Chapter Summaries

Mu Yunxi kicked Mu Yuyan into a lake and rejected Xuanyuan Jin’s claim that their engagement still stood. After Xuanyuan Jin left, Jun Ling confronted Mu Yunxi about going to the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest and pulled her into his arms.

• Mu Yunxi kicked Mu Yuyan into the lake and mocked her while Xuanyuan Jin watched.
• Mu Yuyan appealed to Xuanyuan Jin, who told Mu Yunxi that their engagement stood and that he would marry her as his secondary consort.
• Mu Yunxi rejected Xuanyuan Jin, who threatened her and left while Mu Yuyan and Mu Luoyan struggled out of the lake.
• Jun Ling ordered Mo Yan and Mo Li to beat Xuanyuan Jin, then entered Mu Yunxi’s room and asked if she was going to the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest.
• Jun Ling pulled Mu Yunxi onto his lap and demanded that she open her eyes or he would kiss her.

Mu Yunxi obtained Jun Ling’s ten-thousand-year Azure Dragon Ginseng in exchange for wiping the slate clean, then set off for the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest. Jun Ling followed her there, claiming it was on his way.

• Jun Ling told Mu Yunxi he had a ten-thousand-year Azure Dragon Ginseng and explained that he knew she needed it for an Origin-Reforming Pill.
• Jun Ling refused to sell the herb for money but agreed to give it to Mu Yunxi if they wiped the slate clean.
• Jun Ling ordered Mo Yan to deliver the herb despite Mo Li’s warning that it was meant to save his life.
• Mu Yunxi received the ten-thousand-year Azure Dragon Ginseng, stored it in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Realm, and set off through the night.
• At the entrance to the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest, Mu Yunxi found Jun Ling waiting and went inside while he followed her.

Mu Yunxi encountered her brothers Mu Yunkai and Mu Yunyi in the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest after Jun Ling saved her from a Flying Pig. When Mu Yunyi attacked her, Mu Yunxi crippled him with one kick, leaving Mu Yunkai furious and ready to retaliate.

• Jun Ling pulled Mu Yunxi out of the path of a Flying Pig, which crashed where she had been standing.
• Mu Yunxi harvested the Flying Pig's wings and meat for use as medicine and provisions.
• Mu Yunkai and Mu Yunyi arrived with guards and accused Mu Yunxi of killing the Flying Pig.
• Mu Yunxi insulted her brothers, and Mu Yunyi charged at her intending to kill her.
• Mu Yunxi struck Mu Yunyi with a kick that broke his ribs and spine and sent him flying.
• Mu Yunkai cried out for Mu Yunyi and threatened Mu Yunxi.

Mu Yunxi revealed her strength and fought Mu Yunkai, crippling his arm and overwhelming him despite his higher cultivation. When a sudden, excruciating pain struck her and Mu Yunkai tried to attack, Jun Ling intervened and ordered Mo Li to kill him.

• Mu Yunxi revealed that she was a high-stage Martial Master, and Mu Yunkai demanded to know who she really was.
• Mu Yunxi countered Mu Yunkai's Hegemon Fist with Shadowless Palm and crippled his arm.
• Mu Yunxi declared that she would kill Mu Yunkai and continued fighting as he launched another attack.
• Jun Ling noticed that Mu Yunxi was in danger when sudden, severe pain overcame her.
• Mu Yunkai tried to strike the weakened Mu Yunxi, but Jun Ling's aura forced him to his knees, and Jun Ling ordered Mo Li to chop him to pieces.

Jun Ling killed Mu Yunkai and Mu Yunyi after they attacked Mu Yunxi, then carried her into a cave to help her fuse with the Heavenly Demon Pearl. Mu Yunxi resisted him and hated him, but he began the fusion by kissing her, leaving her helpless and furious.

• Jun Ling ordered Mo Yan and Mo Li to kill Mu Yunkai, and they severed his hands and feet after destroying his vocal cords.
• Mo Yan killed Mu Yunyi as he threatened them with the Mu Clan.
• Jun Ling tried to comfort Mu Yunxi, but she told him not to touch her and said he disgusted her.
• Jun Ling carried Mu Yunxi into a cave and explained that fusing with the Heavenly Demon Pearl would give her a poison physique that could turn toxins into spiritual power.
• Jun Ling kissed Mu Yunxi to help her fuse with the pearl, and she glared at him in hatred as he covered her eyes with his hand.

After waking in the Mystic Heaven Demon Forest, Mu Yunxi discovered that she had advanced to the initial-stage Grand Martial Master and learned that the ingredients she needed were at the capital’s Ghost Market. She left for the market after ordering Mu Yunkai and Mu Yunyi’s corpses delivered to their fathers, but was stopped at the entrance for lacking a token.

• Jun Ling left Mu Li to guard Mu Yunxi and told him to direct her to the Ghost Market for Demon Emperor Grass and the blood of a hundred poisons.
• Mu Yunxi woke, realized Jun Ling had left, and discovered her power had risen to the initial-stage Grand Martial Master.
• Mu Yunxi punched Mo Li for Jun Ling and warned him to tell his master she would beat him until he cried.
• Mo Li told Mu Yunxi that the ingredients were at the Ghost Market, and she ordered Mu Yunkai and Mu Yunyi’s corpses thrown into the rooms of Mu Zhenxiang and Mu Zhenhong.
• Mu Yunxi reached the Ghost Market, where a guard stopped her for not having a token.

At the Ghost Market, Mu Yunxi accepted Mu Yuyan’s challenge to compete at the clan testing assembly, with the loser to destroy her looks and cripple herself. She agreed to enter the market with Feng Yun after learning its auction offered Demon Emperor Grass and Blood of a Hundred Poisons.

• Mu Yuyan and Mu Luoyan mocked Mu Yunxi for lacking a Ghost Market token, and Mu Yunxi taunted them about being thrown into a lake.
• Mu Yuyan challenged Mu Yunxi to compete at the clan testing assembly in one month, wagering that the loser would destroy her eyes and looks and cripple her arms and legs.
• Mu Yunxi accepted the wager, while Feng Yun criticized Mu Yuyan’s cruelty and defended Mu Yunxi.
• Mu Yuyan and Mu Luoyan entered the Ghost Market to seek a medicinal pill for the injured Fourth Prince.
• Feng Yun offered to bring Mu Yunxi into the Ghost Market with his token, and she agreed after learning Demon Emperor Grass and Blood of a Hundred Poisons would be auctioned.

Jun Ling woke and learned that Mu Yunxi was angry with him, but he was pleased by her curse and ordered Mo Yan to report any news of her. In the Ghost Market, Mu Yunxi intervened when a girl was beaten and offered to buy her, demanding that the girl’s father sever his own arm in exchange for one thousand gold coins.

• Jun Ling awoke and asked Mo Yan whether Mu Yunxi had recovered and what she had said about him.
• Mo Yan told Jun Ling that Mu Yunxi had called him a damned pervert and said they could not live under the same sky, and Jun Ling smiled instead of getting angry.
• Jun Ling confirmed that the Demon Emperor Grass and blood of a hundred poisons had been delivered, then told Mo Yan to report any news of Mu Yunxi.
• In the Ghost Market, Mu Yunxi saw a burly man beating a mute girl and ignored Feng Yun’s warning to stay out of trouble.
• Mu Yunxi stopped the man from hitting the girl and offered him one thousand gold coins, provided he severed his own arm and gave up his daughter.

Mu Yunxi cut off the arm of a man who had sold his mute daughter, then killed him when he attacked her. She took the girl under her protection and ordered her hidden subordinate Mo Li to sell Feng Yun to the House of Red Delight.

• Mu Yunxi used a borrowed sword to cut off the burly man's arm after he refused to do it himself.
• The crowd recognized Mu Yunxi as Ninth Miss Mu, while she remained unmoved by their disbelief and praise.
• The burly man charged at Mu Yunxi, and she pierced his heart with her sword despite Feng Yun moving to shield her.
• Mu Yunxi asked the mute girl whether she resented her for killing her father, then invited her to follow; the girl agreed.
• Mu Yunxi told Mo Li to take Feng Yun to the House of Red Delight and get a good price, and Mo Li carried him away.

Mu Yunxi attended the auction with Mu Zhenhai and learned that the Fourth Prince had been beaten, though she denied doing it. When bidding began on the Soul-Severing Dagger, she deliberately challenged Mu Yuyan and drew Zhu Teng’s murderous attention, leaving the auction rivalry escalating.

• Mu Yunxi met Mu Zhenhai at the auction, and he asked whether she had attacked the Fourth Prince; she denied it.
• Mu Zhenhai worried about restoring Mu Yunmo’s dantian, and Mu Yunxi promised to do so after obtaining the auction’s ingredients.
• Meiji opened the auction with the Scarlet Spirit Sword, which a minor clan eventually bought.
• Mu Yuyan bid on the Soul-Severing Dagger, and Mu Yunxi began raising the price against her.
• Zhu Teng recognized Mu Yunxi as the person who had injured his sons and ordered his subordinate to kill her after the auction.
• Mu Yuyan angrily raised her bid to five hundred thousand gold coins after Mu Yunxi continued bidding.