Recaps

Chen Zheng endured a brutal beating and was ordered to wash dishes by hand at the Billowing Gate Pavilion, while deciding to abandon his feelings for Wang Jiaorou. As he headed to the kitchen, he saw several drunken young men corner her, and stopped to listen.

• Billowing Gate Pavilion guards surrounded Chen Zheng after he beat an attendant, and he surrendered rather than risk a deadly fight.
• The guards beat Chen Zheng with fists and kicks while the attendant joined in, targeting the back of his head.
• The guards ordered Chen Zheng to wash the day’s dishes by hand, and he silently accepted the punishment.
• Chen Zheng passed Wang Jiaorou and resolved to bury his feelings for her as he walked toward the kitchen.
• Several drunken young men blocked Wang Jiaorou’s way upstairs and lewdly demanded that she play the zither, while Chen Zheng stopped at the kitchen door.

Chen Zheng saved Wang Jiaorou from men trying to assault her, but she condemned him for using violence and demanded that he apologize. As the crowd watched, their argument escalated into a standoff, while Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo observed from above.

• A group of young men harassed Wang Jiaorou and one seized her wrist, prompting her to call for Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng rushed in, struck the man holding Wang Jiaorou, and summoned his massive sword to threaten the other men.
• Wang Jiaorou stopped Chen Zheng from attacking further and accused him of cruelty, causing him to spit blood and lose control of his Qi.
• Chen Zheng tried to leave, but Wang Jiaorou grabbed him and demanded that he compensate the injured man and apologize.
• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo watched from their room and chose to let events unfold without interfering.
• Wang Jiaorou continued blocking Chen Zheng's departure as the onlookers watched their standoff.

Chen Zheng apologized to the scions after Wang Jiaorou condemned him, then walked away and refused to answer when they dragged her into a private room. He heard her pleas and curses from the kitchen, but continued washing dishes, resolved never to help her again.

• Wang Jiaorou demanded that Chen Zheng apologize to the scions, and he complied, saying he had been wrong to interfere.
• Chen Zheng told Wang Jiaorou he was leaving and walked toward the kitchen without looking back.
• The scions surrounded Wang Jiaorou and tried to drag her into a private room, while the guards and onlookers did nothing.
• Wang Jiaorou screamed for Chen Zheng to save her, then cursed him as the scions shut her inside the room.
• Chen Zheng heard Wang Jiaorou's pleas and curses in the kitchen but kept washing dishes, determined never to help her again.

After Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo found Wang Jiaorou abused and abandoned, Jiang provoked her hatred of Chen Zheng while refusing to help her take revenge. Left alone, Wang Jiaorou vowed to become stronger by any means and called upon the Supreme Devil Emperor, whose plea Jiang sensed as he departed.

• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo visited the wrecked private room and found Wang Jiaorou alive but severely battered.
• Wang Jiaorou begged Jiang Yantian to summon Yan Miaoxi and help her kill those who had humiliated her.
• Jiang suggested Wang Jiaorou turn to Chen Zheng, intensifying her hatred, but refused to kill anyone and advised her to become stronger.
• After Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo left, Wang Jiaorou vowed to take revenge on everyone, starting with Chen Zheng.
• Wang Jiaorou swore herself to the Supreme Devil Emperor and asked for power, and Jiang Yantian sensed her plea.

Jiang Yantian discovered that Wang Jiaorou had prayed to the Devil Emperor for power so she could kill him, then revealed that he was the one she had summoned. He refused to grant her power for now, but his words left her determined to deepen her resentment and grow stronger.

• Wang Jiaorou called upon the Devil Emperor for power, vowing to kill Jiang Yantian and punish everyone who had hurt or ignored her.
• Jiang Yantian told Mei Yanluo that Wang Jiaorou had asked him for power while naming him as her first target.
• Jiang Yantian confronted Wang Jiaorou and confirmed that he was the Devil Emperor who had heard her prayer.
• Jiang Yantian judged Wang Jiaorou's resentment insufficient to earn his power, but said her rebellious intention was distinctive.
• After Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo left, Wang Jiaorou took his refusal as a sign that she might still gain power if her hatred grew strong enough.

Wang Jiaorou embraced hatred as the path to power, while Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo discussed using her to torment the righteous. Chen Zheng, trapped washing dishes and regretting abandoning her, tried to check on her but was spotted by Jiang Yantian.

• Wang Jiaorou decided to cultivate her hatred and become a monster devoted to revenge.
• Mei Yanluo doubted Wang Jiaorou could be useful, but Jiang Yantian said her extreme nature made her a suitable weapon against righteous people.
• Chen Zheng regretted leaving Wang Jiaorou and resolved to finish his task of luring Jiang Yantian to the Sunken Ruins Abyss before trying to make amends.
• A guard ordered Chen Zheng to mop the floor, giving him a chance to leave the kitchen and approach Wang Jiaorou's private room.
• Chen Zheng saw Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo, tried to sneak past unnoticed, and was struck in the head by a plate Jiang Yantian threw.

Jiang Yantian forced Chen Zheng to join him at the Billowing Gate Pavilion, humiliating and terrifying him while offering him wine. Chen Zheng decided to save himself by bringing Jiang Yantian to his Master, hoping his Master would make the devil back off or kill him.

• Jiang Yantian confronted Chen Zheng and ordered him to sit at his table, but Chen Zheng tried to refuse.
• Jiang Yantian slammed the table, prompting the manager to slap Chen Zheng and force him to comply.
• Jiang Yantian poured Chen Zheng a cup of spirit wine, then briefly frightened him by forming Demonic Qi before revealing it was a joke.
• Chen Zheng endured the humiliation and resolved to bring Jiang Yantian to his Master so he could escape and later seek revenge.

Chen Zheng tried to appease Jiang Yantian and steer him toward his master, but Jiang turned the apology into an excuse to make Chen pay for an exorbitantly expensive wine. Chen was left swallowing his anger and fearing years of dishwashing as Jiang insisted he sit and drink.

• Chen Zheng apologized to Jiang Yantian and offered a toast with Jiang’s wine, but Jiang accused him of using Jiang’s resources to make amends.
• Jiang ordered the finest immortal brew at the Billowing Gate Pavilion and declared that Chen was hosting him and Mei Yanluo.
• The manager revealed that the Nine-Turn Samsara Brew cost five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, leaving Chen horrified by the debt he could incur.
• Jiang kept one jar, poured wine for everyone, and thanked Chen for his hospitality while Chen feared he would have to wash dishes for centuries.
• Chen began another apology while standing, but Jiang told him to sit because his posture made Jiang feel intimidated.

Chen Zheng endured Jiang Yantian’s humiliating demands over a toast until he finally confronted him and was dismissed. As Chen Zheng left, he realized he had failed to lure Jiang Yantian to the Sunken Ruins Abyss and had incurred a debt of five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.

• Jiang Yantian criticized Chen Zheng for raising his cup while seated, then made him half squat to offer a toast.
• Jiang Yantian said there was no need for a toast, leaving Chen Zheng frozen in an awkward pose as others watched and laughed.
• Chen Zheng stood up, knocked over his chair, and demanded that Jiang Yantian stop tormenting him.
• Jiang Yantian denied wanting to harm Chen Zheng and casually dismissed him.
• Chen Zheng left, then realized he had failed to steer the conversation toward the Sunken Ruins Abyss and had been saddled with a debt of five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Chen Zheng found Wang Jiaorou gone and clashed with the Billowing Gate Pavilion's manager after refusing to work off his debt. He escaped in a burst of golden light, but remained troubled by his debt, Wang Jiaorou's disappearance, and how to bring Jiang Yantian to his master.

• Chen Zheng entered the private room and found that Wang Jiaorou had disappeared through the open window.
• The Billowing Gate Pavilion's manager ordered Chen Zheng to clean the room and claimed he owed over five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, binding him to a hundred years of hard labor.
• Chen Zheng refused to endure the manager's abuse and struck him with a burst of power, then prepared to fight with Sword Qi.
• Chen Zheng feigned a desperate attack and fled as a streak of golden light before the manager could retaliate.
• Jiang Yantian joked with Mei Yanluo about Chen Zheng's retreat, while Chen Zheng wondered how to deal with his debt and get Jiang Yantian to his master.

Chen Zheng fled Clear Waves City for the Sunken Ruins Abyss, hoping to use Beiming Yu’s protection to lure Jiang Yantian to her. Meanwhile, Jiang Yantian left the Billowing Gate Pavilion with Mei Yanluo and began a leisurely journey toward the Nine Netherworlds, where their playful exchange ended with Mei Yanluo resuming her imperial-princess demeanor.

• Chen Zheng decided to hide in the Sunken Ruins Abyss and planned to provoke Jiang Yantian into following him to Beiming Yu.
• The Billowing Gate Pavilion issued a bounty for Chen Zheng after he escaped, while Jiang Yantian left without paying and erased the pavilion’s topmost section.
• Mei Yanluo asked Jiang Yantian when they would return to the Nine Netherworlds, and he proposed traveling there at a leisurely pace.
• Jiang Yantian asked Mei Yanluo to act like her aloof imperial-princess self, so she coldly rejected his advances.

Chen Zheng hid on the outskirts of the Sunken Ruins Abyss after failing to carry out his task, while Beiming Yu watched from Peach Blossom Hollow and anticipated his meeting with Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo. Beiming Yu resolved to make her own encounter with Jiang Yantian harder to achieve, though she could not directly explain what she foresaw.

• Mei Yanluo pushed Jiang Yantian away when he tried to embrace her, and they joked about children before continuing together toward the Sunken Ruins Abyss.
• Chen Zheng arrived at the outskirts through a secret passage but avoided entering Peach Blossom Hollow because he had failed his master's orders.
• Chen Zheng gathered ordinary spirit herbs and exotic fruits, then settled in a secluded corner to cook soup and hide from pursuit.
• Beiming Yu observed Chen Zheng's arrival and knew that he and Mei Yanluo were heading toward the same fate-bound meeting.
• Beiming Yu recalled how her visions had predicted a different sequence of encounters and decided to raise the difficulty when Jiang Yantian reached her.

Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo reached the outskirts of the Sunken Ruins Abyss and spotted Chen Zheng hiding nearby. As Chen Zheng savored his peaceful evening, the couple quietly approached and Jiang Yantian spoke from behind him.

• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo reached the outskirts of the Sunken Ruins Abyss, where chaotic energy made the abundant heavenly treasures dangerous to ordinary cultivators.
• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo flirted and decided to seek shelter near a rock face, while Jiang Yantian sensed Chen Zheng nearby.
• Chen Zheng cooked herb soup beneath the rock face and reflected nostalgically on his former life as a Rogue Cultivator.
• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo silently approached Chen Zheng as he hummed and enjoyed his meal.
• Jiang Yantian asked Chen Zheng what he was eating, startling him from behind.

Chen Zheng enjoyed a peaceful meal until Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo appeared, and Jiang Yantian struck him and blamed him for a huge tavern bill. The chapter left Chen Zheng terrified and facing Jiang Yantian’s demand for compensation.

• Chen Zheng praised his herbal soup before turning around and discovering Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo behind him.
• Jiang Yantian overturned Chen Zheng’s pot of soup and struck his left cheek with an invisible force.
• Chen Zheng asked why Jiang Yantian had come to the remote place, and Jiang Yantian claimed Chen Zheng had led him there.
• Jiang Yantian accused Chen Zheng of fleeing the Billowing Gate Pavilion without paying for their drinks and damages, leaving him with a bill of six hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Jiang Yantian demanded that Chen Zheng compensate him and threatened to kill him if he refused.

Jiang Yantian continued tormenting Chen Zheng until Chen Zheng broke down and begged for death, then asked why he was hiding in the chaos-filled outskirts of the Sunken Ruins Abyss. Chen Zheng said his master was nearby, but he was too afraid to approach his master or leave the area.

• Chen Zheng knelt before Jiang Yantian and pleaded to be killed rather than keep enduring humiliation.
• Jiang Yantian was taken aback by Chen Zheng's despair and thought of Chu Fan, who had endured worse without giving up.
• Chen Zheng begged Jiang Yantian to leave him a way to live and stop returning so often to torment him.
• Jiang Yantian told Chen Zheng to get up, but Chen Zheng stayed prostrate, afraid standing would invite more humiliation.
• Jiang Yantian asked why Chen Zheng could navigate and camp in the chaos-filled outskirts of the Sunken Ruins Abyss.
• Chen Zheng said his master was nearby, but he dared not go inside and could not leave because the Billowing Gate Pavilion's bounty and other dangers awaited him.

Jiang Yantian learned that Chen Zheng’s master was the Fate-Ordaining Primordial Lady, Beiming Yu, and eagerly asked for details about her. After discovering Chen Zheng had barely seen his master, Jiang Yantian used his misbehavior as an excuse to demand that Chen Zheng lead him to her cultivation ground.

• Chen Zheng revealed that his master was the Fate-Ordaining Primordial Lady, Beiming Yu.
• Mei Yanluo told Jiang Yantian that Beiming Yu was renowned as an extraordinary beauty, and Jiang Yantian insisted he only wanted to look at her.
• Jiang Yantian asked Chen Zheng to describe Beiming Yu, but Chen Zheng explained that he had never seen her clearly and was only an honorary disciple.
• Jiang Yantian ordered Chen Zheng to kneel properly and scolded him for causing trouble, eating without paying, and skipping the bill.
• Jiang Yantian declared that Beiming Yu was responsible for failing to discipline her disciple and demanded that Chen Zheng take him to her cultivation ground.

Chen Zheng led Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo to Beiming Yu’s secluded cultivation site, expecting its restrictions to stop Jiang Yantian. Jiang Yantian entered the hidden gate and crossed the perilous path with ease, leaving Chen Zheng stunned.

• Chen Zheng obeyed Jiang Yantian’s order to lead him to Beiming Yu, while secretly hoping the master’s defenses would block him.
• Chen Zheng entered the concealed gate in the cliff, but Jiang Yantian reopened it with a touch and followed with Mei Yanluo.
• Mei Yanluo suspected Jiang Yantian and Beiming Yu had a connection, but Jiang Yantian insisted he did not know her.
• Chen Zheng warned that the misty path ahead required careful steps, then cautiously searched for invisible footholds.
• Jiang Yantian ignored Chen Zheng’s method and walked steadily across the void with Mei Yanluo, leaving Chen Zheng shocked.

Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo crossed the perilous arrays leading to Beiming Yu’s secluded dwelling while Chen Zheng struggled to keep up and suspected Jiang Yantian had a deep history with his master. They reached the courtyard, where Jiang Yantian called Beiming Yu “Cousin.”

• Jiang Yantian walked through the restrictions with Mei Yanluo’s hand in his, while Chen Zheng hurried after them by following the array’s pattern.
• At the peach grove, Mei Yanluo recognized the Peach Nightmare Spirit-Bewildering Grand Array and teased Jiang Yantian about learning powerful abilities from women.
• Jiang Yantian entered the peach-blossom miasma with Mei Yanluo and declared that he would live off women proudly, briefly causing the array’s workings to freeze.
• Chen Zheng wondered whether Beiming Yu and Jiang Yantian had a profound past, then followed them into the peach grove.
• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo arrived at Beiming Yu’s courtyard, and Jiang Yantian called out to her as his cousin.

Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo entered Beiming Yu’s courtyard, where she welcomed Mei Yanluo but left Chen Zheng outside. Beiming Yu revealed a route to the Nine Netherworlds, though she declined to accompany them, while Jiang Yantian’s questions went largely unanswered.

• Jiang Yantian called Beiming Yu his younger cousin, and she appeared in the courtyard and invited him and Mei Yanluo inside.
• Beiming Yu opened the gate for Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo, then shut it before Chen Zheng could enter.
• Beiming Yu served Mei Yanluo Peach Blossom Intoxication, and Mei Yanluo praised the wine and drank it.
• Jiang Yantian poured himself a cup and asked Beiming Yu what she wanted, but she shifted the conversation to Mei Yanluo’s journey.
• Beiming Yu told Mei Yanluo that the Yin-Yang Reversal and Chaos Well offered the nearest and safest route to the Nine Netherworlds, then declined to join them.

Jiang Yantian spared Chen Zheng and tasked him with finding the remaining three of the Six Spirit Beauties of the Heavens. He continued his search for the women scattered through ancient times, intent on starting the Heaven-Slaying War without delay.

• Jiang Yantian pointed out Chen Zheng, and Beiming Yu dismissed him as a nominal disciple and said Jiang Yantian could dispose of him.
• Chen Zheng pleaded with Beiming Yu, but she told him to ask Jiang Yantian instead and left to serve peach blossom pastries to Mei Yanluo.
• Jiang Yantian decided not to kill Chen Zheng and explained that he was searching for women scattered through ancient times, including the Six Spirit Beauties of the Heavens.
• Jiang Yantian ordered Chen Zheng to find the other three Six Spirit Beauties, excluding Yan Miaoxi, Mei Yanluo, and Beiming Yu.
• Jiang Yantian promised Chen Zheng a protective treasure if he reported his findings quickly, and Chen Zheng agreed to search.

Jiang Yantian sent Chen Zheng to find three renowned figures and gave him a token with three powerful attacks and defenses, warning him that failure would mean death. After Chen Zheng hurried off, Jiang Yantian waited impatiently for Beiming Yu, who emerged with her concealment removed.

• Chen Zheng accepted Jiang Yantian's assignment and received a token containing three attacks and three defensive uses, each matching Jiang Yantian's power.
• Jiang Yantian exposed Chen Zheng's earlier schemes but let him leave to find three of the Six Spirit Beauties of the Heavens.
• Chen Zheng departed, planning to locate the three women and secretly relishing the token's power.
• Jiang Yantian tried to go inside after Beiming Yu, but Mei Yanluo teased him about wanting to see her and taste her lips.
• Beiming Yu emerged from the room as her concealing barrier vanished, revealing her true face.

Beiming Yu appeared in elegant new robes and shared peach pastries with Mei Yanluo while pointedly excluding Jiang Yantian. She warned that the pastries would drain his origin essence, then coaxed him out of his sulk with the promise of a lavish banquet.

• Jiang Yantian and Mei Yanluo were stunned by Beiming Yu's beauty when she appeared in a moon-white Daoist robe.
• Beiming Yu offered her homemade peach blossom pastries to Mei Yanluo, who praised them with peach blossom wine.
• Jiang Yantian tried to take a pastry, but Beiming Yu blocked him and explained that eating one would drain his origin essence.
• Mei Yanluo teased Jiang Yantian and offered him a pastry, but he sulked and refused.
• Beiming Yu described an extravagant banquet in a peach paradise, and Jiang Yantian immediately agreed to eat there.

Beiming Yu set clear boundaries for intimacy with Jiang Yantian while revealing which permissions he could earn as they grew closer. After he called her his wife, she allowed him to kiss her cheek, then straightened his clothes and sent him away to play.

• Beiming Yu told Jiang Yantian that he could hold her hand but could not yet kiss her or touch her more intimately.
• Jiang Yantian held Beiming Yu's hand until she withdrew it and warned him not to overstep.
• Beiming Yu said she might allow hugs and kisses after they became more familiar, and agreed he could call her his wife but not Mommy.
• Jiang Yantian called Beiming Yu his wife, and she asked him to kiss her cheek rather than her lips.
• Beiming Yu straightened Jiang Yantian's clothes and told him to go play.

Beiming Yu spoke privately with Mei Yanluo about why she refused to reveal the future of Mei Yanluo and Jiang Yantian’s potential child, explaining that foreknowledge could alter fate. As Jiang Yantian listened from the lake, he learned that Beiming Yu had repeatedly tried and failed to protect him from a destiny ruled by Taboo, while the other women had died resisting it.

• Beiming Yu sent Jiang Yantian away to fish so she could speak alone with Mei Yanluo.
• Mei Yanluo asked Beiming Yu to divine the destiny and aptitude of a child she might have with Jiang Yantian.
• Beiming Yu explained that revealing a prophecy could influence choices and change the future, so she chose to remain silent.
• Jiang Yantian secretly listened and realized Beiming Yu had been trying to guide fate and protect him.
• Beiming Yu recalled that Taboo had defeated every attempt to change the future, killing Yan Miaoxi, Mei Yanluo, Jiang Lingwan, Ruan Qingsi, Su Lanyi, and herself, leaving Jiang Yantian alone.

Beiming Yu and Mei Yanluo grew closer while sharing an ordinary day, cooking a meal for Jiang Yantian and caring for him as they ate. After Mei Yanluo left them alone beneath the stars, Jiang Yantian and Beiming Yu sat shoulder to shoulder, quietly sharing the night.

• Beiming Yu and Mei Yanluo talked about ordinary interests and past travels, growing closer as sisters.
• Beiming Yu and Mei Yanluo cooked together while Jiang Yantian rested by the spring and waited for the food.
• Jiang Yantian came into the kitchen to taste a dish, but Beiming Yu and Mei Yanluo sent him outside to wait.
• Mei Yanluo and Beiming Yu served Jiang Yantian throughout a long, warm meal at the stone table.
• Mei Yanluo excused herself and went inside, leaving Jiang Yantian and Beiming Yu alone beneath the river of stars.
• Jiang Yantian and Beiming Yu sat shoulder to shoulder and gazed at the night sky in silence.