Recaps

Old Yang arranged for the scholars to take the mysterious artifacts down Qingyun Mountain, while secretly ordering the Thirteenth Bureau to steal them for research. After Ye Xiaxuan finally mastered a powerful sword technique, Zhang Tiande mistook her for a rare genius and asked which school she belonged to.

• Old Yang refused Professor Yan’s request to consult Celestial Master Zhang and arranged for the scholars to retrieve the artifacts.
• Yang Zhengcheng called Su Yi his teacher, and Su Yi kept quiet about translating the stone stele inscription.
• Old Yang ordered the Thirteenth Bureau to stage a robbery and take the artifacts after they reached Qingzhou.
• Ye Xiaxuan spent over ten hours practicing sword qi and finally severed a tree a hundred meters away.
• Zhang Tiande stopped Ye Xiaxuan and asked which school had taught her.

Ye Xiaxuan reunited with Su Yi after cutting down the tree, carrying the powerful sword Soul Severing. Su Yi disguised it as a wooden sword and made its artifact spirits accept Ye Xiaxuan as their master, leaving one spirit crying over the change.

• Ye Xiaxuan told Zhang Tiande she had no master, while Soul Severing’s arrogant blade spirit startled the Celestial Master with its power.
• Zhang Tiande let Ye Xiaxuan leave, then marveled at the extraordinary younger generation.
• Old Yang tried to recruit Ye Xiaxuan into the Thirteenth Bureau, but she declined and went to find Su Yi.
• Ye Xiaxuan told Su Yi she had cut down the tree, and he praised her success.
• Su Yi changed Soul Severing’s appearance into a wooden sword so Ye Xiaxuan would not attract attention.
• Su Yi declared that Ye Xiaxuan was now Soul Severing’s master, and one artifact spirit cried that they had a new sword master.

Su Yi made Ye Xiaxuan the new master of Soul Severing and gave her a Torch Dragon tendon cord to wear it as a pendant. He then arranged for her to compete for a blessed land in his place so she could gain combat experience, and promised to teach her up to two moves she saw.

• Su Yi told the sword spirits to shrink down and serve as pendants, and Ye Xiaxuan became Soul Severing's master despite the spirits' reluctance.
• Su Yi gave Ye Xiaxuan a Torch Dragon tendon cord, but it was too short to fit over her head, prompting him to tease her about its size.
• Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to learn from the sword spirits and noted that she had advanced from the false core realm to Golden Core.
• Su Yi invited Ye Xiaxuan to join him in finding Gu Tongtong so she could enter the blessed-land competition in his place for the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Ye Xiaxuan agreed to compete, and Su Yi said she could choose up to two moves used by other fighters for him to teach her.

Gu Tongtong broke through after recovering from her fight with Zhang Tiande and demonstrated a powerful new palm technique. When Ye Xiaxuan learned that Wen Qianmeng and Wang Degui had entered a contest for her Green Mountain Bookstore, she insisted on competing to keep it, while Gu Tongtong would represent the Thirteenth Bureau at Spirit Wood Town.

• Gu Tongtong emerged from her daze after half an hour, having made a breakthrough, and agreed to let Ye Xiaxuan compete as a temporary member of the Thirteenth Bureau.
• Gu Tongtong used her new "Palm, come!" technique to smash a deep handprint into the stone paving, impressing Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi.
• Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan accompanied Gu Tongtong to register with Zhang Tiande, who told them the matches would begin at noon the next day and that the Thirteenth Bureau would face the Xie Family and Yuan Family for Spirit Wood Town.
• Gu Tongtong photographed the list of contested locations, and Ye Xiaxuan spotted Wen Qianmeng and Wang Degui's claims on her Green Mountain Bookstore.
• Zhang Tiande explained that each side could send only two competitors, but Ye Xiaxuan insisted that Gu Tongtong compete for Spirit Wood Town while she fought to keep the bookstore.

Gu Tongtong, Xie Xuecheng, and Yuan Haoran competed for Spirit Wood Town in a free-for-all on Cloud Brocade Mountain. After Soul Severing accidentally disrupted Xie Xuecheng’s sword, Gu Tongtong faced Yuan Haoran alone and unleashed a barrage of black palm prints.

• Zhang Tiande opened the Spirit Wood Town contest and explained the free-for-all rules.
• Gu Tongtong, Xie Xuecheng, and Yuan Haoran entered the clearing, and Xie Xuecheng and Yuan Haoran teamed up against Gu Tongtong.
• Xie Xuecheng’s sword ray vanished when Soul Severing trembled, leaving him unable to draw his sword or summon sword qi.
• Yuan Haoran struck Xie Xuecheng out of the contest, leaving himself and Gu Tongtong as the only competitors.
• Gu Tongtong missed Yuan Haoran with a black palm print, then sent a dense barrage of prints raining down.

Gu Tongtong fought Yuan Haoran within his Fenghou Qimen formation, enduring his fire, lightning, and swamp attacks while launching another Heaven-Shrouding Hand. Yuan Haoran raised his Pre-Heaven Eight Trigrams Diagram to meet it, and Zhang Tiande ordered everyone to retreat as the battle continued.

• Yuan Haoran used his Pre-Heaven Eight Trigrams Diagram to block Gu Tongtong’s Heaven-Shrouding Hands and then attacked her with flames.
• Gu Tongtong emerged from the fire and charged Yuan Haoran, but he trapped her with lightning in the Mao position of the Zhen palace.
• Gu Tongtong escaped the lightning before Yuan Haoran turned the bluestone ground into a swamp that swallowed her.
• Yuan Haoran assumed Gu Tongtong was trapped underground, but she formed another giant black palm above the battlefield.
• Yuan Haoran activated his formation to block the descending palm, and Zhang Tiande ordered everyone to fall back.

Gu Tongtong defeated Yuan Haoran with her Heaven-Shrouding Hand, securing Spirit Wood Town for the Thirteenth Bureau. After the battle, Ye Xiaxuan discovered how quickly Gu Tongtong healed, while Su Yi let Ye Xiaxuan practice cultivation techniques on her own as the competition continued.

• Gu Tongtong’s palm strike shattered Yuan Haoran’s barrier and left a huge crater, forcing him to dodge clear.
• Zhang Tiande declared the Thirteenth Bureau the winner, and Gu Tongtong stopped fighting and returned with Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi.
• Ye Xiaxuan bandaged Gu Tongtong’s injuries, but Gu Tongtong’s wounds healed completely within minutes without leaving scars.
• After several more matches, Su Yi and his companions spent two days watching the competition before Green Mountain Bookstore’s match.
• Ye Xiaxuan practiced Gu Tongtong’s palm technique but managed only a weak gust, and Su Yi gave her a book on Fenghou Qimen to study herself.

Su Yi scolded Ye Xiaxuan for trying to learn too many cultivation methods instead of focusing on swordsmanship. After receiving memories from the sword spirits, she comprehended a trace of his sword intent and gained a measure of ability to defend herself.

• Su Yi found that Ye Xiaxuan had learned only to summon a small flame and breeze in two days, so he told her to focus on swordsmanship and sword intent.
• After Su Yi left, the sword spirits sent Ye Xiaxuan fragments of their memories, showing her Su Yi defeating mighty enemies with single sword strikes.
• Ye Xiaxuan fixated on Su Yi's sword strike and suddenly comprehended a trace of his sword intent.
• Ye Xiaxuan's sword intent swept over Cloud Brocade Mountain, startling the competitors and drawing Zhang Tiande's attention.
• Ye Xiaxuan announced that she had comprehended sword intent, and Su Yi judged that she had gained some ability to protect herself.

Cultivators descended into a chaotic battle for Qingzhou University, where Yuan Haoran quickly overwhelmed most of the contestants. With Ye Xiaxuan, Li Youyou, and Wang Degui still standing, Su Yi possessed Ye Xiaxuan to keep her from losing the bookstore.

• Zhang Tiande announced Qingzhou University as the next place up for contention, prompting more than two hundred cultivators to enter without registering.
• Old Yang told Gu Tongtong to stay out of the fight, and Yuan Haoran entered confidently with his Pre-Heaven Eight Trigrams Diagram.
• Yuan Haoran's formation injured or drove away most of the contestants, while Wang Degui, Li Youyou, and Ye Xiaxuan remained unharmed.
• Yuan Haoran withdrew his formation, and Li Youyou played her jade flute to leave Ye Xiaxuan dazed and unable to fight.
• Su Yi possessed Ye Xiaxuan's body so she could win and protect the bookstore.

Su Yi possessed Ye Xiaxuan and used her to teach her sword intent by repeatedly breaking Yuan Haoran’s Innate Eight Trigrams Formation. The chapter left Ye Xiaxuan with only a faint grasp of the lesson while the spectators realized Su Yi had manifested sword intent.

• Su Yi placed a wisp of divine sense in Ye Xiaxuan and took control of her body, shielding her from Li Youyou’s flute.
• Su Yi struck Yuan Haoran’s formation with an ordinary-looking sword sweep and broke it, then asked Ye Xiaxuan whether she understood sword intent.
• Su Yi broke Yuan Haoran’s formation again by thrusting the wooden sword into the ground, leaving Yuan Haoran pale and bewildered.
• Su Yi manifested tangible sword intent with a third strike, and Yuan Haoran recognized it while Ye Xiaxuan only vaguely sensed its essence.
• Li Youyou, Xie Xuecheng, and the other spectators watched in amazement as they realized Ye Xiaxuan’s strike carried sword intent rather than sword qi.

Su Yi controlled Ye Xiaxuan and swept aside the remaining arena challengers, leaving her to face Wen Qianmeng. Li Youyou recognized Su Yi, played a tune, and conceded, while the spectators learned that Ye Xiaxuan worked for the Thirteenth Bureau.

• Su Yi withdrew Yuan Haoran’s formation, and Yuan Haoran retreated before Ye Xiaxuan’s sword, then became fascinated with her.
• Su Yi sent Wang Degui flying with Ye Xiaxuan’s sword, and the other cultivators fled the arena.
• Yuan Haoran and Xie Xuecheng praised Ye Xiaxuan’s swordsmanship and discussed her chances against Wen Qianmeng.
• Su Yi asked Li Youyou, controlling Wen Qianmeng’s body, whether she would fight or concede; Li Youyou recognized him and agreed to concede after playing a tune.
• Li Youyou played the jade flute, announced her concession, and left the arena as spectators discussed Ye Xiaxuan and the Thirteenth Bureau.

After the competition, Su Yi and the others prepared to return to Qingzhou, while Yuan Haoran tried to court Ye Xiaxuan and clashed with Su Yi. Yuan Haoran misread Su Yi’s relationship with Ye Xiaxuan and ended up calling him Uncle Ye.

• Su Yi and the others decided to return to Qingzhou after the Thirteenth Bureau’s victory.
• Yuan Haoran asked Ye Xiaxuan whether she was single, and she claimed Su Yi was her husband with two children.
• Ye Xiaxuan clung to Su Yi, who dismissed Yuan Haoran and mocked him for having no woman.
• Yuan Haoran realized Ye Xiaxuan’s claim about having children was false and announced he would pursue her.
• Su Yi asked Yuan Haoran what he would do if he were Ye Xiaxuan’s father, and Yuan Haoran concluded that he was and apologized by calling him Uncle Ye.

Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan returned to Qingzhou as cultivators flocked there, drawn by the Spirit Gathering Array’s effects. Worried the array would bring unwanted attention and further alter the world, Su Yi erased it at the bookstore, though the spiritual qi it had already produced remained.

• Yuan Haoran attacked Su Yi, but Ye Xiaxuan drove him away and later joked that he might be interested in Su Yi instead of her.
• Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan flew back to Qingzhou with Yuan Haoran and Xie Xuecheng, while cultivators learned they could cultivate peacefully near Qingzhou University.
• Su Yi returned to Green Mountain Bookstore and found that hundreds of cultivators had arrived in Qingzhou, apparently attracted by the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Su Yi erased the Spirit Gathering Array from the bookstore’s table, and Zhang Luolin confirmed that spiritual qi was no longer gathering there, though the qi already produced remained.

Su Yi revealed that a mistake while making Ye Xiaxuan a small Spirit Gathering Array had caused the revival of Spiritual Qi, while Wu Wenze investigated Lin Yiyun’s growing power and business empire. The chapter left Wu Wenze unsure how the Thirteenth Bureau could respond, since Lin Yiyun’s company was operating lawfully.

• Zhang Luolin asked Su Yi whether he had caused the Spiritual Qi revival, and Su Yi admitted it had resulted from a mistake while making an array for Ye Xiaxuan.
• Su Yi called Ye Xiaxuan his disciple, and she happily offered milk tea to him and Zhang Luolin.
• Wu Wenze asked Su Yi about Lin Yiyun, explaining that she had become a powerful businesswoman whose cultivation he could not discern.
• Su Yi said Lin Yiyun was descended from the Tang Family, and Wu Wenze connected her company’s cultivator employees to Fengjing Town and Tang Yaowen.
• Gu Tongtong asked whether cultivators were forbidden from doing business, and Wu Wenze admitted the Thirteenth Bureau had no such rule to enforce.

Wu Wenze, Gu Tongtong, Su Yi, Ye Xiaxuan, and Zhang Luolin investigated Fengjing Town after suspecting the Thirteenth Bureau's colleagues had run into trouble. They discovered that the town's thousands of residents were possessed by Human Realm Immortals, leaving Su Yi to wonder why so many had descended into the human world.

• Wu Wenze suspected something was wrong in Fengjing Town, and Gu Tongtong proposed arresting Lin Yiyun if the bureau's colleagues had come to harm.
• Gu Tongtong, Su Yi, Ye Xiaxuan, and Zhang Luolin agreed to travel to Fengjing Town, with Zhang Luolin hoping to persuade Tang Yaowen to change the Tang Family's plans.
• Zhang Luolin sensed a heavy aura of death near Fengjing Town and warned that a powerful demonic cultivator might be there.
• The group entered Fengjing Town and found residents rebuilding wooden houses instead of signs of decline.
• Su Yi realized that all of the town's thousands of residents were possessed by Human Realm Immortals and wondered what had driven them to descend in such numbers.

Su Yi and his companions entered Fengjing Town, where countless Human Realm Immortals had taken over local bodies and established their own settlement. As Wu Wenze led the group to negotiate with the Tang Family, Su Yi decided he would try deterrence first and use force if the immortals refused to obey the laws.

• A childlike Human Realm Immortal warned Su Yi’s group to leave town, then directed Wu Wenze to the Tang Family when he asked to negotiate.
• Wu Wenze restrained Gu Tongtong and led the group toward the Tang Family’s old residence.
• Zhang Luolin discovered that more than a hundred people they passed were Human Realm Immortals, including former colleagues in stolen bodies.
• Wu Wenze feared the Thirteenth Bureau and the human world’s forces could not control the immortals, while Su Yi remained confident.
• Su Yi resolved to let Wu Wenze negotiate first, but planned to use force or eliminate the immortals if they would not comply with current laws.

Wu Wenze and his companions entered the Tang Family's old residence to negotiate with the hundreds of Human Realm Immortals gathered in Fengjing Town. Su Yi took charge of the talks, then had Ye Xiaxuan draw Soul Severing, whose sword spirit forced the immortals throughout town to kneel.

• Wu Wenze called Old Yang, who warned him to avoid conflict with the Human Realm Immortals and protect the town's ordinary residents.
• Wu Wenze urged Gu Tongtong and Zhang Luolin to hold back, but Su Yi insisted on joining the group and handling negotiations.
• Su Yi and the others entered the Tang Family's residence, where Wu Wenze counted 326 Human Realm Immortals and Su Yi demanded to speak with their leader.
• When one immortal threatened them, Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan to draw Soul Severing, and its sword spirit released terrifying sword intent across the town.
• Soul Severing ordered the immortals to kneel, and those still resisting fell to their knees.

Su Yi used Ye Xiaxuan’s sword spirit to force the Human Realm Immortals in Fengjing Town to negotiate with the Thirteenth Bureau. Tang Yue agreed to register the immortals and isolate the town, and Su Yi ordered everyone to gather for registration.

• The sword spirit’s aura forced the Human Realm Immortals to their knees, and Su Yi had Ye Xiaxuan seal it again after they agreed to call their leader.
• Tang Yue arrived and recognized Ye Xiaxuan, but Su Yi demanded to know his relationship with the Human Realm Immortals.
• Su Yi required the immortals to register with the Thirteenth Bureau and have their movements recorded; Tang Yue agreed to the first condition.
• Su Yi demanded that Fengjing Town be isolated from ordinary people and monitored, and Tang Yue agreed after Su Yi threatened the town.
• Tang Yue asked whether Su Yi was really in the Qi Refining Realm, and Su Yi ordered everyone in town to gather on the east side for registration.

Su Yi and the Thirteenth Bureau registered and contained the Human Realm Immortals in Fengjing Town, then traveled to Qingzhou to meet Lin Yiyun. After reading her novel, Su Yi realized that Lin Yiyun was the reincarnation of Guo Shengtong, who had mistaken herself for Yin Lihua.

• Su Yi imposed registration and collective-responsibility rules on the 1,388 Human Realm Immortals in Fengjing Town, and Tang Yue agreed after Ye Xiaxuan warned him not to attack.
• Zhang Luolin learned that Tang Yaowen had died, while Tang Yue concealed that he had killed his father.
• After Fengjing Town was secured, Su Yi and Wu Wenze headed to Qingzhou to meet Lin Yiyun, whose company had bought Xinrui Tower.
• Wu Wenze asked whether Su Yi and Lin Yiyun were a couple, and Su Yi said they were not.
• After reading Lin Yiyun's novel, Su Yi recalled his past life as Liu Xiu and concluded that Lin Yiyun was Guo Shengtong's reincarnation, not Yin Lihua's.

Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan met Ren Lanyue at the Ruixin Building, where wealthy business owners waited to meet Lin Yiyun, who was rapidly expanding her company across Qingzhou. Su Yi called Lin Yiyun, and she agreed to come down to see him, leaving Ren Lanyue curious about his connections to the beautiful women around him.

• Su Yi encountered Ren Lanyue at the Ruixin Building, and Ren Lanyue recognized Ye Xiaxuan after she introduced herself.
• Ren Lanyue told Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan that Lin Yiyun was taking over Qingzhou's livestreaming industry and that wealthy business owners were waiting to meet her.
• Su Yi considered Lin Yiyun's political abilities and cultivation the reasons behind her rapid business success.
• Su Yi called Lin Yiyun, who agreed to come downstairs and meet him.
• Ren Lanyue asked about Su Yi's relationships with Lin Yiyun, Yu Huiyin, and Ye Xiaxuan, and Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan said they were only friends.

Lin Yiyun arrived at the Yiyun Group headquarters and dismissed the businessmen seeking to sell or work with her, then welcomed Su Yi and his companions. She invited Su Yi to speak privately, leaving Gu Tongtong and the others waiting as he followed her.

• Lin Yiyun arrived with two bodyguards and told the businessmen to register their requests and return another day.
• Lin Yiyun recognized Su Yi, invited him upstairs, and told Gu Tongtong to wait while she spoke with her friend.
• Gu Tongtong introduced herself as the Thirteenth Bureau's director and said the group needed Lin Yiyun's cooperation; Lin Yiyun agreed to speak with them later.
• In the elevator, Lin Yiyun recognized Su Yi as an immortal cultivator and invited him to join her company, but he refused.
• Lin Yiyun asked Su Yi to come with her to discuss something, and he told Gu Tongtong and the others to wait.

Lin Yiyun told Su Yi she believed they were reincarnations of Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu and asked him to be with her, but he rejected her and insisted they leave the past behind. She agreed to register the Human Realm Immortals in her company, then began to suspect Gu Tongtong and Ye Xiaxuan were Su Yi’s romantic rivals.

• Lin Yiyun asked Su Yi whether he believed in reincarnation and claimed she was Yin Lihua while he was Liu Xiu.
• Lin Yiyun confessed her feelings and offered Su Yi wealth, power, and cultivation techniques, but Su Yi refused and told her to remember she was Lin Yiyun, not Yin Lihua.
• Su Yi asked Lin Yiyun to have the Human Realm Immortals around her register and warned her to obey the law.
• Lin Yiyun agreed to register her company’s people, and Su Yi said he would send Thirteenth Bureau colleagues to handle it.
• After Wu Wenze greeted them, Lin Yiyun studied Gu Tongtong and Ye Xiaxuan and suspected one of them was close to Su Yi.

Lin Yiyun invited Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan to the Golden Needle Banquet, and Su Yi agreed to go after hearing what it was. At the wardrobe room, Su Yi offered to make Ye Xiaxuan a set of hanfu himself.

• Lin Yiyun joked with Ye Xiaxuan about returning to work at the bookstore and invited her to the Golden Needle Banquet.
• Ye Xiaxuan declined at first, but Su Yi expressed interest in the banquet and agreed to attend with them.
• Lin Yiyun took the group to the wardrobe room on the forty-second floor, where designers made custom formalwear for her employees.
• Su Yi offered to make Ye Xiaxuan a set of hanfu, and she eagerly accepted.
• Aiweixier asked Su Yi whether he knew how to make clothes.

Su Yi made Ye Xiaxuan a chest-high ruqun in less than half an hour, astonishing the master designer Aiweixier and leaving Ye Xiaxuan smitten. Lin Yiyun watched Su Yi with quiet sorrow, while he remained unwilling to return her feelings merely because she resembled Yunxiao.

• Aiweixier questioned Su Yi's tailoring experience, and Su Yi said he had studied for only three or four days before asking for fabric and tools.
• Su Yi chose gambiered silk and rapidly cut and sewed a pink-and-white chest-high ruqun without taking Ye Xiaxuan's measurements.
• Lin Yiyun emerged from the changing room and watched Su Yi work, while Ye Xiaxuan gazed at him in a lovestruck daze.
• Su Yi finished the outfit, including a dudou, in under half an hour and told Ye Xiaxuan to try it on.
• Aiweixier was stunned by Su Yi's speed and workmanship, and Lin Yiyun looked at Su Yi with sorrowful reproach.
• Ye Xiaxuan changed into the outfit, blushed over the dudou Su Yi had made, and tried to suppress her wild thoughts about him.

Su Yi corrected Ye Xiaxuan’s hanfu and styled her hair, while she nervously misread his intentions. After seeing the finished look, Aiweixier asked Su Yi to teach him hanfu-making, but Su Yi declined and directed him to study Huaxia culture and seek a local expert.

• Su Yi brought Ye Xiaxuan into the changing room and untied the silk shawl she had mistaken for a sash, while she nervously imagined his intentions.
• Su Yi adjusted Ye Xiaxuan’s clothes, styled her hair with two hairpins, and draped the shawl over her shoulders.
• Ye Xiaxuan admired her transformed appearance in the mirror and joked that Su Yi could make money as a stylist.
• Aiweixier and Lin Yiyun admired Ye Xiaxuan’s appearance after she came back out.
• Aiweixier asked Su Yi to teach him how to make hanfu, but Su Yi declined and advised him to learn about Huaxia culture and seek another expert.