as Fallen Blossoms, and Xie Jinhuan dismissed him before changing clothes.
• Xie Jinhuan walked through Dragoncloud Harbor with Ye Hongshang, resisted her teasing suggestion to visit the cultivators of Hundred Flowers Grove, and headed toward the ferry.

Bu Yuehua used a Divine Soul Mark to let Lin Zisu possess her body while visiting Dragonbone Shoal, where Zisu mistook Xie Jinhuan for a lecher and struck him away. Xie Jinhuan pulled her aside, and Zisu revealed who she was.

• Bu Yuehua sensed Wanyi through the Divine Soul Mark and traveled from her body into the Alchemy Room, allowing Lin Zisu to take control of her body.
• Lin Zisu realized she was inhabiting her grandmaster's body and discovered that Bu Yuehua had recently been intimate with a man.
• Lin Zisu watched a huge fish roast with Coal Ball until Xie Jinhuan approached and kissed her, mistaking her for Bu Yuehua.
• Lin Zisu struck Xie Jinhuan with a palm, sending him flying several zhang, then hurried over to apologize.
• Xie Jinhuan led Lin Zisu into an alley, and she told him, “It's me, Zisu!”

Xie Jinhuan took Lin Zisu, piloting Grandmaster’s body, to explore Dragoncloud Harbor’s market, where they met the blue-robed Ye Yunchi of Azure Nether Sword Manor. Ye Yunchi sought medicine against lust poison from hundred-year Lust Locust Snakes and invited them to visit her at Moon-Tasting Tower in Misty-Wave City.

• Xie Jinhuan realized Lin Zisu was logged in and explained that her aunt’s Missing Moon Manor identity had changed, while Lin Zisu worried about her claim to be young mistress.
• Xie Jinhuan escorted Lin Zisu and Coal Ball around Dragoncloud Harbor, where Lin Zisu sampled grilled silverfish and they visited the sprawling market.
• A Piao urged Xie Jinhuan to approach a striking woman in blue, but Lin Zisu introduced herself as the Poison-Hand Dan Saint and asked what medicine the woman needed.
• Ye Yunchi explained that she needed a remedy for potent Lust Locust Snake venom and invited Lin Zisu to send a formula to Moon-Tasting Tower in Misty-Wave City.
• Xie Jinhuan learned the woman’s name was Ye Yunchi of Azure Nether Sword Manor, and she invited him and Lin Zisu to visit before leaving.
• Lin Zisu asked whether heroines commonly used Azure Nether Sword Manor as an alias, and Xie Jinhuan suggested she could call herself Hua Manlou of that manor.

Aboard the ferry, Xie Jinhuan, Bu Yuehua, Nangong Ye, and Lin Wanyi exposed one another’s secrets during a chaotic encounter. In Misty-Wave City, Lü Yan and Chen Yishan discussed the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, Xie Jinhuan’s possible arrival, and the danger facing the Gu Poison Sect.

• Xie Jinhuan told Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye that he had encountered Ye Yunchi of Azure Nether Sword Manor, revealing that the women had both been using the manor’s name as an alias.
• Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye staged a confrontation in the bathing tub, but Lin Wanyi used the Spirit Possession technique to appear and tease Nangong Ye.
• Lin Wanyi questioned Xie Jinhuan about Zisu’s suspicions, and Xie Jinhuan admitted he had nearly confused Zisu with her master.
• In Misty-Wave City, Lü Yan showed Chen Yishan the restored Yellow Qilin Seal and discussed the competition for the Azure Dragon Divine Gift.
• Chen Yishan asked whether Xie Jinhuan would attend and what had happened at the Academy, while Lü Yan warned him that the Gu Poison Sect risked annihilation if it chose the wrong side.

After arriving in Misty-Wave City, Xie Jinhuan learned about the coming Dragonbone Shoal opportunity and the city's invitation to a treasure auction and blind-box event. Meanwhile, Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye noticed a Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden watching them, prompting them to leave before they drew further attention.

• Xie Jinhuan, Lin Wanyi, and Nangong Ye arrived in Misty-Wave City after three days aboard the ferry, and Xie Jinhuan split off to contact the Blood Rain Tower.
• Fan Hainie told Xie Jinhuan that Shang Mingzhen oversaw Misty-Wave City and gave him an invitation to an event at Mountains and Seas Tower featuring auctions and blind treasure boxes.
• Xie Jinhuan became interested in testing the blind-box game and decided to visit Mountains and Seas Tower that night.
• At a restaurant near Moon-Tasting Tower, Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye watched Witch Cult members and discussed the Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden.
• The Holy Maiden looked directly toward Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye before boarding her carriage, so they left the restaurant with Coal Ball to avoid being marked.

Xie Jinhuan collected a kiss from Ye Hongshang, while Lin Zisu prepared medicine in the inn and Nangong Ye discovered Zhao Ling’s unruly drinking party through her divine sense. Linghu Qingmo arrived in Misty-Wave City and reunited with Xie Jinhuan, who embraced him as Lin Zisu and Coal Ball watched from the doorway.

• Ye Hongshang let Xie Jinhuan kiss her after their bet, then offered him a new wager involving the Holy Maiden of the Northern Darkness Sect.
• Lin Zisu refined medicine for Lust Locust Snake Venom while Coal Ball helped, and she questioned Nangong Ye about her time with Xie Jinhuan.
• Nangong Ye searched for Qingmo through her Divine Soul Mark and found Zhao Ling and the others making merry at a wild banquet.
• Linghu Qingmo woke in the inn in Misty-Wave City and learned that Xie Jinhuan was outside enjoying the view.
• Xie Jinhuan was caught kissing the rain-soaked air, confessed that he missed Linghu Qingmo, and hugged him while Lin Zisu and Coal Ball watched.

Xie Jinhuan used Ye Yunchi’s invitation to enter Misty-Wave City’s auction venue while concealing his identity and learned that she was the Azure Nether Sword Manor’s Lord. After discussing a rare painting, he promised to introduce Ye Yunchi to a master whose identity he kept to himself as they headed upstairs.

• Xie Jinhuan watched the guests entering the Mountains and Seas Tower and decided he needed another way inside without exposing his identity.
• Xie Jinhuan encountered Ye Yunchi and accompanied her to the entrance, where she identified herself as the Azure Nether Sword Manor’s Lord.
• Ye Yunchi and Xie Jinhuan entered the tower and examined its displayed treasures as she searched for someone.
• Ye Yunchi stopped to admire a painting by the Former Dynasty Painting Sage and offered thirty thousand taels to buy it.
• Xie Jinhuan claimed he knew someone in Misty-Wave City who had captured much of the Painting Sage’s style, and Ye Yunchi took him upstairs.

Xie Jinhuan accompanied Ye Yunchi to the Mountains and Seas Tower, where Shang Mingzhen prepared to test her with a rare calligraphy treasure. As Xie Jinhuan examined the city lord’s sealed blind boxes, Ye Hongshang detected a Fire-Controlling Immortal Artifact hidden among them.

• At the second-floor auction, Long Boyuan raised the bidding on an old sword scabbard while Shang Mingzhen directed his stewards to keep the guests bidding.
• Shang Mingzhen learned that Ye Yunchi had arrived and ordered Sage Xu’s original “River-Moon Edict” brought out to test her.
• Xie Jinhuan entered the hall with Ye Yunchi, who initially wanted to leave but stayed when he asked to look around.
• Ye Yunchi warned Xie Jinhuan that the dragon-patterned black boxes were designed to fleece clever buyers, while a maid encouraged him to try one.
• Ye Hongshang explained that Shang Lianbi had sealed the boxes using knowledge from many disciplines, then spotted a Fire-Controlling Immortal Artifact inside one of them.

Xie Jinhuan weighed the danger of pursuing an Immortal Artifact at Shang Lianbi’s blind-box auction, then watched Ye Yunchi trade a rare cultivation treasure for Sage Xu’s calligraphy. He discovered that Hongdou had come to the auction on Empress Dowager Guo’s behalf and learned that she wanted to meet him privately that night.

• Xie Jinhuan considered taking the Fire-Controlling Immortal Artifact from a blind box but decided Shang Lianbi’s trap was too dangerous to approach.
• Ye Yunchi and Xie Jinhuan admired Sage Xu’s River-Moon Edict, and Ye Yunchi won it by offering a Jiazi lotus after the Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden bid underworld river grass.
• Shang Mingzhen instructed the steward to complete Ye Yunchi’s purchase without raising the price further.
• Xie Jinhuan studied the blind boxes while Lü Yan searched for a way to recover his losses.
• Hongdou approached Xie Jinhuan in disguise and told him that Empress Dowager Guo wanted to meet him privately that night.
• Xie Jinhuan subtly indicated the inconspicuous box to Hongdou, who understood that it was special and returned to report.

Lü Yan interpreted the Northern Darkness Sect’s divination and found that box number fifty carried an omen of great misfortune, but he realized too late that the warning might concern opening it rather than its contents. When Ming Ji opened the box, a powerful golden-red mask appeared, and Lü Yan collapsed in despair.

• Lü Yan watched the Northern Darkness Sect’s Holy Maiden, Ming Ji, receive nine signs of divine approval and used the divination to identify box number fifty as significant.
• Lü Yan examined the box and divined great misfortune, but wondered whether he had calculated incorrectly when Shang Mingzhen invited him upstairs for tea.
• Lü Yan noticed Ming Ji heading for box number fifty and realized the omen might warn of the consequences of opening it because the box contained something valuable.
• Ming Ji opened the box despite Shang Mingzhen’s attempt to lead her away, revealing a dark red mask glowing with golden-red light and bearing a Third Eye pattern.
• The assembled sect leaders marveled at the mask’s extraordinary power, while Lü Yan cried out and fell to his knees in anguish.

Xie Jinhuan watched the Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden receive the Immortal Artifact, while Shang Mingzhen’s group suspected Xie was behind the box’s discovery and planned to monitor him. After parting from Ye Yunchi, Xie learned that she despised him because she believed he was Qixia Immortal’s disciple, then hurried toward the Northern Darkness Sect’s lodgings.

• The Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden opened a box containing Zhu Man’s legendary mask, and Shang Mingzhen publicly let her keep the Immortal Artifact.
• Shang Mingzhen and Long Boyuan concluded that Xie Jinhuan had likely guided events from the tower and decided to watch Lü Yan and the Northern Darkness Sect.
• Xie Jinhuan left the Mountains and Seas Tower with Ye Yunchi, who explained that she had left her Jade Pendant as collateral and asked whether his painter friend was in the city.
• Ye Yunchi learned that Xie Jinhuan was posing as Wei Kun, the Blood Rain Tower’s new Sect Leader, and called Xie a brat while criticizing his presumed master.
• Ye Hongshang and Xie Jinhuan guessed that Ye Yunchi’s grudge was against Qixia Immortal, and Xie hurried toward the Northern Darkness Sect’s lodgings.

Empress Dowager Guo explained why Misty-Wave City had offered the Vermilion Bird as bait and planned to use its hidden mark to ambush Shang Lianbi after leaving the pass. Xie Jinhuan learned that the deity behind Qixia Old Devil had spoken to Empress Dowager Guo again, and she urged him to stay alert as the chapter ended with her warning about Shang Lianbi’s curiosity.

• Empress Dowager Guo explained that Misty-Wave City had offered the Vermilion Bird to lure Xie Jinhuan into a trap.
• Xie Jinhuan secretly visited Empress Dowager Guo using Zisu’s Invisibility Pills and asked whether Shang Lianbi had joined the Demon Path.
• Empress Dowager Guo argued that Shang Lianbi was unlikely to act openly but could target Xie Jinhuan if he found him sacrificing fellow cultivators.
• Empress Dowager Guo proposed taking the Vermilion Bird and arranging an ambush outside the pass to expose or kill Shang Lianbi.
• A Divine Oracle startled Empress Dowager Guo by saying that Xie Jinhuan wanted to touch her, prompting her to ask whether it was his master’s task.
• Empress Dowager Guo warned Xie Jinhuan that Shang Lianbi might investigate Qixia Old Devil’s mysterious opportunities and told him to be careful.

Ye Yunchi confronted Madam Han at Hundred Flowers Grove’s residence, demanding her sword and urging the sect leader to abandon the Hehuan Sect’s path. Their argument ended with Ye Yunchi sensing someone beyond the rain before she could resolve the dispute.

• Ye Yunchi waited at Moon-Tasting Tower for Wei Kun and a painting master, then watched Madam Han’s procession arrive in Misty-Wave City.
• Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye watched the procession, and Nangong Ye warned her not to provoke Madam Han.
• Madam Han dismissed her disciples and met Ye Yunchi, who demanded her sword and urged her to leave Hundred Flowers Grove’s ways behind.
• Madam Han defended the sect’s doctrine and criticized Ye Yunchi for judging disciples who had been hurt by men.
• Madam Han mentioned Ye Yunchi’s mother, prompting Ye Yunchi to draw her sword before she restrained herself and demanded her property again.
• When Madam Han refused to say whether she would return the sword, Ye Yunchi turned toward the rain after sensing someone outside.

Xie Jinhuan followed Ye Yunchi to Hundred Flowers Grove’s lodgings, where Madam Han tried to subdue them with potent Lust Locust Snake Venom. Xie Jinhuan resisted its influence, protected Ye Yunchi, and left with her as Madam Han warned her not to trust him.

• Xie Jinhuan spotted Ye Yunchi watching the Hundred Flowers Grove procession and secretly followed her to its lodgings.
• Xie Jinhuan was exposed to Madam Han’s Harmonious Union Smoke, but the Lust Locust Snake Venom failed to sway his desires.
• Ye Yunchi demanded the antidote and tried to protect Xie Jinhuan while Madam Han tested his resolve.
• Xie Jinhuan shielded Ye Yunchi, said the poison could not harm him, and asked whether she had a grievance with Madam Han.
• Ye Yunchi left with Xie Jinhuan, and Madam Han warned her that a man who sought her without pursuing her beauty must want something more precious.