Recaps

Ye Chen misread Li Xuanji’s pain and curses as proof that the storybook’s romantic predictions were true, then fled to recover before facing him. Meanwhile, Jiang Yantian disguised himself as Ji Chu and coaxed Yinshu toward her mountain hot spring, leaving her unaware of his identity and suggestive intentions.

• Ye Chen overheard Li Xuanji cursing as he tried to ease his pain and became convinced that Li Xuanji desired him.
• Ye Chen decided to avoid Li Xuanji until he had recovered, then left while worrying that Li Xuanji might judge him for having given birth.
• Yinshu waited beneath a tree rather than return to her bedroom, where she feared Jiang Yantian was still staying.
• Jiang Yantian disguised himself as Ji Chu, sat with Yinshu, and asked what she thought of her husband.
• Jiang Yantian invited Yinshu to soak with him at the summit hot spring, and she agreed without realizing who he was.
• Jiang Yantian made a suggestive remark about the hot spring’s size, leaving Yinshu confused.

Jiang Yantian, disguised as Ji Chu, led Yinshu to a secluded hot spring while claiming her husband was asleep. After Yinshu undressed and entered the water, Jiang Yantian warned her that her husband liked her and intended to treat her despicably, leaving Yinshu stunned.

• Jiang Yantian told Yinshu that her husband was asleep and accompanied her to a hot spring on a nearby peak.
• Yinshu explained that she often bathed there and raised a barrier to screen the spring from outside.
• Yinshu undressed and entered the hot spring while Jiang Yantian watched and praised her.
• Jiang Yantian told Yinshu that her husband liked her and wanted to do outrageous things to her, leaving her frozen.

Jiang Yantian revealed his true form to Yinshu at the hot spring and used his power to pull her into his arms. He let her go when she protested, but then turned back and began the encounter again.

• Yinshu told Jiang Yantian she would accept it if the Devil Emperor deceived her, though she joked that she might compete with Jiang Yantian for his affection.
• Jiang Yantian revealed his true form, leaving Yinshu shocked and embarrassed as she realized she was naked before him.
• Yinshu tried to cover herself and retreat, but Jiang Yantian interrupted her Qi and pulled her into his arms with an invisible force.
• Yinshu demanded that Jiang Yantian let her go and threatened to kill herself, so he released her and said he would not force her against her will.
• Jiang Yantian warned Yinshu that he would take her nudity as consent if they met again, then turned back and said, "Then... pardon the offense..."

Jiang Yantian cornered Yinshu in a hot spring and ignored her objections, while she tried to bargain for gentleness and secrecy. The encounter began despite Yinshu’s resistance, leaving her ashamed and emotionally conflicted.

• Yinshu tried to fend off Jiang Yantian and appealed to his ties with Ji Chu, but he dismissed her arguments and suggested involving Ji Chu.
• Yinshu demanded that Jiang Yantian be gentle, keep the encounter secret, and never seek or compel her afterward; he agreed.
• Yinshu stopped resisting as Jiang Yantian kissed her and proceeded with the encounter.
• Jiang Yantian made Yinshu call him “Husband,” and she reluctantly did so while struggling with her feelings.

After their night together, Jiang Yantian told Yinshu they should part ways, and his teasing suggestion that she had experience sent her into a grief-stricken outburst. He apologized and asked if she had secretly read smut, leaving Yinshu wondering whether the storybook she had read was the reason she had reacted as she did.

• At dawn, Jiang Yantian dressed and told Yinshu he was leaving and would not meet her again.
• Yinshu accused Jiang Yantian of taking her innocence and abandoning her, but he reminded her that she had demanded they part afterward.
• Jiang Yantian teased Yinshu about seeming experienced, and she thought he was accusing her of having been with someone else.
• Yinshu cried, threw her clothes at Jiang Yantian, and struggled as he held her and apologized for speaking out of turn.
• Jiang Yantian clarified that he meant to ask whether she had read smut, and Yinshu wondered if her storybook had influenced her reactions.

Yinshu angrily rejected Jiang Yantian after their encounter, but he overpowered her and she eventually gave in. He carried her back to Ji Chu, then disguised himself as Fuqing and went to check on Li Xuanji, where he overheard a strange conversation between Li Xuanji and his maternal grandfather.

• Yinshu dressed and warned Jiang Yantian to leave her alone, but he threatened her and pinned her against a rock wall.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Yinshu roughly, and she gradually stopped resisting before they resumed their intimacy.
• Jiang Yantian carried Yinshu to her courtyard, where Ji Chu welcomed them and agreed to rest with her.
• Jiang Yantian left, changed his appearance to Fuqing, and went to check on Li Xuanji and Ye Chen.
• Jiang Yantian arrived at Li Xuanji's hall and overheard Li Xuanji speaking with his maternal grandfather, but found their conversation strange and difficult to understand.

Bi Liushui revealed that a mysterious storybook predicted Li Xuanji’s future and urged him to follow its instructions. Li Xuanji learned that seducing the sect master’s wife was part of the path to his rise, while Ye Chen also held a copy of the book.

• Bi Liushui warned Li Xuanji that the Everlasting Immortal Sect was dangerous and told him to stay inside.
• Bi Liushui showed Li Xuanji a storybook that accurately recorded events and predicted the future.
• Bi Liushui explained that the book foretold Li Xuanji’s rise to become a Heavenly Dao and instructed him not to alter its course.
• Li Xuanji read that he would escape their predicament by seducing the sect master’s wife and resolved to follow the book’s hints.
• The chapter revealed that Ye Chen also possessed a copy of the storybook and was planning to stir things up with Li Xuanji.

Jiang Yantian overheard Li Xuanji and Bi Liushui plotting to follow a storybook’s plan to win over the sect master’s wife and use her influence against Li Fenghuai. After secretly hiding nearby, Jiang watched Li Xuanji set off for the rear courtyard, determined to carry out the scheme.

• Jiang Yantian overheard Bi Liushui encouraging Li Xuanji to follow a storybook plan involving the sect master’s wife, and decided to secretly catch them in the act.
• Li Xuanji vowed to rise above his status as an illegitimate son and become the Imperishable Immortal Emperor.
• Bi Liushui told Li Xuanji that winning the sect master’s wife’s affection would help him gain influence and eventually replace Li Fenghuai.
• Li Xuanji set out for the rear courtyard to stage a chance encounter with the sect master’s wife, while Bi Liushui watched him leave with a calculating smile.

Jiang Yantian secretly helped Li Xuanji prepare to approach Wen Guizhi, the furious sect master's wife, by supplying him with a poem and clothes. Li Xuanji finally walked toward her, but choked on phlegm before he could speak.

• Li Xuanji read a storybook describing Wen Guizhi's resentment toward Li Fenghuai and how to win her favor, while Jiang Yantian watched from the shadows.
• Li Xuanji struggled to compose a poem, so Jiang Yantian secretly wrote one praising Wen Guizhi and the Wen Clan, which Li Xuanji found and mistook for fate's help.
• When Li Xuanji hit an invisible barrier, Jiang Yantian provided white robes and a folding fan bearing the words “Gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, yielding.”
• Li Xuanji changed clothes, practiced flicking his tongue, and approached Wen Guizhi as she cursed Li Fenghuai for betraying her.
• Li Xuanji tried to speak to Wen Guizhi but choked on phlegm and coughed.

Li Xuanji tried to approach the sect master's wife with a poem, but she mistook his presence for a threat and held a sword to his neck. After he flirted with her while pleading for his life, Jiang Yantian decided to use a more direct approach.

• The sect master's wife ordered Li Xuanji brought before her, and her attendants dragged him across the stone ground.
• Recognizing Li Xuanji, the sect master's wife accused him of sneaking around and pressed her sword to his neck.
• Li Xuanji pleaded with the sect master's wife and claimed he had come to recite poetry, but she mocked his background and insulted his birth mother.
• Li Xuanji hid his anger and tried to appease the sect master's wife, then described their encounter as a rare stroke of fate.
• Jiang Yantian watched from the shadows and decided to abandon his gradual plan in favor of a more direct method.

Li Xuanji confessed his desire for the sect master's wife, using Jiang Yantian’s suggestive poems and an increasingly outrageous declaration to provoke her. As she struggled to contain her anger and confusing reactions, Li Xuanji bowed before her and pleaded, “Madam... please...”

• A sheet of poems Jiang Yantian had given Li Xuanji fell from his robes, and the sect master's wife read the verses describing her beauty.
• Li Xuanji claimed he had written the poems and confessed that he had admired the sect master's wife since they first met.
• Li Xuanji declared that he would willingly die by her hand and claimed he had hidden a piece of her clothing beneath his pillow.
• The sect master's wife repeatedly ordered Li Xuanji to be quiet, while her maids knelt in fear and Jiang Yantian watched.
• Li Xuanji stopped speaking, looked up at the sect master's wife, and bowed as he pleaded, “Madam... please...”

Li Xuanji boldly confessed his love to the sect master's wife, provoking her anger and panic while stirring unfamiliar feelings in her. He continued pleading to stay by her side, leaving the kneeling maids terrified and Jiang Yantian entertained.

• Li Xuanji bowed before the sect master's wife and declared his intention to pursue her, stunning her and the maids.
• The sect master's wife threatened to have Li Xuanji killed, but she felt a confusing flutter and wondered whether she could use him to take revenge on Li Fenghuai.
• Li Xuanji ignored her rebuke and confessed that he had loved her since they first met, even though he knew his feelings were treasonous.
• The sect master's wife blushed and shouted at him to stop, but she hesitated to order his death as memories of Li Fenghuai's neglect surfaced.
• Li Xuanji pleaded to remain by her side even as a servant, while Jiang Yantian watched and the maids feared they would be punished.

Li Xuanji confessed his desire for the sect master's wife and embraced her, while Jiang Yantian secretly protected the maids and preserved evidence of the encounter. The sect master's wife resisted Li Xuanji but began to soften in his arms.

• Li Xuanji seized the sect master's wife's wrist and urged her to acknowledge her feelings for him.
• The sect master's wife rejected his advances and sent lethal Qi toward the two maids who had witnessed them.
• Jiang Yantian secretly blocked the Qi and transferred the maids to safety while making it appear they had been killed.
• Li Xuanji embraced the sect master's wife from behind and insisted that he would not let go.
• The sect master's wife struggled and cursed at Li Xuanji, but her resistance weakened as Jiang Yantian watched.

Li Xuanji forced the sect master's wife into an embrace and gradually won her over with pleas and declarations of devotion. She sealed them inside a barrier, agreed to grant his wish once while denying any feelings for him, and Li Xuanji kissed her.

• Li Xuanji held the sect master's wife tightly as she struggled and demanded that he let her go.
• The sect master's wife’s resistance weakened as she reflected on her loneliness and Li Xuanji’s devotion.
• Li Xuanji loosened his hold and faced the sect master's wife, who warned him to keep their encounter secret.
• The sect master's wife raised a barrier around them and agreed to grant Li Xuanji’s wish just once, insisting she had no feelings for him.
• Li Xuanji seized the moment and kissed the sect master's wife.

Jiang Yantian manipulated Li Fenghuai into going to the sea of flowers, where he caught Li Xuanji and his wife together. Li Fenghuai erupted in fury as the elders arrived and witnessed the scene.

• Jiang Yantian left Li Xuanji with the sect master's wife and went to the main hall, where Li Fenghuai and the elders were discussing the barrier trapping the sect.
• Jiang Yantian used a shadow to tell Li Fenghuai that Li Xuanji had gone to the sea of flowers to speak with his wife and might be in danger.
• Li Fenghuai quietly went to the sea of flowers and found his wife and Li Xuanji together among the crushed flowers.
• Li Fenghuai restrained himself at first because of his wife's Lineage, but her insults drove him to roar with fury.
• The elders rushed to the sea of flowers and were dumbfounded when they saw the scene.

Li Fenghuai caught Li Xuanji with the sect master's wife and, enraged by her shameless attempt to blame him, unleashed a deadly attack. Just as the pair faced annihilation, a golden shield emerged from the void to protect them, though the impact left it badly cracked.

• The elders discovered Li Xuanji and the sect master's wife together, while an unseen voice taunted Li Fenghuai about the scandal.
• Li Fenghuai confronted Li Xuanji, and the sect master's wife tried to shift the blame onto him.
• Li Fenghuai summoned a devastating attack and vowed to kill both Li Xuanji and the sect master's wife.
• Li Xuanji and the sect master's wife raised protective barriers, but Li Xuanji cried out for his grandfather to save him.
• A golden shield appeared from the void and blocked Li Fenghuai's attack, cracking under the impact as the blast sent the elders flying.

Li Fenghuai attacked Bi Liushui after catching Li Xuanji with the sect master's wife, while Bi tried to protect them and mediate. As their battle devastated the sect, Ye Chen emerged from hiding and charged at the sect master's wife.

• Li Fenghuai identified Bi Liushui as the one who had shielded Li Xuanji and demanded that he come out.
• Bi Liushui tried to persuade Li Fenghuai to settle the matter quietly, but Li Fenghuai accused him of protecting the adulterous pair.
• Li Fenghuai unleashed his supreme treasures against Bi Liushui, who raised a Black Tortoise shield and an earthen rampart to defend himself and Li Xuanji.
• The treasures battered Bi Liushui's defenses, wounding him and shaking the sect as its elders hesitated to intervene.
• Ye Chen burst from hiding and charged at the sect master's wife, accusing her of seducing his man.

Ye Chen attacked the sect master's wife while Li Fenghuai and Bi Liushui fought above the square, leaving Li Xuanji stunned by the collapse of his plans. Bi Liushui persuaded Li Fenghuai that the strange events might point to a misunderstanding, and Li Fenghuai began to hesitate as Ye Chen and the sect master's wife continued fighting.

• Ye Chen charged at the sect master's wife and attacked her with lethal force, while she fought back and the surrounding disciples retreated from the shock waves.
• Li Xuanji watched in confusion as the sect master's wife and Ye Chen fought, unable to understand why events had diverged from the storybook he expected.
• Jiang Yantian watched the chaos from a stone bench as Li Fenghuai and Bi Liushui exchanged increasingly powerful attacks overhead.
• Li Fenghuai declared that he would fight Bi Liushui to the death, while Bi Liushui defended himself and urged him to consider the strange barrier and recent events.
• Li Fenghuai recalled the incidents since Ye Chen entered the sect, grew suspicious, and weakened his attacks as Bi Liushui pressed him to clarify what had happened.
• Bi Liushui reminded Li Fenghuai that the barrier prevented anyone from escaping, while the sect master's wife continued fighting Ye Chen and heard their conversation.

The sect master's wife calmed Li Fenghuai enough to stop the fighting, but he demanded a Three-Hall Tribulation Judgment to expose the truth. Jiang Yantian prepared to reveal hidden evidence, while Ye Chen reluctantly agreed to face the judgment.

• The sect master's wife persuaded Li Fenghuai that he had been misled, and he reined in his Qi as elders restrained the still-furious Ye Chen.
• Jiang Yantian planned to use an Image-Recording Stone and two supposedly dead maids he had hidden to reignite the conflict.
• Li Fenghuai proposed a Three-Hall Tribulation Judgment, warning that anyone who refused would face a fight to the death.
• The sect master's wife and Li Xuanji agreed to the judgment, each believing they could conceal their secrets.
• The elders insisted Ye Chen must also undergo the judgment because he had attacked and was connected to the others, and he reluctantly agreed.

The sect began a three-hall tribulation judgment into the entanglement involving Li Fenghuai, Li Xuanji, the sect master's wife, Bi Liushui, and Ye Chen. Jiang Yantian volunteered as the disciples’ final questioner and made a startlingly brazen declaration just as the hearing began.

• The group arrived at the great hall, where elders and disciples gathered around the Heart-Questioning Stone to witness the trial of five people.
• The elders chose Elder Lian to represent them, while the disciples hesitated to take the risky role of final questioner.
• Jiang Yantian volunteered to gather and ask the disciples’ questions, though he secretly planned to use the role to investigate what he wanted to know.
• The Heart-Questioning Stone was activated, and whispers spread as observers watched the five people for signs of guilt.
• Jiang Yantian addressed the hall, urged truthful answers, and threatened castration for anyone who dodged questions, astonishing the crowd.

Jiang Yantian used the Three-Hall Tribulation Judgment to publicly question people connected to the sect’s troubles, including Elder Lian and Li Fenghuai. The Heart-Questioning Stone exposed Li Fenghuai’s murderous intent and showed that the sect master’s wife had lied about being faithful.

• Jiang Yantian asked Li Xuanji an irrelevant question about his mother, then declared it invalid and required no answer.
• Jiang Yantian cited the judgment’s rules to demand that Elder Lian be questioned, and Elder Lian reluctantly stepped forward.
• Jiang Yantian asked Li Fenghuai whether he had wanted to kill the sect master’s wife over Bi Gui Ting, and Li Fenghuai admitted it.
• The Heart-Questioning Stone glowed green, confirming Li Fenghuai’s answer and prompting the sect master’s wife to angrily confront him.
• Jiang Yantian asked the sect master’s wife whether she had been unfaithful, and the stone glowed red after she denied it, exposing her lie.

Jiang Yantian used the Heart-Questioning Stone to expose the sect master's wife's humiliating treatment of Li Fenghuai and then accused Bi Liushui of relations with his daughter, Bi Gui Ting. The stone marked Bi Liushui's denial as a lie, and he erupted in rage as Li Fenghuai confronted him.

• The sect master's wife accused Jiang Yantian of slandering her, but the Heart-Questioning Stone confirmed her admission that she had never thought highly of Li Fenghuai and had made him serve her like a dog.
• Jiang Yantian's questioning turned the hall against the sect master's wife, while Li Fenghuai grew furious at the public humiliation.
• Jiang Yantian asked Bi Liushui whether he had relations with Bi Gui Ting beyond those of a father and daughter.
• Bi Liushui denied the accusation, but the Heart-Questioning Stone glowed red, signaling that he had lied.
• Bi Liushui threatened Jiang Yantian, and Li Fenghuai blocked him and accused him of having ulterior motives toward Bi Gui Ting.

The Heart-Questioning Stone exposed a string of shocking family secrets as Bi Liushui and the others turned on one another. Jiang Yantian tried to regain control, but Bi Liushui demanded a fight to the death instead of continuing the judgment.

• Bi Liushui's outburst made the Heart-Questioning Stone confirm that he had insulted Li Xuanji's mother, worsening the group's suspicions.
• The six people gathered around the stone and began questioning one another, with Bi Liushui accusing Wen and Li Xuanji of an affair and the sect master's wife accusing Bi Liushui of sleeping with his daughter.
• The sect master's wife and Li Fenghuai traded accusations, and the stone revealed that Li Fenghuai was Li Xuanji's father.
• Someone accused Bi Liushui of having a child with Bi Gui Ting, and the stone indicated that Ye Chen was Bi Liushui's son.
• Jiang Yantian stopped the bickering and limited everyone to two questions, but Bi Liushui rejected the judgment and called for a fight to the death, which Li Fenghuai accepted.

Li Fenghuai and Bi Liushui fought to a stalemate until the sect master's wife stabbed Li Fenghuai from behind. Li Xuanji then stabbed her, but Elder Lian attacked Li Xuanji to stop him from killing her, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Li Fenghuai and Bi Liushui clashed with their palms and struggled against each other while Jiang Yantian shielded those nearby.
• Li Fenghuai threatened the Everlasting Immortal Sect and the Wen Clan as his power overwhelmed Bi Liushui.
• The sect master's wife stabbed Li Fenghuai through the chest, blaming him for neglecting her.
• Li Xuanji stabbed the sect master's wife and revealed that he had only pretended to like her because she insulted his mother.
• Elder Lian drove a jade hairpin into Li Xuanji's back and ordered him to let go of the sect master's wife.

Jiang Yantian suppressed the fighters’ abilities, causing Ye Chen, Elder Lian, Li Xuanji, Li Fenghuai, Bi Liushui, and the sect master's wife to stab one another in a chaotic circle. Li Xuanji erupted with purification Qi, and Li Fenghuai realized someone was manipulating them and shouted for everyone to stop.

• Ye Chen stabbed Elder Lian to stop him from attacking Li Xuanji, then threatened to destroy his soul.
• Bi Liushui tried to kill the distracted Li Fenghuai, but Li Fenghuai stabbed him first; Ye Chen stabbed Bi Liushui from behind, and Bi Liushui wounded them both in return.
• Jiang Yantian revealed that he had suppressed the area, forcing the six wounded fighters into a spinning circle as they shouted accusations and struggled to keep stabbing each other.
• Li Xuanji cried out that this was not how his life was supposed to go, and Ye Chen urged him to become the dawn that shattered the darkness.
• Li Xuanji released purification Qi, while Li Fenghuai recognized that someone was manipulating them and called for everyone to stop.