Chapter Summaries

After the final battle, Xie Jinhuan woke with his memories muddled and believed that pleasure with Ye Hongshang would restore spiritual energy to the world. Meanwhile, Jiang Xian and Qixia True Person discovered they shared one body and began negotiating control as Jiang Xian went to find Xie Jinhuan.

• Xie Jinhuan woke at the Marquis's Residence and accepted Ye Hongshang's explanation that uniting yin and yang would replenish Heaven and Earth's spiritual charm.
• Jiang Xian and Qixia True Person realized they had become two souls sharing one body, and Jiang Xian confronted Qixia True Person about taking control during her intimate moments with Xie Jinhuan.
• Qixia True Person offered Jiang Xian silver notes to keep their secret, and Jiang Xian demanded that Qixia stop putting her to sleep or interfering with her.
• Jiang Xian threatened to tell the Empress Dowager unless Qixia True Person let her pursue Xie Jinhuan, then had Qixia change her appearance back to her younger form.
• After receiving more silver notes and securing Qixia True Person's promise not to interfere, Jiang Xian headed toward the main room to find Xie Jinhuan.

Jiang Xian tried to secure her place with Xie Jinhuan by initiating intimacy, while Qixia True Person remained trapped in her body and experienced it alongside her. Ye Hongshang watched and realized that Xie Jinhuan’s father already favored Jiang Xian as his future principal wife, making her a new rival.

• Jiang Xian told Xie Jinhuan that she was considering asking the Empress Dowager to become her adoptive mother, then showed him how the Hereditary Divine Pill had changed her figure.
• Jiang Xian led Xie Jinhuan into Jinhuan Pavilion and initiated intimacy while Qixia True Person protested from within her heart lake.
• Xie Jinhuan revealed that Lord Guo was his father and that his father had long wanted Jiang Xian as his daughter-in-law.
• Jiang Xian pushed ahead despite her inexperience, and Xie Jinhuan took over as Qixia True Person was swept up in the sensations through their shared body.
• Ye Hongshang watched and worried that Jiang Xian, favored by Xie Jinhuan’s family, would become a powerful rival for the principal-wife position.

Xie Jinhuan left Xian'er after their night together, while Ye Hongshang helped Qixia True Person and her younger self begin learning to coexist. Later, Xie Jinhuan reunited with Linghu Qingmo, gave him a handmade pair of gifts, and headed with him to congratulate his newly appointed master.

• Xie Jinhuan left the sleeping Xian'er, and Ye Hongshang explained that Qixia True Person and Jiang Xian were her present and past selves who needed to accept each other.
• Ye Hongshang taught Qixia True Person One Breath, Three Pure Ones, but her first attempt produced a strange Patrick Star-like form before she and Jiang Xian negotiated turns controlling their body.
• Xie Jinhuan found Linghu Qingmo patrolling Luojing with Liu Qingzhi, then gave him a handmade white jade hairpin and matching intimate token.
• Linghu Qingmo told Xie Jinhuan that the Corpse Ancestor had been sealed, Sect Master Lu had passed on his mantle, and his master was taking over the Directorate of Celestial Observation.
• Xie Jinhuan carved a jade gift for Linghu Qingmo's master, then made an additional intimate token for her despite Linghu Qingmo trying to stop him.

Xie Jinhuan visited the Directorate of Celestial Observation, where Nangong Ye had become Acting Chief Astronomer, and claimed that his cultivation with others restored the world's spiritual charm. The Eight Trigrams confirmed his claim, leaving Nangong Ye and the others to consider testing the discovery further while Xie Jinhuan headed to a banquet at Cloud Brocade Pool.

• Xie Jinhuan arrived at the Directorate of Celestial Observation with Momo and found Nangong Ye signing documents as Acting Chief Astronomer, with Bu Yuehua and Ye Yunchi helping in the office.
• Xie Jinhuan claimed that his dual cultivation restored spiritual charm, and Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo doubted his explanation.
• After Bu Yuehua agreed to test his claim, Linghu Qingmo observed five-colored ripples across the Eight Directions Illumination Formation, confirming that spiritual charm responded to Xie Jinhuan's stimulation.
• Xie Jinhuan, Bu Yuehua, Nangong Ye, and Ye Yunchi experimented by the Eight Trigrams, while Bu Yuehua and Ye Yunchi studied the fluctuations and Nangong Ye reluctantly joined in.
• Xie Jinhuan ended the experiment and left with Momo for the banquet at Cloud Brocade Pool, while Bu Yuehua and Ye Yunchi stayed behind to handle their work.

Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo attended Zhao Ling’s extravagant poolside banquet, where playful teasing escalated into a chase through the water. Later, Qixia True Person confronted Xie Jinhuan about Jiang Xian, but Jiang Xian took control of her body and forced Qixia True Person to indulge him, leaving him both delighted and afraid of her reaction.

• Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo arrived at Cloud Brocade Pool, where Zhao Ling, Lin Wanyi, Lin Zisu, and Nai Duo were holding a swimsuit banquet.
• Linghu Qingmo shoved Lin Wanyi into the pool, then secretly loosened her swimsuit ties, prompting Xie Jinhuan to lift her onto his shoulders as she searched for her clothes.
• Lin Zisu found a keepsake engraved with Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo’s names, and the others helped pursue the fleeing Linghu Qingmo through the pool.
• Qixia True Person came to admonish Xie Jinhuan for being too rough with Jiang Xian, but Jiang Xian took control and made Qixia True Person kiss and pamper him.
• Xie Jinhuan accepted Qixia True Person’s unexpected attentions while nervously asking his absent wife to save him from the White-Haired Immortal.

Empress Dowager Guo and the other leaders discussed plans for the Righteous Path and the next generation before joining a celebratory gathering at the Eldest Princess's palace. The gathering turned into a lively poolside drinking game, and Ye Hongshang arrived to join Xie Jinhuan and the others.

• Empress Dowager Guo met with Ye Ci, Yellow Qilin True Person, Monk Wuxin, and Lu Wuzhen to divide responsibilities and plan how to train successors.
• Empress Dowager Guo encountered Bu Yuehua, Ye Yunchi, and Nangong Ye, then urged the Righteous Path to guide promising young cultivators, including Ink Treasure.
• Empress Dowager Guo discovered Mei Conggao kissing the Dao Fruit and had Xie Jinhuan carry her to the pool for the celebration.
• Zhao Ling started a floating-cup drinking game while Nangong Ye and Ye Yunchi played music and the others served wine and enforced the rules.
• Ye Hongshang arrived late, and Xie Jinhuan lifted her to drink three thousand cups as Linghu Qingmo counted from his shoulders.

Shang Lianbi awoke in the Demon-Suppressing Mausoleum and read Mo Hunsheng’s letter explaining their exchanged consciousnesses and his departure to seek the source of the world’s calamity. Mo Hunsheng sailed beyond the world toward the unknown, while Shang Lianbi was left to study in the library pavilion with the transformed city lord’s wife.

• Shang Lianbi escaped the endless darkness and woke in a vast library pavilion inside the Demon-Suppressing Mausoleum.
• Shang Lianbi read Mo Hunsheng’s letter, which explained their soul exchange, Mo Hunsheng’s exile beyond the world, and the library’s teachings for him.
• Shang Lianbi opened the nearby box and found the city lord’s wife transformed into a black octopus with her intelligence reduced to infancy.
• Lü Yan and Li Chimo discussed guarding the Bronze Gate as Spiritual Charm revived and the Academy and Clear Spring Lane filled with returning people.
• Mo Hunsheng retrieved his black saber and bundle, boarded a black-canopied boat at the Ends of the Earth, and sailed into the deep sea without looking back.

On the carriage ride home, Lin Wanyi challenged Ye Hongshang’s place as head of the household, but Hongshang won her over by raising Wanyi’s cultivation to the first grade. At the Lin Residence, Xie Jinhuan, Wanyi, and Zisu settled into bed together, where Zisu caught Wanyi and Xie Jinhuan flirting and joined them.

• Lin Wanyi complained to Xie Jinhuan that Ye Hongshang wanted to lead the household and said she would not accept it.
• Ye Hongshang secretly used her power to raise Lin Wanyi’s cultivation to the first grade, and Wanyi agreed they could all call one another sisters without ranking anyone.
• Xie Jinhuan brought Zisu and Lin Wanyi to the Lin Residence and joined them in bed.
• Lin Wanyi asked Xie Jinhuan to have a baby with her, and he teased that they should have at least five.
• Zisu opened her eyes, called out Lin Wanyi and Xie Jinhuan for treating her like a prop, then kissed Xie Jinhuan as he drew the quilt over all three.

Lin Zisu rushed to the Academy’s autumn examination while Xie Jinhuan encountered Wang He and the Young Ladies’ Clique outside. Later, Xie Jinhuan, Linghu Qingmo, and Nangong Ye reunited on Purple Emblem Mountain, where their antics caused the Eight Directions Illumination Formation to ripple.

• Lin Zisu woke late for the autumn examination, and Xie Jinhuan carried her to the Academy while Lin Wanyi stayed behind.
• Lin Wanyi’s mother scolded her about having a child, and Lin Wanyi left to check on the Hall.
• Wang He and the Young Ladies’ Clique surrounded Xie Jinhuan after their examination, and Linghu Qingmo and Nangong Ye came over to retrieve him.
• Linghu Qingmo sparred with Nangong Ye and accidentally struck him with a bamboo switch, prompting Nangong Ye to praise his progress.
• Xie Jinhuan, Linghu Qingmo, and Nangong Ye went to Purple Emblem Mountain, where their physical antics triggered ripples in the Eight Directions Illumination Formation.

Lin Wanyi and Bu Yuehua investigated a mysterious Chi Dragon Cave token containing a remnant soul, while Mao Chunniang and her companions fled west and Empress Dowager Guo prepared to examine the token. At the Marquis’s Residence, Jiang Xian left Qixia True Person to continue practicing a spell that linked their bodies.

• Lin Wanyi saw the Crown Prince berating Bao Fei over a misleading abalone-tasting gathering and learned he was demanding compensation.
• Bu Yuehua received a Chi Dragon Cave jade token containing a Divine Soul fluctuation and went to seek help from Xie Jinhuan and Empress Dowager Guo.
• Mao Chunniang, Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and He Can rode away from the capital, debating how to escape the Righteous Path and rename their sect.
• Empress Dowager Guo reprimanded Guo Ziyan over a romanticized book about her and Xie Jinhuan, then examined the token and told Coal Ball to summon Xie Jinhuan.
• Jiang Xian left Qixia True Person to practice alone after warning her that their body-linking spell would last only six hours.

Lin Zisu finished the Alchemy Medicine Institute exam with a Grade A and went with Jiang Xian to find Xie Jinhuan at Purple Emblem Mountain. Meanwhile, Empress Dowager Guo visited Bu Qingya, but found Qixia True Person acting strangely and sent for Xie Jinhuan.

• Lin Zisu presented her Mother Rises with Her Child Pill to Zhang Zihu, who sealed its prescription and awarded her a Grade A.
• Lin Zisu and Jiang Xian learned that Xie Jinhuan had gone to Purple Emblem Mountain, then traveled there to find him.
• Lin Zisu and Jiang Xian found Xie Jinhuan with Fairy Nangong and Sister Momo in the Heavenly Pavilion, and Lin Zisu urged him to make up for the night Jiang Xian had missed.
• Empress Dowager Guo visited Bu Qingya at the Danyang Marquis Household, believing the jade tablet might be connected to him.
• Bu Yuehua, Lin Wanyi, and Empress Dowager Guo found Qixia True Person behaving erratically, and Empress Dowager Guo sealed the room and ordered someone to fetch Xie Jinhuan.

Empress Dowager Guo found Xie Jinhuan with Jiang Xian and joined the gathering on Purple Emblem Mountain, where Jiang Xian and Qixia True Person unexpectedly merged into one body. After the secret was revealed, the group continued their chaotic encounter, while He Can broke Zhang Chu out of his labor camp and persuaded him to flee together.

• Coal Ball told Nangong Ye that Empress Dowager Guo wanted Xie Jinhuan back, but Guo arrived at Purple Emblem Mountain with Bu Yuehua and Lin Wanyi before Nangong could send him away.
• Empress Dowager Guo found Jiang Xian with Xie Jinhuan and joined them, while Bu Yuehua and the others drew Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo into the gathering.
• At the Emperor of the Great Gan's Mausoleum, He Can tried to free Zhang Chu, and Zhang Chu chose to flee with him rather than serve out his sentence.
• Jiang Xian and Qixia True Person merged in the bedchamber, exposing that they were two forms of the same person and could separate again for short periods.
• Empress Dowager Guo explained the situation to Xie Jinhuan, and the others resumed their gathering as Nangong Ye briefly opened the door and then withdrew.

Bu Qingya awakened after nearly thirty years and reunited with Bu Yuehua, then went to Carefree Cave to learn about the changed world and his family. Xie Jinhuan returned to the Marquis's Residence and secretly slipped into Duoduo's room while listening to Ling'er and Ye discuss Night Immortal Maiden.

• Ye Hongshang used a jade token and a soul-guiding spell to awaken Bu Qingya, who learned that Sikong Tianyuan was dead and that nearly thirty years had passed.
• Bu Yuehua introduced Xie Jinhuan as her husband and Ye Hongshang as someone who was both teacher-like and mother-like, leaving Bu Qingya puzzled by the household's relationships.
• Bu Yuehua took Bu Qingya to Carefree Cave, where Bu Hanying explained the family’s complicated connections and Bu Qingya reviewed documents while visitors gathered to honor his return.
• Bu Yuehua asked Xie Jinhuan to leave so she could explain recent events to her father privately, and he returned to the Marquis's Residence.
• Xie Jinhuan found Ling'er and Ye discussing Night Immortal Maiden, then followed Ghost Wife's instruction to sneak into Duoduo's room and listened with her.

Zhao Ling advised Ye Yunchi that a consort secured her place through desire, gentleness, and virtue, prompting Ye Hongshang to reconsider how she treated the household’s younger women. After Ye Hongshang accidentally transformed Xie Jinhuan into a huge, uncontrollable form, she left him with Zhao Ling and Ye Yunchi and went to discuss Qingmo’s wedding arrangements with Wanyi.

• Zhao Ling explained to Ye Yunchi that virtue meant earning respect through fairness and self-restraint, rather than demanding obedience as Night Immortal Maiden did.
• Ye Hongshang accepted Zhao Ling’s advice and reconsidered using evidence and threats to establish herself as the household’s principal wife.
• Ye Hongshang touched Xie Jinhuan’s forehead, enlarging him and igniting a desire he could not suppress; he entered the room with Zhao Ling and Ye Yunchi, who were startled by his changed size.
• Duoduo drew Xie Jinhuan onto the bed, where Zhao Ling and Ye Yunchi tentatively joined him despite their alarm.
• Ye Hongshang decided to care for Qingmo and Wanyi fairly and headed to the West Residence guest room to discuss Qingmo’s first night and the group wedding with Wanyi.

Ye Hongshang told Lin Wanyi that she had secretly helped shape Wanyi and Xie Jinhuan’s relationship, then persuaded her to support a Dual Cultivation Ceremony for Qingmo before the household’s joint wedding. Xie Jinhuan agreed to the plan and took Ye Hongshang back to their old residence in Danyang, where she fulfilled his wager with a playful display of her transformations.

• Ye Hongshang revealed that she had possessed Lin Wanyi, helped her cultivate, and arranged the horse incident that brought Wanyi and Xie Jinhuan together.
• Ye Hongshang proposed that Qingmo and Xie Jinhuan hold a Dual Cultivation Ceremony before everyone held a worldly wedding, and Lin Wanyi agreed after Ye Hongshang praised her and gave her a magical pair of glasses.
• Lin Zisu discovered the glasses’ extraordinary powers and teased Lin Wanyi for being won over by Ye Hongshang’s gift.
• Ye Hongshang discussed the wedding plan with Xie Jinhuan, who agreed that Qingmo should complete the ceremony first.
• Xie Jinhuan took Ye Hongshang to their former home in Clear Spring Lane and asked her to recreate their early days together.
• Ye Hongshang transformed into several distinct versions of herself and fulfilled Xie Jinhuan’s promised reward.

Xie Jinhuan brought betrothal gifts to Purple Emblem Mountain, prompting the family to discuss a wedding for Nangong Ye and a Dual Cultivation Ceremony for Linghu Qingmo. The ceremony was set to follow sect custom, but Ling'er immediately enforced the rule that Qingmo and Xie Jinhuan must abstain and avoid meeting until it was complete.

• Nangong Ye watched the children practice swordsmanship and learned Ink Treasure was using a scallion as punishment for biting the mountain's scallions.
• Zhang Guan told Linghu Qingmo about Purple Emblem Mountain's growing reputation and Yang Sichen's profitable role in distributing Nine Dragons Hall's medicine.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived with Wanyi, Zisu, and others, carrying betrothal gifts that Lin Wanyi had prepared in four sets.
• Zhao Ling and Ye Yunchi urged Nangong Ye to hold a formal wedding soon, and Nangong Ye agreed to let them arrange it despite concerns about inviting his elders.
• Ling'er proposed that Linghu Qingmo first hold a Dual Cultivation Ceremony before the group wedding, and Qingmo accepted the plan reluctantly.
• Ling'er stopped Linghu Qingmo from following Xie Jinhuan, insisting that the couple abstain and avoid seeing each other until the ceremony.

Empress Dowager Guo and Qixia True Person discussed publicly acknowledging their relationship with Xie Jinhuan, then joined him in planning a wedding. Their private encounter turned into a spectacle when Nangong Ye and the others discovered them, while Momo awaited her turn with Xie Jinhuan.

• Empress Dowager Guo secretly read the latest installment of Empress Dowager's Secret History before Qixia True Person woke and caught her enjoying it.
• Qixia True Person proposed that she and Empress Dowager Guo publicly acknowledge their relationship with Xie Jinhuan and share the resulting gossip.
• Xie Jinhuan told Qixia True Person and Empress Dowager Guo that he was arranging a wedding, and both agreed to take part in the formalities.
• Xie Jinhuan began teasing Qixia True Person and Empress Dowager Guo on the windowsill, and Nangong Ye walked in and was pulled into the commotion.
• Yuehua, Ling'er, Wanyi, Zisu, Milk Melons, Duoduo, and Ghost Wife came to watch Qixia True Person and Empress Dowager Guo fight, while Momo waited alone for Xie Jinhuan.

Linghu Qingmo prepared for his Dual Cultivation Ceremony with Xie Jinhuan while Nangong Ye helped him dress and wrestled with his feelings about marrying off his disciple. Xie Jinhuan arrived at Purple Emblem Mountain with his father, Xie Wen, and the ceremony guests gathered as the auspicious hour approached.

• Linghu Qingmo dressed in ceremonial robes, and Nangong Ye arranged his hair while reassuring him about the rites.
• Linghu Qingmo asked whether Nangong Ye would join him and Xie Jinhuan in the bridal chamber, but Nangong Ye firmly refused.
• Guests gathered outside and inside the Patriarch Hall, where they waited for Linghu Qingmo and Xie Jinhuan to arrive.
• Xie Jinhuan flew to Purple Emblem Mountain with Xie Wen, who brought jade dolls as a gift for Linghu Qingmo and admitted he had put the purchase on his son's tab.
• Xie Wen greeted Xiao Biao and Zisu with gifts, then followed Xie Jinhuan into the Patriarch Hall and found the Empress Dowager waiting there.

Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo completed their Dual Cultivation Ceremony at Purple Emblem Mountain and entered their cave abode together. After agreeing on a safeword, they sealed their private blood covenant and began their life as Dao companions.

• Zhang Guan announced the ceremony, and Nangong Ye witnessed Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo's vows before the Daoist Sect elders and guests.
• Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo sealed their marriage contract with blood, exchanged Dao Companion Tokens, and paid respects to their elders and patriarchs.
• Xie Jinhuan accompanied Linghu Qingmo to their cave abode, where they teased each other about following the proper steps of dual cultivation.
• Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo agreed that her phrase, “Giving up already? Haven't you eaten?”, would serve as a once-daily safeword.
• Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo pricked each other's fingers to seal a blood covenant, then embraced and began cultivating together.

Nangong Ye worried that Xie Jinhuan would overwhelm Linghu Qingmo during their wedding night, but her visit to the Cave Abode led her to join the newlyweds and swear a Dao companion vow with Xie Jinhuan. The three completed their ceremonies together, and the chapter left them continuing the night’s intimate celebrations.

• Ye Hongshang warned Nangong Ye that Linghu Qingmo might be unable to keep up with Xie Jinhuan, prompting Nangong Ye to sneak to their Cave Abode.
• Xie Jinhuan opened the stone door and caught Nangong Ye eavesdropping, and Linghu Qingmo invited his master inside.
• Linghu Qingmo suggested that Xie Jinhuan and Nangong Ye swear their own Dao companion vows, and they sealed a Marriage Contract and exchanged tokens.
• Xie Jinhuan and Nangong Ye bowed before Heaven and Earth, completing their ceremony with Linghu Qingmo presiding.
• Nangong Ye guided Linghu Qingmo through the rest of his proceedings, then Xie Jinhuan began his own celebration with Nangong Ye.
• Linghu Qingmo tried to stop Xie Jinhuan by challenging him, then urged him to role-play as an ascetic young hero.