Recaps

Qiong Yu discovered that Yang Xiao had killed and skinned her spirit fox, then realized she may have eaten its flesh. She found him bathing and urinating in the sect’s water source, but left without confronting him and decided to expel him from her tutelage.

• Qiong Yu used the spirit fox’s pelt to trace its killer and saw Yang Xiao violently beat the fox to death.
• Qiong Yu suspected the roasted meat Yang Xiao had served her was the spirit fox’s flesh and vomited in disgust.
• Qiong Yu located Yang Xiao bathing and urinating in the sect’s water source while he fumed over his grievances.
• Qiong Yu left without confronting Yang Xiao and decided to expel him from her tutelage.

Jiang Yantian planned to expose Yang Xiao’s disgusting act at a sect-wide banquet and used the Immortal-Ending Sword to tempt Ge Ji'er into arranging one. After proving that the sword would return to him wherever it went, Jiang Yantian set it loose as an apparent ownerless treasure, and Ge Ji'er and the elders gathered to compete for its favor.

• Jiang Yantian showed Gu Qingfei the recording of Yang Xiao at the water source and proposed projecting it during a banquet for the sect.
• Jiang Yantian revealed the Immortal-Ending Sword and demonstrated that he could summon it back from Gu Qingfei after she took it far away.
• Gu Qingfei agreed to help persuade Ge Ji'er to hold a celebration, and Jiang Yantian waited until Yang Xiao had finished before releasing the sword’s presence.
• Ge Ji'er and the elders arrived, set up restrictions, and watched the sword circle as Gu Qingfei claimed it was choosing a master.
• Ge Ji'er decided he would kill any elder the sword chose so he could seize the treasure.

The Immortal-Ending Sword chose Ge Ji'er, and the Cloud Heaven Sect celebrated with a banquet. As the feast began, Jiang Yantian planned to assault the absent Qiong Yu.

• The Immortal-Ending Sword stopped before Ge Ji'er, who accepted it amid the elders’ congratulations and announced a sect-wide banquet.
• Gu Qingfei questioned Jiang Yantian about concealing his presence, then left after he took her hand and teased her.
• Jiang Yantian planned to disguise himself and assault Qiong Yu, who had stayed away from the banquet.
• The Cloud Heaven Sect prepared a feast, and Ge Ji'er celebrated with the elders while Gu Qingfei and Qiong Yu remained absent.
• The elders praised the tea and Ge Ji'er’s fortune before rare medicinal dishes and roasted meat were served.

Jiang Yantian revealed a recording of Yang Xiao bathing in the sect’s water source during Ge Ji’er’s banquet, provoking the sect to hunt him down. Qiong Yu found Yang Xiao at his secluded house and urged him to flee, but he angrily rejected her.

• Jiang Yantian activated an Image-Recording Stone at the banquet, showing Yang Xiao swimming and washing in the sect’s water source.
• Ge Ji’er and the elders reacted with disgust, and Ge Ji’er ordered the guards to arrest Yang Xiao.
• The disciples searched the sect while the elders went to Qiong Yu’s courtyard residence and demanded that she hand Yang Xiao over.
• Qiong Yu denied knowing where Yang Xiao was, then hurried to his secluded house to help him escape before the sect found him.
• Qiong Yu told Yang Xiao to leave, but he accused her of looking for trouble and ordered her to get lost.

Yang Xiao was condemned by the sect for defiling its water source, but Qiong Yu rescued him and vouched for him before the sect master. After she took him back to her courtyard, Yang Xiao angrily accused her of interfering.

• Qiong Yu ended her master-disciple bond with Yang Xiao, who celebrated her departure and insulted her.
• Cultivators beat Yang Xiao and brought him before Sect Master Ge Ji'er, who accused him of defiling the water source.
• Yang Xiao challenged the crowd's hostility, but Ge Ji'er began punishing him with a lightning formation.
• Yang Xiao cried for help, and Qiong Yu broke the formation and asked Ge Ji'er to give him another chance.
• Ge Ji'er spared Yang Xiao because Qiong Yu vouched for him, and she took him back to her residence.
• Yang Xiao called Qiong Yu a busybody and said the sect would not have dared hurt him.

Yang Xiao severed his relationship with Qiong Yu, and Jiang Yantian confronted her after he left. Jiang Yantian overpowered Qiong Yu and began humiliating her, leaving her helpless and screaming.

• Qiong Yu expelled Yang Xiao and demanded his disciple token, and Yang Xiao threw it down before leaving.
• Qiong Yu destroyed Yang Xiao's token and found Jiang Yantian waiting beneath the old locust tree.
• Jiang Yantian taunted Qiong Yu over her treatment of Yang Xiao, and she threatened to cripple him.
• Jiang Yantian seized Qiong Yu and slammed her against the tree, revealing strength that left her unable to resist.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Qiong Yu and blasted her clothes away, and she screamed and tried to cover herself.

Jiang Yantian imprisoned and abused Qiong Yu, using her humiliation and despair to reinforce his control over her. He left her confined to her room, where she continued to tremble and cry.

• Jiang Yantian teleported Qiong Yu to the sect square, where he used a barrier to conceal them from the people still there.
• After three kun-hours, Qiong Yu attacked Jiang Yantian from behind, but he shrugged off her strike and slapped her.
• Jiang Yantian told Qiong Yu that only death could free her from his control, then forced her to hold him.
• Jiang Yantian took Qiong Yu back to her room and said he would keep her confined while telling everyone she was in secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Yantian left, and Qiong Yu remained alone in the room, trembling and crying.

Jiang Yantian trapped Qiong Yu, then stripped Yang Xiao of his viciousness and secretly mutilated him before inciting the sect disciples against him. Yang Xiao woke to the beating, discovered what he had lost, and fought back as the disciples turned their attack into a spiritual battle.

• Qiong Yu tried to leave Jiang Yantian's residence but was struck down by the restrictive barrier and began trying to break it.
• Jiang Yantian found Yang Xiao surrounded by angry disciples and secretly cut off one of his balls while extracting the viciousness from his marrow.
• Jiang Yantian splashed golden juice over the disciples outside, then left as they stormed Yang Xiao's hut and beat him.
• Yang Xiao woke, blasted the disciples away, and discovered that one of his balls was missing.
• Yang Xiao drew his sword and charged the disciples as they accused him of repeated humiliation and challenged him to pay for it.

Yang Xiao fought the furious disciples after Jiang Yantian secretly strengthened his sword strike, then Jiang Yantian left for Gu Qingfei’s residence to begin winning her over. Meanwhile, the Immortal-Ending Sword’s disappearance alarmed Ge Ji’er and stirred an uproar throughout the sect.

• The disciples attacked Yang Xiao, and Jiang Yantian secretly amplified Yang Xiao’s sword strike, causing it to injure nearly two-thirds of the crowd.
• Yang Xiao tried to defend himself as the remaining disciples continued attacking, while Jiang Yantian left them to fight.
• Jiang Yantian summoned the Immortal-Ending Sword, put it away, and headed to Gu Qingfei’s residence with a plan to win her over.
• Jiang Yantian pretended to be troubled and lay beneath Gu Qingfei’s covers, prompting her to check on him gently.
• Ge Ji’er discovered that the Immortal-Ending Sword was missing, and the entire sect was alarmed by the suspected theft.

Ge Ji'er sealed the Cloud Heaven Sect and ordered a search after the Immortal-Ending Sword was stolen. As the search focused suspicion on Yang Xiao, Jiang Yantian secretly made the sword appear at Yang Xiao’s waist, where Ge Ji'er glimpsed it flickering in and out of sight.

• Ge Ji'er activated the sect’s grand formation and summoned everyone to search for the thief who stole the Immortal-Ending Sword.
• Ge Ji'er told the elders that the Immortal-Ending Sword had been stolen, and Elder Xu awkwardly suggested an outsider might have taken it.
• The sect began searching everyone, while Yang Xiao became the main suspect because he had previously tried to claim the sword.
• Jiang Yantian realized the search would likely implicate Yang Xiao and made the Immortal-Ending Sword appear behind him at his waist.
• Ge Ji'er spotted the sword at Yang Xiao’s waist, but it vanished when he looked again.

Ge Ji'er accused Yang Xiao of stealing the Immortal-Ending Sword and took him to the place of punishment when he denied it. Yang Xiao insisted he had been wronged as Ge Ji'er began torturing him, while the sword remained undiscovered.

• Jiang Yantian briefly revealed the Immortal-Ending Sword's presence, allowing Ge Ji'er to identify Yang Xiao as its thief.
• Ge Ji'er confronted Yang Xiao before the gathered disciples, who mistakenly speculated that he had betrayed the sect master with his wife.
• Ge Ji'er seized Yang Xiao and took him to the place of punishment, where he demanded the Immortal-Ending Sword.
• Yang Xiao denied knowing about the sword and offered to let Ge Ji'er search him, but Ge Ji'er rejected his pleas and started the burning pillar torture.

Ge Ji'er tortured Yang Xiao to force him to reveal the Immortal-Ending Sword and his concealment treasure, while Jiang Yantian kept Qiong Yu captive. Jiang Yantian then told Qiong Yu that Yang Xiao was imprisoned and took her to see him.

• Ge Ji'er had an enforcement disciple use a high-grade lightning-summoning talisman on Yang Xiao, but Yang Xiao continued to deny stealing the Immortal-Ending Sword.
• Jiang Yantian spent the day at Gu Qingfei's place before returning to Qiong Yu, who remained locked in her room.
• Jiang Yantian teased Qiong Yu and told her he would let her rest for the day if she said what he wanted.
• Jiang Yantian told Qiong Yu that Yang Xiao had been imprisoned and tortured for allegedly stealing from the sect master.
• Qiong Yu said she and Yang Xiao were no longer master and disciple, but Jiang Yantian dressed her and took her to see him.

Jiang Yantian took Qiong Yu to visit the tortured Yang Xiao and deliberately used her presence to torment him. The chapter ended with Jiang Yantian kissing Qiong Yu as Yang Xiao watched helplessly and screamed in anguish.

• Jiang Yantian brought Qiong Yu to the Cloud Heaven Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, where Yang Xiao was bound to a scorching pillar and tortured.
• Jiang Yantian taunted Yang Xiao, who begged Qiong Yu to kill him and avenge Senior Sister Zhou.
• Jiang Yantian accused Yang Xiao of loving Qiong Yu and claimed she had been intimate with him, provoking Yang Xiao's fury.
• Jiang Yantian took Qiong Yu in his arms, and she did not resist, leaving Yang Xiao stunned.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Qiong Yu while Yang Xiao struggled against his restraints and cried out in despair.

Jiang Yantian humiliated Yang Xiao by kissing Qiong Yu in front of him, while Yang Xiao cursed and pleaded with his master to stop. Jiang Yantian revealed that he had caused Yang Xiao’s past misfortunes, leaving him stunned and furious.

• Yang Xiao watched Jiang Yantian kiss Qiong Yu and begged her to stop, but she agreed when Jiang Yantian asked to begin again.
• Jiang Yantian sealed Yang Xiao’s mouth with a steel nail, then continued kissing Qiong Yu as Yang Xiao tried to reach her emotionally.
• Jiang Yantian gained 500,000 Humiliation Points from Yang Xiao while Qiong Yu and Jiang Yantian sat together in a rocking chair.
• Yang Xiao accused Jiang Yantian of targeting the women around him out of jealousy, and Jiang Yantian said he had been making trouble for Yang Xiao all along.
• Yang Xiao realized Jiang Yantian had caused his past misfortunes and screamed, prompting Jiang Yantian to tell him to stop.

Jiang Yantian recounted how Yang Xiao’s choices and the sect’s contempt had fueled his resentment, then revealed Zhou Piaoling’s imprisoned soul. He vowed to destroy the entire sect, including Yang Xiao, the sect master, and Qiong Yu.

• Jiang Yantian reminded Yang Xiao of their early friendship and accused him of refusing to help him enter the inner sect when Qiong Yu offered.
• Jiang Yantian recalled how Yang Xiao and the sect turned against him, and how Zhou Piaoling manipulated him before choosing Yang Xiao.
• Yang Xiao accused Jiang Yantian of killing Zhou Piaoling, but Jiang Yantian revealed her soul trapped in the Ten Thousand Demons Banner.
• Jiang Yantian declared that he would kill everyone in the sect, including Yang Xiao, the sect master, Qiong Yu, and over a hundred thousand disciples.

Jiang Yantian humiliated Yang Xiao by magically controlling him and making the disciples believe he was committing a disgraceful act, then let him goad the sect master into attacking. Yang Xiao's supposed Immortal-Ending Sword proved to be an ordinary spirit weapon, while Ge Ji'er's secret lover appeared after he called out for his “darling.”

• Jiang Yantian used black mist to control the burly punishment disciple and seal Yang Xiao's body, leaving Yang Xiao conscious and helpless.
• Jiang Yantian had Yang Xiao dragged out of sight, then summoned watching disciples and accused him of behaving disgracefully.
• Sect Master Ge Ji'er arrived, and Jiang Yantian released his control over Yang Xiao, who attacked him with what appeared to be the Immortal-Ending Sword.
• Ge Ji'er suppressed Yang Xiao and discovered that the weapon was only an earth-grade spirit weapon, not the Immortal-Ending Sword.
• Ge Ji'er called anxiously for his “darling,” and a woman stepped forward, surprised that he had called her that in front of everyone.

Ge Ji'er accused Yang Xiao of stealing the Immortal-Ending Sword and had him imprisoned when he could not produce it. Jiang Yantian appeared to defend Yang Xiao, but his words strengthened the accusation, and Yang Xiao was left vowing revenge from his cage.

• Ge Ji'er demanded that Yang Xiao return the Immortal-Ending Sword, beat him when he denied knowing about it, and ordered him locked up.
• Jiang Yantian offered to vouch for Yang Xiao, then argued that a treasure belonged to whoever had the ability to keep it.
• Yang Xiao accused Jiang Yantian of hypocrisy, while the crowd praised Jiang Yantian and condemned Yang Xiao.
• Ge Ji'er ordered Yang Xiao imprisoned, and rumors spread through the Cloud Heaven Sect that Yang Xiao had been involved with Ge Ji'er's women.
• Confined in a dark cage, Yang Xiao blamed Jiang Yantian and vowed to take revenge.

Jiang Yantian brought Qiong Yu back to the courtyard and forced her to accept his authority after she apologized for her past treatment of him. When Gong Ning and two senior brothers attacked, Jiang Yantian dismembered them and fused their surviving parts into Gong Ning, leaving her alive in a grotesque new body.

• Qiong Yu apologized to Jiang Yantian and asked him to spare the other disciples, but he slapped her and ordered her to serve him.
• Gong Ning and two senior brothers confronted Jiang Yantian and attacked him, while Qiong Yu stayed silent.
• Jiang Yantian effortlessly cut all three disciples in half, with his power also splitting a distant mountain peak.
• Jiang Yantian combined Gong Ning's upper body with one senior brother's lower body and grafted on the other senior brother's arm, then healed the joins.
• Gong Ning begged Jiang Yantian to change her back, but he left her to live with the fused bodies.

Jiang Yantian tortured Gong Ning and kept Qiong Yu captive, then sought comfort by holding Gu Qingfei. As Gu Qingfei showed him unexpected tenderness, Jiang Yantian wondered why she would sacrifice so much for him.

• Jiang Yantian destroyed Gong Ning’s original lower body, maimed her, and left her suffering in a fused body while promising to make her immortal and trap her in the Ten Thousand Demons Banner.
• Qiong Yu served Jiang Yantian in her bathing pool, and he kissed her before pushing her away and calling her pathetic.
• After Jiang Yantian left, Qiong Yu gave up struggling against her imprisonment and waited for death.
• Jiang Yantian returned to Gu Qingfei, embraced her, and asked to hold her without doing anything else.
• Gu Qingfei let Jiang Yantian rest in her arms and gently reached toward his face, while he wondered why she would put him first and sacrifice her cultivation for him.

Jiang Yantian rested in Gu Qingfei’s arms and tried to persuade her to become his Dao companion, but she insisted she saw him as a younger brother. He left the Cloud Heaven Sect and split the sect in half with a strike from the Yang-Extinguishing Saber.

• Jiang Yantian slept in Gu Qingfei’s arms, then asked whether she had ever considered finding a Dao companion.
• Gu Qingfei said she had no interest in romance or men and saw Jiang Yantian as a younger brother, rejecting his offer to become her Dao companion.
• Jiang Yantian decided to visit the village and check on Xiao Yi, Chu Fan, and Lin Xuan before leaving the Cloud Heaven Sect.
• Jiang Yantian said goodbye to Gu Qingfei and flew away from the sect.
• Jiang Yantian unleashed the Yang-Extinguishing Saber and broke the sect-protecting formation, cleaving the Cloud Heaven Sect in half before leaving.

Jiang Yantian returned to the village and found Xiao Yi, Lin Xuan, and Chu Fan had turned the ancient battlefield secret realm into a tourist business. He discovered Xiao Yi was using labor competition and romantic manipulation to make money, then named her scheme the simp economy.

• Jiang Yantian returned to the village and found it transformed into a tourist attraction built around the ancient battlefield secret realm.
• Lin Xuan sold wine, Chu Fan sold pills and secret-realm stones, and the villagers charged visitors for entry, maps, treatment, lodging, and other services.
• Jiang Yantian changed his appearance and confronted Xiao Yi about neglecting her task while running the business.
• Xiao Yi explained that she planned to make Lin Xuan and Chu Fan compete for her affection so they would work harder and earn more money.
• Jiang Yantian suggested adding more holidays that encouraged men to buy women gifts, and he named Xiao Yi's money-making scheme the simp economy.

Jiang Yantian’s teasing pushed Chu Fan and Lin Xuan into a fight over Xiao Yi, while she turned their brawl into a paid spectacle. The rivals ended up trading punches in front of paying spectators as Xiao Yi discovered a new way to earn spirit stones.

• Lin Xuan teased Xiao Yi by calling her the proprietress, and she ran inside in embarrassment while he celebrated.
• Jiang Yantian told Chu Fan that Lin Xuan had gone inside, prompting Chu Fan to rush after him.
• Chu Fan caught Lin Xuan lingering at Xiao Yi’s door and threw him outside, where the two began fighting.
• Chu Fan and Lin Xuan traded insults and punches, then grappled on the grass as a crowd gathered.
• Xiao Yi charged the spectators five high-grade spirit stones each to watch the fight, and they filled her alms bowl with payment.

Chu Fan and Lin Xuan resumed fighting while Xiao Yi tried to keep their rivalry going, and Sheng Xianxian emerged from seclusion to visit Xiao Yi. Sheng Xianxian told Xiao Yi that Senior Brother Ma and the others had returned safely and invited her to visit the sect, leaving Xiao Yi moved but unable to return.

• Xiao Yi provoked Chu Fan and Lin Xuan into continuing their fight, and Jiang Yantian watched while earning Humiliation Points.
• Sheng Xianxian finished her seclusion, appeared beside Jiang Yantian, and revealed that she had reached Early Void Refining.
• Sheng Xianxian went to greet Xiao Yi, who dropped the spirit stones she had been collecting when she recognized her.
• Sheng Xianxian told Xiao Yi that Senior Brother Ma and the others were safe and invited her to visit the sect.
• Xiao Yi became tearful with relief but knew she could not return.

Sheng Xianxian reunited with Xiao Yi, who was thriving in Jiang Yantian’s service and asked her to pass spirit stones to their former sectmates. Jiang Yantian approved the gift and dinner, then returned his attention to Chu Fan and Lin Xuan, who were still fighting.

• Sheng Xianxian asked Xiao Yi how she was adjusting, and Xiao Yi said she enjoyed her work, income, and relaxed life under Jiang Yantian.
• Sheng Xianxian warned Xiao Yi not to cross Jiang Yantian’s bottom line, and Xiao Yi agreed to keep doing her job.
• Xiao Yi gave Sheng Xianxian a pouch containing more than ten million spirit stones for Senior Brother Ma and the others, and invited them to dinner.
• Sheng Xianxian brought the pouch and dinner invitation to Jiang Yantian, who approved both and said Xiao Yi’s Heavenly Dao Blood Oath had changed how he treated her.
• Jiang Yantian returned his attention to Chu Fan and Lin Xuan as they continued fighting.

Chu Fan and Lin Xuan's fight turned into a humiliating spectacle that Xiao Yi sold to the crowd as a play. Jiang Yantian then left with Sheng Xianxian, who confessed she had become addicted to intimacy with him.

• Chu Fan and Lin Xuan grabbed each other's balls during their fight and refused to let go.
• Jiang Yantian convinced Chu Fan and Lin Xuan that they needed to twist each other back into place, while the crowd watched.
• Xiao Yi collected spirit stones by advertising the brawl as a performance called "Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl."
• Chu Fan and Lin Xuan smiled and accepted the crowd's praise rather than admit their fight was real.
• Jiang Yantian took Sheng Xianxian home, where she embraced him and confessed she was addicted to intimacy with him.