Chapter Summaries

Ning Xian killed the Sea God by separating him from the ocean's origin, while the Sea God's divine position collapsed and the origin returned to the world. After the begonia tree bloomed, Dugu Yan spent time with Ning Xian beside the lake, making a wooden sign for it and searching for stones to hold down paper.

• Ning Xian used the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda's laws to strip away the Sea God's connection to the ocean's origin and destroy his divine soul.
• The Sea God Trident fell at Sea God Island, and the God Realm Committee learned that the Sea God was dead and his divine position had collapsed.
• Ning Xian gathered the remaining seawater beneath the begonia tree, and its buds opened into flowers as Dugu Yan watched.
• Dugu Yan followed Ning Xian into the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda and admired the smaller begonia blossom beside the lake, choosing not to pick it.
• Dugu Yan made a wooden plaque marked Yanqi with Ning Xian's help and hung it on the tree, then walked with him along the lakeshore.
• Dugu Yan collected flat stones to use as paperweights and examined another stone as the chapter ended.

Dugu Yan spent the day with Ning Xian in the Xuanhuang Realm, collecting a stone, tending to the wooden plaque, and learning to make red bean buns with Liu Erlong. After accidentally staining Ning Xian’s sleeve with bean paste, she began carefully washing it in the East Courtyard.

• Dugu Yan chose a stone by the lake, and Ning Xian shielded the wooden plaque from the rain before they returned to the East Courtyard.
• Dugu Yan dried the stone and arranged her writing things beside Ning Xian, sharing tea and chestnuts with him.
• Dugu Yan went to the rear courtyard and asked Liu Erlong about making red bean buns, then tried rolling dough and wrapping buns with Ning Xian’s help.
• Dugu Yan made a bun for Ning Xian and kept one for herself before noticing that bean paste had stained his sleeve.
• Dugu Yan brought clean water to the East Courtyard and began wiping the bean paste from Ning Xian’s sleeve.