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Book 1: Different Paths – Chapters 1 to 97
1 This Venerable One Dies: Introduction to Mo Ran 0.5/Taxian-Jun, enter Xue Meng, TXJ's death
2 This Venerable One Lives: Mo Ran is reborn into his 16 yo self, meets (& has sex) with Rong Jiu, steals his stuff
3 This Venerable One’s Shige: arrival at Wuchang Town, stories about Sisheng Peak, children being sold as pixiu cubs. Fight breaks out, enter Shi Mei
4 This Venerable One’s Cousin: situation with pixiu solved, MR remembers his love for SM. Xue Meng is introduced. MR recollects their mutual hatred
5 This Venerable One Did Not Steal: back in Sisheng Peak, Rong Jiu comes demanding his stuff back, flashback to his betrayal in the previous timeline
6 This Venerable One’s Shizun: enter Chu Wanning, MR is whipped and interrogated
7 This Venerable One Likes Wontons: a bit of Sisheng Peak’s history, MR gets punished, first mention of the wonton incident in the previous timeline
8 This Venerable One Gets Punished: MR cleans Red Lotus Pavillion, eats with Shizun and makes him angry
9 This Venerable One Is Not An Actor: MR drawing porn over Shizun’s books, SM sneaks in, both are found out. Shizun angry, MR almost found out insulting him in his sleep
10 This Venerable One Goes on His First Mission: beginning of Butterfly Town arc, introduction to ghost marriage, meeting with the Chen
11 This Venerable One Is Gonna Smooch, Rejoice!: begin investigation of Chen family, body is found in the coffin
12 This Venerable One Kissed the Wrong Person… WTF…: entering the illusion realm, MR kisses Chu Wanning thinking it’s SM, first makeout session ensues
13 This Venerable One’s Bride: arrival at ghost wedding, MR and CWN infiltrate among the grooms/brides, are dressed in wedding robes, the line swap happens
14 This Venerable One Gets Married: wedding rituals, MR has flashbacks of the previous timeline, CWN gets the pouch with his and MR’s hair
15 This Venerable One’s First Time Seeing THIS Kinda Unveiling of the Wedding Night: ushered into the coffin and brought towards the temple, MR horny for the scent of haitang
16 This Venerable One Is Stunned: NSFWish - tw corpse orgy: MR recalls previous life, CWN shields him from hitting the coffin, arrival at the temple
17 This Venerable One’s Shizun Got Injured. This Venerable One Really…: NSFWish - tw: corpse orgy; corpses having fun times, Shizun is injured, fight with the ghost mistress begins
18 This Venerable One Once Begged You: CWN uses Wind, MR almost loses it over SM being poisoned, brief change of POV, CWN returns to Chen manor and finds Madam Chen possessed
19 This Venerable One Will Tell You a Story – Part 1: ghost possessing Madam Chen says to be Luo Xianxian, begins telling her story to CWN, appearance of the bloody-faced lunatic in her yard, destroys the clementine tree
20 This Venerable One Will Tell You a Story – Part 2: Luo Xianxian’s story, Chen stealing fragrance recipe, secret marriage between LXX and Chen Bo’huan
21 This Venerable One Will Tell You a Story – Part 3: Chen become rich, marriage proposal with Chen-Yao, LXX falsely accused of cursing Madam Chen, wounded LXX prays to the ghost mistress before dying
22 This Venerable One’s Shizun is About to Get Angry: LXX’s spirit meets the ghost mistress, LXX sees her husband abput to marry another, overhears Chen brothers, asks the ghost mistress for vengeance; CWN reassures her
23 This Venerable One Couldn’t Stop Him: enraged CWN whips the Chen, MR comes back, SM shields the Chen and is hurt instead
24 This Venerable One Declares Cold War on Him: tw! gore/wound description – MR snaps, the group leaves the Chen manor, CWN checks his wound, thinks about his feelings for MR, keeps the wedding pouch
25 This Venerable One Really Can’t Stand Him!: tw! gore/wound description; MR offers to wrap bandages, CWN tells him about LXX’s story, refuses to apologize to SM, “No wonder no one wants him despite his handsome face!”, MR cooks for SM
26 This Venerable One’s First Meeting With Him: CWN refuses to eat MR’s spicy food, flashback to their first meeting
27 This Venerable One Will Make You a Bowl of Noodles: cont. flashbacks of CWN and MR’s first meeting (aka when CWN fell in love <3), MR brings plain noodles, they leave Butterfly Town, CWN asks for punishment
28 This Venerable One’s Mind Is in a Bit of a Mess: CWN gets his punishment, MR shocked from his condition, can’t discern his feelings
29 This Venerable One Doesn’t Want You to Die: MR thinks about the first meeting with CWN, “Deficient by nature, beyond remedy” line, flashback of TXJ’s coronation, MR waits outside the hall as CWN is kneeling inside
30 This Venerable One Does Not Want to Eat Tofu: CWN’s punishment goes on, nobody wants his cabbage and tofu stew
31 This Venerable One’s Uncle: disciples have food poisoning, enter Xue Zhengyong, brief mention of Taxue Palace and Mei Hanxue
32 This Venerable One Will Baby You a Bit, Will That Do: tw! gore/wound description, MR breaks CWN’s array, enchantment rebounds, MR angry over CWN’s injuries, tends to his wounds, soothes him and squishes into the same bed
33 This Venerable One Is Off to Fetch His Weapon: CWN wakes up next to MR, second kiss happens, CWN is confused and embarrassed (and a pining mess), Xue Zhengyong talks with CWN, disciples and CWN talk about Jincheng Lake
34 This Venerable One Falls Out of Favor: CWN reveals to have 3 holy weapons, the group leaves for Dawning Peak, arrival at Dai City, CWN decides to split his room with Xue Meng, MR is annoyed
35 This Venerable One Slips: misunderstanding in CWN and XM’s room, first hot spring scene happens
36 This Venerable One Has Probably Lost His Mind: NSFW – masturbation; MR getting off to CWN, they reach Dawning Peak, flasback to previous lifetime and Song Qiutong
37 This Venerable One Meets a God: arrival at Jincheng Lake, MR talks with dragon, finds SM and CWN’s imprints in his soul, meets Gouchen, the group is invited underwater
38 This Venerable One Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: GC recognizes CWN, arrival to the underwater city, see the willow tree at Guochen’s residence, CWN enters the arsenal
39 This Venerable One’s New Weapon: group enters the arsenal room, MR meets Ji Baihua, gets Ever-Yearning box, CWN is able to open it, MR obtains a willow vine
40 This Venerable One Cannot Believe This. What The Hell: MR names Jiangui, spar with CWN, wakes up in a cell
41 This Venerable One Kisses the Wrong Person Again…: MR is straddled and kissed by fake CWN, sees bruises/marks and gets angry, real CWN frees him, explanation of Zhenlong Chess Formation
42 This Venerable One Is a Little Uneasy: escape to the town, CWN and MR holding hands, CWN praises MR, illusion revealed
43 This Venerable One Is a Sacrificial Offering???: tw! gore-y; return to Gouchen’s residence, re-joining SM and XM, Zhaixin Liu appears to explain the situation
44 This Venerable One Doesn’t Want to Owe You: tw! gore; appearance of blood hourglass, CWN shields MR, MR is injured and taken to the blood hourglass
45 This Venerable One Knew You Would Come: tw! gore; CWN (inside SM’s body) breaks the dream, gets hurt reaching for MR, MR says he likes him, CWN (still in SM’s body) says he likes him back
46 This Venerable One Wakes Up: MR wakes up, CWN says it was SM saving him, Zhaixin Liu appears again, XM destroys him; arsenal begins to collapse
47 This Venerable One Feels Like Something is Off: Jincheng Lake collapses, group is taken out by Wangyue, explanation of Jincheng Lake events up to now
48 This Venerable One’s Old Dragon: tw! brief mention of non-con (side characters); explanation of white chess piece, fake Gouchen comes out to talk, then disappears. Wangyue dies. Return to Sisheng Peak, CWN enters dream
49 This Venerable One’s Shizun Is Always So Mad: tw! dub-con; CWN dreams of TXJ, wakes up and slaps MR, talks with XM about the Mountain Competition
50 This Venerable One Likes You: talk between MR and SM, SM talks about CWN’s kindness, MR almost confesses to SM, CWN scolds them both
51 This Venerable One’s Shizun…. Pfft Hahaha: Months pass, CWN avoids MR, (sad) umbrella scene, CWN gets ill
51 This Venerable One Didn’t Even Get an Appearance: CWN turns into a child, trains with XM
53 This Venerable One’s Cousin is Certainly Not Very Smart: CWN begins using the name Xia Sini, they meet MR, go to Wuchang, eat together
54 This Venerable One Fights Over Pastries: visit to Tanlang Elder, CWN goes into seclusion, Xia Sini and MR fight over last pastry, emergency alarm sounds
55 This Venerable One Feels Uneasy: introduction to Feathered tribe, mention of how SM died in previous lifetime, the 4 main characters are chosen to go
56 This Venerable One is Busy Wrapping Dumplings: NYE preparations, CWN appears, the group makes dumplings
57 This Venerable One Listens to You Play the Guqin Once Again: tw! dub-con; XM gets drunk, calls CWN gege, CWN plays the guqin, flashbacks
58 This Venerable One Feels a Little Hazy: drunk MR messes up (again), CWN and MR watching fireworks, MR wakes up next to CWN, says goodbye; CWN ends up sick
59 This Venerable One Is Only So Simple: group leaves for Zhuque, MR almost confesses to SM (again), MR thinks about the past and his first love
60 This Venerable One Discovers a Secret: arrival at Peach Blossom Spring, meet Eighteen, group is assigned to their division, choosing their rooms
61 This Venerable One Is Really Great?: enter Ye Wangxi, MR talks with YWX, learns about gold feathers, brings food to XSN, XSN calls MR shixiong and tells him “you’re great”
62 This Venerable One Arrives in Ancient Lin’an: daily activities, YWX is hit on by/fights with MHX, MR gives hairpin to XSN, 6 months pass, beginning of test in illusionary realm
63 This Venerable One Sees….. Whom?!: tw! gore; arrival at Lin’An, they meet Chu Xun and his son
64 This Venerable One Tells Shidi a Story: exploration of Lin’An
65 This Venerable One’s Story is Super Bad: bedtime story, XiaoMan’s father is taken away
66 This Venerable One Sees the Heavenly Rift for the First Time: Chu Lan approaching MR, first attack of the Ghost King
67 This Venerable One’s Heartfelt Anguish: tw! gore, cannibalism; Chu Lan taken by Xian Mao, Madam Chu kills Chu Lan, XSN consoles MR
68 This Venerable One Can’t Bear it: tw! gore; citizens coerced by Ghost King kill Chu Xun, he sacrifices his spiritual core, MR compares the scar on Chu Xun with the one on CWN’s chest
69 This Venerable One Will Learn From You, Yea~: MR and XSN hide, zombies crash in, XSN instructs MR over Jiangui’s use, XSN attacked by Xiao Man
70 This Venerable One Returns: XSN hits Xiao Man, calls MR gege, fight with Ghost King, XSN sees man with mask, return to real world, Eighteen found dead
71 This Venerable One’s Been Framed: people blame MR, he gives an account of the events, is taken into custody along with XSN, they eat together
72 This Venerable One Stews Soup: Xue Zhengyong arrives, SM goes to fetch MR and XSN, XSN remains in the cave to watch the soup
73 This Venerable One is Confused: XM cursing da-shixiong (MHX), MR meets Xue Zhengyong and Elder Immortal, him and XSN are moved to another area, MR tries to give SM handkerchief
74 This Venerable One’s Fault: MR nurses SM, remembers about XSN, XSN gives him the soup, MR makes XSN cry, other feathered tribe people killed by Jiangui
75 This Venerable One is Illiterate, Deal With It: Elder Immortal and MR fight, CWN comes to defend MR, “This person is mine”, escape
76 This Venerable One Meets That Guy Again: tw! gore; discovery at the Ancestral Abyss, confront fake Gouchen, decide to investigate the sects for other spiritual essences
77 This Venerable One Feels Very Awkward: stay at the inn, CWN dries MR’s hair
78 This Venerable One’s Shizun Has a Nightmare: CWN dreams about TXJ, MR and CWN share the room, CWN tells MR that XSN is his son
79 This Venerable One’s Shizun Is an Actor: travelling around, arrival at Xuanyuan Pavilion, MR and CWN see Ye Wangxi enter the pavilion
80 This Venerable One’s Ex-Wife… Has Come: auction begins, CWN buys the dew, MR sees Song QiuTong
81 This Venerable One’s Bu’gui!: CWN tries to buy SQT, YWX buys her first, Bu’gui appears, CWN faints
82 This Venerable One Can’t Believe It: MR takes CWN to the inn, finds out about spiritual core, “It was I who wronged you”
83 This Venerable One Wants You: tw! noncon kissing, mentions of past noncon; MR kisses CWN, finds Xia Sini’s hairpin inside CWN’s robes
84 This Venerable One Stole a Kiss and You Don’t Even Know: CWN wakes, talk about XSN, CWN thanks MR, Bu’gui bought by Rufeng Sect
85 This Venerable One Isn’t Someone You Can Get Rid of so Easily With Just Fifteen Hundred Gold: enter Nangong Si, presenting Rufeng Sect and faewolves, YWX arrives
86 This Venerable One’s Ex-Wife Isn’t Low-Maintenance: NGS and YWX argue, SQT is injured, CWN summons paper dragon
87 This Venerable One Doesn’t Want You to Take Any More Disciples: decision to return to Sisheng Peak, CWN talks about taking more disciples, MR is jealous, MR tries to summon Bu’gui
88 This Venerable One Meets Another Reborn Person: MR meets cloaked person, the person calls him TXJ, MR is hit with emotion spell, forgets encounter
89 This Venerable One’s Past Affair With You: tw! dub/noncon; memories of past lifetime, TXJ and CWN do papapa (mostly noncon), MR almost kisses the actual CWN again
90 This Venerable One’s Idiom Explanation is Just Fine: CWN sees MR bathing, MR touches CWN’s cheek, arrival at Sisheng Peak
91 This Venerable One’s Shizun is a Pro: interrogation at Sisheng Peak
92 This Venerable One Revisits Butterfly Town: interrogation continues, CWN sees fake Tianwen, gives account of both Jincheng Lake and Peach Blossom Springs events, barrier breaks, CWN and MR reach Butterfly Town
93 This Venerable One’s Shizun, Who Dares Touch!: : tw! gore; CWN inside barrier, fight with Luo Xianxian, Rufeng sect arrives, MR defends CWN
94 This Venerable One Sees the Heavenly Rift Again: tw! gore (including next chapters until 98); CWN traps LXX, uses Ten Thousand Coffins, CWN returns in his body, Heavenly Rift opens
95 This Venerable One’s Calamity From His Past Life: MR finds SM, recalls SM’s death in previous lifetime, tells him to stay away from CWN, Xue Zhengyong and Li Wuxin argue
96 This Venerable One’s Hatred Born In This Life: enter Mei HanXue, fight against ghosts, MR takes SM’s place and helps with the mending of the rift, he is hit by the ghosts, asks CWN to look at him one last time
97 This Venerable One…: CWN cries while healing MR, then turns into Xia Sini. MR faints, wakes up in Sisheng Peak, fight with XM, MR learns that CWN is dead
Book 2: Same Destination – Chapters 98 to 211
98 Shizun, I’m Begging You, Please Pay Attention To Me: MR next to CWN’s coffin, (<flahsbacks>)reminiscing about the past
99 Shizun’s Third Weapon: TXJ wounded by XM, CWN says he will kill himself if TXJ seeks revenge, TXJ attacks Taxue Palace, CWN summons Jiuge
100 Shizun’s Last Words: CWN infuses qi through MR's forehead, tells him to stop doing evil and forgive himself, then dies. TXJ’s flashbacks from his last year of life
101 Shizun, the Last Flame in This World: SQT is sent to death, TXJ doesn’t fit his Sisheng Peak clothes </flahsbacks>
102 Shizun’s Shizun: TXJ dies. MR wakes up, is hurt by CWN’s death and cries. Enter Master Huaizui
103 Shizun, I’m Coming to Find You: CWN’s past at Wubei Temple, “If you don’t know how to save others, how will you save yourself?”, explanation of Rebirth technique
104 Shizun’s Wontons: MR meets CWN's soul, learns truth about the wontons
105 Shizun’s Human Soul: MR keeps talking to CWN’s soul, takes CWN soul in lantern, departure for the Underworld
106 Shizun, Where Are You: MR passes the gates of Hell, meets the ghost scholar
107 Shizun’s Portrait: ghost scholar draws CWN’s portrait, MR goes to Tailwind Hall
108 Shizun’s Earth Soul: MR meets Chu Xun, finds CWN’s first Earth Soul
109 Shizun’s Second Earth Soul: MR returns to Chu Xun, inquires about second Earth Soul, learns about Chu Xun’s family in the Underworld, Chu Xun asks his attendants about “that person” [see also ch. ]
110 Shizun Doesn’t Know About the Little Puppy’s Past: <flashbacks> MR’s childhood, promise to his mother, his first arrival at Sisheng Peak</flahsbacks>; wonton stall owner sends him to Fourth Ghost King’s palace
111 Shizun Is Like a Blade, You Are Like Water: tw! rape, violence; arrival at the palace, MR meets Rong Jiu
112 Shizun Is Not to be Sullied: MR learns about RJ’s death, tells him his feelings for CWN are of love and respect, runs to find CWN
113 Shizun, Imprisoned: MR finds CWN, CWN screams towards MR thinking he’s dead too
114 Shizun, Say You Will: CWN realizes MR is alive, MR asks CWN to go back with him, keeps counting one to three; they flee the room
115 Shizun Is Already Married: MR uses Jiangui, teases CWN about his time as Xia Sini, the two meet the Fourth Ghost King and cross the barrier (marriage in Butterfly Town validated), MR is found out
116 Shizun Meets Rong Jiu: MR and CWN hide in the palace, are found by Rong Jiu, Rong Jiu says he wants to run away as well
117 Shizun Tells Me To Get The Hell Out: the three hide in the storehouse, MR admits sleeping with Rong Jiu to CWN, CWN yells at him to get out
118 Shizun Sometimes Falls For Tricks Too: Rong Jiu figures out MR is alive, plots to expose him, angers CWN by lying about MR visiting the brothel even after punishment, CWN tells him he’s “deficient, beyond redemption”, CWN whips MR’s face, Rong Jiu calls for the guards and is taken away to the Ghost King
119 Shizun’s Four Souls Assembled: CWN uses Jiangui, summons Ten Thousand Coffins, MR breaks the barrier, they run from the palace; Huaizui asks them to wait until he casts the spell, MR teases CWN about the wontons, second Earth Soul returns to the lantern, MR back to Sisheng Peak, Huaizui tells him about the 5 years long seclusion
120 Shizun Goes Into Seclusion: disciples part with CWN, MR leaves Sisheng Peak, counts the 3,799 steps
121 Shizun is the Real Zongshi: MR writing to Sisheng Peak, meets Nangong Si who mistakes him for CWN, the two decide to have dinner together; they are joined by Song Qiutong
122 Shizun’s Reflection: dinner with NGS and SQT, Ye Wangxi arrives, MR leaves; “I had grown into the you in my heart”
123 Shizun Visits My Dream, for He Knows I Think of Him Often: MR learns XM won the Spiritual Mountain Competition and that NGS lost because he was dragging SQT along, MR thinks about fate and hopes he can get cleaner before meeting Shizun again; gets ill and dreams about TXJ and CWN, begs CWN to kill him rather than leaving him alone again
124 Shizun Awakens: recollection of the events of the past 5 years, XM learns that CWN is awake, runs to RL Pavilion but is stopped by Xue Zhengyong; learns CWN won’t turn into Xia Sini anymore, XZY asks him to buy chronicle books for CWN
125 Shizun Doesn’t Need to Find a Cultivation Partner: XM meets CWN, they talk, CWN reads about MR’s fame in the last 5 years; wakes up the following evening, XZY suggests he takes a cultivation partner, CWN ushers him outside; CWN learns MR will make it back that night
126 Shizun, Wait One More Chapter For Me!: banquet begins, CWN meets Shi Mei, receives stone figurines from XM, wonders where MR is
127 Shizun, Careful, The Ground’s Slippery: CWN sees the fireworks sent by MR, goes to Miaoyin Springs, sees unknown man, falls into the pond
128 Shizun, You Can’t Just Wear Whatever Clothes You Feel Like: CWN washes but is aware of the stranger, finally meets MR, MR confirms CWN was the one who saved him at Jincheng Lake, CWN accidentally wears MR’s clothes
129 Shizun, Do You Like What You See?: walk back to Red Lotus Pavilion, “I want to hold an umbrella over Shizun for as long as I live”
130 Shizun, I’ve Crossed Five Years To Come See You: MR thinking CWN is still mad at him, MR cries, remembers the 5 years without CWN, CWN resigns himself to being horny for MR
131 Shizun Does Some Reading: CWN uses books to distract himself from thinking about MR, reads the Size Ranking, destroys the book; CWN eats MR’s sweets, finds MR’s 1825 pages book, MR teases CWN about wearing his clothes again
132 Shizun and Shi Mei: tw! dubcon/noncon flashbacks: MR waits for CWN to have dinner together, remembers past sexual encounters with CWN; arrival at restaurant, Shi Mei jealous of the relationship between MR and CWN, SM touches MR’s leg
133 Shizun Has the Purest Mind: tw! dubcon: SM admits not being the one who made the wontons all along and apologizes; CWN dreams about the other MR, wakes up with a morning wood, MR enters RL Pavilion
134 Shizun Sure Can Eat: MR being horny too, CWN eats, talk about Huaizui, CWN refuses to meet his former Shizun, XZY commission him and MR to go help at Yuliang Village
135 Shizun Learns Sneakily: tw! brief noncon mention: farm arc begins, CWN watches MR, tries to pick rice as well but falls into MR’s arms
136 Shizun, Relax: tw! noncon flashbacks: flustered CWN learns to farm, MR controlling himself, CWN eats spicy food
137 Shizun and I Get Put Up As Guests: MR remembers papapa, sees the haitang handkerchief again, makes bed for CWN, rubs CWN's feet, remembers more papapa (and chastises himself for it)
138 Shizun is Probably Going to Beat Me to Death!: MR talks with Ling’er, sleepless night, CWN laughs, picking straw from each other’s hair, competing for the rice, CWN checks Ling’er’s cultivation, sees MR half naked and Ling’er flirting with him, CWN wipes MR’s face
139 Shizun’s Dream: MR buys food and mattresses, CWN annoyed tells him to dress up, talk under the tree, MR teases CWN and gives him sweets, CWN promises he’ll make him a haitang handkerchief
140 Shizun, Turn Over: CWN dreams about 0.5 Heavenly Rift and SM’s death, of MR becoming a different person, watches MR help villagers, is fed candy by MR, they make rice cakes together, MR disrobes again
141 Shizun, Don’t!: tw! dubcon flashbacks: CWN thinks about the MR in his dreams, MR sees CWN showering, Ling’er intrudes, MR restrains himself (it’s basically them horny for each other, alright) – time marker: end of October
142 Shizun, This is Torture: MR sees CWN naked, CWN asks MR to rub his back, CWN gets off, they avoid each other
143 Shizun Used to Be the White Moonlight, the Blood at the Tip of Your Heart, Unlucky Fate: Ling’er confesses, MR rejects her, thinks about love, realizes he’s in love with CWN, returns to CWN
144 Shizun, I Like You: MR talks about three people he loves most, “Shizun, please take care of me”, MR tells CWN he likes him
145 Shizun Has a Meal Partner: return to Sisheng Peak, MR talks with SM, MR tricks CWN into eating more than usual
146 Shizun, She Wants to Have a Relationship But It Has Nothing to Do With Me: disciples bet over CWN eating MR’s food, MR worries about his past coming back for him, MR receives SQT’s wedding invitation
147 Shizun, You Have Something To Say: XM teases and thanks MR for Longcheng’s stone, MR learns that SQT is getting married to NGS, goes to deliver robes to CWN – time marker: November 15th
148 Shizun’s Respect For Nature: CWN and MR spar, MR hugs CWN, fall together on the ground, MR has a hard-on
149 Shizun, I Can’t Stand Up: both disciple and Shizun flustered, MR runs away, CWN looks at himself in the mirror thinking he’s unattractive; Sisheng group (minus SM) leaves for Linyi, talk about fake Gouchen, stay at the inn in Dai City
150 Shizun and I Will Exchange Rooms: MR remembers first time at Dai City, lies in bed, fantasizes about CWN, is interrupted by XM
151 Shizun… I Only Want You: tw! sexual content, dubcon flashbacks, mentioned mpreg: CWN hears MR and XM, MR goes back to bed, MR gets off to thoughts of CWN/CWN gets off hearing MR and thinking about MR in dreams; MR meets mysterious person
152 Shizun, Look! Mei Hanxue!: MR buys red pendants, gives one to CWN and keeps the other for himself; enter Mei Hanxue, XM leaves the room annoyed
153 Shizun’s Most Hated Sect Leader: arrival in Linyi, group meets Nangong Liu, CWN and NGL argue, brief mention of their past argument
154 Shizun, I’m Gonna Look for Ye Wangxi: MR being cold to NGL, MR meets Xu Shuanglin, sees Ye Wangxi, MR and YWX talk, YWX admits feelings for NGS
155 Shizun, Are You Shocked?: rumours about SQT and YWX being together, CWN talks to NGS, faewolves competition
156 Shizun’s Great Riding Skills: MR and CWN go over to the lake, MR’s complicated feelings, NGS gives item to CWN, MR is jealous; the group eats together, MR gives SQT wedding present
157 Shizun, On That Wedding Night, I Actually…: brief flashback to TXJ’s wedding night; XM is slapped by a girl, MHX passes by; XM meets Jiang Xi
158 Shizun’s Wedding Wine: beginning of banquet, CWN and XZY bet, letter and masked man appear
159 Shizun, I’m Most Afraid of Tianwen: masked man accuses YWX and SQT to be lovers, CWN tries to attack him
160 Shizun, Do You Still Remember the Voice Changing Technique in the Inn Back Then?: masked man provokes YWX, SQT accuses YWX of defiling her, NGS tells YWX to change back to his original voice, NGL condemns YWX, masked man reveals that YWX is a woman [she will be referred to as such from this chapter onwards]
161 Shizun, I Will Fly With You: NGL tries to have YWX deny that she’s a woman, Heavenly Rift opens above Linyi, MR reveals himself as the masked man, him and CWN fly over to Heavenly Rift
162 Shizun, I’ll Fight With You: MR says he knew about YWX, both fall from the sword, MR facepalming intro trees, jealous CWN, MR explains why he exposed YWX, arrival at Ganquan Lake
163 Shizun and Bu’gui: two men behind Heavenly Rift are Xu Shuanglin and NGL, CWN and MR fight, XSL summons Bu’gui, CWN is hurt, NGL summons Earth Fire, MR cries for CWN
164 Shizun’s Killer: tw! gore, cannibalism; NGL summons skeleton from the ghost realm, story about the Nangong brothers and Luo Fenghua, other sects arrive, NGL begins eating LFH's body, XSL stabs NGL and feeds him the lingchi
165 Shizun, It’s Him!: beginning of Dream Reflection Formation, NGL and XSL talk about plan to open Infinite Hells
166 Shizun’s Respect for Madam Rong: memories of Jincheng Lake, flashback to when XSL turned it into Zhenlong Chess Formation, NGS and Madam Rong’s relationship, Madam Rong’s death
167 Shizun, I Don’t Want You to be Scolded Again: MR covers CWN’s ears, more talk about ring curse, NGL trashtalks women, talks about YWX marrying NGS to sacrifice her core to keep NGS's from going berserk
168 Shizun, Someone is Maligning the Corpse: tw! gore; (still flashback) YWX agrees to marrying NGS, LFH’s death, explanation of ring curse, NGL banishing LFH's soul to the blood pool; Linyi burns, XSL takes off mask
169 Shizun, The First Forbidden Technique: tw! gore XSL is revealed to be Nangong Xu, NGS and MR fight against him, CWN closes Heavenly Rift, YWX refuses to help NGX, LFH’s core is taken out, Time and Space Gate appears
170 Shizun, Don’t Look, It’s Dirty: NGX flees along with NGL, Linyi burns, memories in the sky, MR covers CWN’s eyes, <flashbacks> memories of Qi Liangji and NGL, MR remembers Xia Sini calling him big brother, Qi Liangji in the memory admits plotting with NGL to kill her husband and Rong Yan in order to unite Jiangdong Hall and Rufeng Sect
171 Shizun, the Rufeng Sect is Dead: NGL plots with Wubei Temple to seize NGX’s technique </flashbacks>, Gun monster escapes, Qi Liangji dies, group runs away; Rufeng Sect destroyed
172 Shizun Does Not Eat Children: escape from Linyi, arrival at Flying Flower Island, CWN scares child
173 Shizun, Someone Wants To Kick Us Out: MR eats candy from CWN’s hand, thinks about NGX’s reasons, realizes XSL wanted to bring back LFH, talks with CWN on the beach, refugees are almost kicked out
174 Shizun’s Sachet: meet Madam Sun, MR washes CWN’s robes, finds the sachet with their hair from the wedding at Butterfly Town
175 Shizun, Do You Like Me?: CWN understands MR has seen the pouch, reminds himself to be ugly and old (a/n: can you believe this mf)
176 Shizun, Buy Me: CWN and MR make communication flowers and butterflies until late, go to sleep
177 Shizun Pretends to Sleep: “There is something even harder that Shizun has yet to see”, MR remembers confession at Jincheng Lake, CWN feigns to be asleep
178 Shizun Selling Flowers: selling flowers at the market, CWN and MR talk about Madam Sun’s past
179 Wanning: go to practice on the flying sword, MR makes red haitang barrier for the cold, confesses PROPERLY to CWN, realizes CWN likes him back
180 Shizun, Why?: MR thinks about the pain he gave CWN, kisses him on the cheek
181 Shizun’s Memories: CWN thinks back to when he took MR a disciple, thinks about reason why MR likes him
182 Shizun’s Little Candle Dragon: end of Tribulations Fire, return to Wuchang on the Ascending Dragon, arrival at Sisheng Peak, eating together
183 Shizun, I Quit Spicy Food: MR hugs CWN, taking refugees to Yuliang, MR cooks, says he quit spicy food
184 Shizun, I’ve Made You Wait A Long Time…: dinner, they watch theatre, SM goes back, MR hugs CWN, says he’s made him wait a long time
185 Shizun’s Private Meeting: MR and CWN kiss, MR asks CWN to sleep in RL Pavilion, CWN refuses; other encounters, they kiss behind the mountain, decide to move somewhere else, are found out by XM
186 Shizun, Xue Meng is so Gullible, hahahaha: MR tricks XM, sects meet at Spiritual Mountain, enter Hua Binan
187 Shizun, You Are My Lantern. Shizun, You Are My Light: CWN returns to Sisheng Peak, meets MR, walk into town for dinner, paper lantern, starts raining; MR asks to stay at inn for the night
188 Shizun, I Really Love You…: tw! sexual content: kissing under the roof, stay at the inn, end up in bed together, CWN sees the dream Mo Ran, tells MR to put it in, MR refuses but gives him a bj instead
189 Shizun, You’re So Nice: tw! sexual content: more fluff, MR and CWN have intercrural sex, morning after, return to Sisheng Peak
190 Shizun Again In Seclusion: MR and CWN separate to chase Rufeng monsters, CWN goes into seclusion, XM becoming suspicious, MR thinks SM is about to attack CWN
191 Shizun, Xue Meng and I…: MR and XM drink, XM calls MR 'brother'
192 Shizun Gave Me My Life: CWN out of seclusion, wine gourd appears, SM asks MR about Heavenly Rift’s almost confession, MR goes back to Loyalty Hall, finds second gourd, XM is kicked out of the illusion
193 Shizun, Did You Marry Me?: MR offers to help with gourd, CWN sees the MR from his dreams in the wedding illusion, comes back dressed in wedding robes
194 Shizun, Am I Not the Little Sister You Love?: MR questions CWN about illusion marriage, tries to call him something else that’s not Shizun (darling, Chuchu – CWN calls him A-Ran), fails miserably; “Shizun is the best”; CWN teaching to Xuanji Elder's disciples, talk about doing more at night, YWX and NGS appear at Sisheng Peak
195 Shizun Is The Best: Soul Devouring bugs explanation, MR and XZY talk about similarities between YWX and LFH
196 Shizun, Do You Want to Take a Bath?: tw! sexual content: CWN and NGS talk, MR asks CWN if he wants to bathe, head over to Miaoyin Springs, “Woof”, intercrural sex at the hot springs, talk about going all the way
197 Shizun is not a Vixen: MR and CWN teaching, CWN is exchanged for the hot springs’ vixen; Madam Wang finds cure for NGS, MR watches NGS and YWX talk, NGS confesses, flashback to their childhood, “But you left so quickly, you didn’t even wait for me”
198 Shizun’s Trip to Mount Huang: Huang Xiaoyue tries to kill NGS and YWX, discussion at Sisheng Peak, sects head to Mount Huang, truth about Bitan Manor’s sword scrolls, CWN calls NGS his disciple
199 Shizun’s First Disciple: explanation of sword scroll diatribe between Rufeng and Bitan, Li Wuxin dies
200 Shizun, Mount Huang Opened: tw! gore, mutilation for most chapters until 207: elders break the barrier, CWN enters along with SM and XM, MR remains to help NGS, zombies pass the barrier, NGS nails himself to the ground
201 Shizun, How Can I Humiliate You?: MR enters the mountain, meets Mei Hanxue, talks about zombies with XM, first mention of Shared-Heart Formation; <flashbacks> TXJ crafting his first Zhenlong Chess pieces, man in white staying with him while he’s feverish
202 Shizun’s First Encounter With a Demon: CWN meets him after having planted the chess pieces, confrontation, MR goes mad, accuses him of SM’s death
203 Shizun’s Misplaced Ghosts: MR creating the Shared-Heart Formation to control more Chess pieces with less power</flashbacks>; MR tells everyone to stop attacking the zombies
204 Shizun Protects Me: MR explains theories about Shared-Heart Formation, sects begin suspecting him, CWN defends MR, arrival at summit
205 Shizun, a Great Disaster is About to Befall: MR discovers SQT’s body, tries to interrogate her, thinks about XSL’s plan
206 Shizun, Just Who Am I?: heading over to Peach Blossom villa, MR accidentally crafts Zhenlong Chess piece
207 Shizun, I Want to Tell You Something: MR and XM talk about SM, XM notices MR's red pendant but forgets where he’s seen it before, MR recalls Tianyin Pavilion’s execution, MR goes to CWN
208 Shizun, Are You Sure You Want Me to Hide Under the Bed?: tw! sexual content: “If you don’t want to say it, then don’t say it”, and “If it bothers you, if you want to tell me, then say it. I’m here. But if you feel that it is very painful to say it out loud, then if you don’t open your mouth, I won’t pursue the matter. I know you’ll never do the same thing again”, and also “If one day I am guilty of an unforgivable crime. Kill me, from here,” (a/n: ouch), MR and CWN pleasuring each other, XM knocks on the door
209 Shizun, Isn’t it Exciting?!: tw! sexual content, mentions of mpreg: XM asks CWN about pendant, says he would call NGS Junior but not shixiong, asks about handkerchief, MR gives CWN bj under the bedsheets, more intercrural sex, TXJ flashbacks to the aphrodisiacs night, CWN blows MR
210 Shizun’s Handkerchief Can Only Be Given To Me: MR embroidering handkerchiefs for the others; departure from Peach Blossom Villa, arrival at foot of Mount Jiao
211 Shizun, Let’s Enter Mount Jiao: disciple dies after swearing, arrival at Mount Jiao, MR finds abnormalities with the coffins
Book 3: Decisive battle – Chapters 212 to 311 (+ extras)
212 [Mount Jiao] Too Much: Rufeng Sect’s deads' attack, YWX gives NGS her quiver, NGS tries to bind zombies, Nangong Changying appears
213 [Mount Jiao] Life-and-Death Battles: NGS fights with Nangong Changying
214 [Mount Jiao] Spirit Core Fragmentation: fight continues, NGS sacrifices spiritual core, MR almost reveals one of his secrets [see also ch. 233]
215 [Mount Jiao] Incineration of Body Remnants: tw! gore, heavy angst, death: MR recalls memory of Nangong Changying’s statue, memory of MR carrying his mother to the cemetery, Nangong Changying destroyed
216 [Mount Jiao] Degradation to Slavery: Jiang Xi heals NGS, going up the mountain, meeting mentally impaired NGL
217 [Mount Jiao] Nightmare: tw! gore: arrival at Heavenly Palace, MR begins seeing visions
218 [Mount Jiao] The Emperor’s Return*: <illusion> MR is given Rebirth pill for SM, runs to RL Pavilion instead
219 [Mount Jiao] Don’t Go Away: MR spends the night with CWN, sees him disappear </illusion>, Jiang Xi wakes him up
220 [Mount Jiao] Walking Side by Side: MR tells XM about illusion, tells him to watch out for Hua Binan, MR and XM fight together against zombies
221 [Mount Jiao] Handing Over: MR and SM see HBN’s face, MR goes to CWN and holds his hands, doors of palace close, XM asks MHX about his sword, MHX calls him stupid
222 [Mount Jiao] Frightening Change: MR talks to NGL, arriving at the Dragon Blood Pool, group reaches peak of the palace
223 [Mount Jiao] Getaway: group attacked by snakes, NGS goes back to entrance hall, meets his mother's ghost, Rong Yan asks him to kill NGL to bind the dragon again
224 [Mount Jiao] A Gentleman’s Promise: NGS tries to kill NGL but is unable to, NGS sacrifices himself to the blood pool; CWN gives YWX the quiver and Naobaijin, then goes to find XSL
225 [Mount Jiao] Laughs at Me for Being Insane: tw! Gore: group finds XSL, XSL rambles about his beliefs, MR talks about Luo Fenghua and YWX
226 [Mount Jiao] Will Never Be Forgotten: XSL uses Rebirth, LFH’s soul scatters; <flashbacks> LFH meeting the Nangong brothers and giving XSL the tangerine
227 [Mount Jiao] Old Words: two years later, Nangong brothers and LFH hiding on the roof, LFS asking XSL to put his shoes on, making wishes </flashbacks>
228 [Mount Jiao] An Empty Space: back to present, XSL cries calling for LFH, <flashbacks> XSL seizing Rufeng Sect and suffering from curse, XSL almost killing NGL
229 [Mount Jiao] From Then On, It Became Cloudy: Rong Yan reveals to be pregnant with NGS, begs to spare the child, XSL becomes Sect leader, is found by LFH, leader ring comes off, XSL bites LFH and sends him off, later finds out LFH took the position and curse to himself to save NGL and sect reputation </flashbacks>, MR confronts XSL
230 [Mount Jiao] Young Man: tw! suicide; truth about XSL’s reasons, mentions of person behind XSL, destruction of LFH’s core remnants, XSL kills himself
231 [Mount Jiao] Medicine Sect Struggle: tw! gore: Hua Binan attacks CWN, MR takes the stab, fight with HBN, SM cures disciples from Heart Drilling Worms
232 [Mount Jiao] Insignificant Eyes: SM apologizes to CWN, admits his faults, blinds himself, is taken away by HBN; arrival of cloaked people
233 [Mount Jiao] If You Want to Change the Title of This Venerable One, Change It! Wayward!: Huang Xiaoyue runs away and locks people inside, MR reveals to have Nangong blood and opens the door, group runs down the palace, CWN stays to face cloaked man; man reveals to be TXJ
234 [Mount Jiao] The Emperor’s Return*: group arrives down Mount Jiao, XM asks MR if they are brothers, MR reassures him, XM starts crying; TXJ hugs CWN, MR and TXJ meet
235 [Mount Jiao] Going All The Way: TXJ reveals that his spirit soul has transmigrated into MR, MR fights against TXJ, Huaizui takes CWN away, TXJ goes back to the other world, MR breaks down
236 [Mount Longxue] Parinirvana: tw! gore: MR arrives at Mount Longxue, sees CWN kneeling in front of dead Huaizui, CWN breaks down; memory scroll illusion begins
237 [Mount Longxue] Shenmu: <illusion> revival of events at Lin’An, truth about Huaizui’s true identity and actions, Huaizui finds Flame Emperor Divine Wood
238 [Mount Longxue] No Soul: truth about CWN’s nature as Shenmu, Huaizui raising CWN, CWN practicing sword, MR suspects Huaizui destroyed CWN’s soul
239 [Mount Longxue] A Mind is Set: CWN meets child MR, feeds him, MR remembers looking for his benefactor, CWN begs to go down the mountain, second “If you don’t know to save others, how will you save yourself?”
240 [Mount Longxue] Human Being: Huaizui stabs CWN, begins thinking about their time together, admits of knowing CWN had his own soul
241 [Mount Longxue] The Truth: CWN leaves mountain, years pass, 0.5 CWN visits Huaizui, tells him about TXJ and entrusts him with incense burner; Huaizui uses Rebirth in 1.0, tries to talk to CWN, apologizes to him for his actions </illusion>
242 [Mount Longxue] Imperial Concubine Chu: CWN tells MR him and TXJ are not the same, they enter the cave; illusion begins, CWN sees TXJ, both in wedding attire
243 [Mount Longxue] Third: tw! noncon/rape, object insertion: TXJ calls CWN Chu Fei, forces himself on CWN using aphrodisiacs, end of illusion; CWN remembers everything, MR realizes he’s had sex with CWN while unconscious, both break down, MR sees black flower being absorbed by incense burner
244 [Mount Longxue] Snake: tw! gore, mutilation; three days earlier XM drinks and cries to MHX in Linling, TXJ kills refugees in Guyue’ye; back in Longxue cave, MR meets HBN, HBN admits being in love with CWN
245 [Mount Longxue] Rival: HBN tells about Eight-Sufferings-Long-Hatred Flower, confirms his identity, fuels MR's fear for CWN’s reaction
246 [Mount Longxue] Binding: HBN escapes with CWN, arrives at Mount Jiao, talk with NGL, covers CWN’s eyes
247 [Mount Longxue] Hongyan: tw! Noncon: <flashbacks> CWN dreams about previous life, CWN writing letters to XM, TXJ forces himself on him, CWN tells TXJ he once taught him how to write
248 [Mount Longxue] Oblivion: CWN goes to TXJ, talk about wontons, TXJ admits not remembering writing letters for his mother or seeing Tianwen, CWN uses Ascending Dragon talisman, finds reversed spell on TXJ
249 [Mount Longxue] Authentic: CWN finds out about Eight-Sufferings-Long-Hatred spell, blames himself, remembers first time MR brought him Pear Blossom White wine, MR remembers child who saved him near Wubei Temple, holds CWN’s hand and tells him he’ll buy candy for him, “Because I like you. I think you’re very gentle” (when MR had chosen him as Shizun), CWN apologizes to MR/TXJ while he sleeps
250 [Mount Longxue] Obsession: tw! dubcon: TXJ and CWN have sex, TXJ admits having always felt like possessing CWN, CWN secretly investigates the flower, realizes perpetrator wants to use TXJ to open Doors of Life and Death
251 [Mount Longxue] Regression: talk about saving SM using the Doors of Life and Death, CWN looking for clues, CWN uses Doors of Life and Death, arrives in past Sisheng Peak
252 [Mount Longxue] Split Soul: CWN goes to brothel, finds MR, summons Jiuge to split his own Earth soul and binds half of it to MR, goes to find past CWN to give him other half, goes to Huaizui, remembers TXJ saying he wants to hate CWN, wakes up from dream </flashbacks>
253 [Mount Longxue] Bastard: CWN figures out aloud HBN/SM’s identity, HBN gives TXJ all the guilt, CWN defends TXJ, CWN calls HBN a bastard
254 [Mount Longxue] Missing You: TXJ enters the room, HBN says he used TXJ’s corpse and consciousness to make a living corpse, complains about TXJ rebelling, HBN leaves, TXJ tells CWN he’s missed him before they kiss
255 [Mount Longxue] Convicted: CWN asks TXJ about his memories, understands TXJ’s current nature, CWN faints again; MR returns to Sisheng Peak, sects want to send him to Tianyin Pavilion, he publicly cuts ties with CWN and asks for punishment, reveals that HBN and SM are the same person
256 [Tianyin Pavilion] Life and Death: people attack and defend MR, Mu Yanli arrives, confirms MR having Nangong blood, says he’s not Xue family’s relative
257 [Tianyin Pavilion] Linjiang Fairy: MR explains his origins, talks about Duan Yihan
258 [Tianyin Pavilion] Soft Bone Clash: explanation of Duan Yihan and Nangong Yan meeting, travel to Linyi, refusal from Nangong Yan, first five years of MR’s life, MR and Duan Yihan meet Nangong Yan
259 [Tianyin Pavilion] Robes Like Children: food running out in Linyi, Duan Yihan dies, MR begs Nangong Yan to bury her, travel to Xiangtan, memories of CWN’s help and cloak, MR taken in by House of Drunken Jade, takes surname Mo, MR punches merchant, tells Xun Fengruo to escape, is put into dog cage by Mo Nian
260 [Tianyin Pavilion] Living as a Furnace: Jiang Xi challenges Tianyin Pavilion’s authority, MR talks about XZY looking for Lady Mo and Mo Nian
261 [Tianyin Pavilion] Guilty: tw! rape; MR talks about treatment by Lady Mo and Mo Nian, MR is framed by Mo Nian and imprisoned, Lady Mo goes to find MR, first evil thoughts in MR
262 [Tianyin Pavilion] A Comedy Drama: tw! blood, gore, torture; MR escapes from prison, goes back to House of Drunken Jade, kills Mo Nian and friends, slaughters everyone, tortures Lady Mo and survivors, burns the House to the ground
263 [Tianyin Pavilion] Old Dream Repeats Itself: Mu Yanli tries to take MR away, Chess pieces attack Sisheng Peak, MR remembers final fight with CWN in Sisheng Peak
264 [Tianyin Pavilion] Emperor is Like Him: tw! brief gore: memories of past CWN shattering his core, more Chess pieces attacking, MR shatters his spiritual core
265 [Tianyin Pavilion] Shi Mei’s Ignorance: tw! mentions of cannibalism: HBN and SM talk in Mount Jiao, HBN kills Huang Xiaoyue
266 [Tianyin Pavilion] Warm For You: HBN goes to hot springs, shows scar to Nangong Liu, goes back to CWN’s room, talks with TXJ, plans of getting MR’s spiritual core, TXJ calls MR trash, leaves the room
267 [Tianyin Pavilion] Golden Dragon Coiled Pillar: HBN uses memory spell on CWN, kisses CWN, tries to force himself on CWN, his d*ck is wrapped by paper dragon (a/n: LOL)
268 [Tianyin Pavilion] Return to Wushan: tw! Past dubcon, mentions of mpreg: TXJ threatens HBN, TXJ is left alone with CWN, days pass, TXJ kisses CWN, recalls having sex in Wushan Palace and multiple past papapa
269 [Tianyin Pavilion] Separation Between Kings and Men: TXJ asks HBN if he can regain his sense of taste, HBN talks again about MR’s spiritual core
270 [Tianyin Pavilion] Punishment Will Be Imposed: HBN and TXJ leave for Tianyin Pavilion, CWN dreams of MR’s memories, MR wakes up in prison, thinks about both his lives, is taken to the platform, confesses everything, verdict says to destroy his soul
271 [Tianyin Pavilion] Final Trial: XZY and XM speak up for MR, MR lies about his sins regarding CWN, needle stops at core extraction, XM and YWX speak up, XZY cries
272 [Tianyin Pavilion] People May Talk: MR at the penitence platform, people mocking him, YWX goes to find him, MR tells her to find HBN and CWN
273 [Tianyin Pavilion] Different Paths: SM finds out number of deaths in other world, SM talks with Nangong Liu then goes to CWN, recalls meeting HBN and arguing with him after Jincheng Lake and Heavenly Rift, faking to like MR, SM frees CWN and leaves
274 [Tianyin Pavilion] One Thousand: tw! brief gore: TXJ kills people from Ma family, MR is brought to execution platform, resigns himself to death; CWN wakes up
275 [Tianyin Pavilion] Broken Heart: tw! gore: CWN sees memories of MR about haitang handkerchief, flies towards Tianyin Pavilion, execution begins
276 [Tianyin Pavilion] I Came To Martyr You: tw! gore: CWN reaches Tianyin pavilion, fights with Mu Yanli, frees MR, tells him they’ll be together in life and death, MR loses consciousness, CWN summons Huaisha
277 [Tianyin Pavilion] This Venerable One is Lonely and Cold: CWN runs with MR from Tianyin Pavilion, confronts TXJ, TXJ asks him if he would remember him in past life, his will begins to vacillate, SM helps CWN and MR escape
278 [Sisheng Peak] Never Before: rumors about CWN and MR, MR unconscious on Nanping Mountain, <flashbacks> CWN sees MR’s memories of offering himself to SM's Long-Hatred flower instead of CWN, MR apologizes for future actions and ask CWN to kill him one day, CWN wakes up, SM sees haitang handkerchief </flashbacks>
279 [Sisheng Peak] Snow Night for the Remaining Life: MR wakes up, goes to CWN under plum tree, “Two lifetimes, they belong to you. No regrets”, MR dies
280 [Sisheng Peak] Good and Evil Talk: CWN wakes up, makes porridge, keeps MR’s body intact; HBN talks to MYL, find out MYL is HBN and SM’s sister (not blood related), HBN asks to do 'the great thing' and kill SM afterwards, plans to overthrow Sisheng Peak; summary of world events, rumors about MR and CWN's relationship
281 [Sisheng Peak] I Would Like to be More Than Good: people speculate more about CWN and MR’s relationship, think Chu Wanning is a perverted old man (n/a: ...)
282 [Sisheng Peak] Lonely Wolf in Despair: sects at Sisheng Peak ask for the sect to be disbanded
283 [Sisheng Peak] The Bonfire Finally Ignited: sects accuse each other, arrival of Tianyin Pavilion, fake witnesses' confessions, XM kills witness, fight begins, MHX defends XM, Xue Zhengyong is injured
284 [Sisheng Peak] My Son is Extremely Precious: XM tries to calm people down, fight continues, Xue Zhengyong dies, XM goes berserk, Madam Wang arrives, defends XM and breaks her bracelet
285 [Sisheng Peak] Phoenix Searing the Heavens: Phoenix Fire starts burning, sects run away, Madam Wang left alone with Jiang Xi, reveals XM is Jiang Xi's son
286 [Sisheng Peak] Lang Bolang is Deeply in Love: recollection of events leading to Madam Wang marrying Xue Zhengyong, Madam Wang dies, JX leaves and meets XM who has heart everything
287 [Sisheng Peak] Fate is Impossible to Escape: XM refusing to acknowledge JX, MHX waiting for XM, Taxue Palace cutting ties with cultivation world; protests at Tianyin Pavilion, YWX and Sisheng Peak survivors fight against Tianyin, HBN checks on TXJ’s healing process
288 [Sisheng Peak] Grandmaster and Emperor: TXJ meets MR in the dream Underworld (time mark: seven days have passed since MR’s death), MR treats TXJ kindly, asks him not to be the Emperor anymore, TXJ wakes up, HBN sheds golden tears
289 [Sisheng Peak] Visiting the Old Half as a Ghost: TXJ sees MR’s memories with CWN, TXJ arrives at Mount Kunlun, talks to XM, XM calls him brother, XM walks in the snow and weeps, TXJ kowtows at CWN’s death place
290 [Sisheng Peak] Hanmei and Tisheng: two Mei Hanxues appear, XM talks more about MR, asks younger MHX about twins’ secret, Doors of Life and Death open
291 [Sisheng Peak] The End of Two Generations: dimensions begin merging, TXJ goes back to his world, talks to Old man Liu, memories from the frog and cicada game at RL Pavilion with CWN, promises to take him to Wuchang Town
292 [Sisheng Peak] The Heart is Like the Sea: memories with CWN and SQT, visit to Wuchang Town; back to present TXJ makes preparations for CWN’s arrival
293 [Sisheng Peak] Emperor’s Long Door Resentment: TXJ fights with XM, reveals relationship between MR and CWN, sees HBN and CWN fight, CWN and TXJ clash, TXJ takes CWN to Wushan Palace
294 [Sisheng Peak] Entangled Wind and Rain Night: tw! dubcon: TXJ has sex with CWN, CWN tries to kill him, TXJ takes CWN to back of the mountain
295 [Sisheng Peak] Martyrdom is Hard to Return Home: tw! gore, genocide: TXJ shows CWN the bridge of martyrdom, explains how Butterfly-Boned Beauty clan has been exiled into mortal world and their plans to return to Demon Realm, confirms HBN belongs to the BBB clan
296 [Sisheng Peak] Just Like the Time in His Dream: MYL argues with TXJ, CWN is locked up and talks with Old Liu, days pass
297 [Sisheng Peak] From the Butterfly-Boned Beauty: tw! mentions of rape and forced pregnancies: HBN goes to CWN, tells him about his clan, talks about Guyue’ye using BBBs as cattle, tells story of woman running away, explains why he let SQT die at Mount Huang
298 [Sisheng Peak] A Man is Not as Good as the Heavens: tw! cannibalism, gore: HBN talks about his mother Hua Gui, tells how Hua Gui became Mistress of Tianyin Pavilion, efforts of finding other BBBs, talks about his father devouring Hua Gui
299 [Sisheng Peak] Life is Hard to Stop: tw! cannibalism, gore: child HBN runs away, is found by Sisheng Peak, keeps living as both HBN and SM, later takes over Hua Gui’s mission, MYL arrives saying TXJ has fainted, CWN frees himself and uses Ten Thousand Coffins to restrain TXJ, HBN tells him TXJ is conscious and still loves him
300 [Sisheng Peak] The Emperor’s Heart is Like My Heart: HBN tries to dissuade CWN, CWN destroys TXJ, sects arrive to fight against Tianyin Pavilion
301 [Sisheng Peak] Reduplication of the Past: discussion about MR, TXJ and CWN, XM saying he will go alone, XM seeing MR’s ghost, finding 0.5 CWN’s tomb, MHXs bring him Jiang Xi’s sword
302 [Sisheng Peak] Wushan Palace of Broken Soul: XM sees memories of him and TXJ meeting in Wushan Palace in the previous lifetime, reaches fighting ground, sees HBN and CWN fighting, HBN exhausts TXJ’s power, calls XM “young Lord”, Bu’gui answers to TXJ’s call, HBN and CWN go to the back mountain
303 [Sisheng Peak] Xue Meng from his Previous Life: TXJ and MR's souls fight for control over the body, HBN controls TXJ again, TXJ and CWN fight, CWN recalls happy memories with MR, 0.5 MHXs and XM arrive
304 [Sisheng Peak] Their Previous Lives: 0.5 XM and MHXs block TXJ, 0.5 XM greets Shizun, remembers spending many years in despair and solitude, they meet their 2.0 selves, 0.5 XM tells CWN to kill HBN, begins using his own spiritual core to contain TXJ
305 [Sisheng Peak] Sacrifice of the Body of God: CWN reaches bridge of martyrdom, fights with MYL, MYL shatters her spiritual core, remembers childhood and sacrifices herself to the bridge completing it, Demon Realm gate opens
306 [Sisheng Peak] Have Pity on my Different Race: Ancestral Phoenix appears, summons flood, CWN uses Tianwen and Jiuge to contain flood, HBN thinks about the past, remembers CWN saying that Beauties are human, is denied access to the Demon Realm because of his mixed blood, bridge of martyrdom begins to collapse
307 [Sisheng Peak] The Dusk of Bats: HBN kills gatekeeper, uses his own body to keep gate open, sees CWN being swallowed by water, BBBs manage to escape to Demon Realm, HBN is crushed inside the gate and dies; TXJ regains consciousness and saves CWN
308 [Sisheng Peak] Cooperation with the Flood: 0.5 MHXs and XM instruct cultivators from other world, use Ten Thousand Waves Reversal, 0.5 XM tells 2.0 XM about the fame of Jiang Xi in his world, MR and CWN arrive
309 [Sisheng Peak] Mo Ran is not Far Away: TXJ helps with barrier, CWN summons Jiuge to close breach, TXJ tells people to run away, 0.5 XM and MHXs die, CWN goes to the other side and closes portal, “Hell is too cold. I’ll follow you to the grave”, TXJ cries, reveals that MR’s soul never merged with his one, MR sends CWN back to his world promising he will find a way to return
310 [Sisheng Peak] The Last Card: MR meets Second Demon Lord, confirms to be an irregular Butterfly-Boned Beauty like Song Xingyi, asks to be sent back to the mortal world; CWN wakes up, sees red strands flowing towards the mountains, XM sees injured Jiang Xi, CWN flies towards Nanping Mountain, meets MR again
311 The Big End – One month passes, recollection of everyone’s situation (Jiang Xi, MHXs, XM, YWX, SM); XM receives Longcheng by CWN and MR, “The human world is really good, Wanning. I won’t take you to the grave with me”, MR and CWN return to Nanping Mountain; years pass, XM talks to his disciple, promises to let him meet both CWN and MR, recalls his father’s song. Story ends.
*In the MTL, chapter 218 and 234's titles have both been translated with "The Emperor's Return", however 218 is written as 君又归 while 234 is 帝君归. I