Recaps

Bai Qinchen used his life-giving power and promises of a child to overcome the God of Life’s resistance, while the God of Kindness encouraged him and helped bring her into his control. The chapter ended as the God of Life’s defenses gave way and Bai Qinchen began overpowering her.

• Bai Qinchen embraced the God of Life and promised that he could give her the child and life-giving power that the God of Destruction could not.
• Bai Qinchen kissed the God of Life and carried her to the God King Couch despite her weak protests.
• The God of Kindness joined Bai Qinchen, dismissed the God of Life’s plea for help, and urged her to surrender.
• The God of Kindness helped Bai Qinchen breach the God of Life’s final resistance with his Life Divine Power.
• The God of Life lost her composure as the force overwhelmed her, exclaiming that it was so big.

The God of Life became devoted to Bai Qinchen and asked the Goddess of Kindness to conceal her from her husband, Destruction. Kindness went to meet Destruction while Life stayed with Bai Qinchen, leaving Destruction demanding to know whether Life was inside.

• The God of Life and the Goddess of Kindness competed for Bai Qinchen’s attention until Destruction called for Life from outside the bedchamber.
• Life refused to see Destruction and asked Kindness to say they were in closed-door cultivation together.
• Kindness agreed to cover for them and warned Bai Qinchen and Life not to reveal their secret.
• Kindness met Destruction, who asked whether Life was inside and why she had not returned.

The Godess of Kindness kept the God of Destruction away from the Goodness Divine Hall while Bai Qinchen and the God of Life were together inside. After Destruction finally left, Kindness sealed the hall and went back to the inner chamber.

• The Godess of Kindness claimed the God of Life was cultivating and blocked the God of Destruction from entering the hall.
• The God of Life gave a strained-sounding reply, and the God of Destruction believed his destructive power had disturbed her cultivation.
• The God of Destruction tried to enter and offer help, but the Godess of Kindness warned that his presence would endanger the God of Life.
• The God of Destruction withdrew and hurried away, apologizing and asking Kindness to protect the God of Life.
• The Godess of Kindness added restrictions to the hall doors and went inside after confirming Destruction was gone.

After several days with the God of Life and the Godess of Kindness, Bai Qinchen left the Goodness Divine Hall to explore the Divine Realm. He found the camp of the future gods and reunited with Feng Nü, who brought him to her room and kissed him.

• The Godess of Kindness awoke exhausted and asked Bai Qinchen to stop their repeated battles so she and the God of Life could recover.
• Bai Qinchen decided to go outside, and the Godess of Kindness worried that other gods might recognize him before finally urging him to leave.
• Bai Qinchen used the God of Life's and the Godess of Kindness's presences as a disguise and wandered through the Divine Realm, but could not find the goddesses he wanted to visit.
• Bai Qinchen followed his bond with Lie Yan to the future gods' camp, where Feng Nü ran to greet him.
• Feng Nü led Bai Qinchen to her room, set up a soundproof barrier, and kissed him, telling him she had missed him.

After Feng Nü told Bai Qinchen about Rong Nianbing’s seven sisters and his mother, Bingling, they plotted to drug Bingling. Bai Qinchen entered her room while she was incapacitated and began assaulting her; she awoke and demanded that he stop, but he continued.

• Bai Qinchen asked Feng Nü about Rong Nianbing’s other confidantes, and she named Lan Chen, Long Ling, Kao, Tianxiang, Luorou, Xiyun, and Mujing.
• Feng Nü told Bai Qinchen that Rong Nianbing’s mother, Bingling, had also crossed into the Divine Realm, and they planned to drug her.
• Feng Nü brought Bingling fruit wine, and Bingling drank it, grew weak, and fell asleep.
• Bai Qinchen entered Bingling’s room past her magical restrictions and began assaulting her while she slept.
• Bingling awoke, struggled, and demanded that Bai Qinchen let her go, but he ignored her protests.

Bai Qinchen took advantage of the drugged Ice Spirit and spent the night with her, leaving her conflicted when she woke. When she learned he was the villain her son Rong Nianbing had warned her about, Bai Qinchen restrained her and mocked her for calling him her husband.

• Bai Qinchen pressed Ice Spirit about her husband while the drug and his stimulation overwhelmed her resistance, and she admitted her husband had never satisfied her.
• Ice Spirit reached an unprecedented climax, but Bai Qinchen continued the encounter and asked whether she wanted to experience more; she nodded and clung to him.
• Ice Spirit woke alone, found evidence that the night had been real, and felt both resentment and loss.
• Bai Qinchen returned with food, embraced Ice Spirit, and claimed she was now his woman.
• Ice Spirit recognized Bai Qinchen as the enemy Rong Nianbing had warned her about and tried to pull away.
• Bai Qinchen held Ice Spirit in place and teased her about calling him her husband the previous night.

The Ice Spirit agreed to hide Bai Qinchen in her bedchamber and continued their affair for several days. When Rong Nianbing came to check on her, she tried to keep him from entering by claiming her cultivation had gone awry and then rebuking his persistence.

• The Ice Spirit feared that Rong Nianbing would discover her affair with his mortal enemy, and Bai Qinchen persuaded her that her room was the safest place to hide.
• Bai Qinchen resumed their intimacy, and the Ice Spirit surrendered to him rather than let him withdraw.
• Over the next several days, Bai Qinchen and the Ice Spirit remained together in her bedchamber while she grew exhausted and dependent on him.
• Rong Nianbing knocked and said he was worried because his mother had kept her doors closed.
• The Ice Spirit blamed a cultivation deviation for her strange voice and told Rong Nianbing to leave, but he insisted on seeing her.
• The Ice Spirit told Rong Nianbing that her clothes were disordered and accused him of trying to make a spectacle of her, attempting to stop him from entering.

Rong Nianbing sent Feng Nü to check on Ice Spirit after her strange behavior, but Feng Nü found Ice Spirit with Bai Qinchen and pretended to be shocked. Ice Spirit urged Bai Qinchen to pull Feng Nü into their secret, and the chapter ended with Feng Nü feigning resistance while Ice Spirit watched in relief.

• Rong Nianbing told Feng Nü that Ice Spirit had refused to see him and seemed seriously unwell, so Feng Nü offered to check on her.
• Feng Nü entered Ice Spirit’s room and found her with Bai Qinchen, then pretended to accuse Ice Spirit of betraying Rong Nianbing.
• Bai Qinchen shut the door and pulled Feng Nü into his embrace as she acted frightened.
• Ice Spirit urged Bai Qinchen to involve Feng Nü so she would keep their secret, and Feng Nü continued feigning resistance while Ice Spirit watched.

Feng Nü concealed her affair with Bai Qinchen by telling Rong Nianbing that Ice Spirit needed help, then lured Lan Chen toward Ice Spirit’s room. As Ice Spirit and Bai Qinchen resumed their secret tryst, Feng Nü brought Lan Chen to the sealed chamber, leaving Ice Spirit wondering how to keep her from entering.

• Feng Nü reassured Rong Nianbing that Ice Spirit was recovering, then suggested bringing Long Ling, Lan Chen, and the other sisters to help treat her.
• Rong Nianbing trusted Feng Nü and agreed to her plan, so she went to Lan Chen’s courtyard and told her Ice Spirit’s condition was more serious than he knew.
• Feng Nü told Lan Chen to follow her instructions and not make a fuss about whatever treatment she saw, then led her toward Ice Spirit’s room.
• Ice Spirit set up a Spirit-Severing Formation around her room and resumed her affair with Bai Qinchen.
• Feng Nü announced outside the door that she had brought Lan Chen to check on Ice Spirit, and Ice Spirit panicked as Bai Qinchen suggested he would take Lan Chen too.

Feng Nü brought Lan Chen into Ice Spirit’s room, where Bai Qinchen had already subdued Ice Spirit and then forced Lan Chen into the same situation. With Ice Spirit and Feng Nü offering no help, Lan Chen eventually admitted that Bai Qinchen was far more formidable than her husband, Rong Nianbing.

• Ice Spirit warned Feng Nü and Lan Chen that entering the room would leave them unable to turn back, then allowed them in.
• Lan Chen lost access to her Divine Power upon entering, and Feng Nü pushed her toward Bai Qinchen, who was embracing Ice Spirit.
• Bai Qinchen restrained Lan Chen and began assaulting her while Ice Spirit stayed silent and Feng Nü supported him.
• Bai Qinchen asked Lan Chen to compare him with Rong Nianbing, and Ice Spirit and Feng Nü urged her to answer.
• Lan Chen stopped resisting and admitted that Bai Qinchen was far more formidable than Rong Nianbing.

Bai Qinchen pressured the Ice Spirit to choose whether to help keep Rong Nianbing ignorant or let him discover the truth about his mother and wives. He then left Rong Nianbing’s mansion and reunited with Mu Zimo in Chang Gongwei’s domain, where she worried they might be caught.

• Rong Nianbing wondered why his mother’s injuries remained untreated while his wives returned from helping her acting strangely.
• Bai Qinchen gathered the Ice Spirit and Rong Nianbing’s eight wives and told the Ice Spirit that she must help prevent Rong Nianbing from confronting him or risk him discovering what had happened.
• The Ice Spirit pleaded with Bai Qinchen to avoid a conflict with her son, but he made her responsible for choosing how to keep Rong Nianbing from drawing his blade.
• Bai Qinchen left the Ice Spirit’s room and went to Chang Gongwei’s domain, where Mu Zimo rushed into his embrace and complained that he had been away too long.
• Mu Zimo warned Bai Qinchen that Chang Gongwei might discover them kissing, but Bai Qinchen dismissed her concern.

Bai Qinchen persuaded Mu Zimo to help him target Chang Gongwei’s other two women, Hai Shuixing and Shui Rou'er. He proposed that she poison Chang Gongwei so he could take them in front of him, leaving Mu Zimo frightened but wavering.

• Mu Zimo and Bai Qinchen met privately in her Garden of Light and renewed their relationship behind her isolation barrier.
• Bai Qinchen told Mu Zimo that he had already taken Feng Nü, her eight sisters, and the Ice Spirit.
• Mu Zimo named Hai Shuixing and Shui Rou'er as Chang Gongwei’s other women and warned that they were under his protection.
• Bai Qinchen identified Chang Gongwei’s trust in those close to him as his weakness and proposed poisoning him during a meal.
• Bai Qinchen said he would take Hai Shuixing and Shui Rou'er in front of Chang Gongwei, then urged Mu Zimo to consider whether she would report him afterward.

Mu Zimo drugged Chang Gongwei, Shui Rou'er, and Hai Shuixing at a family meal, allowing Bai Qinchen to enter and confront the incapacitated women. Bai Qinchen seized Shui Rou'er, who called for Chang Gongwei as he lay unconscious nearby.

• Mu Zimo secretly mixed a colorless powder into the wine and persuaded Chang Gongwei, Shui Rou'er, and Hai Shuixing to drink.
• Chang Gongwei grew dizzy and collapsed onto the dining table, while Shui Rou'er and Hai Shuixing became too weak to stand.
• Shui Rou'er realized the wine was poisoned, but Bai Qinchen entered the hall and revealed his connection to Mu Zimo.
• Bai Qinchen grabbed Shui Rou'er's chin and told her he wanted her and Hai Shuixing.
• Bai Qinchen pulled Shui Rou'er into his arms as she cried out for Chang Gongwei, then warned her not to wake him.

Bai Qinchen assaulted Shui Rou'er while Chang Gongwei remained unconscious, then threatened to kill him to force her submission. Shui Rou'er yielded to protect her husband, and Bai Qinchen demanded that she compare him favorably with Chang Gongwei.

• Bai Qinchen restrained Shui Rou'er and kissed her while Mu Zimo prevented Hai Shuixing from reaching the unconscious Chang Gongwei.
• Bai Qinchen assaulted Shui Rou'er beside Chang Gongwei and taunted her about what her husband would think when he woke.
• Shui Rou'er threatened to kill Bai Qinchen when Chang Gongwei awoke, but Bai Qinchen raised his hand to attack her husband.
• Shui Rou'er threw herself against Bai Qinchen and begged him not to harm Chang Gongwei, so he lowered his hand and demanded her obedience.
• Shui Rou'er reluctantly cooperated to protect Chang Gongwei, and Bai Qinchen asked whether he was better than her husband.

Hai Shuixing submitted to Bai Qinchen’s demands to keep Chang Gongwei alive after he threatened to kill him. She began moving against Bai Qinchen despite the pain, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Bai Qinchen forced Shui Rou'er to declare him stronger than Chang Gongwei, then assaulted her until she collapsed in a daze.
• Bai Qinchen turned to Hai Shuixing and threatened Chang Gongwei’s life unless she obeyed him.
• Hai Shuixing approached Bai Qinchen and endured intense pain as she followed his demand.
• Bai Qinchen ordered Hai Shuixing to move herself and said he would be pleased by her pain.
• Hai Shuixing closed her eyes and began moving awkwardly, focused on keeping Chang Gongwei alive.

Hai Shuixing submitted to Bai Qinchen to protect Chang Gongwei, while Chang Gongwei woke unaware of what had happened. After he went back to sleep, Bai Qinchen cornered Shui Rou'er in the corridor and taunted her about the risk of being discovered.

• Bai Qinchen forced Hai Shuixing to continue while promising to spare Chang Gongwei, and she eventually lost control and admitted the pleasure she felt.
• Chang Gongwei woke in his bedroom and asked Shui Rou'er and Hai Shuixing how long he had been asleep, but they hid the truth and told him nothing had happened.
• Hai Shuixing and Shui Rou'er left Chang Gongwei's room, and Bai Qinchen seized Shui Rou'er in the corridor and kissed her.
• Shui Rou'er begged Bai Qinchen not to touch her so close to Chang Gongwei, but he teased her about the thrill of being separated from her husband by only a door.

Bai Qinchen continued his affair with Shui Rou'er, Hai Shuixing, and Mu Zimo while Chang Gongwei remained unaware. Growing suspicious of an unseen presence in his home, Chang Gongwei set out to question his wives.

• Shui Rou'er and Hai Shuixing obeyed Bai Qinchen's demand in the corridor outside Chang Gongwei's room, fearful that their husband might hear them.
• Over the following days, Bai Qinchen continued his affairs with the women while Chang Gongwei remained oblivious to their betrayal.
• Shui Rou'er, Hai Shuixing, and Mu Zimo argued over who would receive Bai Qinchen's attention, and Bai Qinchen gave Mu Zimo priority for arranging their affair.
• Chang Gongwei noticed a strange atmosphere and an unfamiliar scent in the hall despite finding no sign of an intruder with his Divine Sense.
• Chang Gongwei decided to question his wives and walked toward Mu Zimo's bedchamber.

Chang Gongwei discovered Bai Qinchen with his three wives and learned they were protecting him by choice, not under compulsion. After Shui Rou'er confessed her devotion to Bai Qinchen, Chang Gongwei launched a suicidal attack, but Bai Qinchen's shield left the couch unharmed as Chang Gongwei was thrown into the ruins.

• Chang Gongwei entered the chamber and found Hai Shuixing, Shui Rou'er, and Mu Zimo with Bai Qinchen.
• Bai Qinchen mocked Chang Gongwei and claimed the three women as his own, prompting Chang Gongwei to attack.
• Hai Shuixing, Shui Rou'er, and Mu Zimo shielded Bai Qinchen and restrained Chang Gongwei with their powers.
• Shui Rou'er told Chang Gongwei that no one had forced them and that their actions were their own choice.
• Bai Qinchen made Shui Rou'er confess that she had called him more capable than Chang Gongwei and agreed to be his woman.
• Chang Gongwei unleashed a life-consuming attack, but Bai Qinchen's patterned golden shield protected the couch and sent Chang Gongwei crashing outside.

Bai Qinchen humiliated Chang Gongwei, had Hai Shuixing, Mu Zimo, and Shui Rou'er strip away his Light Divine Core, and left him crippled as he took the women away. When Tang San and the other gods rushed toward the disturbance, Bai Qinchen ordered the women to kill Chang Gongwei and blame a mysterious attacker while he returned to the Goodness Divine Hall to establish an alibi.

• Bai Qinchen mocked the injured Chang Gongwei as Hai Shuixing, Mu Zimo, and Shui Rou'er declared their loyalty to their new Master and knelt at his feet.
• Bai Qinchen ordered the three women to cripple Chang Gongwei, and they forcibly extracted his Light Divine Core while he screamed in agony.
• Bai Qinchen took the Divine Core and left Chang Gongwei helpless in the rubble as he led the women behind a curtain.
• Tang San, Rong Nianbing, Lei Xiang, and other gods sensed the explosion and rushed toward Chang Gongwei's residence.
• Bai Qinchen ordered the women to kill Chang Gongwei, claim a mysterious powerhouse had attacked, and remain behind to play the grieving victims.
• Bai Qinchen said he would return to the Goodness Divine Hall and rely on the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life to provide his alibi.

Mu Zimo, Shui Rou'er, and Hai Shuixing killed Chang Gongwei and blamed his death on a mysterious attacker, prompting Tang San and the God Kings to launch an investigation. Bai Qinchen returned to the Goodness Divine Hall, admitted killing Chang Gongwei, and urged the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life to give him an alibi as Tang San approached.

• Mu Zimo stabbed Chang Gongwei through the heart, then cried out as the Divine Realm’s God Kings arrived.
• Tang San found Chang Gongwei dead, heard the three women accuse a mysterious attacker, and vowed to avenge him.
• Tang San ordered an investigation and headed for the God Realm Committee, while Ji Dong suggested Bai Qinchen might be responsible.
• Bai Qinchen returned to the Goodness Divine Hall, where the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life confronted him about disappearing.
• Bai Qinchen admitted that he had killed Chang Gongwei and told the two Goddesses to claim he had remained inside the hall.

Tang San and the other God Kings confronted the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life after Chang Gongwei was killed, then confirmed Bai Qinchen remained sealed inside the Goodness Divine Hall. Bai Qinchen taunted Tang San until his fury erupted and the Asura Demon Sword appeared in his hand.

• Tang San arrived at the Goodness Divine Hall with the other God Kings and demanded to know whether Bai Qinchen was still confined there.
• The Godess of Kindness and the God of Life claimed they had jointly maintained Bai Qinchen's seal, and Tang San asked to inspect him after revealing Chang Gongwei's death.
• Tang San examined Bai Qinchen in the inner chamber and found that he was genuine, apparently uninjured, and still sealed inside.
• Bai Qinchen mocked the God Kings and celebrated Chang Gongwei's death, but Tang San found no evidence implicating him and prepared to leave.
• Bai Qinchen provoked Tang San by mentioning Xiao Wu and Ah Yin, then challenged him to avenge the Tang San and Tang Wu he claimed to have killed.
• Tang San lost control, shattered the floor with his killing intent, and formed the Asura Demon Sword as the Godess of Kindness and the God of Life watched in alarm.

Tang San halted his attack on Bai Qinchen because killing him would also destroy Lie Yan, then demanded a full investigation into Chang Gongwei’s murder. Mu Zimo revealed that she had killed Chang Gongwei to protect Bai Qinchen, and the women around him agreed they would kill their husbands if necessary to keep him safe.

• Ji Dong stopped Tang San from striking Bai Qinchen by warning that Lie Yan’s soul was bound to Bai Qinchen’s, and Tang San withdrew while vowing to settle their debt later.
• Tang San insisted the God Realm Committee investigate Chang Gongwei’s murder, while the God of Life and the Goddess of Kindness maintained that Bai Qinchen had not killed him.
• Lie Yan and the other women questioned Mu Zimo about Chang Gongwei’s death, and Mu Zimo confessed that she had killed him after he caught her with Bai Qinchen and tried to attack him.
• Feng Nü urged the women to kill their husbands if needed to protect Bai Qinchen, and they silently agreed.
• Tang San and the other God Kings entered the God Realm Committee hall with the investigation still unresolved.

Tang San pushed for Bai Qinchen to remain under constant surveillance after Chang Gongwei’s murder, and the God of Evil resisted allowing male gods into the Goodness Divine Hall. Tang San proposed sending the God Kings’ wives instead, and Kindness and Life welcomed the arrangement as they returned to Bai Qinchen.

• The God of Evil accused the future God Kings of possibly hiding the killer, but the First-Generation Asura God stopped Tang San and Evil from clashing.
• Tang San called for Bai Qinchen to face uninterrupted supervision despite Kindness and Life vouching for him.
• Evil objected to male gods entering the Goodness Divine Hall, so Tang San proposed that the God Kings send their wives to help monitor Bai Qinchen.
• Kindness and Life agreed to the proposal, and the Asura God settled the matter.
• Back in the Goodness Divine Hall, Kindness and Life told Bai Qinchen that Tang San’s plan had brought him a bargain.

Tang San arranged for the God Kings’ female relatives to move into the Goodness Divine Hall and watch Bai Qinchen around the clock while the committee investigated Chang Gongwei’s murder. The women welcomed the assignment as a chance to see Bai Qinchen, and Chang Gongwei’s widows eagerly joined the surveillance team.

• At Chang Gongwei’s residence, Tang San told the gathered women that the committee suspected Bai Qinchen but lacked conclusive evidence.
• Mu Zimo angrily demanded that Bai Qinchen be arrested, while Kindness and Life’s testimony that he had stayed in the Goodness Divine Hall prevented Tang San from acting against him directly.
• Tang San warned that Bai Qinchen’s fate was linked to Lie Yan’s, and Ji Dong objected when Lie Yan offered to risk her life to have Bai Qinchen executed.
• Tang San announced that the God Kings’ families would move into the Goodness Divine Hall to monitor Bai Qinchen continuously.
• Mu Zimo, Hai Shuixing, and Shui Rou’er volunteered to take shifts watching Bai Qinchen, concealing their excitement at the prospect of seeing him.

Tang San organized a group of God Kings’ female relatives to watch over the imprisoned Bai Qinchen at the Goodness Divine Hall, believing they would protect the grieving widows and help uncover the truth about Brother Changgong’s death. Lie Yan persuaded Ji Dong to let her join because her fateful link to Bai Qinchen could alert them to his movements, and the group arrived at the hall eager to enter.

• Tang San proposed sending companions to support Mu Zimo, Hai Shuixing, and Shui Rou'er while they watched Bai Qinchen.
• Zi Yan and Xuanyue volunteered, but Lei Xiang and A'Dai assigned Zi Xue and Si Ya instead; other God Kings selected Tianxiang, Sula, Baihe, and Piaomiao.
• Lie Yan asked Ji Dong to let her join the surveillance group, arguing that her link to Bai Qinchen could detect any attempt to break his seal.
• Tang San and the other God Kings supported Lie Yan's reasoning, and Ji Dong reluctantly agreed on the condition that she withdraw if danger arose.
• The assembled group arrived at the Goodness Divine Hall while their husbands issued warnings and the women eagerly anticipated entering.