Recaps

The aptitude test began, and Qin Xuan stunned the crowd by revealing supreme-grade innate aptitude and a rare blood spiritual root. As Qin Xuan celebrated his newfound recognition, Ding Dingda secretly arranged to meet Liu Tingyu and mocked Qin Xuan behind his back.

• Nan Tongyu asked Jiang Yantian to switch seats, and Jiang sat beside Long Wanning while keeping a wary distance from her.
• The first round of testing began, and Ye Miaomiao, Ding Dingda, and Liu Tingyu passed with high-grade innate aptitude.
• Jiang Yantian made crude jokes about Ye Miaomiao and Liu Tingyu’s results, irritating Long Wanning as Qin Xuan watched their interaction.
• Qin Xuan passed with supreme-grade innate aptitude, the Dao of the Saber, and a blood spiritual root, drawing the attention of the crowd and the Upper Realm visitors.
• Liu Tingyu praised Qin Xuan, while Ding Dingda secretly asked her to meet him after testing and privately sneered at Qin Xuan.

During Prince Teng Pavilion’s testing, Jiang Yantian accidentally hit Liu Tingyu with an allergy powder meant for Qin Xuan, then used her sudden rash to turn the prank against Qin Xuan. The chapter leaves Jiang Yantian poised to examine Liu Tingyu while Qin Xuan faces the crowd’s reproach.

• About three hundred disciples qualified in the first aptitude test, and the second round began by grouping candidates according to their cultivation paths.
• Jiang Yantian threw a prank powder at Qin Xuan, but Liu Tingyu walked into its path and developed red blotches across her skin.
• Physicians failed to identify the cause, and Jiang Yantian realized he could humiliate Qin Xuan without targeting him directly.
• Jiang Yantian offered to examine Liu Tingyu, but Qin Xuan tried to stop him, suspecting he wanted to take advantage of her.
• Liu Tingyu grabbed Jiang Yantian’s sleeve and rebuked Qin Xuan, while others criticized Qin Xuan for doubting Jiang Yantian.

Jiang Yantian claimed Liu Tingyu had a contagious illness spread through intercourse and used the threat of permanent red blotches to draw out the people involved with her. The scandal left Qin Xuan devastated and Liu Tingyu arguing that he should show her some grace.

• Jiang Yantian told Liu Tingyu her condition was contagious through intercourse and warned Qin Xuan to accept an examination.
• Jiang Yantian cured Liu Tingyu’s red blotches, then urged Qin Xuan and others to seek examinations before their symptoms appeared.
• Ding Dingda, Elder Li, and roughly thirty others rushed to Jiang Yantian, exposing their connections to Liu Tingyu.
• Qin Xuan realized Liu Tingyu had been involved with many people and felt his trust and Dao heart collapse.
• Qin Xuan angrily confronted Liu Tingyu, who admitted she was shameless but insisted he should show some grace.

Jiang Yantian watched Qin Xuan and Liu Tingyu argue while Long Wanning secretly fed him pastries, leading to an awkward near-kiss. After learning she could trade the God-Slaying Spear Fragment for the Heaven and Earth Five Directions Flags, Long Wanning watched Qin Xuan lose face and resolve to leave Prince Teng Pavilion and take revenge on Jiang Yantian.

• Jiang Yantian watched Qin Xuan accuse Liu Tingyu of betraying him as the crowd observed their argument.
• Long Wanning secretly fed Jiang Yantian two pastries, and he bit her hand while eating the second one.
• Long Wanning's system told her she could exchange the God-Slaying Spear Fragment for the Heaven and Earth Five Directions Flags, which could be completed with a missing portion held by Jiang Yantian.
• Qin Xuan fell silent, blamed Jiang Yantian for his humiliation, and vowed to take revenge and leave Prince Teng Pavilion after the test.

Qin Xuan resolved to seek Long Wanning’s support against Jiang Yantian and approached her after the day’s tests. When he asked forgiveness for his role in Sun Lin’s death, Long Wanning told him to take his own life.

• Qin Xuan brooded over his hatred of Jiang Yantian and decided to gamble on winning Long Wanning’s support before leaving the Prince Teng Pavilion.
• Qin Xuan achieved an excellent result in the test, then packed his belongings and resolved to leave after the assessments were over.
• Qin Xuan waited outside the main hall until Long Wanning allowed him to enter and speak.
• Qin Xuan blamed himself for Sun Lin’s death and asked Long Wanning to punish him.
• Long Wanning coolly ordered Qin Xuan to take his own life, leaving him stunned.

Qin Xuan tried to turn Long Wanning against Jiang Yantian to save himself, but Long Wanning saw through his scheme and nearly killed him. Jiang Yantian arrived and struck Qin Xuan, who continued trying to provoke a conflict between them.

• Qin Xuan begged Long Wanning for a chance to avenge Sun Lin, hoping she would spare him and target Jiang Yantian.
• Long Wanning recognized that Qin Xuan was trying to incite her against his supreme elder and prepared to kill him.
• Jiang Yantian entered with candied hawthorns, interrupting Long Wanning before she could attack Qin Xuan.
• Jiang Yantian mistook Qin Xuan's kneeling for an attempt to pledge himself to Long Wanning and asked whether she was protecting him.
• Qin Xuan criticized Jiang Yantian for disrespecting Long Wanning, and Jiang Yantian slapped him and insulted him.
• Qin Xuan endured the slap and continued appealing to Long Wanning's status in an effort to turn her against Jiang Yantian.

Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning prepared to fight after he provoked her, but Long Wanning’s system ordered her to act cute instead. Her prompted declarations of love stunned Qin Xuan and led Jiang Yantian to kiss her, leaving Long Wanning caught in the moment.

• Jiang Yantian kicked Qin Xuan again and challenged Long Wanning to interfere, then threatened to spend a night with her if she did.
• Long Wanning summoned her jade flute and faced Jiang Yantian as they prepared to fight with their powers.
• Long Wanning’s system issued an acting-cute mission, and she let it control her rather than begin the battle.
• Long Wanning delivered romantic lines to Jiang Yantian, making Qin Xuan realize she seemed to love him and leaving him convinced he was doomed.
• Jiang Yantian pulled Long Wanning close, removed her veil, and kissed her, while she trembled and could not bring herself to bite him.

Jiang Yantian kissed Long Wanning, but she unleashed her fury on Qin Xuan and killed him. Jiang Yantian learned that Qin Xuan’s fortune had been canceled by Long Wanning’s, then asked the system whether Qin Xuan could be reborn so he could keep exploiting him for Humiliation Points.

• Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning kissed while Qin Xuan watched and tried to slip away unnoticed.
• Long Wanning bit Jiang Yantian and turned away, then gathered her late Mahayana power as he prepared for a fight.
• Long Wanning’s attack struck Qin Xuan instead of Jiang Yantian, ignoring his defenses and killing him as the hall split apart.
• Jiang Yantian tried to revive Qin Xuan and complained to the system about losing his source of Humiliation Points.
• The system explained that Long Wanning’s fortune canceled out Qin Xuan’s, and Jiang Yantian asked if Qin Xuan could possess someone and be reborn.

After Long Wanning killed Qin Xuan, she took Jiang Yantian away from the Prince Teng Pavilion and invited him to join the Secluded Immortal Palace. Jiang Yantian heard her warning about the dangers awaiting him in the Upper Realm, but he did not show concern, leaving his decision unclear.

• Jiang Yantian received 100,000 Humiliation Points for Qin Xuan’s death and complained that killing him himself would have earned more.
• Long Wanning explained that Qin Xuan had to die because he saw her kissing Jiang Yantian, and the two left before the sect could question them.
• Nan Tongyu sealed off the ruined Prince Teng Pavilion and planned to tell the disciples that Qin Xuan had left to travel.
• Long Wanning and Jiang Yantian relaxed on a mountaintop, drank wine, and talked about her joining the Secluded Immortal Palace.
• Long Wanning warned Jiang Yantian that his personality and lack of backing could make his path in the Upper Realm dangerous, but he said it did not matter.

Jiang Yantian refused Long Wanning’s offer to join the Secluded Immortal Palace, then revealed his powerful backing and challenged her to honor her promise if he gained supreme status. He also declared that he planned to overthrow the Nine Provinces Royal Court and rule the Nine Provinces, despite the devastation that would bring.

• Long Wanning urged Jiang Yantian to join the Secluded Immortal Palace for protection, but he refused and joked that he could take it over by making her his woman.
• Long Wanning said Jiang Yantian would need supreme status to become her man, and he asked whether she would come to him if he met that condition.
• Jiang Yantian showed Long Wanning his Qiankun Realm elder token and Ancient Demon Domain Crimson Blood Token, revealing that he held high positions in both factions.
• Long Wanning was stunned by Jiang Yantian’s authority, while he teased her about fulfilling her promise and explained that he valued his own life over his status.
• Jiang Yantian said he planned to overthrow the Nine Provinces Royal Court and make the people of the Nine Provinces submit to him, and Long Wanning warned that his campaign would cause widespread bloodshed.

Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning exchanged treasures after she backed out of lying in his arms, and he asked why she had come to him. Long Wanning learned that Jiang Yantian would soon undergo a tribulation, but her system said his Heaven-Suppressing Pearl could conceal the workings of heaven.

• Jiang Yantian accepted Long Wanning’s offer of a favor, then took the God-Slaying Spear Fragment she gave him and handed her the Southern Off-Ground Flame Light Flag in return.
• Jiang Yantian asked Long Wanning why she had come to him, and she said she would explain when he ascended to the Upper Realm.
• Long Wanning’s system told her she could return to the Upper Realm and said Jiang Yantian would soon undergo his tribulation.
• Long Wanning asked whether she should wait until after the tribulation, but her system said Jiang Yantian was not bound by the Heavenly Dao’s laws because his Heaven-Suppressing Pearl was the Primordial Pearl.

Jiang Yantian asked Long Wanning for a keepsake before she returned to the Upper Realm, teasing her and giving her the Qiankun Realm elder token. After kissing her and leaving her a recording stone, he returned to his courtyard, where he asked the system about the next Child of Fortune and was told to consider his tribulation.

• Jiang Yantian asked Long Wanning for her bra as a keepsake, then gave her the Qiankun Realm elder token to use for protection in the Upper Realm.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Long Wanning, left her a recording stone, and said he would return when she was about to go back to the Upper Realm.
• Long Wanning kept the token and recording stone before leaving, while Jiang Yantian returned to his courtyard.
• Diao Mao told Jiang Yantian she had been waiting for him, and he instructed her not to wait past midnight in the future.
• Jiang Yantian asked the system where the next Child of Fortune was, and the system told him to consider his tribulation.

Jiang Yantian chose a Plot Tribulation that made him the fake young master in a story about the Jiang Lineage and the reborn Jiang Chen. He activated the script and waited for the lineage to find Jiang Chen and summon him.

• Jiang Yantian learned he could choose a Plot Tribulation instead of ascending and rejected several scripts before selecting the fake-and-real young masters story.
• The system explained that Jiang Yantian would become the Jiang Lineage’s fake young master while Jiang Chen, the real young master, returned with memories of a previous life in which the lineage mistreated him.
• Jiang Yantian received the full script and considered how he would exploit his favored position and interact with the five older sisters.
• The system told Jiang Yantian that the plot would begin when the Jiang Lineage found Jiang Chen, and that Jiang Yantian would be considered away from home until summoned.
• Jiang Yantian activated the script and waited for the Jiang Lineage to find Jiang Chen.

After the seed disciples were selected, Long Wanning prepared to return to the Upper Realm and waited for Jiang Yantian to visit her. He came to her room that night, and they shared a quiet embrace before her departure the next day.

• Jiang Yantian spent the day fishing while the ten seed disciples were selected, and Qin Xuan and Liu Tingyu left Prince Teng Pavilion.
• Long Wanning stayed in her lodging after the selection, feeling reluctant to leave and hoping Jiang Yantian would visit before she returned to the Upper Realm.
• Jiang Yantian entered Long Wanning's room through the window and teased her while she pretended to sleep.
• Jiang Yantian drew Long Wanning into his arms, and she agreed to let him hold her as they lay together peacefully.

Jiang Yantian and Long Wanning shared a tender night before she returned to the Upper Realm, leaving him a note and an intimate keepsake. With the Guidance Path closed, Jiang Yantian prepared to leave Prince Teng Pavilion for the Dragon Martial Imperial Dynasty and planned to free Diao Mao from her slave registration.

• Long Wanning agreed to kiss Jiang Yantian, and the two shared their first true kiss before falling asleep together.
• The next morning, Jiang Yantian found Long Wanning gone, along with a note asking him to miss her and a box containing her bra.
• Jiang Yantian sealed the loft with a formation and confirmed that the Guidance Path had vanished after Long Wanning returned to the Upper Realm.
• Jiang Yantian resolved to ascend to the Upper Realm and consummate his marriage with Long Wanning when he got there.
• Jiang Yantian prepared to leave Prince Teng Pavilion for the Dragon Martial Imperial Dynasty and planned to revoke Diao Mao's slave registration and find her a peaceful home.

Jiang Yantian told Nan Tongyu he was leaving Prince Teng Pavilion and arranged for Diao Mao to be freed from her slave registration and sent somewhere safe. He gave Diao Mao resources and protective treasures before they parted, while Nan Xu'er decided to improve her cultivation so she could spar with him again.

• Jiang Yantian visited Nan Tongyu at the hall under repair, announced he was leaving, and asked him to cancel Diao Mao's slave registration and find her a safe haven.
• Nan Xu'er asked where Jiang Yantian was going and tried to chase after him, but Nan Tongyu stopped her and urged her to cultivate instead.
• Jiang Yantian returned to his courtyard, where Diao Mao served him tea and fresh milk curd.
• Jiang Yantian told Diao Mao that her registration had been canceled and that Nan Tongyu would arrange for her to start a new life elsewhere.
• Jiang Yantian gave Diao Mao a storage pouch filled with resources and silver, along with a jade pendant that could defend against and kill opponents below Spirit Transformation five times each.

Jiang Yantian parted from Diao Mao, visited the sects where his companions were cultivating, and entered the Dragon Martial Imperial Dynasty. In Martial Capital, he began repairing his reputation by treating people kindly, setting the stage for his future conflict with Jiang Chen.

• Diao Mao asked Jiang Yantian for calligraphy, and he wrote her a verse before leaving; she wished him well as he vanished into the sky.
• Jiang Yantian visited the Heavenly Saber Sect and the Mysterious Spirit Sect, left Ao Yun instructions and messages for the others, and departed without disturbing anyone in seclusion.
• On his journey, Jiang Yantian observed that Zou Tu had begun building the Heaven-Serving Divine Sect and decided to leave the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty's affairs in his hands.
• Jiang Yantian arrived in Martial Capital and gave a meat-stall owner silver as a reward, then suggested a seasoning that could improve the stall's food.
• Jiang Yantian spent the next two hours helping people and handing out rewards, and praise for the Jiang Lineage's young master spread through the city.

Jiang Chen returned to the Jiang Lineage after being reborn, resolved to take revenge on the family that had mistreated him and on Jiang Yantian. As Jiang Yunbing brought Jiang Yantian home to meet him, both brothers prepared to face the reunion with hidden intentions.

• Jiang Chen recalled how the Jiang Lineage had favored Jiang Yantian and left him to die, then vowed to take revenge in this life.
• Jiang Chen met his parents, Jiang Lei and Shen Qiuye, and pretended to be pleased when they promised to call his siblings home.
• Jiang Lei and Shen Qiuye praised Jiang Yantian’s affection for his newly returned older brother, while Jiang Chen concealed his resentment.
• Jiang Yunbing found Jiang Yantian eating on the street and brought him back to the Jiang estate to meet Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Yantian decided to act like a green tea as he rode home with Jiang Yunbing.

Jiang Yantian returned to the Jiang residence with Jiang Yunbing and played on his family’s fears that Jiang Chen’s return would leave him unwanted. After meeting Jiang Chen and the rest of the family, he prepared to pursue Jiang Chen’s Spirit-Charging Cauldron while presenting himself as newly obedient and vulnerable.

• Jiang Yantian told Jiang Yunbing he feared losing his place in the family, and she comforted him and embraced him.
• Jiang Yantian planned to humiliate Jiang Chen, steal his Spirit-Charging Cauldron, and take advantage of his knowledge of the plot.
• Jiang Yunbing brought Jiang Yantian to the Jiang residence, where he spotted Jiang Chen speaking with Shen Qiuye and Jiang Lei.
• Jiang Yunbing and Jiang Yunyu welcomed Jiang Yantian, while Jiang Chen watched him with a sharp gaze.
• Jiang Yantian apologized to his parents and sisters and promised to be filial, making the family believe he feared being abandoned.

Jiang Chen tried to assert himself when Jiang Yantian warmly greeted him, but Jiang Yantian secretly crushed his hand and made it seem as if Jiang Chen had injured him. Jiang Yantian won his family’s sympathy and humiliation points while Jiang Chen was left unable to defend himself.

• Jiang Yantian greeted Jiang Chen and offered to treat him as family, while Jiang Chen suspected he was only pretending to be welcoming.
• Jiang Chen tightened his grip during their handshake, and Jiang Yantian tightened his grip in return, making Jiang Chen cry out in pain.
• Jiang Yantian secretly healed Jiang Chen’s hand and hid his own reddened palm, then let Jiang Yunbing and Jiang Yunyu discover it.
• Jiang Yunbing and Jiang Yunyu accused Jiang Chen of hurting Jiang Yantian, and Shen Qiuye and Jiang Lei looked displeased with him.
• Jiang Yantian defended Jiang Chen as innocent while secretly earning 8,000 humiliation points.

Jiang Yantian won over his family by insisting Jiang Chen should inherit the Jiang Lineage, while Jiang Chen resolved to seek a cultivation treasure and learned that Nanny Gui wanted revenge on Jiang Yantian. Nanny Gui revealed that Jiang Yantian’s public humiliation of her daughter had led her to take her own life.

• Shen Qiuye sent Nanny Gui to escort Jiang Chen to his quarters after Jiang Yantian’s family defended him and tended his injuries.
• Jiang Yantian told his family he had no desire to inherit the Jiang Lineage and valued family harmony over power, easing Jiang Lei’s concerns about succession.
• Jiang Chen lamented losing his first clash with Jiang Yantian and planned to find the Spirit-Charging Cauldron to strengthen himself.
• Nanny Gui knelt before Jiang Chen and offered to help him deal with Jiang Yantian, saying Jiang Yantian had caused her daughter’s death.
• Nanny Gui explained that Jiang Yantian had insulted her daughter at a banquet after rejecting her, and that the humiliation led her daughter to take her own life.

Jiang Chen recruited Nanny Gui to watch the inner household and agreed to build his position before confronting Jiang Yantian. Unaware that Jiang Yantian had overheard them, Nanny Gui became the target of his crude revenge plot.

• Jiang Chen made Nanny Gui his ally and tasked her with keeping an eye on the inner household.
• Nanny Gui advised Jiang Chen to fulfill his duties, earn his parents’ trust, and avoid provoking Jiang Yantian for now.
• Jiang Yantian overheard their conversation from the roof and took offense at Nanny Gui’s insults.
• Jiang Yantian recruited Laifu, offering him gold and laxatives to sneak into Nanny Gui’s room at midnight and defecate on her.

Jiang Yantian arranged for Laifu to humiliate Nanny Gui, who had helped Jiang Chen, and Laifu’s nighttime intrusion left her covered in filth. The next morning, Jiang Yunbing brought Jiang Yantian food and kept quiet about what had happened to Nanny Gui.

• Jiang Yantian ordered Laifu to use laxatives to punish Nanny Gui for insulting him and helping Jiang Chen.
• Laifu waited for the patrol to pass, entered Nanny Gui’s room, and soiled her while she slept.
• Nanny Gui woke, discovered the mess, and vomited as the servants and patrol gathered in the northern courtyard.
• Laifu returned to his room and pretended to know nothing, while Jiang Yantian heard the commotion and concluded the scheme had worked.
• Jiang Yunbing brought food to Jiang Yantian the next morning, and he said he had heard someone shrieking during the night.
• Jiang Yunbing chose not to tell Jiang Yantian what had happened to Nanny Gui.

Jiang Yantian teased Jiang Yunbing, then appointed Laifu as his lackey and went to retrieve the Spirit-Charging Cauldron before Jiang Chen could find it. In the secret chamber, he destroyed the formation guarding the treasure, but a spirit appeared and warned him away.

• Jiang Yantian pulled Jiang Yunbing onto the bed and kissed her, then watched her flee after telling him to drink the soup.
• Jiang Yantian met Laifu, praised him for completing his mission, and appointed him his number one lackey.
• Jiang Yantian headed to the west courtyard and entered the secret passage beneath the dry well where the Spirit-Charging Cauldron was hidden.
• Jiang Yantian broke the formation protecting the wooden box, but a blue-green spirit appeared and ordered him to leave.
• Jiang Yantian sternly told the spirit to get lost.

Jiang Yantian devoured the remnant spirit guarding the Spirit-Charging Cauldron, then replaced it with a chamber pot disguised by a curse. Jiang Chen found the planted decoy and believed another treasure was hidden behind a formation, resolving to return and break through it.

• Jiang Yantian grabbed and devoured the remnant spirit that emerged from the wooden box.
• Jiang Yantian took the Spirit-Charging Cauldron, replaced it with a chamber pot, and placed a Patch Curse inside the box.
• Jiang Yantian planted another box behind a tier-three formation and hid nearby when Jiang Chen entered the well.
• Jiang Chen opened the box and, seeing the chamber pot as the Spirit-Charging Cauldron, kissed it before putting it away.
• Jiang Chen discovered the second box, was repelled by its formation, and decided to study formations and return to claim its treasure.