Chapter Summaries

Sang Ying and Miao Lian used the demonic crows to repel Feng Ji’s forces, winning the first battle for Rizhao City. Sang Ying agreed to defend the city while recognizing that Feng Ji might try to undermine its barrier from within through the family in the western courtyard.

• Miao Lian recalled the surviving demonic crows, and their leader formed a contract with her before leaving.
• Sang Ying taunted Feng Ji from inside the city, prompting him to order his subordinates to capture Jimo Zanxing alive.
• Rizhao City’s people celebrated the victory, while Rogue Cultivators argued over whether Sang Ying could protect the city.
• Fu Yinqiu urged Sang Ying to defend Rizhao City rather than confront Feng Ji again, and Sang Ying agreed to lead patrols.
• Sang Ying and Fu Yinqiu concluded that the family in the western courtyard might help Feng Ji destroy the barrier, so Sang Ying proposed striking them first.

Zhang Huizhen and Jimo Renjie attacked Rizhao City's barrier after agreeing to Feng Ji's demand, but Fu Yinqiu and Sang Ying revealed that the formation guards had not truly been incapacitated and stopped them. Zhang Huizhen greeted the woman confronting her as Fu Yinqiu's group held mother and son at swordpoint.

• Wang Wu and his companion investigated a noise, found a spirit cat, and continued their patrol after it disappeared.
• Black smoke spread through the formation core and appeared to knock its guards unconscious, leaving the Spirit Crystals unattended.
• Zhang Huizhen and Jimo Renjie arrived in their withered forms, intending to destroy the barrier to regain their youth and strength.
• The chapter revealed that they had killed Jimo Qunfang and another family member for temporary strength, then accepted Feng Ji's offer to attack the barrier.
• A blinding white light revealed the guards standing with spirit swords, while Fu Yinqiu and Sang Ying held longswords to Zhang Huizhen and Jimo Renjie's necks.

Sang Ying trapped Zhang Huizhen and Jimo Renjie and learned how Feng Ji had turned them into puppets with a Gu. As she fought Jimo Renjie, a spirit cat reached the formation core and broke the barrier, leaving Rizhao City to fall.

• Zhang Huizhen confronted Fu Yinqiu and attacked her, but Sang Ying's formations trapped Zhang Huizhen and Jimo Renjie.
• Sang Ying explained how Feng Ji had deceived the family into leaving Rizhao City, and a Gu cultivator revealed that a Gu had caused their rapid aging.
• Jimo Renjie broke Sang Ying's trapping formation and attacked while Zhang Huizhen kept Fu Yinqiu and the others occupied.
• Sang Ying froze Jimo Renjie and stabbed him, but black ice bound her sword and hand to his body as a spirit cat approached the formation core.
• The spirit cat broke through Sang Ying's protective formations and reached the core, extinguishing the barrier and causing Rizhao City to fall.

Sang Ying led the Jimo Household guards out to protect Rizhao City from Feng Ji's Evil Cultivators, then headed toward the eastern district to rescue its people. Meanwhile, Su Fuyun fretted over her scar as the jade pendant prepared to use her against Feng Ji.

• Sang Ying and Fu Yinqiu defended the Jimo estate with the formation disk after Sang Ying broke through the black ice.
• Fu Yinqiu agreed to protect the estate while Sang Ying led guards outside and drove back the Evil Cultivators.
• Sang Ying divided her eighty guards into teams to rescue mortals and recruit reliable Rogue Cultivators, then led one team toward the smoke-filled eastern district.
• Su Fuyun removed her ointment, saw her scar in the water mirror, smashed the mirror, and complained to the jade pendant about her appearance.
• The jade pendant promised that Su Fuyun's scar would soon be treated and secretly planned to use her to beguile Feng Ji after his victory.

Jimo Xuan, Jimo Bai, and Jimo Lan each struggled to leave the places trapping them after hearing from Jimo Qing, eager to return to their little sister. In Rizhao City, Sang Ying rescued Chen Liu and other mortals from Evil Cultivators, then sent guards to escort them to safety while she continued fighting.

• Jimo Xuan battered the formation around his Azure Feather Sect cultivation room, trying to break free before his fifty-year term ended.
• Jimo Bai held the Realm Pearl that controlled the Morning Splendor Secret Realm and demanded that it let him out, while wondering whether Jimo Lan had returned to the clan.
• Jimo Lan paid a boatman all the Spirit Stones he had earned to persuade him to sail early, and treasured a hairpin-shaped Law Artifact he had prepared for his little sister, Zanxing.
• Evil Cultivators dragged Chen Liu, his mother, and other mortals from a cellar and ordered their old people and children killed.
• Sang Ying and the City Lord's Manor guards killed the Evil Cultivators, and Sang Ying ordered guards to escort Chen Liu and the others back to the manor.
• Chen Liu watched Sang Ying leave and felt his heart pound as he realized what the young mistress was like.

Sang Ying and her allies rescued people across Rizhao City, but after a fierce fight she agreed with Fu Yinqiu to evacuate everyone to Ten Thousand Daos Born. Feng Ji learned of their plan and ordered his forces to surround the Jimo Residence by the next sunset.

• Sang Ying was badly wounded fighting one of Feng Ji’s strongest subordinates, and Cang Lian helped defeat the Evil Cultivator while Le Ya treated Sang Ying and distributed Rejuvenation Pills.
• Cang Lian urged Sang Ying to leave Rizhao City, but she refused to abandon its people; he agreed to help for one more day and threatened to reveal his true form if they found no solution.
• Sang Ying returned to the Jimo Residence with the exhausted guards and learned that Fu Yinqiu was trying to transfer the city’s protective barrier there.
• Sang Ying proposed evacuating the city, and Fu Yinqiu chose Ten Thousand Daos Born over the Azure Feather Sect because the Jimo Household could no longer rely on its former ally.
• Feng Ji learned that the people planned to flee and ordered his Nascent Soul Cultivators to surround the Jimo Residence before sunset the following day.

As Feng Ji’s Evil Cultivators isolated the Jimo residence, Fu Yinqiu struggled to decide whether to flee with a few people or stay and defend Rizhao City. The people who chose to stand with the Jimo Household rallied behind her, and Feng Ji ordered an immediate full-scale attack.

• Feng Ji surrounded the Jimo residence and promised to spare the city’s people if they did not resist, aiming to leave the Jimo Household without allies.
• Fu Yinqiu rejected the steward’s suggestion to escape with the flying boat, unable to abandon Rizhao City’s people.
• Chen Liu challenged those urging others to leave, and residents who had been saved by the Jimo Household declared they would defend the city.
• The guards expelled several people who had stirred unrest, and the remaining crowd told Sang Ying and Fu Yinqiu they were willing to live and die with Rizhao City.
• Fu Yinqiu thanked the crowd and pledged that the Jimo Household would stand with the city; Feng Ji heard their declaration and ordered an all-out attack.

Feng Ji’s forces launched an all-out assault on the Jimo residence, but Green Vine and Cang Lian resisted attacks at the gates. Sang Ying sent Fu Yinqiu away to seek aid from the Azure Feather Sect or Ten Thousand Daos Born, while she and the others prepared to hold out for three days.

• An Evil Cultivator’s giant flowers released paralyzing miasma, but Green Vine absorbed it, uprooted the flowers, and consumed the attacker’s vines.
• A powerful Evil Cultivator overwhelmed the back-gate defenders, but Cang Lian stopped his fist and challenged him to fight.
• The steward urged Sang Ying to evacuate with Fu Yinqiu and the younger members of the Jimo Household, but Sang Ying said the flying boat was not simply for fleeing.
• Sang Ying trapped Fu Yinqiu inside the flying boat and ordered her to seek aid from the Azure Feather Sect or Ten Thousand Daos Born.
• Sang Ying watched the flying boat depart, then told the steward they had to hold the Jimo residence for three days.

Feng Ji continued his assault on the Jimo residence while Fu Yinqiu sought help from the Azure Feather Sect, which refused to intervene. Jimo Sheng and Jimo Xuan chose to return with her to defend the Jimo Household.

• Feng Ji ordered his forces to pursue Fu Yinqiu’s flying boat and attack the Jimo residence without mercy.
• Sang Ying killed an Evil Cultivator spreading rumors and rallied the defenders by telling them Fu Yinqiu had gone to seek reinforcements.
• Fu Yinqiu reached the Azure Feather Sect and asked its elders to help drive back Feng Ji, but Peak Master Luo refused.
• Jimo Sheng defied Peak Master Luo and offered to accompany Fu Yinqiu back to the Jimo Household.
• Jimo Xuan entered the hall with Nascent Soul Realm pressure and also declared that he would return with Fu Yinqiu.

Sang Ying exhausted herself defending the Jimo residence from the Evil Cultivators, but refused to abandon it. When Feng Ji confronted her, she wounded him at first, then was gradually overwhelmed and left helpless before him.

• Sang Ying returned to rest after fighting through repeated attacks, while the steward reported that five defensive formations had been broken and the residents had survived so far.
• The steward urged Sang Ying to escape with Cang Lian and offered to sacrifice himself and the others if Madam did not return, but Sang Ying insisted the fight was not over.
• Angered by the failed assaults, Feng Ji went to face Jimo Zanxing himself.
• Feng Ji mocked Sang Ying for being a female sword cultivator, but she attacked and cut his hair and face, silencing the surrounding Evil Cultivators.
• Feng Ji gained the advantage in their subsequent duel, seriously wounded Sang Ying, and raised his foot to stamp on her injured right hand.

Sang Ying fought Feng Ji to protect the Jimo Residence, and Chen Liu helped her avoid a fatal blow. When Feng Ji unleashed his strongest attack, a young man from the Jimo Household appeared and took Sang Ying into his arms, leaving Feng Ji facing a powerful opponent.

• Feng Ji pinned Sang Ying’s hand beneath his foot and raised his saber to sever it, but Chen Liu threw the Floating River Sword and disrupted the attack.
• Sang Ying reclaimed her sword and continued fighting Feng Ji despite her injuries and depleted Spiritual Qi, while Chen Liu returned to help treat the wounded.
• Feng Ji sent a black dragon of smoke at Sang Ying and the Jimo Residence, but Sang Ying raised an ice wall to shield them.
• The ice wall shattered, and an ink-haired young man appeared behind Sang Ying, caught her as she collapsed, and promised to handle Feng Ji.
• The young man formed countless blades around himself, and screams from Evil Cultivators rang across Rizhao City.

Fu Yinqiu returned to Rizhao City and learned that Jimo Lan had driven back the Evil Cultivators while Jimo Qing recovered from her injuries. As Jimo Lan pursued Feng Ji, Jimo Bai appeared after destroying the Evil Cultivators’ flying vessel.

• Fu Yinqiu and Jimo Xuan returned to find the Jimo residence protected and the Evil Cultivators defeated, and the steward told them Jimo Qing had fought until exhausted while Jimo Lan had saved the household.
• Fu Yinqiu was moved that Jimo Lan had returned to protect the Jimo Household and asked Jimo Xuan to persuade him to stay.
• Jimo Lan tortured Feng Ji over Jimo Qing’s injuries, but Feng Ji used a Secret Method to escape by switching places with one of his subordinates.
• Jimo Lan sent his blades after Feng Ji and the fleeing Evil Cultivators, but their flying vessel exploded and knocked them away.
• Jimo Lan saw Jimo Bai, who had escaped from the secret realm, and Jimo Bai asked how his move compared with the Tidal Sword Formation.

After Sang Ying woke to learn Rizhao City and the Jimo household head and his son were safe, Fu Yinqiu praised her defense of the city and scolded her three nephews for disturbing her rest. The Jimo Household’s leaders then gathered to assign credit and punish those responsible, and Jimo Hong was brought before them.

• Sang Ying woke from her nightmare and learned Rizhao City was safe and the Jimo household head and her eldest brother had returned unharmed.
• Fu Yinqiu thanked Sang Ying for defending the city, then led her three nephews away and ordered them to kneel in the ancestral hall for disturbing Sang Ying.
• Jimo Duange addressed the Jimo Household’s leaders, accepted responsibility for the crisis, and credited Jimo Zanxing and three younger members with averting disaster.
• The gathered leaders accepted Sang Ying’s recognition as the main branch’s eldest young lady, and Jimo Duange turned from rewards to punishments.
• The steward brought Jimo Hong into the study under guard.

Jimo Duange condemned Jimo Hong for betraying the Jimo Household and ordered his execution, then stripped four clan elders of their authority and sent them to the Forbidden Forest. After the others left, Jimo Duange and his wife turned to discussing the Azure Feather Sect’s abandonment of the household.

• Jimo Hong accused several clan elders of encouraging his bid for the household head position and revealed that he had a Jade Slip bearing one elder’s seal.
• Jimo Duange condemned Jimo Hong for colluding with Evil Cultivators and sentenced him to expulsion from the clan and beheading.
• Fu Yinqiu ordered Jimo Hong dragged away and arranged for the city to witness his execution the next day.
• Jimo Duange removed the third, ninth, twelfth, and sixteenth clan elders from household affairs and sent them to the Forbidden Forest to recuperate.
• Jimo Duange and his wife remained behind to discuss the Azure Feather Sect’s abandonment of the Jimo Household.

After recovering from her injuries, Sang Ying learned that the Jimo young masters had sent her gifts and punished the Azure Feather Sect for breaking its pact with the Jimo Household. The Azure Feather Sect secured Jimo Sheng’s return, then asked to take Sang Ying as a disciple, prompting Elder Xiao to object on behalf of Ten Thousand Daos Born.

• Sang Ying got out of bed after three days of recuperation and reassured Gu Shu that she would not risk her life so recklessly again.
• Yinhuan showed Sang Ying fifteen Yellow-rank artifacts from the young masters and explained that the Jimo brothers had looted half the Azure Feather Sect’s treasury as compensation.
• Yinhuan told Sang Ying that the Azure Feather Sect elders were at the Jimo residence asking Jimo Sheng to return as sect master.
• The Azure Feather Sect’s fifth elder agreed to cover half the cost of rebuilding Rizhao City, and Jimo Sheng agreed to return to the sect.
• The Azure Feather Sect’s seventh elder asked to take Sang Ying as a disciple, and Elder Xiao of Ten Thousand Daos Born objected.

Elder Xiao defended Ten Thousand Daos Born’s invitation for Sang Ying and clashed with Azure Feather Sect elders, who accused his sect of using her fame. The Jimo Household head ended the argument by saying Sang Ying would choose her own future, leaving the sect decision unresolved.

• Elder Xiao praised Sang Ying’s courage and asked the Jimo Household to let her take Ten Thousand Daos Born’s Thousandfold Formation entrance test.
• The Azure Feather Sect elders accused Ten Thousand Daos Born of exploiting Sang Ying’s reputation without granting her formal admission.
• Jimo Lan and the Jimo Household grew wary of anyone using Sang Ying, whose fame had spread after she defended Rizhao City.
• Elder Xiao angrily criticized Azure Feather Sect’s disciples and recalled how their conduct in a secret realm had led to severe losses for Ten Thousand Daos Born.
• The Jimo Household head said Sang Ying would decide which sect to join, and both sects agreed to respect her wishes.

Jimo Duange tortured Feng Ji to uncover the force behind his attack, but Feng Ji died when a hidden restriction activated after he revealed the enemy’s goal and a red lotus emblem. Sang Ying prepared to leave for Ten Thousand Daos Born, while the mysterious man behind Feng Ji was shown playing chess far beyond the Immortal Spirit Realm.

• Jimo Duange confronted Feng Ji in the water dungeon and used a fake Fallen Star threat to break his resistance.
• Feng Ji confessed that he had been sent to sow discord among the Immortal Spirit Realm’s factions and destroy their alliance.
• Feng Ji revealed that his master was an immensely powerful outsider who wore a red lotus on his sleeve, then exploded when his restriction activated.
• Jimo Duange told the black-robed gu cultivator that Feng Ji had died before they could identify his master, and the cultivator agreed to travel with Sang Ying to Qing Zhou.
• Sang Ying chose to resume her own identity and take the test at Ten Thousand Daos Born, while Jimo Duange accepted her decision with concern.
• Far from the Immortal Spirit Realm, a white-clad man crushed a broken black chess piece, revealing a blazing red lotus embroidered on his sleeve.

Sang Ying and the Gu cultivator sailed to Qing Zhou so she could take the entrance test at Ten Thousand Daos Born, and he warned her that the Thousandfold Formation would adapt to her strength. Remembering the Jimo brothers’ gifts and farewell, Sang Ying felt closer to the household and looked forward to the test as the beginning of her future.

• The shipowner told the Gu cultivator that his son was also traveling to Ten Thousand Daos Born, then shared rumors about the Thousandfold Formation until Sang Ying arrived and rescued the Gu cultivator from the conversation.
• The Gu cultivator warned Sang Ying that the entrance test’s formation would grow stronger to challenge her, and she thanked him for the advice.
• Sang Ying recalled Jimo Qing giving her a jade token, Jimo Xuan a body-refining method, and Jimo Bai a bag of explosive bombs as farewell gifts.
• Jimo Lan offered to accompany Sang Ying to Ten Thousand Daos Born, but his father hauled him away; before leaving, Jimo Lan gave her summoning talismans and promised to bring her home if she was in danger.
• Sang Ying told the Gu cultivator that her brothers had given her things and urged her to take care of herself, then reflected on her growing affection for the Jimo Household and anticipated the entrance test.

Sang Ying arrived in Dujiu City with the Gu cultivator and prepared to take Ten Thousand Daos Born’s entrance test. She learned about several promising rivals and returned to the inn with a booklet, determined to claim first place.

• The Gu cultivator parted from Captain Jiang reluctantly, and he and Sang Ying checked into an inn in Dujiu City.
• Sang Ying released Cang Lian from her Beast Ring, gave him Spirit Stones, and checked on the still-sleeping Jiang Zhuoxue.
• Sang Ying visited Ten Thousand Daos Born and learned how the sect protected Dujiu City and nearby settlements from high-grade Demon Beasts.
• A servant sold Sang Ying a booklet about the entrance test’s promising candidates, including Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, Jiang Qi, and Jimo Zanxing.
• Sang Ying saw that Jimo Zanxing’s face was left blank in the booklet and returned to the inn, planning to face the Thousandfold Formation.

Sang Ying emerged from days of cultivation just in time to register for the Ten Thousand Daos Born entrance test. While she entered the Thousandfold Formation, the Gu cultivator bet on her victory and challenged a supporter of Jing He to wager on which candidate would rank higher.

• The Gu cultivator hurried Sang Ying to the registration site, where she received a leaf token that could transport her out of the dangerous Thousandfold Formation.
• After Sang Ying entered the test, the Gu cultivator found a betting stall and placed a large bet on her taking first place.
• A male cultivator mocked the Gu cultivator for backing the unknown Sang Ying and insisted that Jing He would win.
• The Gu cultivator challenged the male cultivator to bet on whether Sang Ying or Jing He would rank higher, and they agreed that the loser would kneel and call the winner Grandpa three times.
• The stall owner warned the Gu cultivator that losing could damage his Dao heart, but the Gu cultivator remained confident in Sang Ying.