Recaps

Xu Changsheng remained trapped in the Lotus Grotto-Heaven after Qi Zhaoyue used his Divine Yang Sacred Physique to break through to the Celestial Person Realm. As he vowed to make her regret imprisoning him, a system awakened and awarded him a beginner gift pack.

• Qi Zhaoyue refused to let Xu Changsheng leave the Lotus Grotto-Heaven and explained that she was determined to become an immortal.
• Qi Zhaoyue used Xu Changsheng's Divine Yang Sacred Physique essence to reach the Celestial Person Realm, then left him alone in the grotto-heaven.
• Xu Changsheng recalled how he had transmigrated to the White Jade World, awakened the Divine Yang Sacred Physique, and been imprisoned by Qi Zhaoyue as her cultivation furnace.
• Xu Changsheng lamented his imprisonment and vowed to make Qi Zhaoyue regret what she had done.
• The Dao of Staying Low Sainthood System activated and gave Xu Changsheng a beginner gift pack.

After ten years imprisoned in the Lotus Grotto-Heaven, Xu Changsheng awakened the Stay Hidden until Sainthood system and gained a talent that could preserve and multiply his spiritual power. The system opened its Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop, giving Xu Changsheng a new path to prepare for revenge against Qi Zhaoyue.

• Xu Changsheng heard the system notification and discovered that his prolonged confinement had activated the Stay Hidden until Sainthood system.
• Xu Changsheng opened the beginner's gift pack and received the Accumulation over Days and Months talent.
• Xu Changsheng learned that the talent could copy special talents through intimate contact and increase deposited spiritual power over time.
• Xu Changsheng realized he could seal his spiritual power to keep it from being drained by Qi Zhaoyue while continuing to cultivate.
• Xu Changsheng restrained himself from shouting in the Lotus Grotto-Heaven, and the system opened the Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop.

Xu Changsheng inspected the Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop and discovered the Paper Man Technique, which could let him explore beyond the Lotus Grotto-Heaven, but its price was far beyond his reach. Meanwhile, Qi Zhaoyue broke through to the Eleventh Realm and shook the Yu Capital, while her younger sister Qi Lanxing asked to cultivate alongside her.

• Xu Changsheng learned that lying low for a day earned one Way of Keeping a Low Profile Point and examined the shop’s daily selection.
• Xu Changsheng saw that the Paper Man Technique could summon remote paper bodies without revealing his identity, but it cost one million points.
• Qi Zhaoyue broke through to become an Eleventh-Realm Celestial Person, and her sword’s pressure swept across the Yu Capital.
• The Great Yu Dynasty’s imperial family and influential figures reacted to Qi Zhaoyue’s breakthrough and wondered about her rapid progress.
• Qi Lanxing celebrated with Qi Zhaoyue, then asked her big sister to teach her to cultivate so she could grow stronger.

Qi Zhaoyue decided to establish the women-only Divine Maiden Sect after reaching the Celestial Person realm and asked Ye Luoxue to prepare for it. She began to explain why she thought Ye Luoxue was too weak, while reassuring her that she had never meant to blame her.

• Qi Zhaoyue refused Qi Lanxing's request to cultivate together, then hurried away after Qi Lanxing noticed a strange smell.
• Qi Lanxing vowed to become as strong as Qi Zhaoyue and avenge their mother, while Qi Zhaoyue privately worried about the price of growing stronger.
• Qi Zhaoyue spoke with Ye Luoxue in her study and reflected that reaching the Dao-Severing realm would end her nightly cultivation with Xu Changsheng.
• Qi Zhaoyue announced her plan to establish the Divine Maiden Sect, which would admit talented women regardless of their cultivation path.
• Qi Zhaoyue asked Ye Luoxue to oversee preparations, then reassured her that she regarded her as family before beginning to explain what she meant.

Qi Zhaoyue revealed that a secret method could rapidly raise Ye Luoxue’s cultivation, but required a binding Heavenly Dao Oath and an extraordinary price. After receiving imperial authority to establish a residence and sect, Qi Zhaoyue brought Ye Luoxue to her Lotus Grotto-Heaven to begin the process.

• Qi Zhaoyue told Ye Luoxue that she could help her reach the Celestial Person Realm within ten years if Ye Luoxue swore to keep the secret and accepted the cost.
• Ye Luoxue pledged her loyalty to Qi Zhaoyue and agreed to come to her study after midnight.
• Qi Zhaoyue received an imperial decree granting her authority to establish her own residence and sect, then declared her resolve to defy the Great Yu Dynasty’s tradition against female rule.
• Qi Zhaoyue planned to raise Ye Luoxue’s cultivation, establish the Divine Maiden Sect, recruit gifted female disciples, and use Xu Changsheng to expand her power.
• After midnight, Qi Zhaoyue opened the Lotus Grotto-Heaven and warned Ye Luoxue that what she saw next would overturn everything she knew.

Xu Changsheng continued training in Lotus Grotto-Heaven and felt his body growing stronger, determined to eventually overcome Qi Zhaoyue. When Qi Zhaoyue arrived that night with Ye Luoxue, she ordered Ye to watch what happened inside the Hall of Longevity in silence.

• Xu Changsheng found that he could cultivate normally even while sealing his spiritual energy into his Accumulation over Days and Months talent, and he resolved to grow strong enough to turn the tables on Qi Zhaoyue.
• Xu Changsheng reflected that the Shared Life and Death Pact kept Qi Zhaoyue from releasing him, then resumed practicing his punches with renewed hope.
• Qi Zhaoyue arrived at Lotus Grotto-Heaven that night with Ye Luoxue and told her to wait outside the Hall of Longevity without speaking or entering until summoned.
• Ye Luoxue peered through the partly open doors, noticed the hall’s luxurious furnishings and empty picture frames, and glimpsed a nude woman in a painting who looked like Qi Zhaoyue.

Xu Changsheng discovered Qi Zhaoyue’s extraordinary talents while she visited him in the Hall of Longevity, unaware that Ye Luoxue was watching from outside. The chapter left Xu Changsheng stunned by how many powerful abilities Qi Zhaoyue possessed.

• Ye Luoxue recognized Xu Changsheng inside Qi Zhaoyue’s Lotus Grotto-Heaven and watched in disbelief as Qi Zhaoyue attended to him.
• Qi Zhaoyue approached Xu Changsheng in a black dress, and he asked her to put her mouth to work.
• Xu Changsheng checked the talents he could copy through contact with Qi Zhaoyue.
• The system revealed Qi Zhaoyue’s SSS-rank Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique, SS-rank Lotus Sword Heart, and several other talents.
• Xu Changsheng sat back down and marveled that Qi Zhaoyue’s talents surpassed his own.

Xu Changsheng discovered that Qi Zhaoyue had concealed the Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique and grew excited at the prospect of copying her talents. Qi Zhaoyue stopped their intimacy and summoned Ye Luoxue, who acknowledged that she understood why her princess was serving Xu Changsheng.

• Xu Changsheng inspected Qi Zhaoyue's talent panel and discovered her hidden Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique.
• Xu Changsheng considered how copying Qi Zhaoyue's talents could strengthen his own aptitude.
• Qi Zhaoyue told Xu Changsheng to stop and explained that she had only been giving a demonstration.
• Qi Zhaoyue summoned Ye Luoxue, the commander of her residence and a renowned saber wielder.
• Ye Luoxue restrained her killing intent toward Xu Changsheng and nodded when Qi Zhaoyue asked whether she understood.

Qi Zhaoyue explained to Ye Luoxue that Xu Changsheng’s Divine Yang Sacred Physique was the price she might pay to grow stronger, and left the choice to her. Ye Luoxue chose to proceed for Qi Zhaoyue’s sake, and Xu Changsheng told her to keep her boots on as she approached the bed.

• Ye Luoxue realized that Qi Zhaoyue had willingly made Xu Changsheng her master and that her spiritual power had grown without cultivation.
• Qi Zhaoyue revealed that Xu Changsheng possessed the Divine Yang Sacred Physique and explained that intimacy with him was the price Ye Luoxue might pay to grow stronger.
• After Qi Zhaoyue left, Ye Luoxue studied a portrait of her and decided to accept the price for her Highness’s sake.
• Ye Luoxue threatened Xu Changsheng with her Tang saber, then put it aside and removed her armor as she approached the bed.
• Xu Changsheng told Ye Luoxue to keep her black, high-heeled boots on, and she agreed.

Xu Changsheng persuaded Ye Luoxue to bring him books and Star-Picking Tower rankings, then checked the system after their encounter and discovered her cultivation, status, and copyable abilities. The system granted him a free random copy opportunity for their intimate first contact.

• Xu Changsheng teased Ye Luoxue and questioned her about her name and relationship with Qi Zhaoyue.
• Xu Changsheng asked Ye Luoxue to bring him history and cultivation reference books, as well as Star-Picking Tower rankings, and she agreed.
• Xu Changsheng reflected that Qi Zhaoyue had repeatedly refused to provide him books because she feared he might learn how to escape the Lotus Grotto-Heaven.
• Afterward, Xu Changsheng checked the system panel and learned that Ye Luoxue was a Ninth Realm Dragon Gate cultivator with an unawakened Blood Divine Physique and several copyable abilities.
• The system awarded Xu Changsheng one free random copy opportunity for his intimate first contact with Ye Luoxue.

Xu Changsheng copied one of Ye Luoxue’s talents and gained the A-rank Lone Star Slashes the Moon Saber Instruction. Ye Luoxue woke to find she had advanced to the Ninth Realm Dragon Transformation Realm, then climbed on top of Xu Changsheng.

• Xu Changsheng reviewed Ye Luoxue’s talents and learned the system would grant a reward for copying a partner’s talents for the first time.
• Xu Changsheng used the system’s random wheel to copy Ye Luoxue’s A-rank Lone Star Slashes the Moon Saber Instruction.
• Xu Changsheng realized the saber instruction could greatly speed up his progress toward the Second Realm Bone Tempering Realm.
• Ye Luoxue woke, remembered the previous night, and discovered that her cultivation had advanced to the Ninth Realm Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Ye Luoxue understood why Qi Zhaoyue had given herself to Xu Changsheng, then climbed on top of him.

After Ye Luoxue left Lotus Grotto-Heaven, Xu Changsheng tested the copied Lone Star Slashes the Moon Saber Instruction and discovered how rapidly it tempered his body. He practiced for six hours and believed he could reach the Second Realm: Bone Refining Realm within ten days.

• Ye Luoxue left Changsheng Hall after Xu Changsheng asked her to bring books next time if she wanted more of his Divine Yang Sacred Physique's origin essence.
• Xu Changsheng went to the white-jade plaza and practiced the thirteen forms of the Lone Star Slashes the Moon Saber Instruction with a length of green bamboo.
• As he practiced, Xu Changsheng's body underwent intense tempering, and he sensed that the saber instruction's full potential depended on comprehending its final artistic conception.
• Xu Changsheng asked the Laying Low to Become a Sage System why a martial skill could count as a talent, and it explained that a skill practiced until it became bodily instinct qualified.
• Xu Changsheng practiced for six hours until he collapsed, then estimated he could reach the Second Realm: Bone Refining Realm within ten days.

Qi Zhaoyue sent Ye Luoxue to publicize the Divine Maiden Sect’s recruitment while warning her to refine Xu Changsheng’s Divine Yang Sacred Physique origin essence before seeking him out again. As Qi Zhaoyue prepared for spies and rivals to infiltrate the sect, she trusted her hidden trump card to protect her plans.

• Ye Luoxue reported to Qi Zhaoyue that she had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm, and Qi Zhaoyue gave her a mark connected to the Lotus Grotto-Heaven.
• Qi Zhaoyue told Ye Luoxue to visit Xu Changsheng only once every seven days and to seal the origin essence in her body until she had refined it.
• Qi Zhaoyue ordered Ye Luoxue to oversee the Divine Maiden Sect’s announcement and spread news of its recruitment throughout the Great Yu Dynasty within three days.
• Qi Zhaoyue reflected that the sect’s recruitment would attract both promising candidates and spies seeking to thwart her ambitions for imperial power.
• Qi Zhaoyue summoned the White Lotus Heavenly Heart and declared that no infiltrators would escape, confident in her trump card.
• Qi Zhaoyue sat down to refine the Divine Yang Sacred Physique origin essence and consolidate her Eleventh Realm cultivation.

The Divine Maiden Sect drew aspiring female cultivators from across Great Yu after Qi Zhaoyue announced its founding and promised talented disciples resources and personal guidance. White Deer Academy sent Xu Qingci to observe the sect, while the crown prince summoned Xiao Liang and began discussing why her father had called her back.

• Ye Luoxue publicized the Divine Maiden Sect throughout Great Yu, and female cultivators flocked toward the imperial capital hoping to join.
• A ragged girl with a golden eye read the recruitment notice and hoped joining the sect would keep her from going hungry.
• Xu Jianjia told Xu Qingci to represent White Deer Academy in the Divine Maiden Sect and quietly report its movements to the academy.
• Xu Qingci accepted her aunt's instructions and prepared to leave for the imperial capital the next day.
• Qi Tiannian addressed Xiao Liang in his study and asked whether Master Yufu had explained why her father had called her back.

Zhu Xiaoliang met her father, Qi Tiannian, who sent her to infiltrate Qi Zhaoyue’s Divine Maiden Sect and uncover the secret behind her rapid cultivation. At Like Water Grotto-Heaven, Bai Yuqiong teased Bai Yuer about their rivalry and their disciples, while Bai Yuer vowed to surpass her.

• Qi Tiannian told Zhu Xiaoliang to watch Qi Zhaoyue and investigate how she had advanced from the Seventh Realm to the Eleventh Realm in ten years.
• Qi Tiannian promised to restore Zhu Xiaoliang’s mother and make Zhu Xiaoliang a legitimate princess, but after she left, he revealed his plan to use her to expose Qi Zhaoyue’s secrets.
• At Like Water Grotto-Heaven, Bai Yuqiong challenged Bai Yuer over sending Zhu Xiaoliang into the world to help Qi Zhaoyue.
• Bai Yuqiong boasted about Qi Zhaoyue’s cultivation and mocked Zhu Xiaoliang’s slower progress, prompting Bai Yuer to crush a Go stone and vow to beat her.
• Bai Yuqiong teased Bai Yuer about her weaknesses and left the Tide-Listening Pavilion laughing.

Bai Yuer sent Zhu Xiaoliang down the mountain to uncover why Qi Zhaoyue had advanced so quickly, while Bai Yuqiong warned Qi Zhaoyue not to let Zhu Xiaoliang join her new Divine Maiden Sect. Qi Zhaoyue dismissed the warning and told Xu Changsheng that the sect would accept only women.

• Bai Yuer suspected Bai Yuqiong’s plan and hoped Zhu Xiaoliang would discover the secret behind Qi Zhaoyue’s rapid cultivation.
• Bai Yuqiong realized Bai Yuer was continuing their contest and returned to her palace in the Dream Butterfly Grotto-Heaven.
• Bai Yuqiong contacted Qi Zhaoyue by voice transmission and warned her that Zhu Xiaoliang’s motives were impure and that she must not join the Divine Maiden Sect.
• Qi Zhaoyue responded that Zhu Xiaoliang’s arrival would be a good thing, but the transmission ended when someone lifted her from the bathing pool.
• Qi Zhaoyue told Xu Changsheng that she planned to establish the Divine Maiden Sect, which would accept only female disciples.

Xu Changsheng and Qi Zhaoyue discussed her plans to establish the Divine Maiden Sect and his lack of regret over his past choices. Qi Zhaoyue left the Lotus Grotto-Heaven after declaring that she would remain devoted to him, and Xu Changsheng received a chance to copy one of her talents.

• Qi Zhaoyue insisted that the Divine Maiden Sect was essential to her bid for the throne and that she would establish it despite Xu Changsheng's objections.
• Xu Changsheng told Qi Zhaoyue he did not regret his choices and believed the path he was now walking was the best one.
• As Qi Zhaoyue prepared to leave, Xu Changsheng warned her not to let Jiang touch her, and she bit his shoulder before declaring her devotion to him.
• Qi Zhaoyue left the Lotus Grotto-Heaven, and Xu Changsheng checked her information with the Keep-a-Low-Profile System.
• The system reported that Xu Changsheng had met the threshold for a random copying opportunity from Qi Zhaoyue.

Xu Changsheng copied Qi Zhaoyue’s phoenix bone talent and awakened its male counterpart, dragon bone, gaining the Dragon Proliferation Power treasure art. Meanwhile, Qi Zhaoyue learned that the Divine Maiden Sect was ready to open and ordered its official founding the next day.

• Xu Changsheng drew Qi Zhaoyue’s phoenix bone talent, which the system replaced with dragon bone because he was male.
• Xu Changsheng awakened the dragon bone in his chest and gained greatly increased physical strength and Dragon Proliferation Power.
• Xu Changsheng celebrated the talent’s benefits and vowed to make Qi Zhaoyue cry next time.
• Ye Luoxue reported that the Divine Maiden Sect’s site on Mount Qingliang was built to accommodate 1,000 disciples and that the sect had been announced across most of the empire.
• Qi Zhaoyue declared that the Divine Maiden Sect would officially be established the next day.

Qi Zhaoyue instructed Ye Luoxue to promote the Divine Maiden Sect and use Xu Changsheng’s Divine Yang Sacred Physique to attract gifted disciples, while warning Ye not to threaten him again. At midnight, Ye went to meet Xu Changsheng, who had just broken through to the Bone Refining Realm and prepared for her arrival.

• Qi Zhaoyue ordered Ye Luoxue to spread the Divine Maiden Sect’s reputation throughout the White Jade World and to reserve some of Xu Changsheng’s Divine Yang Sacred Physique origin for promising disciples.
• Qi Zhaoyue warned Ye Luoxue not to threaten Xu Changsheng with a saber again, and Ye promised it would not happen again.
• At midnight, Ye Luoxue dressed in a black qipao and red-soled boots, gathered books, and used the lotus mark to enter the Lotus Grotto-Heaven.
• Xu Changsheng cleaved through iron bamboo with a green stalk and realized he had reached the Bone Refining Realm after eleven years.
• Xu Changsheng deposited his spiritual power into Accumulation over Days and Months, then waited in the bamboo grove as the heavenly gate opened, expecting Qi Zhaoyue.

Xu Changsheng embraced Ye Luoxue in the bamboo grove and kept her with him through the night, leaving her exhausted and angry by dawn. After making peace with her, he asked whether she had brought the books he wanted, and she placed them on the stone chess table.

• Ye Luoxue arrived behind Xu Changsheng, who mistook her for Qi Zhaoyue before carrying her into the bamboo grove.
• Xu Changsheng teased Ye Luoxue about Qi Zhaoyue and brought her to the stone chess table.
• Xu Changsheng and Ye Luoxue spent six hours together, and she accused him of breaking his promise when dawn came.
• Xu Changsheng explained that he had wanted to leave her Divine Yang Sacred Physique essence to help her cultivation and her highness.
• Xu Changsheng asked about the books he had requested, and Ye Luoxue summoned them onto the stone chess table, alarming him.

Xu Changsheng examined the books Ye Luoxue brought him and discovered a Star-Picking Tower ranking booklet. He learned the leading names on the Great Yu rankings and wondered whether the Divine Maiden Sect could recruit the highest-ranked beauties.

• Ye Luoxue delivered books to Xu Changsheng, dressed again as a female general, and left while limping away.
• Xu Changsheng checked his Accumulation Over Time Talent panel and saw Ye Luoxue’s progress had reached 13/50.
• Xu Changsheng sorted the books and found a booklet from the Star-Picking Tower listing rankings for Great Yu.
• Xu Changsheng read that Qi Zhaoyue ranked first on the Heavenly Pride Heaven Ranking and saw Qi Tianqi atop the experts ranking.
• Xu Changsheng read the Great Yu Rouge Beauties Ranking, which named Tianyi Fan Yin first, Xu Qingci and Qi Lanxing second, Zhu Xiaoliang third, Qi Zhaoyue fourth, and Ye Luoxue eighth.
• Xu Changsheng wondered whether the Divine Maiden Sect could recruit any of the top-ranked beauties.

At the Divine Maiden Sect’s founding ceremony, Qi Zhaoyue met Zhu Xiaoliang, the Heaven Sect’s young disciple, and challenged her about why she had come. Zhu Xiaoliang struggled to answer, while Qi Zhaoyue privately planned to use the opportunity to help her improve her cultivation.

• Ye Luoxue presided over the Divine Maiden Sect’s founding ceremony while Qi Zhaoyue watched from a nearby peak with Qi Lanxing.
• Qi Zhaoyue told Qi Lanxing she stayed out of sight to observe the visitors, and Qi Lanxing eagerly anticipated her Master’s return.
• Zhu Xiaoliang arrived through an Eight Trigrams formation and greeted Qi Zhaoyue and Qi Lanxing.
• Qi Zhaoyue and Zhu Xiaoliang exchanged polite greetings while privately showing wariness toward each other.
• Qi Zhaoyue asked Zhu Xiaoliang whether she had come to help the sect or investigate Qi Zhaoyue’s cultivation, leaving Zhu Xiaoliang flustered.
• Qi Zhaoyue privately decided she would help Zhu Xiaoliang improve her cultivation.

Qi Zhaoyue offered Zhu Xiaoliang a secret way to reach the Dao Comprehension Realm in three months, requiring her to keep everything she experienced in the secret realm confidential. As the founding ceremony ended, Qi Lanxing grew suspicious of the secret, and a dark figure appeared beside Qi Zhaoyue.

• Qi Zhaoyue decided to give Zhu Xiaoliang the Divine Maiden Sect’s first spot in the Lotus Grotto-Heaven and offered to explain her rapid cultivation progress.
• Qi Zhaoyue promised Zhu Xiaoliang she could reach the Dao Comprehension Realm in three months by staying in a secret realm, then required her to swear a Heavenly Dao Contract to keep its secrets.
• Zhu Xiaoliang agreed to keep the secret even from her master, Bai Yuer, and left to submit her name for the sect’s founding ceremony.
• Qi Lanxing complained that Qi Zhaoyue had excluded her from the secret realm, then privately resolved to find out what would happen after the hour of the Rat.
• The founding ceremony ended as a dark figure appeared silently beside Qi Zhaoyue.

Qi Zhaoyue ordered eight mediocre recruits executed to warn other forces against sending unsuitable spies, then inspected four notable women who had joined the Divine Maiden Sect. The chapter ended with her asking the frail Fanyin whether she had a surname.

• Qi Zhaoyue crossed out eight names in Ye Luoxue’s recruitment booklet and ordered the recruits executed.
• Ye Luoxue killed the eight women, then reported to Qi Zhaoyue after the blood was cleared from the square.
• Qi Zhaoyue greeted the new recruits and recognized Zhu Xiaoliang, Xu Qingci of White Deer Academy, and Meng Weiyi of White Emperor City.
• Qi Zhaoyue turned to the timid Fanyin and asked whether she had a surname.

Qi Zhaoyue accepted the orphan Fanyin as her first personal disciple after recognizing her extraordinary beauty and aptitude, then prepared to take Zhu Xiaoliang to a secret realm. As the lotus gate opened, Qi Zhaoyue anticipated what awaited Zhu Xiaoliang inside.

• Fanyin told Qi Zhaoyue she had no cultivation and hoped joining the Divine Maiden Sect would keep her from going hungry.
• Qi Zhaoyue expelled the disciples who had mocked Fanyin and promised to choose talent regardless of lineage or background.
• After seeing Fanyin's face, Qi Zhaoyue named her first personal disciple and sent Ye Luoxue to take her away and clean her up.
• That night, Qi Zhaoyue wondered whether Fanyin was the legendary Tianyi Fan Yin and considered what she could demand from Xu Changsheng when she brought Fanyin to the Lotus Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhu Xiaoliang arrived eager to enter a secret realm that could help her reach the Dao Enlightenment Realm within three months, and Qi Zhaoyue opened a silver gate inside a lotus.