Recaps

Jiang Yantian convinced Su Lanyi that close contact with him would help her balance her Dao and break through toward Limitlessness, then left to meet Chen Zheng. The chapter ended with Jiang Yantian threatening to beat Chen Zheng for supposedly cursing him in his thoughts.

• Jiang Yantian stopped his discussion with Su Lanyi midway and argued that her vitality-focused Dao needed annihilation and slaughter to restore balance.
• Jiang Yantian persuaded Su Lanyi that they should discuss the Dao at close quarters, and she agreed while warning him not to cross the line.
• After Jiang Yantian left, Su Lanyi reflected on his unfinished story and concluded that comprehending the Dao required accepting the world's pure and turbid states and enduring uncertainty.
• Jiang Yantian encountered Chen Zheng, who was preparing to leave and gather more information as ordered.
• Jiang Yantian accused Chen Zheng of secretly cursing him and threatened to beat him whether or not he had done so.

Chen Zheng received life-saving treasures from Jiang Yantian and hurried off to finish his work before seeking Wang Jiaorou. Jiang Yantian settled at a roadside eatery, where Su Lanyi approached him in disguise.

• Jiang Yantian teased Chen Zheng, then offered him rewards for his work.
• Chen Zheng requested escape tools and received pills, a spatial shuttle, an escape art, and spirit stones.
• Chen Zheng asked about Wang Jiaorou, learned she had turned dark, and left to complete his work before finding her.
• Jiang Yantian chose a humble roadside eatery, ordered food and wine, and watched the street.
• Su Lanyi approached Jiang Yantian in an ordinary disguise and sat across from him.

Su Lanyi disguised herself to meet Jiang Yantian again and discuss the Dao over food and wine. As they drank together, Jiang Yantian pretended not to recognize her and described how his feelings for a woman he had discussed the Dao with had grown beyond cultivation.

• Su Lanyi concealed her cultivation and appearance, found Jiang Yantian at a roadside shop, and sat down with him.
• Jiang Yantian acted as though he did not recognize Su Lanyi and told her that the Great Dao encompassed both immortal delicacies and ordinary food.
• Su Lanyi drank with Jiang Yantian as he explained that wine’s flavor depended on one’s state of mind and the emotions it accompanied.
• After night fell, Su Lanyi asked Jiang Yantian what was troubling him, and he began describing a woman he had met while discussing the Dao in a secret realm.
• Jiang Yantian said his feelings for the woman had grown beyond the benefits of discussing the Dao, and that affection was also part of the Great Dao.

Jiang Yantian confessed his feelings to Su Lanyi while she was disguised, then dismissed his words as a passing joke and left her troubled. When he realized she was secretly watching him, he staged a lonely, lovesick scene and painted her portrait to deepen her impression of his devotion.

• Jiang Yantian told the disguised Su Lanyi that he had fallen for someone, then urged her not to take his words seriously and walked away.
• Su Lanyi remained shaken by his confession, left her own spirit stones on the table, and followed him from a distance.
• Jiang Yantian sensed Su Lanyi spying on him at his mountaintop home and abandoned his plan to chat with Yan Miaoxi, Beiming Yu, and Mei Yanluo.
• Jiang Yantian sat on a cliff overlooking the Ancient Ruins of Life Origin, drank wine, and pretended to yearn for someone.
• Jiang Yantian used the system to print a portrait of Su Lanyi and recited romantic lines while she watched.

After Jiang Yantian’s painting and words stirred Su Lanyi’s heart, he stayed away from their promised discussion for two days, leaving her restless and aggrieved. When he finally returned, he dismissed their street-side conversation as idle chatter and resumed reading The Plum in the Golden Vase with her, making her struggle to keep her composure.

• Su Lanyi watched Jiang Yantian paint her and recite longing verses, then returned to the Ancient Ruins of Life Origin in a fluster.
• Jiang Yantian waited until Su Lanyi had left before entering his dwelling and spending the night chatting.
• Su Lanyi waited at the jade platform for two days, became upset at Jiang Yantian’s absence, and declared their Dao discussion over.
• Jiang Yantian arrived on his World-Destroying Black Lotus and apologized, saying mundane matters had kept him away.
• Jiang Yantian called his street-side conversation idle chatter, then took out The Plum in the Golden Vase to continue their discussion.
• Su Lanyi struggled to stay composed as the book’s suggestive passages reminded her of Jiang Yantian’s earlier words and actions.

Su Lanyi confronted Jiang Yantian after he repeatedly called her “my wife,” then experienced vivid fragments of them sharing an intimate future together. She wondered whether the visions confirmed the Fate-Ordaining Primordial Lady’s prediction and looked back at Jiang Yantian in shock.

• Jiang Yantian resumed their Dao discussion and called Su Lanyi “my wife,” then pretended he had not said it.
• Jiang Yantian called her “my wife” again, leaving Su Lanyi flustered and questioning why the address felt so natural.
• Su Lanyi suddenly saw fragmented visions of herself and Jiang Yantian sharing intimate moments as close companions.
• Su Lanyi wondered whether the visions showed their future and whether a cultivator’s earlier question about her wanting a husband had been true.

Su Lanyi experienced memory fragments that made her question whether she had met Jiang Yantian before, while Jiang Yantian deliberately deepened her confusion with hints about their connection. He left her unsettled and wondering about the images as he went fishing, convinced that emotional uncertainty would keep her close.

• Su Lanyi asked Jiang Yantian whether they had met before after seeing images and a familiar feeling in her mind.
• Jiang Yantian hinted that he had also sensed their connection and that she had appeared in his dreams.
• Su Lanyi denied experiencing any images, then stopped Jiang Yantian from leaving and asked whether he would return the next day.
• Jiang Yantian left without answering, and Su Lanyi tried to calm herself among the flowers while wondering whether the images were real.
• Jiang Yantian went fishing and reflected that he had deliberately used emotional hints to keep Su Lanyi from distancing herself.

Jiang Yantian caught a large haul of fish, walked through Life Origin Heavenly City, and set up a stall to sell them. Watching him, Su Lanyi realized his willingness to embrace ordinary life reflected a profound understanding of the Dao, and she reconsidered her own cultivation.

• Jiang Yantian spent most of the day fishing in the ancient river and returned with a huge ancient spirit fish and many other catches.
• Jiang Yantian walked through Life Origin Heavenly City carrying his fish while Su Lanyi secretly watched him from the Ancient Ruins.
• Jiang Yantian set up a simple stall in the busiest marketplace and sat down to sell his catch.
• Su Lanyi watched Jiang Yantian mingle peacefully with ordinary people and recognized that his humble conduct embodied a living Great Dao.
• Su Lanyi understood that her aloofness had narrowed her Dao heart and felt newly awakened to the value of everyday life.

Jiang Yantian sold fish at a street stall while Su Lanyi watched and mistook his casual choices for profound lessons in the Dao. When a customer questioned the fish’s weight, Jiang Yantian sent him flying, and Su Lanyi concluded that he could follow his heart without yielding to provocation.

• Jiang Yantian set up a stall and priced his fish at twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones per jin, prompting one passerby to leave without buying.
• Su Lanyi observed Jiang Yantian’s unbending price and interpreted his fishing and selling as a way of following his own heart.
• A refined-looking man agreed to buy a fish, but questioned whether it was alive and disputed Jiang Yantian’s claim that it weighed fifteen jin.
• Jiang Yantian sent the man flying with a burst of force, then left him alone and closed his eyes again.
• Su Lanyi reflected that Jiang Yantian was willing to experience ordinary life but would act decisively when someone crossed his limits.

Jiang Yantian struck Wang Teng, then taunted him while selling spirit fish, provoking the young cultivator into drawing his spear. As Jiang Yantian demanded that Wang Teng buy fish before he would apologize, Su Lanyi watched and began interpreting his actions as profound Dao mysteries.

• Wang Teng recovered from Jiang Yantian's slap and confronted him, demanding to know why he had been hit.
• Jiang Yantian suspected Wang Teng was a Child of Fortune and mocked him by calling him "my son Wang Teng," enraging him.
• Wang Teng summoned a dragon-patterned spear, released his aura, and pointed it at Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian calmly dismissed Wang Teng's threat, promoted his spirit fish, and said he would apologize only if Wang Teng bought some.
• Jiang Yantian warned that killing an ordinary fishmonger would bring Wang Teng public condemnation and karmic consequences, leaving Wang Teng trembling in bewilderment.
• Su Lanyi witnessed the exchange and began contemplating its deeper meaning, tracing her thoughts toward the source of Wangu's Great Dao.

Jiang Yantian used the crowd’s anger and Wang Teng’s pride to turn their confrontation into a public humiliation, then struck Wang Teng down and trampled him. Su Lanyi interpreted his actions as a profound method of observing and correcting heavenly destiny.

• Su Lanyi reasoned that Jiang Yantian’s teasing and demand that Wang Teng buy his spirit fish were meant to draw Wang Teng into a voluntary karmic bond.
• The crowd sided with Jiang Yantian and accused Wang Teng of bullying an ordinary fish vendor, while Wang Teng angrily insisted he had been wronged.
• Wang Teng insulted Jiang Yantian as a fishmonger, enraging the onlookers further before he roared at them to shut up.
• Jiang Yantian slapped Wang Teng into a crater, then stomped on him while explaining that Wang Teng had insulted his livelihood and the people who defended him.
• Su Lanyi concluded that Jiang Yantian’s attack corrected heavenly destiny by stripping away Wang Teng’s assumed privilege without destroying his body or cultivation.

Jiang Yantian beat Wang Teng, then portrayed himself as an innocent fish seller until the crowd condemned Wang Teng. When Wang Teng’s Yuanhao Immortal Sect fellow disciples arrived, one became enamored with Jiang Yantian’s appearance and Lu Jinglan blamed Wang Teng for provoking him.

• Jiang Yantian beat Wang Teng and claimed he had only defended himself against a bullying sect disciple, winning the crowd’s sympathy.
• Townspeople urged Jiang Yantian to flee, but he declared that he feared no injustice, prompting them to curse Wang Teng further.
• Four Yuanhao Immortal Sect disciples arrived and found Wang Teng injured in the pit; Wang Teng accused Jiang Yantian of ambushing and slandering him.
• A female disciple became captivated by Jiang Yantian and suggested that his appearance and bearing proved he could not be a villain.
• Wang Teng appealed to Lu Jinglan, but she dismissed his injuries as superficial and said he had driven Jiang Yantian to strike him.

Wang Teng tried to defend himself after a dispute with Jiang Yantian, but his fellow disciples believed he was at fault and stopped his attack. Jiang Yantian offered to take the blame and pay compensation, leaving Wang Teng further discredited.

• Wang Teng protested that Jiang Yantian had wronged him, then erupted with golden spiritual power and charged at him with his spear.
• Lu Jinglan and Wang Teng's junior sister blocked the strike and rebuked him for attacking in public.
• Wang Teng asked why his fellow disciples sided with an outsider, but his junior sister and Lu Jinglan urged him to admit his mistakes.
• Jiang Yantian said he wanted no trouble and offered to accept the blame and pay whatever compensation was needed.

Jiang Yantian feigned humility and offered his savings and fish to apologize, making the Yuanhao Immortal Sect disciples turn against Wang Teng and demand he take responsibility. Wang Teng refused to apologize and, convinced his fellow disciples were knowingly sacrificing him to protect the sect's reputation, teetered on the edge of losing control.

• Jiang Yantian handed Lu Jinglan his few low-grade spirit stones and offered to sell his fish to compensate the group.
• Lu Jinglan returned the stones, declared Wang Teng responsible, and promised to make him apologize publicly.
• Lu Jinglan's junior sister and the other disciples condemned Wang Teng and threatened to report him to their Master unless he apologized.
• Wang Teng angrily insisted Jiang Yantian had beaten and humiliated him, but the disciples treated his protest as evidence of guilt.
• Wang Teng refused to apologize and glared at his fellow disciples as his rage and killing intent rose.

Wang Teng’s attempt to attack Jiang Yantian was stopped by his fellow disciples, who blamed and humiliated him while protecting Jiang. The chapter left Wang Teng furious and broken as Lu Jinglan took his storage pouch and offered Jiang compensation, despite his protests.

• Wang Teng accused Jiang Yantian of deceiving everyone and lunged at him with his spear.
• Lu Jinglan and three other disciples blocked Wang Teng’s attack, and the recoil made him spit blood.
• Lu Jinglan and the junior sister scolded Wang Teng, who cried out that he had only come to buy a fish.
• Jiang Yantian offered Wang Teng a fish to make peace, but Wang Teng slapped it away and drew more insults from the disciples.
• Lu Jinglan said she would report Wang Teng to their Master, took his storage pouch, and gave Jiang an item worth a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones as compensation.
• Jiang Yantian declined the compensation and pretended to fear Wang Teng’s revenge, leaving Wang Teng raging at the accusation and the loss of his possessions.

Jiang Yantian offered to accompany Lu Jinglan and the others to their immortal sect so its elders could judge the dispute, presenting himself as a trusting and considerate guest. Wang Teng's frantic objections turned the crowd and his companions further against him, leaving him humiliated and fearing for his standing in the sect.

• Lu Jinglan and her junior sister condemned Wang Teng for blaming Jiang Yantian and making trouble.
• Jiang Yantian proposed settling the dispute at the immortal sect and offered to go there with Lu Jinglan and the others.
• Though onlookers warned Jiang Yantian that he might be walking into danger, he declared that he trusted the immortal sect to judge fairly.
• Lu Jinglan agreed to take Jiang Yantian to her master and promised the sect would give him an answer and stop Wang Teng from harassing him.
• Wang Teng protested that Jiang Yantian should not be allowed to go, prompting the crowd to accuse him of guilt and demand an investigation.
• Wang Teng saw disappointment and contempt in Lu Jinglan and the others, while Jiang Yantian privately dismissed his fragile Dao heart.

Jiang Yantian accompanied Lu Jinglan and her junior sister to the Yuanhao Immortal Sect, while Su Lanyi gained a breakthrough in her Dao heart after interpreting his actions as profound teachings. On the journey, Jiang Yantian’s compliments charmed the two disciples and enraged the humiliated Wang Teng, who swore revenge.

• Jiang Yantian left the fish stall with Lu Jinglan and the others for the Yuanhao Immortal Sect, while Wang Teng followed despite his growing unease.
• Su Lanyi watched from the shadows and broke through in her Dao heart, convinced Jiang Yantian had revealed profound truths through an ordinary marketplace dispute.
• Su Lanyi decided not to approach Jiang Yantian and hoped he would visit her Ancient Ruins of Life Origin so she could discuss the Dao and hear more about The Plum in the Golden Vase.
• On the leisurely walk to the sect, Jiang Yantian openly praised Lu Jinglan and her junior sister, making both disciples blush and grow bashful.
• Wang Teng watched Jiang Yantian charm his fellow disciples and, consumed by resentment over his humiliation, vowed to take revenge on the fish seller.

Wang Teng tried to regain his composure as Jiang Yantian charmed Lu Jinglan and her junior sister on the way to the Yuanhao Immortal Sect. The group reached the Clear Heart Assembly Hall to seek Fairy Qiong Yu’s judgment, where Wang Teng stood alone against Jiang Yantian and the two women.

• Wang Teng resolved to focus on the facts and trust that his master would see through Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian chatted with Lu Jinglan and her junior sister as they traveled, while Wang Teng grew jealous and tried to hide his anger.
• Lu Jinglan brought the group to the Yuanhao Immortal Sect and sent two junior brothers ahead to inform their master.
• Lu Jinglan told Jiang Yantian to give a truthful account to their master, while warning Wang Teng to prepare his own explanation.
• Wang Teng, Jiang Yantian, Lu Jinglan, and the junior sister entered the Clear Heart Assembly Hall, where Wang Teng stood apart from the others.

Wang Teng waited for his master to judge his dispute with Jiang Yantian, while the disciples outside the hall assumed Wang Teng was at fault. When Master Qiong Yu arrived, Jiang Yantian recognized her as an old acquaintance from the Upper Realm, and she was strangely unsettled by him.

• Wang Teng grew angrier as Lu Jinglan and their junior sister supported Jiang Yantian, but he restrained himself and waited for Master to arrive.
• Disciples gathered outside the council hall and speculated that Wang Teng had bullied Jiang Yantian, then took his glare as proof of his guilt.
• Wang Teng silently begged his master to clear his name as a powerful presence approached the hall.
• Qiong Yu appeared, and everyone saluted her as Master.
• Jiang Yantian recognized Qiong Yu as the ancient version of the woman he had known in the Upper Realm, while Qiong Yu felt an unexplained pain in her heart upon seeing him.
• Jiang Yantian recalled their past intimacy and felt lust for Qiong Yu.

Jiang Yantian recognized Qiong Yu as the ancient-era version of someone he knew, and she felt an inexplicable attraction to him. Wang Teng sought Qiong Yu’s judgment over his market dispute, but she kept losing focus and left him frustrated.

• Jiang Yantian recognized Qiong Yu as the ancient-era self of his familiar Qiong Yu, while Qiong Yu felt an unfamiliar pull toward him.
• Wang Teng knee-slid before Qiong Yu and asked her to uphold justice after the market altercation with Jiang Yantian.
• Wang Teng recounted his version of the dispute, but Qiong Yu was distracted and failed to hear him.
• Qiong Yu asked Wang Teng to repeat his account, and he tried again while she kept glancing toward Jiang Yantian.
• Wang Teng finished his appeal and found Qiong Yu staring out the window, so he shouted for her attention.

Qiong Yu ignored Wang Teng’s account and accepted Jiang Yantian’s claim that Wang Teng had bullied him, ordering Wang Teng to apologize and pay compensation. Wang Teng remained pinned by her pressure, humiliated and convinced his master was favoring Jiang Yantian.

• Wang Teng tried to explain that he had been beaten and falsely accused, but Qiong Yu dismissed his complaint and asked whether he had bought any fish.
• Qiong Yu questioned Jiang Yantian about Wang Teng’s allegations, and Jiang Yantian denied bullying him and claimed Wang Teng had targeted him as a powerless fishmonger.
• Qiong Yu believed Jiang Yantian, ordered Wang Teng to apologize and compensate him, and publicly reprimanded Wang Teng for abusing his status.
• Wang Teng protested that Jiang Yantian had started the fight, but Qiong Yu accused him of quibbling and insisted he apologize immediately.
• Qiong Yu’s oppressive pressure pinned Wang Teng in place as he struggled with the humiliation of apologizing for an accusation he believed was false.

Wang Teng was forced by Qiong Yu to apologize to Jiang Yantian, but Jiang Yantian’s calm forgiveness turned the apology into a plea for Wang Teng to leave him alone. The chapter ended with Jiang Yantian portraying himself as a powerless victim afraid Wang Teng would seek revenge.

• Qiong Yu pressed Wang Teng to apologize, and he reluctantly admitted he had been wrong to bully Jiang Yantian.
• Wang Teng endured the disciples’ mockery and tried to leave, but his junior sister said he should keep apologizing until Jiang Yantian forgave him.
• Jiang Yantian told Wang Teng he forgave him, while admitting he feared Wang Teng would take revenge after leaving the Yuanhao Immortal Sect.
• Jiang Yantian pleaded with Wang Teng not to disturb his life again, presenting himself as a powerless cultivator afraid for his safety.

Wang Teng attacked Jiang Yantian in the sect’s assembly hall after accusing him of framing him, but Jiang’s apparent injury turned the witnesses against Wang Teng. Qiong Yu ordered Wang Teng confined, and the law enforcement disciples dragged him away as his protests went unheard.

• Jiang Yantian warned everyone that Wang Teng might retaliate, provoking Wang Teng into losing control and threatening to kill him.
• Wang Teng thrust his spear at Jiang Yantian, who secretly reduced the attack’s force while making it appear that he was struck and injured.
• Qiong Yu’s attempted interception appeared to fail, and she ordered the law enforcement disciples to seize Wang Teng and take him to the Confinement Pavilion.
• Lu Jinglan and the junior sister helped Jiang Yantian and condemned Wang Teng as the assembly’s witnesses denounced his attack.
• The law enforcement squad sealed Wang Teng’s spiritual power and dragged him away as he insisted he had been framed and accused Jiang of wanting to sleep with the senior sister, junior sister, and Qiong Yu.

After Wang Teng was imprisoned, Jiang Yantian accepted the Yuanhao Immortal Sect's offer to recover there while Qiong Yu and her disciples cared for him. Alone in the Confinement Pavilion, Wang Teng relived his downfall and remembered how he had once exposed Wu Di, his former senior brother, and sent him to the same prison.

• Qiong Yu apologized to Jiang Yantian and promised to punish Wang Teng, while Jiang inwardly relished her concern and accepted the offer to recover at the sect.
• Lu Jinglan and the junior sister took Jiang Yantian away, each wanting him to stay at her residence.
• Wang Teng was taken to the Confinement Pavilion, where his cultivation was sealed and he swore vengeance against Jiang Yantian.
• Wang Teng reflected on how imprisonment would stain his reputation and recalled that he had once sent Wu Di to the pavilion after exposing his forbidden cultivation technique.

Imprisoned in the Confinement Pavilion, Wang Teng recalled Wu Di’s curse and found a handwritten copy of the Wuwang Heavenly Demon Manual. Overwhelmed by resentment and hallucinations, he began cultivating it, discovering that his hatred could fuel his progress.

• Wang Teng remembered visiting Wu Di in prison, dismissing his curse that Wang Teng would one day die in the Confinement Pavilion.
• Wang Teng found Wu Di’s inscription, “Fortune turns in cycles,” on the stone wall and feared the curse had come true.
• Wang Teng discovered a handwritten copy of the Wuwang Heavenly Demon Manual but initially threw it aside, insisting he would not follow the demonic path.
• Tormented by visions and accusations, Wang Teng’s Dao heart began to collapse, and he blamed Jiang Yantian and the fishmonger for his plight.
• Wang Teng seized the manual and began cultivating it, telling himself he would stop once he escaped and could take revenge.
• Wang Teng realized the manual converted negative emotions into cultivation power, with deeper resentment accelerating his progress.