Recaps

As the flying boat approached Forbidden Valley, Sheng Xianxian worried over Jiang Yantian’s apparent indifference, while Xiao Yi tried to convince her that she had no future with him. The group entered the valley’s dangerous boundary, and Jiang Yantian arranged for the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon to help him stage a display of power.

• Sheng Xianxian went to check on Jiang Yantian, but he pretended to sleep, leaving her disappointed.
• Xiao Yi asked Sheng Xianxian whether she had fallen for Jiang Yantian; she denied it evasively, and Xiao Yi urged her to prepare for Forbidden Valley.
• The winds and clouds shifted as the flying boat neared the valley, and Sheng Xianxian shielded it with a golden barrier.
• Xiao Yi drew a fourth-tier talisman to add protection while the group faced the valley’s imposing entrance.
• Jiang Yantian returned his Primordial Spirit from the Chaos Realm and chose to keep sleeping rather than help.
• Jiang Yantian instructed the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon to repeat their old scheme: take the blame, let him show off, and then submit to him.

Jiang Yantian watched Xiao Yi and the Sacred Heart Sect disciples fight the Forbidden Valley’s creatures, then revealed his overwhelming strength by collapsing half the valley. As he kissed Sheng Xianxian, a colossal dragon rose from the abyss and blocked Xiao Yi.

• Xiao Yi used talismans to divert most of a swarm of creatures while the disciples fought off the rest.
• Vines attacked the flying boat and dragged it against the rock wall, forcing Xiao Yi and the disciples to abandon ship.
• Sheng Xianxian stayed behind to rescue Jiang Yantian, who woke and held her as he struck the valley wall with a ghost claw, collapsing half the valley.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Sheng Xianxian while Xiao Yi shouted at him and tried to reach the flying boat.
• A terrifying presence rose from the abyss, and a colossal dragon appeared before Xiao Yi.

Jiang Yantian staged a dramatic battle with the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon, humiliating Xiao Yi before subduing the beast and winning everyone’s admiration. Xiao Yi blamed Jiang Yantian for his disgrace, while Sheng Xianxian noticed his resentment and began to reconsider her opinion of him.

• The Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon trapped Xiao Yi in its domain and forced him to clean its teeth, while Jiang Yantian approached with Sheng Xianxian.
• Jiang Yantian and the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon staged a spectacular fight, leaving Xiao Yi trapped in the dragon’s mouth and badly singed.
• The Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon pretended to surrender, and Jiang Yantian subdued it as the onlookers cheered.
• Xiao Yi returned to the flying boat drenched in saliva and smelling foul, earning 100,000 Humiliation Points.
• Sheng Xianxian saw Xiao Yi glare at Jiang Yantian and decided he seemed petty and narrow-minded.

After Jiang Yantian saved the group from the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon, Sheng Xianxian and the other disciples grew closer to him, leaving Xiao Yi jealous and convinced he needed to expose Jiang Yantian. The group reached Cloud City, where Xiao Yi spotted a stone disc he believed was an overlooked treasure and asked its price.

• The disciples praised Jiang Yantian for saving them in the Forbidden Valley, while Xiao Yi blamed him for provoking the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon and secretly vowed to reveal his supposed hypocrisy.
• Jiang Yantian took Sheng Xianxian on the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon for a flight, prompting the disciples to celebrate their closeness and leaving Xiao Yi despondent.
• The group landed in Cloud City for the night and split up to explore; Xiao Yi left alone after the Black Tortoise egg repeatedly prevented him from inviting Sheng Xianxian along.
• Xiao Yi browsed a stall of spirit artifacts and treasures, noticed a stone disc he thought was valuable, and asked the seller how much it cost.

Xiao Yi tried to buy a concealed Taiji Disc for five high-grade spirit stones, but Jiang Yantian exposed its identity and drove up the price. The shopkeeper kept the treasure after Jiang Yantian admitted he could not afford it, promising him a share if it sold.

• Xiao Yi bargained with the shopkeeper, pretending the stone disc was only useful for propping up a table, and settled on five high-grade spirit stones.
• Jiang Yantian interrupted the sale by offering a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones and identifying the disc as a Taiji Disc.
• Jiang Yantian revealed the treasure beneath its stone covering, and the shopkeeper eagerly agreed to sell it for the offered price.
• Jiang Yantian claimed he lacked enough spirit stones and advised the shopkeeper not to sell for less than a hundred thousand.
• The shopkeeper agreed to hold the Taiji Disc for Jiang Yantian or give him ten percent of any sale, while Xiao Yi burned with anger.

Jiang Yantian manipulated Xiao Yi into paying a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones for a Taiji Disc, then collected a share from the stallholder and received a phoenix hairpin. Sheng Xianxian mistook the hairpin for a gift meant for her while Jiang Yantian wondered whether it was spray-painted.

• Jiang Yantian offered the stallholder sixty thousand high-grade spirit stones for the Taiji Disc, provoking Xiao Yi to buy it for a hundred thousand.
• Sheng Xianxian offered to pay for Jiang Yantian, but he declined and claimed he would not put her in conflict with Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi paid for the Taiji Disc and left in a rage after the stallholder and Jiang Yantian portrayed him as selfish.
• Jiang Yantian returned to collect ten thousand high-grade spirit stones and a phoenix hairpin from the stallholder, who decided to hire shills to sell more discs.
• Jiang Yantian received Humiliation Points for humiliating Xiao Yi, while Sheng Xianxian assumed the hairpin was a surprise gift for her.

Jiang Yantian gave Sheng Xianxian the phoenix hairpin, easing her disappointment and lifting her spirits. He then confronted Xiao Yi, destroyed the Taiji Disc, and forced him to kneel under threat of death.

• Sheng Xianxian grew disappointed when Jiang Yantian appeared not to give her the phoenix hairpin.
• Jiang Yantian revealed the hairpin was for Sheng Xianxian, put it on her, and restored her good mood.
• Jiang Yantian found Xiao Yi studying the Taiji Disc in the inn courtyard and crushed it.
• Jiang Yantian slapped Xiao Yi, warned him not to defy him again, and used his pressure to make Xiao Yi kneel.
• Jiang Yantian insulted Xiao Yi and threatened to kill him if he showed his hatred, while Xiao Yi endured in silence.

Jiang Yantian humiliated Xiao Yi, then manipulated Sheng Xianxian into believing Xiao Yi had knelt to thank him. After Xiao Yi collapsed, Jiang arranged for an inn's dishwashing auntie to revive him by feeding him chewed garlic, leaving Xiao Yi horrified as he woke.

• Jiang Yantian beat Xiao Yi, then helped him up and pretended he had knelt to express gratitude in front of Sheng Xianxian and the junior sisters.
• Sheng Xianxian praised Jiang Yantian and scolded Xiao Yi for supposedly taking Jiang's opportunity and kneeling too readily.
• Xiao Yi broke down and fainted, and Jiang told Sheng Xianxian he was merely exhausted from cultivation.
• Jiang sent Sheng Xianxian away, paid the dishwashing auntie, and instructed her to feed chewed garlic to Xiao Yi mouth-to-mouth.
• Xiao Yi woke to the auntie's garlic breath and screamed in horror.

After Jiang Yantian revived Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi tried to seal away his feelings for Sheng Xianxian, but her invitation to dinner with Jiang Yantian left him humiliated again. He joined the group for a drinking feast, determined to win at least at the drinking table.

• Jiang Yantian had an auntie revive Xiao Yi with garlic, and Xiao Yi vomited as the junior sisters praised Jiang Yantian.
• Xiao Yi returned to his room, grieved over Sheng Xianxian, and vowed to seal his heart and become stronger.
• Sheng Xianxian invited Xiao Yi to try local specialties, but he found Jiang Yantian waiting with her and initially refused to go.
• Xiao Yi changed his mind and followed Jiang Yantian and Sheng Xianxian to dinner, where the junior sisters called Jiang Yantian their brother-in-law.
• Senior Brother Ma proposed a drinking feast, and Xiao Yi resolved to compete at the drinking table.

Jiang Yantian supplied the gathering with strong liquor and rigged a truth-or-dare game to put Xiao Yi on the spot. Xiao Yi confessed his long-standing feelings for Sheng Xianxian, who firmly rejected him, but he refused to believe her.

• Jiang Yantian produced cases of baijiu and gave Xiao Yi industrial alcohol, which Xiao Yi gulped down.
• Jiang Yantian proposed truth or dare and secretly controlled Senior Brother Ma’s compass artifact so it pointed to Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi chose truth and confessed that he had loved Sheng Xianxian since they entered the inner sect 110 years earlier.
• Jiang Yantian repeatedly interrupted Xiao Yi’s confession, earning Humiliation Points, while Sheng Xianxian nervously clutched Jiang Yantian’s robe.
• Sheng Xianxian told Xiao Yi she had never liked him and had always regarded him as her senior brother.
• Xiao Yi blurted out that he did not believe her.

During a truth-or-dare game, Jiang Yantian forced Xiao Yi into an increasingly humiliating situation after Sheng Xianxian rejected him and admitted she liked someone present. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi being magically compelled to kiss a garlic-breathed innkeeper before he escaped to vomit out a window.

• Xiao Yi asked Sheng Xianxian whether she liked him, and she solemnly told him she did not like him at all.
• Sheng Xianxian admitted that the person she liked was present, then avoided naming Jiang Yantian by calling it a second question.
• Jiang Yantian manipulated the pointer so it landed on Xiao Yi again, and Xiao Yi chose dare.
• Jiang Yantian challenged Xiao Yi to kiss the auntie clearing tables and threatened to double the dare if he refused.
• Jiang Yantian used his power to force Xiao Yi into a prolonged kiss with the auntie, who eagerly embraced him.
• Jiang Yantian released Xiao Yi, who ran to a window and vomited onto a passerby below.

Jiang Yantian’s deception led Xiao Yi to spend the night with Youmaicai, and Xiao Yi left her with his spirit stones and a promise to meet again. As the Sacred Heart Sect’s flying boat continued its journey, it encountered the Secluded Immortal Palace’s carriage, carrying the young palace master Long Wanning.

• Jiang Yantian convinced Youmaicai that Xiao Yi loved her, gave her pills to conceal her presence, and accepted spirit stones as a matchmaker’s fee.
• Youmaicai entered Xiao Yi’s room while he slept, and the two spent the night together after she kissed him with the pill’s scent.
• Xiao Yi woke in distress, drove Youmaicai from the room, and noticed blood on the bed before keeping what happened to himself.
• As the flying boat departed, Xiao Yi leaped down to give Youmaicai his remaining spirit stones and promised to seek her out if fate allowed.
• The flying boat encountered a carriage bearing the Secluded Immortal Palace banner, and Jiang Yantian recognized its young palace master as Long Wanning.

Jiang Yantian encountered Long Wanning while traveling with Sheng Xianxian, and she exposed their relationship in front of both factions. The chapter ended with Long Wanning agreeing to kiss him as Jiang Yantian indicated where he wanted it.

• Jiang Yantian worried that Long Wanning would recognize him when her carriage met the Sacred Heart Sect’s flying boat, but she initially ordered her people to go around.
• Long Wanning stopped her carriage, questioned the Sacred Heart Sect disciples, then stepped onto their flying boat and singled out the cloaked Jiang Yantian.
• Long Wanning told Jiang Yantian to call her darling, shocking everyone, while Sheng Xianxian stepped in to protect her husband.
• Long Wanning praised Sheng Xianxian and took her hand, then Jiang Yantian threw off his cloak and challenged Long Wanning to kiss him.
• Long Wanning stopped her people from attacking and agreed to kiss Jiang Yantian, who pointed between his legs.

Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning reunited aboard the flying boat, where Long Wanning learned he had told Sheng Xianxian that she had died in a past life. After confronting him over the story, she softened and settled into his embrace.

• Long Wanning kissed Jiang Yantian, then arranged for the Secluded Immortal Palace to travel with the Sacred Heart Sect toward Mount Sumeru.
• Long Wanning asked Sheng Xianxian how she had met Jiang Yantian and learned that Sheng Xianxian believed she had once been Long Wanning, who died taking a tribulation for him.
• Long Wanning sent Sheng Xianxian away and confronted Jiang Yantian about telling people she had died in a past life.
• Jiang Yantian claimed he had only told Sheng Xianxian and said he had missed Long Wanning; she eased up and let him hold her.

Jiang Yantian reunited with Long Wanning and learned that the Extreme Hidden Sect had spread rumors about her. He joined her in traveling to the Extreme North to confront them, arriving as she pointed out the sect’s peak.

• Long Wanning and Jiang Yantian reconciled with kisses while Xiao Yi watched from the flying boat and hid from them.
• Long Wanning told Jiang Yantian she had planned to confront the Extreme Hidden Sect for ruining her reputation, and he insisted on going with her.
• Jiang Yantian left the flying boat with Long Wanning, then doubled back to slap Xiao Yi before departing again.
• Long Wanning told the Secluded Immortal Palace and Sacred Heart Sect to meet her at Mount Sumeru.
• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning traveled to the Extreme North, where Long Wanning pointed out the peak of the people who had slandered her.

Jiang Yantian shattered the Extreme Hidden Sect’s ancient restriction and attacked the sect with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form. He left the sect master and tens of thousands of disciples struggling to resist his Immortal-Ending Sword strike.

• Jiang Yantian’s ghost claw broke the barrier protecting Supreme Hidden Peak, collapsed the mountain, and exposed the Extreme Hidden Sect.
• Long Wanning prepared to fight, but Jiang Yantian stopped her and raised the Spirit-Fusing Mirror to collect fallen cultivators’ souls and Nascent Souls.
• Jiang Yantian unleashed the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, terrifying the Extreme Hidden Sect’s disciples and driving them to flee.
• Jiang Yantian raised the Immortal-Ending Sword and slashed at the sect; the sect master and tens of thousands of disciples joined forces to hold it back.
• The sect master pleaded with Jiang Yantian for mercy, but Jiang Yantian spat down over the sect and prepared to unleash his full power.

Jiang Yantian attacked the Extreme Hidden Sect after learning that Sima Tangshan had spread rumors about Long Wanning, and he destroyed the sect when its members tried to resist and summon their patriarch. He then lured nearby cultivators toward the sect’s treasures and killed those who tried to take them.

• Sima Tangshan confessed that he had spread rumors about the young palace mistress of the Secluded Immortal Palace, and Sima Kun blamed him for bringing disaster on the Extreme Hidden Sect.
• Jiang Yantian kicked the resisting sect members, killing many of them, then cut down Sima Lin as she tried to teleport away.
• Sima Kun burned his blood essence and called on the Extreme Hidden Sect’s patriarch to descend, but Jiang Yantian’s Spirit-Fusing Mirror absorbed the souls and stopped the passage from opening.
• Jiang Yantian struck down the remaining defenders and left the Extreme Hidden Sect in ruins.
• Jiang Yantian invited the watching cultivators to take the scattered treasures, then killed tens of thousands when they rushed in to loot them; Long Wanning had retreated and survived.

After destroying the Extreme Hidden Sect, Jiang Yantian recorded a taunting message for Chu Fan and left with Long Wanning for Mount Sumeru. There, he planned to lend money to Xiao Yi at the auction so he could manipulate the bidding and steal the prize.

• Jiang Yantian collected treasures from the ruins, then sought comfort in Long Wanning's arms and teased the surviving cultivators.
• Jiang Yantian recorded a message insulting Chu Fan and describing Lin'er's death, then hid the Image-Recording Stone with instructions for Chu Fan to find him.
• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning flew to Mount Sumeru on the Nine-Winged Heavenly Dragon and were greeted by the Secluded Immortal Palace.
• Jiang Yantian learned that Sacred Heart Sect disciples were at the Immortal Spirit Inn and that some had gone to the auction house.
• Jiang Yantian told Long Wanning he planned to secretly lend money to Xiao Yi, drive up the auction price, and steal the item Xiao Yi won.
• Long Wanning kissed Jiang Yantian, and they headed to the auction house to make money.

Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning found Xiao Yi preparing to bid on the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood, then Jiang Yantian ordered the auction’s loan sharks to lend Xiao Yi money under crushing terms. The loan sharks agreed and sent their leader to approach Xiao Yi.

• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning spotted Xiao Yi studying the auction list and fixating on the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood.
• Xiao Yi pawned his spirit artifacts and gathered fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones to bid on the wood.
• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning visited the auction’s loan sharks and ordered them to lend money only to Xiao Yi.
• Jiang Yantian demanded they offer Xiao Yi a million high-grade spirit stones at an interest rate that doubled the debt each day.
• The loan sharks accepted Jiang Yantian’s terms, and their leader took a contract to find Xiao Yi.

Jiang Yantian arranged to drive up Xiao Yi’s bids at the auction, but Xiao Yi focused on the supposedly worthless lightning-struck wood, which he recognized as the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood. As Jiang Yantian raised its price, Xiao Yi tried to keep bidding without revealing its value.

• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning entered the auction, and Jiang Yantian planned to push Xiao Yi into spending beyond his means with help from a bald loan shark.
• The auction began, and a Rogue Cultivator won Master Zhizhang’s Vajra Dharma Bead for three hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Xiao Yi waited through several lots for the lightning-struck wood, certain it was the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood described in an ancient text.
• Xiao Yi bid a thousand high-grade spirit stones for the wood, but Jiang Yantian immediately raised the price to ten thousand.
• Xiao Yi pretended he simply liked the wood and bid eleven thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Jiang Yantian drove Xiao Yi to borrow heavily while bidding against him for the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood. Xiao Yi kept raising his offer, and the chapter ended with the bald lender pushing him toward a 1.5-million-stone loan.

• Jiang Yantian raised his bids as Xiao Yi tried to secure the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood, eventually pushing the price to 100,000 high-grade spirit stones.
• Xiao Yi borrowed 200,000 high-grade spirit stones from the bald man and signed a blood-sealed contract before bidding 110,000.
• Jiang Yantian raised his bid to 200,000 and then 250,000 high-grade spirit stones, leaving Xiao Yi convinced his opponent had reached his limit.
• Xiao Yi asked the bald man for another 200,000 high-grade spirit stones, but the man urged him to borrow 800,000 more to qualify for a promotion that would raise his total loan to 1.5 million.

Jiang Yantian drove Xiao Yi into borrowing heavily and bidding 1.5 million high-grade spirit stones for the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood, then stole it after Xiao Yi left the auction. Xiao Yi returned to demand help, but the auction fairy said the venue accepted no responsibility once an item left the counter.

• Xiao Yi borrowed more spirit stones from the bald man and kept raising his bid as other bidders competed for the Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood.
• Jiang Yantian raised the bid to 1.3 million, and Xiao Yi won the item with a bid of 1.5 million after Jiang Yantian stopped competing.
• Xiao Yi received the divine wood, sensed the Law of Myriad Phenomena within it, and left the auction venue.
• Jiang Yantian trapped Xiao Yi outside and stole his storage pouch as Xiao Yi tried to teleport away.
• Xiao Yi rushed back into the auction and demanded that the venue take responsibility, but the auction fairy said it accepted no responsibility for items that had left the counter.

After his Myriad Phenomena Divine Wood disappeared, Xiao Yi left the auction humiliated and grieving, then tried to comfort himself and arrange money to repay his loan-shark debt. He went to borrow spirit stones from Senior Brother Ma, but found him occupied comforting a supposedly abandoned woman.

• The auction house warned Xiao Yi to stop disrupting the auction, and the crowd mocked him as he left without the divine wood or his stolen belongings.
• Xiao Yi suspected Jiang Yantian and the cloaked bidder, but could not identify who had taken the item and resolved to borrow one million five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to repay his debt.
• Xiao Yi cried in a quiet corner, where a stranger comforted him by sharing a story about his Dao companion cheating on him.
• Xiao Yi regained some resolve, returned to his lodgings, and decided to borrow money from his senior and junior fellow disciples.
• Xiao Yi visited Senior Brother Ma, who said he was comforting a distressed woman and asked Xiao Yi to come back later.

Jiang Yantian humiliated Xiao Yi by slapping him and planting stolen underwear in his hands, leaving Xiao Yi blamed as a pervert. As Xiao Yi fainted amid the accusations, Jiang Yantian left with Sheng Xianxian for drinks.

• Jiang Yantian slapped Xiao Yi for neglecting his cultivation, then gave him a pink cloth to wipe his tears.
• A bulky woman accused Xiao Yi of stealing and sniffing her underwear, and she attacked him when she saw it in his hands.
• Jiang Yantian twisted Xiao Yi's denial into a declaration of love, and the crowd condemned Xiao Yi as a pervert.
• Sheng Xianxian decided to distance herself from Xiao Yi and accepted Jiang Yantian's invitation for drinks.
• Xiao Yi fainted, and his fellow Sacred Heart Sect disciples carried him away with the underwear stuffed into his clothes.

Jiang Yantian visited Sheng Xianxian and then Long Wanning, who postponed consummating their marriage until he sought her out at the Secluded Immortal Palace. They shared an intimate encounter, and Long Wanning taught him a lesson when he made her uncomfortable.

• Jiang Yantian asked Sheng Xianxian whether she was sharing a room, and she wondered if she would have agreed to be intimate with him.
• Sheng Xianxian guessed that Long Wanning was her older sister from a previous life, and Jiang Yantian confirmed the guess without explaining the full truth.
• Jiang Yantian escorted Sheng Xianxian to her room, then left for Long Wanning's bedchamber on Mount Sumeru.
• Long Wanning refused to consummate their marriage there, saying she would wait until Jiang Yantian came to find her at the Secluded Immortal Palace, but agreed to satisfy him in another way.
• After their encounter, Long Wanning touched the back of Jiang Yantian's throat to show him how uncomfortable his earlier actions had been, and he apologized.