Chapter Summaries

The abducted woman revealed that she had been conscious in the sack and struck one of her kidnappers when he tried to open it. She faced the two brothers in the secluded grove, smiling as killing intent rose in her eyes.

• Two brothers carried the abducted woman from the city to a secluded grove in a burlap sack.
• The brothers discussed assaulting and killing her to fulfill a young lady’s orders.
• When one brother opened the sack, the woman punched him and knocked him to the ground.
• The woman climbed out of the sack and confronted the brothers.
• One brother threatened to force her to entertain them both.

Mu Yunxi fought off two men who had attacked her, revealing strength and strange eyes that a hidden observer recognized as the Heavenly Fiend Demonic Eyes. She left one man with a broken arm and the other mutilated, while the men realized they had badly underestimated her.

• One lecherous man lunged at Mu Yunxi, and she punched him twenty feet away.
• Mu Yunxi struck the leader, a Second Stage Martial Master, and sent him flying as well.
• The first man attacked again, but Mu Yunxi snapped his arm with a kick.
• The second man charged with a blade, and a hidden watcher recognized Mu Yunxi's Heavenly Fiend Demonic Eyes and naturally seductive bones.
• Mu Yunxi took the man's blade and severed his third leg, leaving both men terrified of her.

After killing her attackers, Mu Yunxi discovered a powerful masked man hiding nearby. Unfazed by his threatening presence, she demanded the clean clothes he was wearing, but he refused.

• Mu Yunxi killed the two men who had been begging for mercy, splashing blood onto her white dress.
• Mu Yunxi sensed someone nearby and threw her dagger at a large tree.
• A masked man descended from the tree, and Mu Yunxi recognized the danger he posed.
• The masked man considered using Mu Yunxi’s Heavenly Fiend Demonic Eyes and Innate Enchanting Physique to contain his Heavenly Demon Pearl.
• Mu Yunxi demanded the man’s clean clothes, but he replied that he had none.

Mu Yunxi tried to leave, but the silver-masked man immobilized her and declared that she would become the Heavenly Demon Pearl's host. He forced something from his body into hers, leaving her in searing pain as murderous hatred rose within her.

• Mu Yunxi dismissed the silver-masked man and turned to leave, privately admiring his voice despite his appearance.
• The man stopped Mu Yunxi with an overwhelming aura and declared that she would be the Heavenly Demon Pearl's host.
• The man stripped Mu Yunxi and used a powerful force to implant something from his body into hers.
• Mu Yunxi endured piercing agony and directed her bloodthirsty fury at the silver-masked man.

After enduring a day and night of agony, Mu Yunxi suppressed the Heavenly Demon Pearl implanted in her body and discovered that her toxins had vanished. She set out for the city, unaware that rumors about her had spread through the general’s residence and the capital.

• Mu Yunxi endured the pearl’s painful cleansing as it purged impurities from her body, while a man watched and then left her his silver robe.
• After a day and night, Mu Yunxi suppressed the Heavenly Demon Pearl and vowed to punish the man who had implanted it in her.
• Mu Yunxi discovered that the toxins in her body had disappeared and suspected that the pearl had neutralized them.
• Mu Yunxi promised to protect the body’s former owner and the people she had wanted to protect.
• Mu Yunxi headed toward the city as rumors spread that she had secretly slept with a man behind the Fourth Prince’s back.

Mu Yunxi faced public ridicule over rumors that she had disgraced the General’s household, then confronted her cousin Mu Luoyan, whom she suspected of helping ruin her the previous night. As Mu Luoyan arrived with four guards and threatened to rid the family of her, Mu Yunxi prepared to settle the old scores.

• Onlookers mocked Mu Yunxi for her reputation and engagement to the Fourth Prince, while she silenced them with a fierce stare.
• Mu Luoyan arrived with four middle-stage martial master guards and accused Mu Yunxi of disgracing the family.
• Mu Luoyan privately resented Mu Yunxi for competing with her elder sister for the Fourth Prince and intended to see her killed.
• Mu Yunxi suspected Mu Luoyan had helped arrange the incident the previous night and resolved to settle their past grievances.

Mu Yunxi rejected Mu Luoyan’s demand that she kill herself and faced four guards sent to kill her. She revealed unexpected combat skill, kicking one guard to the ground and leaving the crowd stunned.

• Mu Luoyan insulted Mu Yunxi and ordered her to kill herself for the family’s sake.
• Mu Yunxi refused and mocked Mu Luoyan, provoking her to order four guards to attack.
• Mu Luoyan hoped Mu Yunxi’s death would let her older sister marry the Fourth Prince.
• Mu Yunxi sprang into the air, called the guards weak, and kicked one of them to the ground, shocking everyone.

Mu Yunxi defeated four guards and then slapped Mu Luoyan away, proving that she was no longer the helpless good-for-nothing everyone believed her to be. Mu Luoyan got back up and charged at her in a fury.

• Mu Yunxi kicked one middle-stage Martial Master guard away and swiftly knocked down the other three.
• The spectators and defeated guards were stunned by Mu Yunxi’s sudden strength.
• Mu Luoyan dismissed her guards and threatened to kill Mu Yunxi.
• Mu Yunxi mocked Mu Luoyan and slapped her flying with a strike that used no internal force.
• Mu Luoyan scrambled up and charged at Mu Yunxi, enraged.

Mu Yunxi defeated Mu Luoyan’s Hegemon Fist with her Fly-Swatting Palm, shocking the onlookers and leaving Mu Luoyan unconscious. She headed toward the Mu family’s general’s residence while the four guards carried Mu Luoyan away.

• Mu Luoyan attacked Mu Yunxi with the Mu family’s Hegemon Fist.
• Mu Yunxi countered with her Fly-Swatting Palm as the onlookers mocked her chances.
• Mu Yunxi’s palm strike overwhelmed Mu Luoyan’s fist and numbed her arm.
• Mu Luoyan spat blood and fainted in fury and disbelief.
• Mu Yunxi headed toward the Mu family’s general’s residence, and the four guards carried Mu Luoyan back.

After returning to the General's Manor, Mu Yunxi learned that the Fourth Prince had come to break off their engagement. She went to the hall with Mu Yunmo, determined to confront him, and arrived as he declared that he would end the betrothal whether or not Old General Mu was present.

• Mu Yunxi returned to the General's Manor and was met by servants who mocked her.
• Mu Yunmo embraced Mu Yunxi and reassured her, while Mu Yunjia revealed that the Fourth Prince wanted to break off their engagement.
• Mu Yunxi decided to face the Fourth Prince and make him pay for ending the betrothal so casually.
• Mu Yunxi and Mu Yunmo entered the crowded hall, where the Fourth Prince insisted that he was breaking off the engagement despite Old General Mu's absence.

Mu Yunxi arrived as Xuanyuan Jin moved to break off their engagement, and challenged his accusations about her night away by pointing out his time with Mu Yuyan. The confrontation continued as Xuanyuan Jin demanded an explanation for the man's robe she wore.

• Mu Zhenhai objected to Xuanyuan Jin breaking off the engagement without the Mu family head present, and Xuanyuan Jin argued that rumors about Mu Yunxi dishonored the imperial family.
• Mu Yunmo prepared to confront Xuanyuan Jin, but Mu Yunxi stopped him.
• The younger Mu family members, especially Mu Yuyan, watched Mu Yunxi with contempt as she entered the hall.
• Mu Yunxi mocked Xuanyuan Jin by asking whether his time admiring the imperial garden with Mu Yuyan meant they had been lovers.
• Mu Yuyan claimed she and Xuanyuan Jin had merely run into each other, and Mu Yunxi said she had gone out to admire the moon.
• Xuanyuan Jin mocked Mu Yunxi and demanded to know how she could explain the man's robe she wore.

Mu Yunxi challenged Xuanyuan Jin’s accusation that she had taken a lover and demanded compensation for breaking their engagement. As her relatives argued over her honor and the match, she made clear she had no interest in marrying him.

• Mu Yunxi demanded evidence for Xuanyuan Jin’s claim that she had slept with another man, and Mu Yunmo backed her up.
• Mu Zhenxiang rebuked Mu Yunmo and Mu Yunxi, while Mu Zhenhai defended his niece and confronted him.
• Mu Yunjia repeated the rumor that Mu Yunxi had taken a lover, but Mu Yunxi silenced her with a cold rebuke.
• Xuanyuan Jin insisted that he would not marry a woman with a bad reputation, and Mu Yunxi agreed to end the engagement if he offered compensation.
• Mu Yunmo urged Mu Yunxi not to accept the breakup, but Mu Yunxi said she would find someone better-looking than the Fourth Prince and still expected compensation.

Xuanyuan Jin agreed to let Mu Yunxi choose treasures from his residence after she accepted the broken engagement. When Mu Luoyan arrived badly injured and accused Mu Yunxi of beating her, the Mu family doubted her claim and gathered to confront Mu Yunxi.

• Xuanyuan Jin agreed to let Mu Yunxi pick treasures from his residence in exchange for ending their engagement.
• Mu Zhenxiang and the others heard cries at the entrance and went outside to investigate.
• Mu Luoyan arrived injured, begged Mu Zhenxiang for revenge, and accused Mu Yunxi of beating her.
• The Mu family doubted that Mu Yunxi could have defeated Mu Luoyan, who was a peak middle-stage Martial Master.
• Mu Yuyan comforted Mu Luoyan and promised that Mu Zhenxiang would see justice done.

Mu Zhenxiang demanded that Mu Yunxi kneel and apologize for injuring his daughter, but Mu Zhenhai and Mu Yunmo stood to protect her. Mu Yunxi stepped forward and refused to kneel, leaving the clan shocked and Xuanyuan Jin questioning her changed demeanor.

• Mu Zhenxiang pressured Mu Yunxi and ordered her to kneel for injuring his daughter.
• Mu Zhenhai shielded Mu Yunxi from Mu Zhenxiang’s aura, while Mu Yunmo joined him in protecting her.
• Mu Zhenhong accused Mu Zhenhai of betraying the clan by defying Mu Zhenxiang.
• Mu Yunxi admitted she had hit the girl and declared that she would rather die than kneel or yield.
• The Mu Clan members were shocked by Mu Yunxi’s boldness, and Xuanyuan Jin wondered whether her temperament had changed.

Mu Zhantian returned and defended Mu Yunxi against Xuanyuan Jin and the Mu Clan members who had bullied her. Mu Yunxi rejected Xuanyuan Jin with a cutting remark, leaving him and Mu Zhantian stunned.

• Mu Zhantian arrived as Mu Yunxi stood her ground, and the gathered crowd bowed to him.
• Mu Zhantian offered to tie up Xuanyuan Jin so Mu Yunxi could punish him, then ordered everyone who objected to remain kneeling.
• Mu Yuyan and other disciples resented how much Mu Zhantian favored Mu Yunxi, while Xuanyuan Jin concealed his anger.
• Mu Yunxi told Mu Zhantian that she would rather have no one than someone shoddy, leaving Xuanyuan Jin grim-faced and Mu Zhantian astonished.

Mu Zhantian defended Mu Yunxi after she broke off her engagement with Xuanyuan Jin, mocking the fourth prince and ordering him to leave. After Xuanyuan Jin departed, Mu Zhenxiang demanded punishment for Mu Yunxi, but Mu Zhantian rejected his accusation and condemned his household for bullying her.

• Mu Zhantian laughed at Mu Yunxi's rejection of Xuanyuan Jin and said he would find her a good husband.
• Mu Zhantian told Xuanyuan Jin to leave, and Xuanyuan Jin declared that he and Mu Yunxi were free to marry whoever they wished.
• Mu Yunxi reminded Xuanyuan Jin to pay the promised compensation, and he left in anger.
• Mu Zhenxiang demanded that Mu Yunxi be punished for injuring his daughter.
• Mu Zhantian unleashed his pressure on Mu Zhenxiang, dismissed his accusation, and said he wished Mu Yunxi were stronger so she would not be bullied.

Mu Yunxi’s grandfather stopped Mu Luoyan and Mu Zhenxiang’s family from continuing their attack on her, leaving her newly established enemies resentful. Back in her room, she discovered the Heavenly Demon Pearl had expelled most of her poison and cleared her blocked meridians, though she still vowed revenge on the man who implanted it.

• Mu Luoyan demanded justice from Mu Zhantian, but he rebuked her for claiming that Mu Yunxi, a good-for-nothing, had injured her.
• Mu Zhantian ended the dispute and ordered everyone to leave, while Mu Yunxi recognized that her eldest and third uncles’ families were now her enemies.
• Mu Yunxi returned to her room, bathed, dismissed the maids, and examined her body’s poor constitution and former injuries.
• Mu Yunxi realized the Heavenly Demon Pearl had expelled most of her toxins and cleared her meridians, then vowed to take revenge on the man who had implanted it.
• The chapter described the Eastern Domain Continent, its six kingdoms, and the rarity of spiritual cultivators in the Eastern Tomb Kingdom.

After being reborn, Mu Yunxi discovered that her Pangu Demon Needles had come with her and entered the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm, a mysterious space filled with dense spiritual energy and valuable treasures. She found a medicinal cauldron there, whose unexpected attack left her facing a new mystery.

• Mu Yunxi resolved to grow stronger in her new life and began trying to cultivate with the methods from her previous life.
• She discovered that the Pangu Demon Needles had also come with her.
• Mu Yunxi sensed a hidden space and was transported into the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm, which identified itself as a gift for the fated one.
• She explored the realm's residence and found its abundant spiritual energy, precious items, and martial techniques.
• A black medicinal cauldron struck Mu Yunxi, and she recognized its name as the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.
• After Mu Yunxi silently mocked the cauldron's appearance, it suddenly hurtled toward her.

Mu Yunxi discovered that the Heaven and Earth Cauldron had a talking artifact spirit named Xiao Kun. Xiao Kun revealed the spiritual realm’s powers and promised Mu Yunxi could use everything inside, leaving her delighted with her new advantage.

• The Heaven and Earth Cauldron rammed Mu Yunxi twice more, then its childish voice protested that she was mean.
• Mu Yunxi stopped asking the voice questions, making it anxiously offer to explain itself.
• Xiao Kun appeared in soul form and revealed it was the artifact spirit of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm, sealed away for tens of thousands of years after its previous master died.
• Mu Yunxi named Xiao Kun and promised not to abandon it if it behaved.
• Xiao Kun gave Mu Yunxi access to everything in the spiritual realm, which could grow larger as she became stronger, and she rejoiced at being able to store her belongings there.

After emerging from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm, Mu Yunxi went to the Fourth Prince's Estate despite the crowd's insults. She left the gate guard badly injured and challenged the Fourth Prince, who had apparently been watching.

• Mu Yunxi emerged from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm after three days and left the General's Estate.
• Mu Yunxi walked toward the Fourth Prince's Estate while passersby mocked her broken engagement and accused her of disgraceful behavior.
• A guard barred Mu Yunxi from entering and insulted her, claiming Old General Mu could not protect her there.
• When the guard attacked, Mu Yunxi shattered his arm and kicked him into the estate gates, forcing them open.
• Mu Yunxi glanced into the distance and asked the Fourth Prince whether he had watched enough.