Recaps

Xue Fuyao advanced her cultivation after absorbing a Divine Spirit Fruit and discovered that the unconscious Mutant Spirit Mouse had stolen and hidden the missing fruits along with many other treasures. She contracted the mouse and decided to keep it as her own.

• Xue Fuyao overheard that Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei had survived the Golden Bees’ poison but suffered severe injuries, and learned they might recover if suitable treasures were found.
• Xue Fuyao pretended to enter seclusion, ate the Divine Spirit Fruit, and advanced from the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Xue Fuyao used her blood to make the Golden Bee Queen acknowledge her as its master.
• Xue Fuyao squeezed the unconscious Mutant Spirit Mouse’s cheeks and found the three missing Divine Spirit Fruits, along with many other treasures.
• Xue Fuyao decided the Mutant Spirit Mouse was too valuable to sell and formed a contract with it.

Xue Fuyao realized that her Mutant Spirit Mouse had awakened the Treasure-Seeking Mouse bloodline, named it Big Treasure, and brought it to the Yuanji Sect Market to test its abilities. She discovered that Big Treasure reacted to ordinary goods because it had never encountered them before.

• Xue Fuyao fed the Mutant Spirit Mouse pastries and deduced from its hoarded treasures that it might have awakened the Treasure-Seeking Mouse bloodline.
• Xue Fuyao gave the mouse a Divine Spirit Fruit, watched its fur turn silvery gray, and named it Big Treasure.
• After leaving seclusion, Xue Fuyao said goodbye to Xie Yichu and went to the Yuanji Sect Market with Big Treasure.
• Big Treasure urged Xue Fuyao toward a stall of Fasting Pills, but she learned that its pill bottles were ordinary.
• Xue Fuyao tested Big Treasure at other stalls and realized it reacted to ordinary goods because it had never seen anything beyond spirit medicines and Monster Beasts.

Xue Fuyao bought supplies for raising spirit plants and refining Fasting Pills, then left the sect and discovered a man following her. After ambushing and crippling him, she used the Soul-Searching Art and learned Ye Qinfei had sent him.

• Xue Fuyao hid Dabao in a Spirit Beast Pouch and bought seeds, spirit fruit trees, and ingredients for Fasting Pills.
• Xue Fuyao left the Yuanji Sect and noticed a poorly concealed man following her, whom she suspected was connected to Ye Qinfei and Ye Qinxuan.
• Xue Fuyao lured the man into a forest, ambushed him with a Spirit-Breaking Crossbow and Explosive Talismans, and shattered his dantian.
• Xue Fuyao questioned the crippled man, then used the Soul-Searching Art and discovered that Ye Qinfei had sent him.

Xue Fuyao discovered that the Zhang Family had sought something from the Xue Clan and spread a rumor about a cave-abode ruin to cause them trouble. In Flowing Cloud City, she recognized Jin Chengxin and suspected his meeting upstairs concealed a secret about his younger female cousin and child.

• Xue Fuyao learned from Ye Qinfei's memories that the Zhang Family had taken over the Xue Kingdom to obtain something from the Xue Clan, and she suspected she had taken it from the Imperial Palace.
• Xue Fuyao killed Ye Qinfei, took his Storage Bag and Sheepskin Map, then sent Shadow One and the others a rumor about a Spirit Transformation cultivator's cave-abode ruins.
• The rumor spread and grew into claims of an Integrated Body Realm inheritance, forcing the Zhang Family to share the ruins and face accusations that they had hidden the real treasure.
• In Flowing Cloud City, Xue Fuyao listened as people discussed the rumor until Jin Chengxin entered and silenced the teahouse.
• Xue Fuyao recognized Jin Chengxin and recalled that he was supposed to marry the Zhang Family's eldest young lady, but had come to meet his younger female cousin and child.

Xue Fuyao discovered that Jin Chengxin had secretly fathered children with several lovers in Flowing Cloud City and used the restaurant to support them. She transformed the lovers and their children into rats, then disguised herself as the Zhang Residence's head steward and coerced them into helping ruin Jin Chengxin and Zhang Qingluan's wedding.

• Xue Fuyao learned from Jin Chengxin's memories that he had several lovers and children in Flowing Cloud City, and saw Lin Yingrou leave the restaurant with Jin Yiyi.
• Xue Fuyao followed Lin Yingrou and Jin Yiyi home, made them unconscious, and used Broken Jade to transform them into rats.
• Xue Fuyao caught the remaining lovers and children, turned them into rats, and locked each in a separate cage in a dark room.
• Xue Fuyao disguised herself as the Zhang Residence's head steward and terrified the captive rats by claiming the Zhang Family had ordered her to dispose of them.
• Xue Fuyao offered to spare the rats if they helped ruin Jin Chengxin and Zhang Qingluan's wedding, and they agreed.

Xue Fuyao discovered that the Xue Clan’s hidden treasure included a mysterious petal and the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame, which may have motivated the Zhang Family’s hunt for her in her previous life. She then began targeting the Zhang Family’s foundation in Flowing Cloud City and found the item she had come to seek at a market stall.

• Xue Fuyao left hallucinogenic incense burning near a caged group of Jin Chengxin’s ordinary lovers and went to an inn to inspect the items she had taken from the Imperial Palace.
• Xue Fuyao found three blue-green petals in an array-protected box in the imperial treasury, and they merged into the petal she wore around her neck.
• When Xue Fuyao touched a strand of white jade hand beads from the box, it crumbled and revealed the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame, a powerful flame that would only choose a master from its previous master’s bloodline.
• Xue Fuyao suspected the Zhang Family had hunted her in her previous life for the Spirit-Mind Purifying Flame and resolved to destroy their foundation before they could rise further.
• Xue Fuyao searched a busy market in Flowing Cloud City, found the item she sought among a stall’s ores, and offered to buy everything there.

Xue Fuyao obtained star meteorite for the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and prepared to disrupt the Zhang Family’s wedding to Zhang Qingluan and Jin Chengxin. At the celebration, she entered as Elder Lingmu’s representative with a longevity-fruit gift and sensed spirit-transforming grass in her tea.

• Xue Fuyao bought a fist-sized piece of star meteorite for ten taels of silver and gave it to the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, which stopped trembling.
• Xue Fuyao watched the Zhang Family leave the Yunlan Merchant Guild and avoided being noticed by one of them.
• Before the wedding, Xue Fuyao infiltrated the Zhang Family residence, sent in the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, and put ten-thousand-year-old spirit-transforming grass leaves into a kitchen well.
• On the twenty-third, Jin Chengxin eagerly watched guests arrive for his wedding to Zhang Qingluan, while Xue Fuyao entered under the name Fuyao with an invitation from Elder Lingmu.
• Patriarch Zhang welcomed Xue Fuyao after learning she had brought a thousand-year-old longevity fruit, and she sensed spirit-transforming grass in the tea served to her.

At Zhang Qingluan and Jin Chengxin’s wedding, Xue Fuyao’s plan to expose the groom’s secret unfolded when his lovers and children burst into the ceremony. Zhang Qingluan denied knowing them, but a guest proposed using a Bloodline Stone to test whether the children were Jin Chengxin’s.

• Xue Fuyao watched the guests and reflected that the longevity fruit she had prepared would drain its consumer’s lifespan and turn them into a puppet.
• Zhang Qingluan and Jin Chengxin began their wedding ceremony, but cries and commotion outside interrupted their final bow.
• Eight women and their children rushed into the hall, knelt before Zhang Qingluan, and begged her to spare them.
• Jin Chengxin recognized the women and children, while Zhang Qingluan tore off her veil and accused someone of arranging the scene to slander her.
• A guest pointed out that the children resembled Jin Chengxin and offered to use a Bloodline Stone to test their relationship.

After disrupting the Zhang Family wedding and plundering its stores, Xue Fuyao stayed in Flowing Cloud City as the Zhang Family sealed the city and searched for the thieves. She concealed her gains and went to buy supplies to hatch the Brocade Spider egg she received in exchange for the Longevity Fruit.

• Zhang Ming ended the wedding gathering and promised the Zhang Family would investigate, while Xue Fuyao tucked Big Treasure away after it returned with a haul.
• The Zhang Family exchanged a Brocade Spider egg for Xue Fuyao’s Longevity Fruit, and she planned to awaken the spider’s bloodline with Divine Spirit Fruit.
• Shadow Thirteen visited Xue Fuyao, and she warned him, Shadow Two, and the others not to act rashly or contact her.
• The Zhang Family sealed Flowing Cloud City after discovering the theft, while Xue Fuyao’s protective Token deflected a powerful pressure.
• Big Treasure revealed it had emptied the Zhang Family’s treasure vault, Library Pavilion, and Pill Pavilion, and Xue Fuyao praised it.
• As rumors spread and the city remained locked down, Xue Fuyao ate at a restaurant and then went to the Yunlan Merchant Guild to buy supplies for hatching the Brocade Spider.

After buying pure Spirit Liquid to hatch the Brocade Spider, Xue Fuyao left Flowing Cloud City after the Zhang Family ended its lockdown. At the gate, she encountered Jimo Xiubai, a young man she knew would later betray humanity, and his older brother Jimo Yunqi.

• Xue Fuyao bought thirty drops of the Yunlan Merchant Guild's purest Spirit Liquid while concealing her true plan from the Zhang Family's watchers.
• The Zhang Family blamed the city lockdown on a supreme treasure stolen from its vault, while guests privately speculated about the family's new son-in-law and the wedding scandal.
• After three days, the Zhang Family opened Flowing Cloud City's gates and let Xue Fuyao and the others leave.
• Xue Fuyao recognized Jimo Xiubai at the gate and recalled that he would become a Demon Race lackey and die three years before her previous-life death.
• Jimo Xiubai argued with Jimo Yunqi about the gate guards' suspicious stares, then noticed Xue Fuyao and brightened.

Xue Fuyao avoided Jimo Xiubai despite his friendly approach, then continued searching for a hidden place on her way to Falling Leaf City. Jimo Xiubai decided to follow her, and Xue Fuyao finally found a secret chamber beneath a cave.

• Jimo Xiubai tried to befriend Xue Fuyao, hoping to help his aunt meet Elder Lingmu, but she backed away after recalling his future betrayal.
• Jimo Yunqi apologized for his younger brother and invited Xue Fuyao to travel with them, but she refused and said she was going to Falling Leaf City.
• After Xue Fuyao left, Jimo Xiubai persuaded Jimo Yunqi to go to Falling Leaf City as well.
• Xue Fuyao searched for half a month before falling through the ground into a dry cave in the mountains.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the cave as the place she had been seeking, found a mechanism, and opened a secret chamber.

Xue Fuyao took a broken sword and two unusual weapons from a secret chamber, then reached Falling Leaf City seeking a mount. At the Spirit Slave Trading Market, she bought a mottled Unicorn Spirit Beast after Big Treasure drew her attention to it.

• Xue Fuyao tested the broken sword, was rejected by it, and stored it along with a set of silver needles and knives.
• Xue Fuyao left the secret chamber, erased her traces, and traveled on foot to Falling Leaf City over two days.
• Xue Fuyao entered the Spirit Slave Trading Market with Big Treasure and wondered why the news she expected had not yet spread.
• Big Treasure pointed out a mottled Unicorn Spirit Beast, and Xue Fuyao recognized its lively eyes as a sign that it might be mutated.
• Xue Fuyao bought the Unicorn Spirit Beast from Li Laosan for one gold ingot and placed it in a new Spirit Beast Pouch.

Xue Fuyao encountered Jimo Xiubai at the Yunlan Merchant Guild, then learned that the newly founded Nine Lakes Merchant Guild was holding an auction. Remembering that it had trafficked her in her previous life, she decided to undermine it and began forming a plan after hearing about an item at the auction.

• Xue Fuyao bought a Spirit Beast Pouch at the Yunlan Merchant Guild and unexpectedly ran into Jimo Xiubai, who said he had waited half a month to see her.
• Jimo Yunqi stopped Jimo Xiubai from chasing Xue Fuyao, then the brothers received a flashing signal from their Lineage Tokens and hurried away.
• Xue Fuyao moved the Unicorn Spirit Beast into its new quarters and went to a teahouse, where she heard about the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild's upcoming auction.
• Xue Fuyao remembered that the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild had sold her to the Demon Race in her previous life and resolved to bring it down before it grew powerful.
• Xue Fuyao heard that the auction would feature a Face-Preserving Pill, and a plan began to take shape in her mind.

Xue Fuyao learned how to qualify for the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s auction and planned to attend without supporting the guild’s million-Spirit-Stone promotion. At her inn, she encountered members of the Water Spirit Sect and began preparing to trade the Zhang Family’s treasures for Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures at the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao learned that the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild offered lifetime auction invitations and half-price purchases to anyone who spent a million Spirit Stones in one transaction, and she decided she could afford that amount but would not spend it with the guild.
• Xue Fuyao checked into a lavish inn and recognized the women who entered as members of the Water Spirit Sect, recalling their rapid arrival during the Beast Tide in her previous life.
• Xue Fuyao noticed a young Water Spirit Sect disciple at the back of the group who seemed familiar, then went to her room with the disciple’s face on her mind.
• Xue Fuyao replenished the Brocade Spider’s Spirit Liquid and fed blood to the Golden Bee Queen, which understood some commands but still did not fully obey her.
• Xue Fuyao decided to keep the Zhang Family’s books and retain or sell its pills, while seeking to trade the recognizable treasures from its vault for Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures at the Ghost Market.

Xue Fuyao attended the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s first auction and recognized a pair of bracelets in the catalog as the Gu Clan’s sacred Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet, resolving to win them. The auction opened with a mutated Spirit Fox said to carry the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and bidders began raising the price.

• Xue Fuyao spent a thousand Spirit Stones on clothes to obtain an invitation and entered the Nine Lakes Merchant Guild’s auction.
• Xue Fuyao recognized the catalog’s silver bracelets as the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet, a Gu Clan relic that could turn ordinary insects into gu, and decided to bid for it.
• Lan Tianhai introduced himself as the auction’s host, and Xue Fuyao wondered whether he was connected to an ancient Eastern Continent lineage.
• Lan Tianhai opened the auction by presenting a mutated Spirit Fox said to carry Nine-Tailed Fox blood, with a starting bid of three thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Bidders in the private rooms began raising the Spirit Fox’s price.

Xue Fuyao bought butterfly monster beast eggs and won the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet at the auction, planning to turn the eggs into gu butterflies. The chapter ended with her obtaining the ancient artifact she had been waiting for.

• A bidder from a third-floor private box won the mutated spirit fox for ten thousand upper-grade spirit stones, and Xue Fuyao recognized the box as belonging to the Azure Jade Sect from her previous life.
• Xue Fuyao bid on the butterfly monster beast eggs from the Valley of Ten Thousand Butterflies and won them for twelve hundred upper-grade spirit stones.
• Mu Wei and the Water Spirit Sect disciples regretted that they had not brought enough spirit stones to win the butterfly eggs.
• Xue Fuyao put the butterfly eggs away and thought about preparing a second gift for the Zhang Family after returning from the Ghost Market.
• Xue Fuyao won the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet for three thousand upper-grade spirit stones.

Xue Fuyao fed part of a Divine Spirit Fruit to her Unicorn Spirit Beast, which transformed into a rare Flame Spirit Beast. After contracting the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet and placing butterfly demon beast eggs inside it, she named the beast Xiao Yan and traveled toward the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao left Falling Leaf City and hid in a cave to feed the Unicorn Spirit Beast part of the Divine Spirit Fruit.
• Xue Fuyao fed another portion of the fruit and some of her blood to the Golden Bee, then contracted with the Silver-Thread Gu Bracelet and placed the butterfly demon beast eggs inside it.
• After two days, the Unicorn Spirit Beast completed its transformation into a Flame Spirit Beast capable of traveling across land, sea, and sky.
• Xue Fuyao named the Flame Spirit Beast Xiao Yan and rode toward the Ghost Market, stopping along the way to enjoy the scenery.
• After traveling for half a month, Xue Fuyao spotted a waystation and decided to rest and find larger clothes.

Xue Fuyao learned that travelers were gathering near Consort Ming Mountain and suspected they were drawn by a deadly incident she remembered from her previous life. She avoided the mountain, crossed a dangerous marsh, and reached Cloud Crossing Town on her way to Delusion City and the Ghost Market.

• Xue Fuyao learned that the waystation near Consort Ming Mountain was crowded with travelers who had stayed for nearly half a month.
• Xue Fuyao recalled a past disaster on Consort Ming Mountain in which a thousand people had died without leaving bodies or souls, and decided to leave the area.
• Xue Fuyao saw the other travelers preparing to head toward Consort Ming Mountain but chose not to warn them and traveled east instead.
• Xue Fuyao enlarged her body to ride the Flame Spirit Beast safely across a marsh filled with filthy water and a strange, toothed bird.
• Xue Fuyao reached Cloud Crossing Town in the appearance of a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old, continuing toward Delusion City and the Ghost Market.

Xue Fuyao obtained a Gold Ghost Tea Token that would guide her to the Ghost Market, then traveled to Delusion City to search for the gentler Wine God Heartflame. After inspecting Wine God Street, she recognized the small tavern where she believed the heavenly flame could be found.

• Xue Fuyao overheard talk that a treasure was about to emerge on Consort Ming Mountain, and Lieyan questioned a cultivator about the rumor.
• Xue Fuyao asked the pale teahouse waiter for Gold Ghost Tea and paid with treasures from the Zhang Family Treasure Vault.
• The waiter gave Xue Fuyao a black-and-gold Token and told her the Ghost Market would open on the fifteenth of next month.
• Xue Fuyao left Cloud Crossing Town for Delusion City, intending to reach the Ghost Market and find the Wine God Heartflame.
• Xue Fuyao searched Delusion City's Wine God Street and recognized a small tavern tucked into a corner.

Xue Fuyao bought a tavern from Li Laigen and found the Wine God Heartflame hidden in its bronze sign lamp. After a bearded middle-aged man warned her that Li Laigen had cheated her, she sold him the tavern for a hundred jars of wine, and Big Treasure produced a jade bottle marked “Wine God.”

• Xue Fuyao paid Li Laigen eight Upper-Grade Spirit Stones for the tavern and its contents, then searched the shop for the Wine God Heartflame.
• Xue Fuyao sensed a faint wine fragrance near the bronze lamp and discovered the Wine God Heartflame hidden inside it.
• A bearded middle-aged man told Xue Fuyao that Li Laigen had swindled previous buyers and that only Li Laigen knew the Wine King Formula.
• Xue Fuyao agreed to sell the tavern to the bearded middle-aged man in exchange for a hundred jars of Daughter's Red wine, without signing an agreement.
• Big Treasure the Treasure-Seeking Mouse produced a green jade bottle bearing the words “Wine God.”

Xue Fuyao gathered rumors about Delusion City and identified opportunities she could seize, including a way to befriend the city lord, recover Shattered Star, and obtain the Five Elements Spirit Pearls. After destroying her notes, she went out to scout the area before visiting the Market.

• Big Treasure showed Xue Fuyao how it found the Wine God Brew hidden beneath a bed, and she put away the bottles it had brought back.
• Xue Fuyao rented a small courtyard, altered her appearance, and wrote down rumors about opportunities in Delusion City.
• Xue Fuyao planned to use Ten-Thousand-Year Lingzhi Grass to gain the city lord's favor and to find Shattered Star, the artifact forged by Old Man Qingliu.
• Xue Fuyao learned that a batch of Sealing Stones arriving in three days contained the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, which she intended to obtain before they were divided among factions.
• Xue Fuyao burned her notes and went out to explore, planning to use the Heavenly Eye at the Market to find overlooked bargains.

Xue Fuyao tracked down Old Man Qingliu’s wife and lover to obtain Shattered Star, while avoiding attention from Zhang Yongqing. After disguising herself as Zhang Yongqing, she confronted the women, who brought out a box containing Shattered Star.

• Xue Fuyao learned that Old Man Qingliu’s wife and lover lived nearby and suspected they still had Shattered Star.
• Xue Fuyao encountered Zhang Yongqing, recognized him from her previous life, and saw that he was only at the Qi Refining Second Layer.
• Xue Fuyao disguised herself as Zhang Yongqing and kicked open the courtyard gate where the two women lived.
• Xue Fuyao told the women she wanted Shattered Star, and they said Old Man Qingliu had failed to forge it.
• The woman in white brought out a long box and presented it as Shattered Star.

Xue Fuyao gathered centipedes to prepare a discreet way to torment Zhang Yongqing, then searched Delusion City's market for treasures hidden in sealing stones. After buying a stone containing blood-colored jade, she was stopped by a little girl who asked to buy it from her.

• Xue Fuyao put away Shattered Star, left the courtyard, and decided to make Zhang Yongqing suffer rather than kill him quickly.
• She placed a fragrant black jar in a nearby forest and waited until ten centipedes crawled inside, then sealed the jar and planned to wait three days.
• Xue Fuyao returned to Delusion City and walked through the evening market, searching unsold sealing stones with her Heavenly Eye.
• She spotted a stone surrounded by faint red mist, paid the vendor five hundred Spirit Stones, and picked it up without having it opened.
• A little girl grabbed Xue Fuyao's sleeve and asked her to sell the sealing stone.

Xue Fuyao clashed with Mu Wei and the Water Spirit Sect disciples after Mu Wei tried to take her Sealing Stone. She forced the group to pay with Mu Wei’s possessions, then let them leave, while her reaction to the stolen items hinted at a connection between her and Mu Wei.

• Mu Wei grabbed Xue Fuyao’s sleeve and demanded the Sealing Stone, but Xue Fuyao pulled free and knocked her to the ground.
• Xu Qing and the Water Spirit Sect disciples surrounded Xue Fuyao and demanded an apology, ignoring witnesses who defended her.
• Xue Fuyao revealed her Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation, then kicked a disciple who tried to leave and threatened the group with her sword.
• Xue Fuyao demanded ten thousand upper-grade Spirit Stones per person, then agreed to take valuables when Xu Qing said they lacked the money.
• Xue Fuyao took Mu Wei’s Storage Bag and Storage Jade Pendant, felt her heart ease, and kicked Mu Wei toward Xu Qing before allowing the group to go.

Xue Fuyao stripped and discarded the belongings she took from Mu Wei, then the azure Lotus Petal showed her a memory of Xu Qing helping Mu Wei steal a Firebird egg. She realized their actions had caused the Beast Tide that killed her in her past life.

• Xu Qing blamed Mu Wei for provoking Xue Fuyao and losing the storage Jade Pendant, while Mu Wei begged her to hide the loss from their Master.
• Xue Fuyao transferred the stolen goods, sold the distinctive storage Jade Pendant, destroyed the remaining belongings, and changed her disguise before returning to her lodgings.
• The azure Lotus Petal sent a streak of light into Xue Fuyao's Heavenly Eye and showed her a memory from her past life in Xu Qing's body.
• Xue Fuyao watched Xu Qing help Mu Wei take a Firebird egg, which Mu Wei accidentally shattered as they tried to return it.
• The Firebird unleashed the Beast Tide that killed Xue Fuyao, and she realized Mu Wei and Xu Qing had caused her death.