Chapter Summaries

Nie Wanzhi confronted Murong Qing over her forfeited match, and Murong Qing persuaded her to postpone their fight until they could both compete at their best. After Nie Wanzhi left on friendly terms, Yu Shuying asked Si Ming to help with a gang fight that night, while explaining why she had moved onto campus for protection.

• Nie Wanzhi challenged Murong Qing to a fair fight to clear her name after Murong Qing forfeited their national Martial Dao League match.
• Murong Qing and Yu Shuying discussed the risks of public gossip, and Murong Qing asked Nie Wanzhi to wait until they had both adjusted to university life.
• Murong Qing praised Nie Wanzhi's determination, and Nie Wanzhi agreed to arrange a private match later, leaving satisfied.
• Yu Shuying told Si Ming that the Green Snake Gang had arranged a fight with local gangs that night and asked him to help after he had sent Hualiu home.
• Si Ming agreed to assist Yu Shuying, who explained that she was living on campus for safety while the Green Snake Gang consolidated its territory.

Si Ming proposed that the five friends disguise themselves as a Five-Color Team while helping Yu Shuying deal with gangsters. Murong Qing embraced the idea as a chance to become a hero, and the others agreed to help her and Yu Shuying.

• Murong Qing volunteered to help Yu Shuying, and Liu Qingqing and Hongdou joined them.
• Yu Shuying suggested disguises to protect everyone from retaliation, but Si Ming proposed using simple masks instead.
• Si Ming suggested forming a Five-Color Team, and Hongdou, Liu Qingqing, and Yu Shuying agreed to the idea.
• Murong Qing revealed her dream of secretly fighting for justice and asked her friends to help her fulfill it.
• Liu Qingqing, Hongdou, and Yu Shuying agreed to support Murong Qing, with Yu Shuying asking for help against the Green Snake Gang's enemies in return.
• Si Ming reluctantly agreed to join the team, but refused to wear a skintight suit.

Yu Shuying faced a coalition of Linked Mountains City's gangs, which had gathered to stop the Green Snake Gang from expanding. After several subordinates left, she stood her ground as the rival bosses sent three level-eight fighters forward.

• Yu Shuying let frightened subordinates leave, and several departed before she led the rest into the park.
• A balding gang leader mocked Yu Shuying for bringing fewer people, while several rival gangs revealed they had joined forces against her.
• Yu Shuying challenged the rival bosses and rejected their demand that the Green Snake Gang leave Linked Mountains City.
• The Spirit Toad Gang's leader gestured for three level-eight fighters to step forward.

Yu Shuying outmaneuvered the rival gangs with poison, but the fight turned decisively in the Green Snake Gang’s favor when Si Ming and Hongdou arrived. The opposing gangs fled after Hongdou revealed her Peak Spirit Transformation strength.

• The Three Rivers Society, Golden Lion Hall, Axe Gang, and Spirit Toad Gang sent powerful enforcers to challenge Yu Shuying.
• Yu Shuying dodged a swordsman’s attack, poisoned him, and frightened the rival gangs by claiming her followers’ weapons were coated with lethal poison.
• Si Ming arrived and blasted the charging Axe Gang members away with a display of overwhelming force.
• The Spirit Toad Gang’s leader ordered nine experts to seize Yu Shuying, but Hongdou descended and defeated them with a single palm strike.
• The rival gangs recognized Hongdou as a Spirit Transformation expert and fled.

Murong Qing, Si Ming, and Yu Shuying crushed the gangs opposing them and took control of the Axe Gang. Yu Shuying renamed her gang the Azure Flood Dragon Gang, while Liu Qingqing missed her chance to join the fight.

• Murong Qing froze the Axe Gang’s thrown axes and persuaded its members to surrender, including their leader, Diao Bao.
• Si Ming struck down the remaining gangsters, and Yu Shuying crippled the cultivation of the gang leaders and senior members.
• Diao Bao begged Yu Shuying to take him on as a subordinate and offered his knowledge of Linked Mountains City and its underworld.
• Yu Shuying asked Diao Bao for a new gang name and chose the Azure Flood Dragon Gang.
• Liu Qingqing lowered her bow after the fighting ended and decided not to recite her prepared verse.

Murong Qing and her companions founded a student club to help people, debating whether to charge for their services and how to attract requests. They named it the Mutual Aid Society and decided to let word of mouth bring people to them.

• Hongdou described how wearing a mask helped her immerse herself in a character, while Yu Shuying warned the others to avoid publicly associating with her to protect their identities.
• Murong Qing proposed forming a club that would help people for free, and Yu Shuying questioned whether the plan was realistic.
• Si Ming supported the club but suggested charging symbolic fees, and Murong Qing agreed before asking what they should name it.
• Murong Qing completed the club application, and the group received a classroom for their preparatory club.
• Si Ming, Murong Qing, and Liu Qingqing discussed the approved name, Mutual Aid Society, and decided against handing out flyers.

Murong Qing brought the Mutual Aid Society a commission to submit writing to the school journal, and Si Ming decided to spoof romance stories with a tale about a rural wealthy family. The literature club received his manuscript and its members erupted in laughter, leaving them impressed by its bizarre premise.

• Murong Qing told Si Ming that the literature club wanted a romance submission and offered the Mutual Aid Society half a page of advertising in exchange.
• Si Ming came up with a rural wealthy-family romance and began writing it.
• Meng Hao discussed the literature club's lackluster submissions and the importance of making the school journal successful.
• Junior Brother Tao found Si Ming's manuscript and passed it to Meng Hao and the other club members.
• The literature club members read about four wealthy young masters competing for Su Zhangcuihua and laughed at the story.

Si Ming’s anonymous “Rural Wealthy Family” satire became a nationwide sensation, bringing unwanted attention to the Mutual Aid Society. After the society filtered out frivolous requests and resumed its routine, Si Ming attended Yuezheng Yao’s eagerly awaited class with Hao Shuai.

• Meng Hao decided the literature club would publish Murong Qing’s submission and print extra copies.
• Si Ming’s anonymous satire sparked widespread laughter and controversy, earning him the reputation of a romance killer while boosting the Mutual Aid Society’s recognition.
• Students flooded the Mutual Aid Society with requests it would not accept, so Si Ming and the others suspended visits and posted clear aid conditions.
• After a quiet week, Si Ming went to Yuezheng Yao’s class, where Hao Shuai had saved him a seat after skipping other classes.
• Si Ming learned Professor Cheng had taken attendance in advanced mathematics, and Hao Shuai worried about the punishment he might face.

Yuezheng Yao taught her first music class at Linked Mountains University, winning the students’ attention while Si Ming watched her bodyguard, Fifth Uncle. She revealed the introductory portion of the Yuezheng Lineage’s Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art, and Fifth Uncle held back from stopping her as the lesson continued.

• Yuezheng Yao entered the classroom and asked the students to behave like students rather than fans.
• Hao Shuai promised to defend Yuezheng Yao, but she told him she disliked violence and urged the class to show discipline.
• Si Ming recognized Yuezheng Yao’s bodyguard as Fifth Uncle, the Spirit Transformation expert once defeated by Yan Jinghong.
• Yuezheng Yao taught her prepared lesson and, irritated that Si Ming seemed distracted, offered to reveal her voice-training method.
• Yuezheng Yao wrote the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art on the blackboard and recited its introductory instructions while Fifth Uncle hesitated to intervene.

Si Ming mastered the introductory Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art during class with Yuezheng Yao, then was selected to have lunch with her. On the way, Fifth Uncle revealed that Si Ming knew about Yuezheng Yao’s schemes, prompting her to drop her act and trade barbs with him.

• Si Ming quickly mastered the introductory Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art and altered his vocal cords.
• Yuezheng Yao ended class by holding a lottery for lunch, and her draw selected Si Ming.
• Yuezheng Yao explained that she wanted to thank Si Ming for helping save her at the concert, while Si Ming stayed wary of her.
• Fifth Uncle revealed that Si Ming knew Yuezheng Yao’s schemes because he had been involved in the attempt to kidnap her older sister.
• Yuezheng Yao dropped her innocent act, called herself naturally beautiful, and accused Si Ming of liking little girls, which he denied.

Si Ming received music festival tickets from Yuezheng Yao, who secretly maneuvered to protect her lineage’s standing in Su State. Back at the club, he learned that wanted murderer Ji Xun had fled to Linked Mountains City, and the group began preparing to investigate him.

• Si Ming rejected Yuezheng Yao’s teasing, accepted her music festival tickets, and left the teachers’ dining hall.
• Yuezheng Yao told Fifth Uncle that she had revealed the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art to appease Su State, which might otherwise target the Yuezheng Lineage.
• Si Ming returned to the club and agreed that the group could pursue the wanted criminal using his bounty as payment.
• Murong Qing gave Si Ming Ji Xun’s file and explained that Ji Xun’s first crime had avenged his parents’ deaths.

Si Ming and Yu Shuying patrolled the Grape Music Festival while discussing Su State’s entertainment industry and the hunt for Ji Xun. Si Ming suspected Ji Xun might be hiding among the festival crowds, but the chapter ended before they found him.

• Murong Qing explained how Ji Xun’s father died, how Ji Xun’s mother took her own life, and how Ji Xun later killed the family he blamed before turning against innocent people pursued by the Mohist Knight Guard.
• Si Ming realized Yuezheng Yao’s music festival ticket might have been a hint that Ji Xun would hide at the festival.
• Si Ming and Yu Shuying discussed the festival’s growth, Yuezheng Yao’s influence on music in Su State, and Yu Shuying’s plans to expand the Azure Flood Dragon Gang into entertainment through Azure Dragon Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Si Ming and Yu Shuying walked through the festival on its third day, looking for Ji Xun after earlier searches had found nothing.
• At the eastern stage, Si Ming recoiled from an amateur singer’s performance while Yu Shuying criticized the singer’s fans and explained why no entertainment company would sign him.

Yu Shuying explained how she recruited Auntie Liu to lead her new company, then she and Si Ming argued before spotting a wanted criminal in the festival crowd. The criminal sensed danger, and Yu Shuying warned Si Ming to stop staring at him.

• Yu Shuying told Si Ming that Auntie Liu had become president of her company and held forty-five percent of its shares.
• Si Ming and Yu Shuying argued after she read his thoughts, and Yu Shuying threatened to make him drink Water of the River of Forgetfulness.
• Si Ming and Yu Shuying watched the masked lead singer of the Heaven-Overturning Band perform, and Yu Shuying identified a wanted criminal nearby.
• Si Ming spotted the disguised criminal, who appeared to be a woman, and learned from Yu Shuying that the criminal's cultivation prevented her from reading his specific thoughts.
• The criminal looked around uneasily, and Yu Shuying warned Si Ming to look away before the criminal sensed him watching.

Si Ming and Yu Shuying tried to capture Ji Xun at the crowded music festival, but Nie Wanzhi’s attack exposed him and triggered a violent clash. Ji Xun took the masked lead singer hostage, leaving Si Ming and Nie Wanzhi arguing over whether to prioritize the hostage’s safety or stopping him.

• Yu Shuying guided Si Ming through the crowd toward Ji Xun, but Ji Xun sensed he was being followed and called out the Mohist Knight Guard.
• Nie Wanzhi leaped into the fight and exchanged powerful attacks with Ji Xun, injuring him but also suffering severe wounds.
• Ji Xun fled onto the stage, wounded the keyboard player, defeated the masked lead singer’s counterattack, and seized her as a hostage.
• Si Ming refused Ji Xun’s demand to clear a path and threatened to kill him if he harmed the hostage.
• Nie Wanzhi reached the stage and rebuked Si Ming for risking the hostage’s life, while Si Ming insisted they could not yield to Ji Xun.

Yu Shuying confronted Ji Xun over his revenge killings and exposed his shame and regret, giving Si Ming an opening to rescue the hostage. Murong Qing and Si Ming captured Ji Xun, and the Mohist Knight Guard escorted him away after the festival ended.

• Si Ming prepared to let Ji Xun escape to protect the hostage, but Yu Shuying took over negotiations and challenged Ji Xun’s justification for his crimes.
• Yu Shuying argued that Ji Xun’s survival after taking revenge had brought disgrace on his parents and made him responsible for the innocent people he killed.
• Ji Xun lost control and moved his blade away from the hostage, allowing the female lead singer to knock his arm aside as Si Ming charged.
• Ji Xun pushed the hostage toward Si Ming and tried to flee, but Murong Qing cut off his path with Sword Qi.
• Murong Qing and Si Ming surrounded Ji Xun, disarmed him, and captured him.
• Doctors treated the injured, the Mohist Knight Guard escorted Ji Xun away, and the music festival was canceled.

Si Ming and the Mohist Knight Guard captured Ji Xun after he attacked the Heaven-Overturning Band, whose lead singer was Yuezheng Qiong. Before Ke Chajing could take him into custody, a powerful woman seized Ji Xun for a mysterious organization, while a masked woman discussed her Dream-Creation Plan.

• Si Ming stopped Yuezheng Qiong from beating Ji Xun to death, and Ke Chajing chained him and began dragging him away.
• Yuezheng Qiong revealed her identity to Si Ming and went to comfort her bandmates while arranging medical care for Fang Wen.
• A muscular woman hurled a greatsword at Ke Chajing and claimed Ji Xun, forcing Hu Jixian to withdraw with Ke Chajing.
• The muscular woman knocked Ji Xun unconscious and decided to take him to her organization because of his martial arts talent.
• A masked woman appeared and told the muscular woman that preparations for her Dream-Creation Plan were complete and she had begun its first step.

After learning that Lin Qingtong had escaped with Ji Xun, Si Ming identified her as a Spirit Transformation-level former ally and asked the Mutual Aid Society to protect Yu Shuying’s treasure-grabbing machines on campus. He then learned that Yuezheng Yao had come to the Society to request help, though her commission remained undisclosed.

• Hu Jixian apologized to Si Ming for losing Ji Xun, and Si Ming recognized the woman who took him as Lin Qingtong, a powerful former member of the Mohist Knight Guard.
• Si Ming asked Ke Chajing and Hu Jixian to watch over the treasure-grabbing machines on campus to prevent rival shopkeepers from damaging them, and Ke Chajing agreed.
• Si Ming considered telling Liu Qingqing about Lin Qingtong’s presence and decided to inform Yu Shuying, suspecting Lin Qingtong had come to Linked Mountains City for a reason.
• Yuezheng Yao arrived alone at the Mutual Aid Society and asked whether it would accept a commission from a teacher.
• Si Ming and Yuezheng Yao discussed her view that teachers should not force help on high school students, and Si Ming teased her about being a cold but caring teacher anxious to marry.

Si Ming accepted Yuezheng Yao’s commission to help her sister Yuezheng Qiong keep her band together, receiving the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art Body Refining Chapter as a deposit. After studying the martial art and practicing a more complex harmonica, he went to meet Yuezheng Qiong at a record store and found her wearing a mask.

• Yuezheng Yao offered Si Ming the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art Body Refining Chapter in exchange for helping her injured sister’s struggling band, and Si Ming accepted.
• Si Ming studied the manual and found that its sound-based training could strengthen his internal organs and create a defensive No-Emptiness Sound Flow.
• Si Ming tried Yuezheng Yao’s advanced harmonica, discovered his existing skills did not work with it, and decided to borrow music books and practice.
• Murong Qing returned, examined the manual, and told Si Ming that the drama club was still struggling to perform convincing fight scenes.
• Si Ming practiced harmonica, followed Yuezheng Yao’s address to a record store, and met the masked Yuezheng Qiong.

Si Ming met Yuezheng Qiong to prepare for a street-band talent show, learning that Yuezheng Yao had arranged their collaboration and that Yuezheng Qiong could advise him on instruments. They chose masks for their performance, and Yuezheng Qiong was astonished by the contradictory qualities of Si Ming’s harmonica playing.

• Yuezheng Qiong told Si Ming that she had learned the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art could be used more effectively by switching instruments as the body adapted to each one.
• Yuezheng Qiong explained that she planned to join a talent show for street bands and brought Si Ming to a busy station to practice.
• Si Ming realized his harmonica had been Yuezheng Qiong’s birthday gift to Yuezheng Yao, then learned Yuezheng Qiong had prepared masks for their performances.
• Yuezheng Qiong claimed the Vermilion Bird mask and assigned Si Ming a qilin mask.
• Si Ming played a popular tune on the harmonica, and Yuezheng Qiong noted that his mechanical precision clashed with the vitality of a beginner.

Si Ming and Yuezheng Qiong successfully performed together on the street, then she brought him to an underground ancient martial combat venue. There, Si Ming learned that wealthy spectators watched fighters battle under life-and-death rules.

• Si Ming and Yuezheng Qiong adjusted their playing and drew a crowd with their performance, until station managers asked them to leave for disrupting traffic.
• Yuezheng Qiong chose Wanchang Park for their next performance and tried to smoke, but Si Ming destroyed her cigarette and urged her to protect her throat and health.
• Yuezheng Qiong took Si Ming by car to a wellness center on the outskirts of Linked Mountains City, where he sensed vibrations coming from underground.
• Yuezheng Qiong used a black card to take Si Ming into the basement, where wealthy spectators watched fighters compete in ancient martial combat.
• Yuezheng Qiong explained that combatants at the venue were responsible for their own lives, while Si Ming dismissed the spectacle as a petty scuffle.