Recaps

Chen Tian tried to obtain Jiang Yantian’s stone by pleading that it was a birthday gift for his father, but Jiang Yantian mocked him and gave him a magically duplicated stone instead. Chen Tian realized he still wanted the original, while Jiang Yantian grew suspicious of his insistence.

• Chen Tian offered three supreme-grade treasures and a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, claiming he wanted the stone as a birthday gift for his father.
• Jiang Yantian told Chen Tian his name was Fu Qing and teased him into nearly kowtowing before refusing the gifts.
• Chen Tian accused Jiang Yantian of making things difficult, and Jiang Yantian praised his moral blackmail before agreeing to help his filial devotion.
• Jiang Yantian used Qi of Creation to transform an ordinary stone into an identical copy and handed it to Chen Tian.
• Chen Tian asked for the original instead, and Jiang Yantian suggested that Chen Tian suspected an opportunity was hidden inside it.

Jiang Yantian tricked Chen Tian into trading all his resources for a fake stone while secretly keeping the genuine one. When the fake crumbled, Chen Tian attacked him in Black Gorge, and Jiang Yantian loudly accused him of violating the gorge’s rules.

• Chen Tian insisted that a magically transformed stone would not make a proper gift for his father, and Jiang Yantian demanded all his resources in exchange for the genuine stone.
• Chen Tian handed over his storage ring, spatial jade box, protective talismans, and other treasures.
• Jiang Yantian secretly stored the genuine stone, infused a fake with a murky aura, and gave it to Chen Tian.
• Chen Tian’s fake stone crumbled into powder when he probed it with his divine sense.
• Furious, Chen Tian lunged at Jiang Yantian, who dodged and shouted that Chen Tian was breaking Black Gorge’s rules by trying to seize his goods.

Jiang Yantian accused Chen Tian of trying to steal a treasure at Black Gorge, then used the vanished fake stone and the stall owner's testimony to make Chen Tian look guilty. The black-robed deacons ordered Chen Tian seized, leaving him trapped and panicked.

• Jiang Yantian summoned Black Gorge's enforcers and accused Chen Tian of trying to steal his treasure.
• Chen Tian claimed Jiang Yantian had swindled him with a fake stone, but could produce only a little white powder as evidence.
• Jiang Yantian displayed the genuine opportunity stone and argued that Chen Tian had tried to steal it after buying it from the stall owner.
• The stall owner backed Jiang Yantian's account and accused Chen Tian of coveting the stone and attempting to steal it.
• Chen Tian vomited blood as the leading black-robed deacon ordered the others to seize him.

Chen Tian swore before the Devil Emperor that Jiang Yantian had robbed and framed him, but demonic lightning struck him for lying. He survived the punishment as the crowd mocked him and dared him to swear again.

• As black-robed deacons moved to take Chen Tian away, he swore an oath before the Devil Emperor that he had not stolen Jiang Yantian's treasure.
• Chen Tian continued his oath, accusing Jiang Yantian of scamming him and taking his resources.
• Demonic lightning struck Chen Tian, engulfing him and leaving him scorched on the ground.
• The crowd abused and mocked Chen Tian, insisting he deserved the punishment and challenging him to swear another oath.

Jiang Yantian framed Chen Tian as a liar who had schemed against him and questioned the Devil Emperor’s judgment. When Jiang Yantian swore an oath, a sacred blessing appeared above his head, and the deacons seized Chen Tian as he protested his innocence.

• Chen Tian insisted that he had told the truth, but Jiang Yantian accused him of exploiting the Devil Emperor’s absence to frame him.
• Jiang Yantian agreed to swear an oath, claiming he could not tolerate Chen Tian questioning the Devil Emperor’s fairness.
• Jiang Yantian swore that Chen Tian had slandered him and tried to steal his belongings, and that every word he had spoken was true.
• A sacred golden blessing appeared above Jiang Yantian, and the crowd bowed down in praise of the Supreme Devil Emperor.
• The deacons chained Chen Tian and threatened to torture him while he continued to cry that he had been wronged.

Jiang Yantian had Chen Tian taken away and then provoked the bedraggled Qin Yuan, who recognized the forbidden-zone rules from his own ordeal and believed Jiang was behind it all. Jiang taunted Qin Yuan about Ji Chu and offered him healing pills, leaving Qin Yuan consumed by rage and unable to fight back.

• Jiang Yantian ordered the enforcers to torture Chen Tian without killing him, then noticed Qin Yuan watching from afar.
• Qin Yuan connected Chen Tian's humiliation to his own and concluded Jiang Yantian was exploiting the forbidden-zone rules to ruin people.
• Jiang Yantian gave Qin Yuan the middle finger and approached him, asking where his wife and Little Chuchu were.
• Jiang Yantian taunted Qin Yuan about wanting to sleep with Ji Chu and becoming her Dao companion, while Qin Yuan struggled to contain his rage.
• Jiang Yantian refused Qin Yuan's demand for a real fight and handed him pills, mocking him about surviving until the wedding.

Jiang Yantian provoked Qin Yuan into striking at him, then staged a dramatic collision with a nearby stall as Qin Yuan’s companions arrived. Ji Chu rushed to comfort Jiang Yantian, but he recoiled from her and said he regretted meeting them, leaving her devastated.

• Jiang Yantian taunted Qin Yuan about kissing Ji Chu, and Qin Yuan raised his hand to attack him.
• Jiang Yantian flew into a stall before Qin Yuan’s blow reached him, leaving Qin Yuan stunned by the wreckage.
• The bearded man and Liu Mang arrived and accused Qin Yuan of attacking Fellow Daoist Fuqing, while Ji Chu rushed toward the wreckage.
• Ji Chu tried to help Jiang Yantian, but he dodged her touch and withdrew from her.
• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu that they should not meet again and that he regretted meeting them.

Ji Chu stopped Jiang Yantian from leaving and blamed Qin Yuan for the conflict, while Jiang Yantian portrayed himself as wronged. Qin Yuan’s accusations only turned everyone further against him, leaving him condemned and unable to make them believe the truth.

• Ji Chu grabbed Jiang Yantian’s hand and begged him not to leave, insisting that Qin Yuan was responsible for the harm done.
• Qin Yuan coughed up blood after Ji Chu called him a beast, then lunged at Jiang Yantian and accused him of scheming to take Ji Chu away.
• Jiang Yantian defended himself by saying he had tried to leave and had only helped the group, casting Qin Yuan as the one who threatened and slandered him.
• Qin Yuan lamented that the more he explained, the worse he looked, and demanded to know why his fellow disciples believed Jiang Yantian instead of him.
• Ji Chu, the bearded man, and the others condemned Qin Yuan, and the bearded man punched him.

Jiang Yantian tried to leave after accepting Qin Yuan’s accusations, but Ji Chu removed her veil to stop him. Recognizing her resemblance to his late wife, he embraced and kissed her, while Qin Yuan watched in despair.

• Jiang Yantian told the disciples not to let him ruin their bonds and turned to leave to search for his wife.
• Ji Chu tore off her veil and called for Jiang Yantian to turn around and look at her.
• Qin Yuan tried to attack Jiang Yantian, but Ji Chu struck him aside with a forceful blow.
• Jiang Yantian turned, recognized Ji Chu’s resemblance to his late wife, and pulled her into an embrace.
• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu he had missed her, then kissed her as Qin Yuan shouted in despair.

Jiang Yantian kissed Ji Chu and transformed into a silver-haired man in an imperial robe, leaving Ji Chu shocked and unsure how to explain that she was not his wife. Qin Yuan denounced Ji Chu, but she rebuked him, and he stormed off after threatening the others.

• Jiang Yantian ignored Qin Yuan’s shouts, embraced Ji Chu, and kissed her passionately.
• As they kissed, Jiang Yantian’s appearance changed: his hair turned silver, his features sharpened, and his robe became an imperial black robe.
• Jiang Yantian asked Ji Chu where she had been, and Ji Chu suggested they find somewhere else so she could explain she was not his wife.
• Qin Yuan accused Ji Chu of lacking self-respect, but Ji Chu told him her affairs were none of his business.
• Qin Yuan threatened his fellow disciples and stormed off, warning them that Jiang Yantian would devour them.

Qin Yuan broke with Ji Chu and the others, then tried to convince himself he no longer loved her before rushing back to protect her from Fuqing. Meanwhile, Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu arrived at an inn with their companions, who questioned them about their relationship and future plans.

• Qin Yuan declared that his bond with Ji Chu was over, but broke down and begged her to leave Jiang Yantian.
• Qin Yuan mistook another couple's exchange for Ji Chu calling him, was cursed at, and vowed to seal away his heart.
• Qin Yuan worried that Fuqing would deceive Ji Chu, so he left the tavern and hurried back to interfere, imagining he could win her through gratitude.
• Jiang Yantian arrived at an inn with Ji Chu and the others, who comforted him and criticized Qin Yuan.
• The bearded man and his companions questioned Jiang Yantian about hiding his face and asked whether Ji Chu would return to the sect or go with him.

Jiang Yantian insisted that Ji Chu was his wife, while Ji Chu tried to convince him they were different people despite looking exactly alike. The chapter ended with Jiang Yantian claiming he could prove her identity by checking for a distinctive birthmark.

• The bearded man and Liu Mang pretended Liu Mang was ill and left Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu alone.
• Jiang Yantian sat close to Ji Chu and asked whether she truly did not remember being his wife.
• Ji Chu said she was not his wife, though she admitted they looked exactly alike.
• Jiang Yantian insisted she must have lost her memories and challenged her to show him the birthmark on her bottom.
• Ji Chu recoiled and guarded herself as Jiang Yantian described the birthmark as a fallen leaf.

Jiang Yantian confronted Ji Chu with proof that she was his reincarnated wife, then pretended to leave forever until she stopped him and admitted the truth. Qin Yuan overheard her confession and fell from the inn window in shock.

• Jiang Yantian challenged Ji Chu to prove she lacked the birthmark he remembered and threatened to take his own life if he was mistaken.
• Ji Chu realized she had the birthmark and believed she was Jiang Yantian's wife reborn, but she struggled to explain it to him.
• Jiang Yantian gave up asking for an answer and began leaving, saying he would disappear from Ji Chu's life.
• Ji Chu panicked, embraced Jiang Yantian from behind, and admitted she had the birthmark and was his wife, though not entirely the same person.
• Qin Yuan overheard Ji Chu's confession from outside the window, lost his grip, and fell to the ground in shock.

Qin Yuan tried to stop Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu from becoming Dao companions, but he was paralyzed as he watched them grow intimate. Jiang Yantian asked Ji Chu to begin their relationship anew, and she hesitated while Qin Yuan silently begged her to refuse.

• Qin Yuan saw Ji Chu embrace Jiang Yantian and decided to sabotage their relationship, but he could not bring himself to interfere while she welcomed Jiang Yantian's affection.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Ji Chu while Qin Yuan watched helplessly, unable to move or speak.
• Jiang Yantian asked Ji Chu to share his bed, and she hesitated to call him her husband, so he asked her to call him "Daddy" instead.
• Jiang Yantian proposed that he and Ji Chu forget their past and start their relationship from the beginning, and Ji Chu felt joyful at the chance to be loved as herself.
• Ji Chu pondered whether to agree, while Qin Yuan silently pleaded with her not to accept.

Jiang Yantian won Ji Chu’s agreement to become Dao companions, leaving Qin Yuan devastated after centuries of unrequited devotion. Qin Yuan vowed to stop loving her, but a gentle woman named Su Chengfen (Su Chengfeng) helped him up and immediately rekindled his romantic hopes.

• Jiang Yantian asked Ji Chu to begin their relationship anew, and she eagerly agreed to become his Dao companion.
• Qin Yuan watched Ji Chu accept Jiang Yantian and grieved over the hundreds of years he had spent courting and protecting her.
• Ji Chu told Jiang Yantian he could do whatever he wanted to Qin Yuan as long as he spared his life, and Qin Yuan fell into despair again.
• A woman in a white dress helped Qin Yuan up, and he promptly abandoned his vow to seal away love.
• The woman introduced herself as Su Chengfen (Su Chengfeng), and Qin Yuan’s heart began racing.

Su Chengfen comforted the humiliated Qin Yuan, who mistook her calculated kindness for love at first sight and invited her to travel with him. She accepted, drawing close as she quietly positioned him to protect her.

• Su Chengfen gently helped Qin Yuan up and asked what had happened, making him feel cared for and decide she was interested in him.
• Qin Yuan asked where Su Chengfen came from, and she said she had just arrived from the Upper Realm.
• Su Chengfen’s thoughts revealed that she had deliberately sought out Qin Yuan as a vulnerable target after sensing his anguish, following advice from Fellow Daoist Fuqing.
• Qin Yuan invited Su Chengfen to travel with him and promised to keep her safe.
• Su Chengfen hugged Qin Yuan’s arm and hinted that bad people had harassed her, prompting him to vow that no one would dare trouble her.

Su Chengfen showered Qin Yuan with affection and agreed to pose as his Dao companion so his fellow disciples would see them together. Her attention made Qin Yuan feel loved, and he vowed never to let her down.

• Su Chengfen embraced Qin Yuan and eagerly agreed to share a meal with him at the inn.
• Qin Yuan asked Su Chengfen to pretend to be his Dao companion, and she readily agreed.
• Qin Yuan chose a conspicuous seat by the stairs so his fellow disciples, including his junior sister, would see them together.
• Su Chengfen praised Qin Yuan, suggested he would look handsome in a blue-green robe, and fed him spirit ginseng.
• Su Chengfen sucked the chopsticks after feeding Qin Yuan, leaving him overwhelmed and determined never to let her down.

Qin Yuan pretended that Su Chengfen was his new Dao companion to make his fellow disciples think he had moved on from Ji Chu, while Su Chengfen played along. The bearded man noticed Su Chengfen’s lingering Adam’s apple and realized her transformation was incomplete.

• Qin Yuan fed Su Chengfen spirit fowl meat while the bearded man and Liu Mang watched, hoping they would report the scene to Ji Chu.
• The bearded man questioned Su Chengfen’s sudden appearance, but Qin Yuan introduced her as his Dao companion.
• Su Chengfen greeted the two men and played along with Qin Yuan’s claim.
• The bearded man spotted Su Chengfen’s Adam’s apple and froze, while Qin Yuan remained unaware of the telltale sign.

Qin Yuan mistook Su Chengfen for a beautiful woman and insisted she was his Dao companion, while the bearded man suspected she was still partly male and chose not to confront him. The bearded man later told Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu what he had seen, as Qin Yuan’s imagined plan to make Ji Chu jealous went nowhere.

• The bearded man noticed Su Chengfen’s Adam’s apple but stayed silent after Qin Yuan insisted she was his Dao companion.
• The bearded man and Liu Mang left, and Qin Yuan imagined Ji Chu would become jealous when she heard about Su Chengfen.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu recovered from an intimate moment and went outside together holding hands.
• The bearded man and Liu Mang met Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu and reported that Su Chengfen had an Adam’s apple and that Qin Yuan had fallen for her.

Jiang Yantian brought Ji Chu downstairs to watch Qin Yuan and Su Chengfen, then teased Qin Yuan about his new Dao companion and their plans to marry. Qin Yuan mistook Ji Chu’s impatience and closeness to Jiang Yantian for jealousy, remaining convinced that she still cared for him.

• Jiang Yantian explained that Su Chengfen’s Heavenly Dao Qi helped draw Qin Yuan to her and decided to go downstairs with Ji Chu to watch them.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu went downstairs, followed by the bearded man and Liu Mang.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu approached Qin Yuan and Su Chengfen, and Qin Yuan greeted Ji Chu while introducing Su Chengfen as his Dao companion.
• Jiang Yantian congratulated Qin Yuan on finding Su Chengfen and mocked how quickly his mood had changed since that morning.
• Qin Yuan said he and Su Chengfen planned to ask Master to arrange their marriage, while Jiang Yantian said he and Ji Chu would attend.
• Seeing Ji Chu lean toward Jiang Yantian, Qin Yuan convinced himself she was acting indifferent because she feared losing him.

Qin Yuan tried to make Ji Chu jealous by acting indifferent about her relationship with Jiang Yantian, but she only wanted to leave with her husband. As Ji Chu and Jiang Yantian departed, Qin Yuan mistook their eagerness and a shattered chair for signs that she was heartbroken over him.

• Qin Yuan asked Jiang Yantian when he and Ji Chu planned to marry, while Jiang Yantian kissed Ji Chu and said he wanted to give her a grand romance first.
• Ji Chu told Jiang Yantian she wanted to explore Black Gorge, and Qin Yuan wrongly assumed she wanted to escape because seeing him with Su Chengfen hurt her.
• Qin Yuan recommended the Star Plucking inn, and Ji Chu eagerly decided to go there with Jiang Yantian, imagining a romantic stay together.
• Qin Yuan urged them to hurry and wished them a wonderful night, still believing he was making Ji Chu jealous.
• Ji Chu and Jiang Yantian stood to leave, and Jiang Yantian kicked a chair so it crashed aside; Qin Yuan mistook the noise for Ji Chu venting her anger at him.

Qin Yuan misread Ji Chu’s anger as jealousy and believed she still wanted him, while Ji Chu left with Jiang Yantian feeling relieved and ready to embrace their relationship. Ji Chu invited Jiang Yantian to the Star-Picking Tower, and he kissed her in public before promising to take her to special places.

• Qin Yuan called after Ji Chu, but she hurried out with Jiang Yantian and he took her departure as a sign of jealousy.
• Ji Chu felt relieved to be away from Qin Yuan and decided to stop holding back with Jiang Yantian.
• Ji Chu shyly asked Jiang Yantian to take her to the Star-Picking Tower, suggesting she was ready to give herself to him.
• Jiang Yantian embraced Ji Chu, said he wanted to spend more time with her first, and kissed her in front of passing cultivators.
• Ji Chu protested that people were watching, but Jiang Yantian said kissing his wife was proper anywhere, and she agreed.

Jiang Yantian took Ji Chu to the Star-Picking Tower, promising it would be reserved for them, while Qin Yuan grew closer to Su Chengfen. Su Chengfen secretly planned to use Qin Yuan for his Qi, and Qin Yuan left their conversation believing she might become his Dao companion.

• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu that the Star-Picking Tower would be empty for them, and she happily went with him.
• Qin Yuan worried about his absent junior sister, then told Su Chengfen he had moved on from the fairy he used to like.
• Su Chengfen pretended to share a special fate with Qin Yuan while planning to absorb his pure Yang Qi and keep him emotionally attached.
• Su Chengfen claimed she had never had a Dao companion and felt drawn to Qin Yuan, making him believe they were destined to meet.
• Qin Yuan asked to travel with Su Chengfen, and she bashfully avoided rejecting him outright.
• Qin Yuan concluded that he had a chance with Su Chengfen and resolved to win her over.

Qin Yuan confessed his feelings to Su Chengfen, pouring out his grievances and claiming she had become his light after Ji Chu rejected his advice. Su Chengfen kept up her affectionate act but asked for time to think, leaving Qin Yuan convinced he should make a proper gesture rather than rely on words alone.

• Qin Yuan told Su Chengfen that he had never had a Dao companion and that she was the second person he had truly liked.
• Qin Yuan recalled how Su Chengfen had helped him when others looked down on him, while Su Chengfen secretly struggled to endure his sentimental confession.
• Qin Yuan complained that Ji Chu had trusted a fraud over him and insisted she would eventually regret ignoring his advice.
• Su Chengfen praised Qin Yuan and said he deserved to be treated gently, while internally planning to keep him waiting.
• Su Chengfen asked Qin Yuan for time to consider becoming his Dao companion and said she needed to consult her family.
• Qin Yuan accepted that it was too hasty to settle things with words alone and realized he needed to make a gesture.

Su Chengfen sensed another person like Qin Yuan in the inn and recognized the tortured Chen Tian as a new target to help. Black-robed stewards delivered Chen Tian to the inn, while Su Chengfen considered how to take him in without making Qin Yuan think she treated everyone alike.

• Qin Yuan agreed to let Su Chengfen travel with him, hoping their time together would win her affection and make his Junior Sister jealous.
• The Same-Breath Jade worn by Su Chengfen hummed when it detected a powerful presence nearby, and two black-robed stewards entered the inn dragging Chen Tian in chains.
• The stewards left the battered Chen Tian in a corner and sat down, while Su Chengfen recognized him as the person sensed by the jade.
• Su Chengfen exchanged a look with one steward and inferred that he would let her take Chen Tian into her care.
• Su Chengfen told Qin Yuan that Chen Tian was pitiful, and Qin Yuan recognized him as the man he had seen being framed and taken away.