Chapter Summaries

Bai Qinchen agreed to use Yuanen Huihui’s body to revive Long Tianyang, then attended Xue Ye’s banquet, where he set his sights on Shen Yulan and met Ling Yuan Douluo. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue bringing Bai Qinchen to toast Xue Ye.

• Bai Xiuxiu suggested that Bai Qinchen merge Long Tianyang’s soul with Yuanen Huihui, and he agreed.
• Bai Qinchen arrived at the palace banquet with Qian Renxue and noticed the grieving Shen Yulan.
• Bai Qinchen promised Qian Renxue he could make Shen Yulan smile, and she agreed to let him pursue Song Jingjing if he succeeded.
• Qian Renxue introduced Bai Qinchen to Ling Yuan Douluo, who had been assigned by Bibi Dong to protect him.
• Xue Ye began the banquet, and Qian Renxue led Bai Qinchen over to offer him a toast.

At Xue Ye’s banquet, Bai Qinchen promised to win the Soul Master Tournament for Heaven Dou and then secretly met Empress Ye Xiyan in an alley. After Xue Caiyi caught them together, Bai Qinchen brought her into the encounter and arranged for Consort Lin and Consort Xiang to join them at Ye Xiyan’s bedchamber.

• Bai Qinchen toasted Xue Ye, promised to win the tournament, and received the emperor’s offer to grant him any condition if he succeeded.
• After Xue Ye left the banquet, Ye Xiyan led Bai Qinchen to a secluded alley, where they kissed and secretly became intimate.
• Xue Caiyi followed the sounds to the alley and discovered Bai Qinchen and Ye Xiyan together.
• Bai Qinchen drew Xue Caiyi into the encounter, and she agreed to go to Ye Xiyan’s bedchamber instead of staying in the alley.
• Bai Qinchen told attendants to invite Consort Lin and Consort Xiang, then left to arrange for Qian Renxue to clear the area around Ye Xiyan’s bedchamber.

Ye Xiyan and the other women prepared for Bai Qinchen’s return after spending an extended night with him through Renxue’s time acceleration. At his request, Ye Xiyan and Xue Caiyi forcibly brought Shen Yulan to the empress’s bedchamber, while Lin Rou’er was told to bring Xue Ke.

• Bai Qinchen spent the night with Ye Xiyan, Xue Caiyi, Lin Rou'er, and Liu Menglu in Ye Xiyan’s bedchamber, and asked Ye Xiyan to bring Shen Yulan and Lin Rou'er to bring Xue Ke next time.
• Bai Qinchen left the bedchamber before dawn, promising to return that night, and Ye Xiyan and Xue Caiyi rested before waking to prepare for him.
• Ye Xiyan and Xue Caiyi went to fetch Shen Yulan, then dragged her to the bedchamber when she refused to come willingly.
• Maids and guards who saw Ye Xiyan and Xue Caiyi dragging Shen Yulan backed away rather than intervene.

Ye Xiyan and the other consorts lured the grieving Shen Yulan to the Empress’s bedchamber, where Bai Qinchen seduced her and she eventually welcomed his attention. By morning, Shen Yulan had agreed to stop dwelling in sorrow and thanked Bai Qinchen for the pleasure he had given her.

• Ye Xiyan and Xue Caiyi brought Shen Yulan to Ye Xiyan’s bedchamber, where Lin Rou’er, Liu Menglu, and Xue Ke were waiting.
• Ye Xiyan tried to comfort Shen Yulan over the death of her imperial son and persuaded her to lie down, while Bai Qinchen secretly took her place.
• Bai Qinchen revealed himself to Shen Yulan, who initially panicked and resisted before gradually responding to his affection and words of comfort.
• Bai Qinchen and Shen Yulan spent the night together, and Shen Yulan became increasingly willing to cooperate.
• By morning, Bai Qinchen asked Shen Yulan not to remain dispirited or cry anymore, and she agreed and thanked him.

Bai Qinchen spent a week manipulating the grieving Nan Cheng with the Soul-Seizing Hand until she grew attached to him, then kissed her in a forest. Nan Cheng was stunned and only pushed him gently, leaving Bai Qinchen to interpret her weak resistance as acceptance.

• Bai Qinchen decided not to bring Bai Xiuxiu and the others to help him subdue Nan Cheng, choosing instead to win her over himself.
• After seven days of repeatedly comforting Nan Cheng and using the Soul-Seizing Hand on her, Bai Qinchen grew able to hold her intimately.
• Bai Qinchen took Nan Cheng for a walk in a forest and told her that a flower was not as pretty as she was.
• Bai Qinchen kissed Nan Cheng, who froze in disbelief and only pushed him gently.

Nan Cheng became increasingly entangled with Bai Qinchen despite feeling guilty about betraying Lan Xiao, while her family learned that Bai Qinchen had turned several women against Tang Xuanyu. The chapter ended with Bai Qinchen urging Nan Cheng to give herself to him as she tried to resist.

• Bai Qinchen kissed and touched Nan Cheng, and she eventually stopped resisting because the Soul-Seizing Hand had made her attached to him.
• Nan Cheng returned to Lan Xiao and hid her guilt, then heard Liu Feng and the others report that Bai Xiuxiu, Tang Kongkong, and Lan Hudie had betrayed Tang Xuanyu under Bai Qinchen's influence.
• Nan Cheng resolved not to meet Bai Qinchen again, but the next day she went to the grove and kissed him.
• Bai Qinchen caressed Nan Cheng and asked her to give herself to him, while she insisted that they could not go beyond friendship.

Nan Cheng struggled with her guilt after sleeping with Bai Qinchen, then refused Lan Xiao and chose to meet Bai Qinchen again. The chapter ended with Nan Cheng agreeing to be intimate with him once more.

• Nan Cheng returned home, worried over what she had done with Bai Qinchen, while Lan Xiao assumed she was distressed about Tang Xuanyu.
• Nan Cheng learned from Zhang Chujia that Liu Feng and the others planned to attack Bai Qinchen after the Promotion Tournament, and she feared their time together was running out.
• Nan Cheng refused Lan Xiao when he sought intimacy, while he attributed her behavior to worry over Tang Xuanyu.
• Nan Cheng slipped away the next morning to meet Bai Qinchen and agreed to repeat their intimacy.

Nan Cheng struggled between her mission to kill Bai Qinchen and her growing love for him, while Bai Qinchen tried to persuade her to stay. Eleven days later, the assassination attempt began on the road to Spirit City, and Nan Cheng reached Bai Qinchen’s carriage to discover that he was the man she had been with.

• Nan Cheng told Bai Qinchen she would leave to avenge Tang Xuanyu, but Bai Qinchen asked her to stay and made a bet that she would remain with him if she failed to kill him.
• Nan Cheng spent the night with Bai Qinchen, then left the next morning and rejoined Lan Xiao before their journey to Spirit City.
• On the eleventh day of the journey, Liu Feng led the group’s attack on Bai Qinchen’s carriage while Nan Cheng wrestled with her feelings about killing him.
• Bai Xiuxiu, Tang Kongkong, and Blue Butterfly blocked Liu Feng’s group, and the two sides fought as the competitors watched.
• Nan Cheng fought Ling Yuan and Meng Linglong, but Meng Linglong let her approach Bai Qinchen’s carriage.
• Bai Qinchen greeted Nan Cheng from inside the carriage, revealing himself as the man she had been with.

Nan Cheng reunited with Bai Qinchen during the battle and chose him over avenging Tang Xuanyu, leaving Lan Xiao devastated as Bai Xiuxiu kept him from intervening. Liu Feng, Qian Lei, and Yuanen Huihui remained behind after the others retreated, and Bai Xiuxiu, Blue Butterfly, and Tang Kongkong attacked them.

• Nan Cheng found Bai Qinchen in the carriage and could not bring herself to kill him, despite Lan Xiao urging her to avenge Tang Xuanyu.
• Bai Qinchen embraced and kissed Nan Cheng, and she returned his affection while Lan Xiao watched in fury.
• Bai Qinchen carried Nan Cheng into the carriage as Bai Xiuxiu blocked Lan Xiao from reaching them.
• Lan Xiao fought desperately while Nan Cheng stayed with Bai Qinchen, and Liu Feng eventually called for a retreat.
• Xingxuan took Lan Xiao away, while Tang Yuge and Zhang Chujia withdrew with the others, leaving Liu Feng, Qian Lei, and Yuanen Huihui behind.
• Bai Xiuxiu, Blue Butterfly, and Tang Kongkong charged at Liu Feng and the two men still with him.

Bai Xiuxiu and the others captured Yuanen Huihui so Long Tianyang could revive using his body, while Bai Qinchen and Nan Cheng grew closer inside the carriage. After Long Tianyang revived, Tang Yuge woke from a nightmare in which Yuanen Huihui begged for help, leaving her afraid for his fate.

• Yuanen Huihui held off Bai Xiuxiu, Tang Kongkong, and Blue Butterfly so Liu Feng and Qian Lei could escape, but they captured him instead of killing him.
• Bai Qinchen told Bai Xiuxiu to revive Long Tianyang, and the carriage continued onward as the other academies investigated the battle.
• Liu Feng and Qian Lei returned without Yuanen Huihui, and Tang Yuge nearly collapsed when she learned he had been left behind.
• Long Tianyang appeared in the carriage after reviving through Yuanen Huihui's body, and Bai Qinchen asked whether the process had caused any problems.
• Tang Yuge woke in a panic after dreaming that Yuanen Huihui said his soul had been erased and his body taken over, and Lan Mengqin tried to comfort her.

Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin confronted Bai Xiuxiu to demand Yuanen Huihui’s release, and Bai Xiuxiu said she had already let him go. The two women stayed behind in exchange for his return, but they could not verify that he was safe and asked to go back and check.

• Tang Yuge decided to rescue Yuanen Huihui, and Lan Mengqin agreed to accompany her without telling Qian Lei or Liu Feng.
• Bai Xiuxiu told Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin that she had killed Tang Xuanyu because he stood between her and Bai Qinchen.
• Bai Xiuxiu offered to release Yuanen Huihui if both women stayed; Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin accepted.
• Bai Xiuxiu introduced Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin to Bai Qinchen and claimed Yuanen Huihui had already been released.
• Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin found no trace of Yuanen Huihui nearby and asked to return and check, but Bai Xiuxiu refused.

Bai Xiuxiu and Nan Cheng persuaded Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin to stay with their group, while Bai Qinchen challenged them over their attempt to kill him. After they witnessed his intimate encounters with Xiao Wu and others, Bai Qinchen approached Lan Mengqin and suggested she wanted to experience the same.

• Bai Xiuxiu refused to let Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin leave, and Nan Cheng assured Tang Yuge that Yuanen Huihui had been released.
• Bai Qinchen argued that he was not responsible for Tang Xuanyu’s death and questioned why the women had traveled from the future to kill him.
• Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin agreed to stay with Bai Xiuxiu, who explained her relationship with Bai Qinchen overnight.
• The next morning, Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin followed Bai Qinchen and Xiao Wu into a grove and caught them in an intimate encounter.
• After several days of watching Bai Qinchen with different partners, Lan Mengqin went for a walk, and Bai Qinchen followed her and suggested she wanted to try being with him.

While Lan Mengqin was separated from Qian Lei, Bai Qinchen used his Soul-Seizing Hand and her hidden longing to draw her into an affair. Days later, Qian Lei worried over her disappearance as she continued visiting Bai Qinchen, who teased her by comparing himself to her husband.

• Bai Qinchen pursued Lan Mengqin into a secluded part of the forest, where she struggled against her attraction to him and his Soul-Seizing Hand.
• Lan Mengqin stopped resisting Bai Qinchen, kissed him, and gave in to her desire despite thinking of Qian Lei.
• Qian Lei grew anxious because Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge had been missing for several days, but Xingxuan and Zhang Chujia urged him to wait until Liu Feng recovered.
• Lan Mengqin became a frequent visitor to Bai Qinchen's carriage, where he asked whether he was stronger than Qian Lei.

In Spirit City, Tang Yuge discovered Lan Mengqin’s affair with Bai Qinchen and secretly listened as Lan Mengqin declared her preference for him over Qian Lei. Afterward, Bai Qinchen planned to visit Lan Mengqin’s room that night, where she shared a room with Tang Yuge, and Lan Mengqin found Tang waiting outside his door.

• Lan Mengqin visited Bai Qinchen’s room and eagerly embraced and kissed him.
• Tang Yuge saw Lan Mengqin kissing Bai Qinchen, then listened outside the room as Lan Mengqin praised Bai Qinchen and disparaged Qian Lei.
• Bai Qinchen and Lan Mengqin finished their encounter, and he told her he would come to her room that night despite her sharing it with Tang Yuge.
• Lan Mengqin left Bai Qinchen’s room and found Tang Yuge waiting outside, while Tang pretended she had only happened to pass by.

Tang Yuge secretly watched Bai Qinchen and Lan Mengqin together, then became involved when Bai Qinchen touched her. She struggled over her marriage to Yuanen Huihui but continued to respond to Bai Qinchen as he undressed her.

• Tang Yuge lay awake and watched Bai Qinchen enter the room and embrace Lan Mengqin.
• Lan Mengqin gave in to Bai Qinchen's coaxing, while Tang Yuge watched their intimate encounter from the bed.
• Bai Qinchen noticed Tang Yuge touching herself and reached over to touch her, leaving her startled and confused.
• After Lan Mengqin finished, Bai Qinchen turned his attention to Tang Yuge, who struggled to resist but did not push him away.
• Bai Qinchen kissed Tang Yuge and began undressing her as she protested weakly and cooperated with him.

Bai Qinchen seduced Tang Yuge, who gave in despite feeling guilty about Yuanen Huihui, and later reunited her with Lan Mengqin in an intimate contest over his attention. The next morning, Bai Xiuxiu teased Tang Yuge about joining their family, while Tang Yuge blushed and denied it.

• Bai Qinchen told Tang Yuge he was her husband and continued despite her protests, until she began responding to him.
• Tang Yuge admitted she liked it and took the initiative, forgetting Yuanen Huihui as Bai Qinchen enjoyed her enthusiasm.
• Lan Mengqin asked Tang Yuge for help, then she and Tang Yuge competed for Bai Qinchen's attention and both begged to go first.
• Bai Qinchen declared they would take turns and lunged toward Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge.
• The next morning, Bai Qinchen carried Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge from the room, and Bai Xiuxiu teased Tang Yuge about becoming family.

Bai Qinchen deliberately humiliated Qian Lei by having Lan Mengqin eat his Baguette while Tang Yuge blocked Qian Lei's attack. Qian Lei continued fighting Tang Yuge as Lan Mengqin ignored him, leaving Xingxuan unable to intervene.

• Xingxuan spotted Bai Qinchen walking with Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge but tried to keep Qian Lei from noticing them.
• Qian Lei saw Bai Qinchen holding the two women and followed them into the forest despite Xingxuan's warnings.
• Bai Qinchen encouraged Lan Mengqin to eat his Baguette and disparage Qian Lei, intensifying Qian Lei's rage.
• Tang Yuge stood between Qian Lei and Bai Qinchen, defeated Qian Lei's first punch, and continued fighting him.
• Lan Mengqin kept eating and told Bai Qinchen she liked it while Qian Lei struggled against Tang Yuge.

Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge fought Qian Lei, who died after his injuries and anger overwhelmed him, while Xingxuan fled to avoid being drawn into Bai Qinchen’s influence. Bai Xiuxiu intercepted Xingxuan, and the group returned to their inn with Xingxuan restrained and her divine power sealed.

• Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge unleashed their divine power against Qian Lei and left him gravely wounded.
• Qian Lei died after his fury over Lan Mengqin and Xingxuan’s actions overwhelmed him.
• Lan Mengqin tried to draw Xingxuan toward Bai Qinchen, but Xingxuan fled to protect her love for Liu Feng.
• Bai Xiuxiu intercepted Xingxuan in the air and told her they should catch up as sisters.
• Zhang Chujia heard the distant explosion and worried about Xingxuan and Qian Lei while staying with the unconscious Lan Xiao and injured Liu Feng.
• Bai Qinchen and his group returned to their inn, where Bai Xiuxiu restrained Xingxuan and sealed her divine power.

Bai Qinchen took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shopping in Spirit City, where they encountered Zhu Zhuqing’s older sister, Zhu Zhuyun. Zhu Zhuyun tried to provoke Zhu Zhuqing and flirted with Bai Qinchen, but he grabbed her breast in public, leaving her struggling to escape and calling on Zhu Zhuqing for help.

• Bai Qinchen left Xingxuan in Lan Mengqin and Tang Yuge’s care, then agreed to take Xiao Wu shopping and brought Zhu Zhuqing along.
• Bai Qinchen and the two women attracted attention as they explored Spirit City, and he fed Zhu Zhuqing candied hawthorn with a kiss.
• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing and criticized her for being with Bai Qinchen, but Zhu Zhuqing said she had left the Zhu Family and would not be controlled.
• Zhu Zhuyun flirted with Bai Qinchen to test Zhu Zhuqing’s reaction, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu showed little concern.
• Bai Qinchen grabbed Zhu Zhuyun’s breast in the street, and when she struggled to get free, she shouted at Zhu Zhuqing to control him.

Bai Qinchen took Zhu Zhuyun into an alley and forced himself on her while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu kept watch. Dai Weisi searched the streets for Zhu Zhuyun and eventually reached the alley, where Xiao Wu confronted him.

• Zhu Zhuyun demanded that Zhu Zhuqing stop Bai Qinchen, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to intervene.
• Bai Qinchen carried Zhu Zhuyun into a secluded alley, where Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu guarded the entrance.
• Bai Qinchen kissed and touched Zhu Zhuyun despite her protests, while Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated her familiarity with him.
• Dai Weisi searched for Zhu Zhuyun as Bai Qinchen continued assaulting her in the alley.
• Dai Weisi found Xiao Wu at the alley entrance, and Xiao Wu challenged him when he asked about her presence.