Chapter Summaries

At the Nine Dragons Hall, Zhao Ling and Linghu Qingmo received an urgent message from Qixia True Person about enemy movements near Northern Darkness Lake. Xie Jinhuan learned that he would have to handle the danger at Dragonbone Shoal without her help before heading north to support the search for Yang Huaxian and Daoist Kongkong.

• Zhao Ling trained hard with the resources her father provided, while Lin Zisu and Lin Wanyi worked to meet the demand for Appearance-Preserving Pills.
• Duoduo delivered Qixia True Person's urgent letter to Linghu Qingmo, who learned that his Grandmaster could not come and was told to contact Xie Jinhuan.
• Nangong Ye sensed Linghu Qingmo approaching, so Xie Jinhuan hurried out of bed and left Bu Yuehua to explain their shared room.
• Linghu Qingmo told Xie Jinhuan that Qixia True Person had found movement near Northern Darkness Lake and ordered him to head north after finishing his immediate business.
• Xie Jinhuan worried about facing Shang Old Devil without reinforcements, but refused Linghu Qingmo's offer of the Azure Dragon Divine Gift and said he would judge the risk as events unfolded.

After recovering from Jiao Poison, Ye Yunchi mistook Linghu Qingmo’s playful beating of Xie Jinhuan for an illicit affair with Sect Leader Nangong and intervened. Xie Jinhuan cleared up the misunderstanding, then visited Ye Yunchi at Moon-Tasting Tower, where they discussed the soul links behind Linghu Qingmo and Lin’s changing personalities and recalled Ye Yunchi’s connection to Li Jing.

• Ye Yunchi recovered from the Jiao Poison and, while getting dressed, saw Nangong Ye pinning and electrocuting Xie Jinhuan in the corridor.
• Ye Yunchi scolded Nangong Ye for acting improperly toward her engaged disciple, and Xie Jinhuan explained that Linghu Qingmo was controlling Nangong Ye’s body through a divine soul link.
• Nangong Ye pretended to be Linghu Qingmo and accused Ye Yunchi of being too protective of Xie Jinhuan, prompting Ye Yunchi to leave in embarrassment.
• At Moon-Tasting Tower, Ye Yunchi heard rumors about Xie Jinhuan’s supposed lovers and wondered whether he had deceived her about Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo.
• Xie Jinhuan openly visited Ye Yunchi, confirmed that Linghu Qingmo and Bu Yuehua could occupy their masters’ bodies, and discussed Ye Yunchi’s calligraphy and her acquaintance with Li Jing.

Xie Jinhuan painted Ye Yunchi and flirted with her before news arrived that an opportunity was emerging near Misty-Wave City. At the Mountains and Seas Tower, the factions prepared to pursue the opportunity and plot against Xie Jinhuan, while Ye Yunchi confronted Madam Han over a sword.

• Xie Jinhuan painted Ye Yunchi in a lifelike, provocative pose, and she admired his work before a servant summoned them to the Mountains and Seas Tower.
• Ye Hongshang sensed that an opportunity was about to emerge, and Ye Yunchi stayed behind briefly while Xie Jinhuan went ahead.
• Shang Mingzhen assigned the opportunity at Dragon-Spine Ridge and told Mo Yuan and Fang Qingxuan to choose between pursuing it and dealing with Xie Jinhuan.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived at the Mountains and Seas Tower, where Empress Dowager Guo warned him not to take more than his allotted opportunity.
• Ye Yunchi confronted Madam Han about retrieving her worn sword, but Madam Han challenged her relationship with Xie Jinhuan and did not produce the sword.

Xie Jinhuan waited as Misty-Wave City announced the rules for a contest at Dragon-Spine Ridge, then set out after the first wave of cultivators. He left claiming he would investigate possible evil activity, while the chapter ended with him flying toward the distant disturbance with Senior Sister Milk Melons.

• Xie Jinhuan negotiated with Lü Yan for an escort after the contest and let Empress Dowager Guo, disguised as the Northern Darkness Sect Holy Maiden, answer Lü Yan’s accusations.
• Shang Mingzhen announced that cultivators could compete for a Divine Gift at Dragon-Spine Ridge, explaining the contest’s rules and restrictions.
• Thunder sounded, Shang Mingzhen revealed Dragon-Spine Ridge as the destination, and Zhang Jiwu, Madam Han, Lü Yan, and many others raced out of the city.
• Xie Jinhuan stayed behind as the others departed, while Ye Yunchi waited with him and the Mountains and Seas Tower opened a betting pool.
• After sensing fighting in the northwest, Xie Jinhuan asked Shang Mingzhen about possible evil activity and then flew toward the disturbance with Senior Sister Milk Melons.

Mo Yuan and Fang Qingxuan waited to ambush Xie Jinhuan as cultivators gathered around Lü Yan, who was refining the Azure Dragon Divine Gift. When Xie Jinhuan fought Old Sha Tu far away, the watchers turned to look, and Lü Yan vanished with the divine gift, sending them into pursuit.

• Mo Yuan rejected Fang Qingxuan’s suggestion to take the exposed Azure Dragon Divine Gift, insisting they focus on Xie Jinhuan.
• Lü Yan grabbed the divine gift and sheltered inside the Eight-Gate Burning Array as Madam Han, Zhang Jiwu, and many other cultivators surrounded him.
• Nangong Ye, Bu Yuehua, and Empress Dowager Guo watched the standoff while Lü Yan gradually stripped away the Extreme Yang Divine Thunder.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived and clashed with Old Sha Tu on the outskirts, drawing the watchers’ attention away from Lü Yan.
• Mo Yuan and the other cultivators looked back and discovered that Lü Yan and the divine gift had disappeared, then rushed to pursue him.

Xie Jinhuan and his companions left their hiding place to investigate blood baleful qi and caught Sha Tu draining two martial artists of their blood essence. Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi attacked him, and the chapter ended as thunder, fire, dust, and sword qi engulfed the hollow.

• Xie Jinhuan followed Coal Ball's signals toward a mountain hollow after Ye Hongshang sensed blood baleful qi nearby.
• Sha Tu ambushed two passing martial artists and began draining their blood essence to restore his strength.
• Xie Jinhuan confronted Sha Tu and struck him with the flying wheel Heavenly Gang.
• Sha Tu raised three earthen walls to block Heavenly Gang, but the weapon smashed through them and hurled him backward.
• Ye Yunchi attacked Sha Tu with her sword as the hollow disappeared beneath dust, thunder, fire, and sword qi.

Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi killed Sha Tu, allowing Lü Yan to escape underground with the opportunity he had found. Madam Han confronted Lü Yan in Snake King Cave with a mysterious sword called Nihility and forced him to retreat as she sealed the passage.

• Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi killed Sha Tu, and Xie searched his belongings and shared some healing pills with the two surviving martial artists.
• Ye Hongshang told Xie Jinhuan that Lü Yan had escaped, while Xie and Milk Melons left with the spoils.
• Lü Yan hid in Snake King Cave and began removing the remaining Supreme Yang Thunder from the opportunity he had obtained.
• Madam Han intercepted Lü Yan in the cave and demanded that he surrender the opportunity.
• Madam Han used the sword Nihility to break through Lü Yan's fire defenses, then took his thunder sphere and collapsed the passage behind her.

Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi cornered Madam Han as she escaped with the opportunity and Ye Yunchi’s mother’s black sword. Madam Han offered to return the sword only if Ye Yunchi took the Seven Emotions Pill to prove she had no romantic feelings for Xie Jinhuan, leaving Ye Yunchi hesitant.

• Lü Yan blamed Madam Han for taking the opportunity and sent the pursuing cultivators toward Dragon-Spine Ridge.
• Xie Jinhuan waited with Ye Yunchi, then followed Madam Han after A Piao detected her taking a hidden route away from the crowds.
• Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi blocked Madam Han inside a cavern, and Ye Yunchi demanded the black sword back.
• Madam Han agreed to yield the sword but warned Ye Yunchi not to surrender it to a man and offered her a Seven Emotions Pill to test her feelings for Xie Jinhuan.
• Ye Yunchi hesitated over taking the pill, which stirred a person's emotions and exposed hidden affection.

Ye Yunchi took the Seven Emotions Pill and struggled with its effects while clinging to Xie Jinhuan, who helped her take a Devoted Love Pill. When they sensed an approaching threat, Chen Yishan stirred the mountain to draw cultivators toward their location.

• Madam Han gave Xie Jinhuan the Azure Dragon Divine Gift and told Ye Yunchi she could claim it in three days if she remained a virgin.
• Ye Yunchi swallowed the Seven Emotions Pill, became overwhelmed by desire, and demanded an antidote from Madam Han, who left without giving her one.
• Ye Yunchi seized Xie Jinhuan and struggled to control herself until she took the Devoted Love Pill, which cleared her mind but intensified her desire for a suitable mate.
• Xie Jinhuan sensed someone approaching and noticed that the venomous insects underground had lost their connection to their controller.
• Chen Yishan used his Vine Staff to shake the earth and stir the creatures across Dragon-Spine Ridge, drawing Lü Yan and the others' attention.

Xie Jinhuan drew the cultivators’ attention at Dragon-Spine Ridge while his allies secretly carried the Azure Light Sphere toward Misty-Wave City to end the treasure contest. Empress Dowager Guo set off with the sphere, while Ye Yunchi, Nangong Ye, and Bu Yuehua went to help Xie Jinhuan hold off the crowd.

• Chen Yishan blasted Xie Jinhuan from the Rat Tunnel, and the gathered cultivators surrounded him, believing he had the opportunity.
• Lü Yan and Zhang Jiwu voiced reservations about attacking Xie Jinhuan, while the Northern Region sect leaders demanded that he give up the opportunity.
• Xie Jinhuan invoked his past deeds and spoke at length to keep the crowd focused on him as Coal Ball spotted Ye Yunchi leaving Snake King Cave.
• Ye Yunchi told Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua that Xie Jinhuan was drawing the cultivators away so they could take the Azure Light Sphere to Misty-Wave City.
• Empress Dowager Guo took the sphere toward Misty-Wave City, while Ye Yunchi, Nangong Ye, and Bu Yuehua headed to reinforce Xie Jinhuan.

Xie Jinhuan faced the gathered cultivators as Chen Yishan used curse arts to turn weaker fighters into attackers and disrupt the battlefield. After burying the weaker cultivators with an earth technique, Xie Jinhuan fought the remaining experts and was struck by Chen Yishan’s soul attack, but countered Zhang Jiwu and sent him crashing into a hill.

• Xie Jinhuan challenged the cultivators to take the opportunity from him, while Lü Yan urged Chen Yishan to test him first.
• Chen Yishan unleashed a divine soul curse that controlled weaker cultivators and sent them charging at Xie Jinhuan.
• Lü Yan attacked Chen Yishan with a Heaven-Burning Separation Fire Incantation, and Chen Yishan vanished into a sea of poisonous mist.
• Xie Jinhuan used an enhanced Quicksand Spell to bury the weaker attackers, then charged Liu Chengyi as the Transcendent Grade cultivators attacked him.
• Chen Yishan struck Xie Jinhuan with a soul curse, leaving him briefly vulnerable as the gathered cultivators’ attacks converged.
• Zhang Jiwu’s spear struck Xie Jinhuan’s Chest Armor, but Xie Jinhuan paralyzed him with lightning and kicked him into a distant hill.

Xie Jinhuan fought off the sect leaders at Dragonbone Shoal while Ye Yunchi, Bu Yuehua, and Nangong Ye kept Chen Yishan from ambushing him. As Xie Jinhuan struggled against Fang Qingxuan and Mo Yuan’s surprise attack, the surrounding sect leaders joined in against him.

• Ye Yunchi searched for Chen Yishan while Xie Jinhuan fought the gathered sect leaders, and Bu Yuehua and Nangong Ye joined her in attacking Chen Yishan.
• Chen Yishan spread a freezing tide and summoned low-realm cultivators to distract his attackers, but the three women kept him from reaching Xie Jinhuan.
• Xie Jinhuan drove back several opponents, while Lü Yan hesitated to intervene and Chen Yishan moved away to separate Xie Jinhuan from his allies.
• Fang Qingxuan launched a flying-sword attack from the woods, and Xie Jinhuan knocked the blade aside with Heavenly Gang after his spear was shattered.
• Mo Yuan charged Xie Jinhuan from behind, and Fang Qingxuan attacked with both his flying sword and a flexible sword, forcing Xie Jinhuan to defend himself from both sides.
• The surrounding sect leaders exploited Xie Jinhuan’s struggle and began attacking him with their own killing techniques.

Xie Jinhuan survived the first battle for the Azure Dragon Divine Gift, but Misty-Wave City sent a second gift to draw the attackers back onto him. Chen Yishan then ambushed Xie Jinhuan, who was hurled into Accumulated-Water Lake as Ye Yunchi and the others rushed to help.

• Xie Jinhuan’s allies signaled a ceasefire with heavenly thunder, but a voice from Misty-Wave City announced another Azure Dragon Divine Gift and sent it toward him.
• Xie Jinhuan passed the new gift to Nangong Ye, while Ye Yunchi and Bu Yuehua held off pursuers and he continued fighting Mo Yuan and Fang Qingxuan.
• Chen Yishan ambushed Xie Jinhuan with a divine-soul attack, allowing Mo Yuan and Fang Qingxuan to strike him and blast him into Accumulated-Water Lake.
• Ye Yunchi attacked Mo Yuan as Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua plunged into the lake to search for Xie Jinhuan.

Xie Jinhuan recalled his dragon transformation and took medicine before losing himself to demonic madness. He emerged in the flooded lake as a dragon-like figure, shielding Ye Yunchi from the attackers and breaking the Black Flood Dragon’s water prison.

• Xie Jinhuan remembered sinking into the sea three years earlier and being remade by a mysterious red light before reaching Purple Emblem Mountain and later rampaging on a battlefield.
• An ethereal woman warned Xie Jinhuan that he was about to go mad, and he swallowed the So Righteous It Seems Evil Pill to regain his senses.
• Ye Yunchi fought the Black Flood Dragon, Fang Qingxuan, and Chen Yishan while Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua searched the lake for Xie Jinhuan.
• Chen Yishan’s shriek dispersed Ye Yunchi’s sword gang, and Fang Qingxuan and Mo Yuan launched a fatal attack as she pushed Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua away.
• Xie Jinhuan appeared before Ye Yunchi, broke the water prison, and blocked the attackers with the Heavenly Gang Mace as dragon features emerged across his body.

Xie Jinhuan overwhelmed Mo Yuan and Fang Qingxuan at Dragon-Spine Ridge, while Ye Yunchi and the Azure Nether Sword Manor sisters kept Chen Yishan pinned down. In Misty-Wave City, Shang Mingzhen learned that Ye Yunchi was Ye Sheng’s daughter and decided against intervening, leaving the battle to unfold.

• Xie Jinhuan used the Heavenly Pivot to break Mo Yuan’s control of the lake’s water veins, then drove Mo Yuan back with a series of water-and-thunder attacks.
• Nangong Ye, Bu Yuehua, and Ye Yunchi suppressed Chen Yishan, while approaching Rogue Person patriarchs and Fang Qingxuan’s retreat increased the danger of the fight.
• The Goddess of War trapped Fang Qingxuan in an illusion, allowing Xie Jinhuan to smash his back apart with the Heavenly Gang Mace; Sister Guo moved to contain his scattering Jianbing Divine Gift.
• In Misty-Wave City, Shang Mingzhen asked Shang Lianbi whether he should help, and Shang Lianbi warned that Ye Ci was watching and that intervention would turn the juniors’ dispute into an open clash.
• Shang Mingzhen realized Ye Yunchi was Ye Sheng’s daughter and chose to watch rather than risk provoking Ye Sheng, despite the Vermilion Bird immortal artifact still being in Xie Jinhuan’s hands.

Xie Jinhuan defeated the Black Flood Dragon, while Coal Ball seized the Divine Gift and Xie Jinhuan persuaded the cultivators to pursue the dragon’s remains instead of fighting him. Chen Yishan fled but was intercepted by Lu Wuzhen, who killed him after hearing his defense of the Gu Poison Sect and its plans.

• Xie Jinhuan and his allies subdued the Black Flood Dragon, but Chen Yishan escaped during the battle.
• Ye Hongshang told Xie Jinhuan that Coal Ball had flown off to seize the Divine Gift, and Xie Jinhuan rushed to Dragon-Spine Ridge.
• Coal Ball held the Divine Gift beyond the cultivators’ reach, so Xie Jinhuan offered them a share of the Black Flood Dragon’s remains or a fight; the cultivators chose to pursue the corpse.
• Chen Yishan reflected on the Gu Poison Sect’s hidden alliance and its failing plans as he fled south toward the Southern Border.
• Lu Wuzhen intercepted Chen Yishan, questioned him about Sikong Tianyuan, and rejected his attempt to defend the sect’s actions.
• Lu Wuzhen crushed Chen Yishan’s Three Hun Souls and Seven Po Souls after Chen Yishan argued that cultivators could not end the world’s conflicts by killing their opponents.

After the Treasure Contest, Xie Jinhuan and his companions prepared to leave Misty-Wave City with the northern and southern cultivators, while he planned how to divide their spoils. Empress Dowager Guo gave Xie Jinhuan a Flood Dragon Pearl to help him recover, and its power revived his body but stirred an alarming hunger in him.

• Xie Jinhuan visited Nangong Ye, Bu Yuehua, and the drug-influenced Ye Yunchi while recovering and examining their spoils.
• Xie Jinhuan considered how to distribute the treasures among his companions and other allies.
• Empress Dowager Guo told Xie Jinhuan they would leave with the other cultivators to reduce the danger from Misty-Wave City's forces.
• Empress Dowager Guo gave Xie Jinhuan a Flood Dragon Pearl, and he used the Essence-Seizing Art to refine it.
• Xie Jinhuan's body rapidly recovered and showed signs of dragon power, but he began staring hungrily at Empress Dowager Guo, who flicked his forehead and challenged him.

Xie Jinhuan struggled to keep his composure as the pill’s effects affected those around him, while Ye Yunchi pressed him to discuss marriage and names for their hypothetical children. The chapter ended with Ye Yunchi planning names for several children and Xie Jinhuan wondering how many she intended to have.

• Empress Dowager Guo followed the divine whisper by teasing Xie Jinhuan before sending him to rest.
• Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua left the room, with Bu Yuehua going to prepare the Dharma artifact.
• Ye Yunchi pulled Xie Jinhuan onto her bed, but he promised to restrain himself so she could retrieve the Worn Sword.
• Ye Yunchi and Xie Jinhuan discussed marrying if they had a child and suggested names for a son and daughter.
• Xie Jinhuan recited a poem by a reclusive Loose Immortal, and Ye Yunchi eagerly asked about naming more children.

Empress Dowager Guo formally took Bu Yuehua as her disciple, passed on her cultivation arts, and gave her the Divine Gift opportunity she had meant to offer the Eldest Princess. Later, Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua went to check on Xie Jinhuan and found him with Ye Yunchi and the Great Succubus, just as someone called his name from outside.

• Empress Dowager Guo offered to teach Bu Yuehua, passed her cultivation techniques into her mind, and accepted her as a disciple.
• Bu Yuehua explained that she had planned to give the white sphere of light to Great Qian's Eldest Princess to win support for restoring the Gu Poison Sect to the Central Plains.
• Empress Dowager Guo declared that the opportunity's debts had already been settled and bestowed the sphere on Bu Yuehua herself.
• Bu Yuehua returned to Nangong Ye, and the two left together to check on Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi.
• Xie Jinhuan recited a policy essay while teasing Ye Yunchi and the Great Succubus, until a voice outside the door called, "Xie Jinhuan?"

Ye Yunchi recovered from the Seven Emotions Pill and tried to make sense of what had happened with Xie Jinhuan, while Xie Jinhuan spent the night with Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua. At Phoenix Harbor, Sikong Tianyuan returned to the Nether God Sect, planned to pursue Xie Jinhuan’s movements, and sent He Can and Zhang Chu toward Jingzhao Prefecture.

• Ye Yunchi realized she had clung to Xie Jinhuan while he helped expel the poison, checked that her Palace Guard Sand remained intact, and hurried to bathe.
• Bu Yuehua asked Xie Jinhuan whether her master's Divine Gift would work, and he reassured her while Nangong Ye questioned his relationships with other women.
• Bu Yuehua challenged Nangong Ye about his feelings for Xie Jinhuan, then called Wanyi over during their argument and made Nangong Ye retreat.
• Sikong Tianyuan entered the Nether God Sect's underground palace with Zitong and reflected on the sect's losses and his experiments creating Half-Demons.
• Sikong Tianyuan ordered Zitong to track Xie Jinhuan and arranged for He Can and Zhang Chu to travel to Jingzhao Prefecture with a medicinal-herb shipment.