Recaps

Shen Jingchuan used the ancestral ring to cross into another world, where he rescued Lin Qingyao, joined the Lin Household, and took in the orphaned Su twins. After selling unusual goods and buying valuable stones, he returned to the modern world and sold an inherited stone with Meng Ke’s help, ending at lunch with her.

• Shen Jingchuan activated his ancestral ring, discovered its storage space and ability to cross worlds, then prepared supplies and entered a barren land where he rescued the wounded Lin Qingyao from armed pursuers.
• Shen Jingchuan hid Lin Qingyao in a cave and fought off the men searching for her before learning that Lin Yue was her brother and reuniting them.
• Shen Jingchuan accompanied the Lin family to Yuxi Prefecture, claimed amnesia to explain his origins, and learned about the dangerous conditions in Great Qian.
• Shen Jingchuan sold modern sugar, lighters, and a mirror, then bought jadeite and a 160-year-old ginseng root while exploring the city.
• Shen Jingchuan stopped a refugee from selling his twin nieces, Su Qingshu and Su Qinghua, and brought the girls to the Zhenyuan Escort Agency as his younger sisters.
• Shen Jingchuan welcomed the twins into his courtyard, where Yue'er and Lin Qingyao helped provide them with food, clean clothes, and gifts.
• Shen Jingchuan arranged to be left alone under the pretense of secluded cultivation, crossed back to the modern world, and asked Meng Ke to appraise an inherited stone.
• Shen Jingchuan sold the stone to Boss Zhao for 520,000 yuan with Meng Ke's help, then followed her to the Clear Harmony Abode for lunch.

Shen Jingchuan built a new life in the other world, deepened his relationship with Meng Ke, and grew closer to the Lin family. After a carriage linked to a murdered scholar brought him a hidden manual and strange crystals, his ring awakened an artifact spirit named Xian'er.

• Meng Ke gave Shen Jingchuan a chance to pursue her after he confessed he had loved her for seven years, and he repaid debts to his relatives.
• Shen Jingchuan bought a three-courtyard residence, hired Liu Zhong's family, and moved in with Yue'er, Su Qingshu, and Su Qinghua.
• Shen Jingchuan bought three Whirlwind Horses, which accepted him as their master, and named them Big Black, Little Black, and Treading Snow.
• Shen Jingchuan showed Meng Ke an exceptional jadeite rough, entrusted her with its sale, and kissed her after she said she trusted him.
• Meng Ke sold Shen Jingchuan's seal blanks for more than 27 million yuan, while he commissioned a customized carriage and bought supplies and weapons for his household.
• Shen Jingchuan hosted Lin Weiyuan and his family, gave them fine weapons, and asked Lin Weiyuan to teach him basic martial arts.
• Lin Weiyuan told Shen Jingchuan that masked attackers had killed a scholar and his coachman, then gave him a carriage connected to the incident.
• After Big Black damaged the carriage in a fight with a chestnut horse, Shen Jingchuan found six strange stones and a breathing manual hidden inside it.
• Shen Jingchuan kept the items secret, but the stones vanished into powder as his ring glowed and Xian'er awakened as its artifact spirit.

Shen Jingchuan used his ginseng to earn wealth and connections in the modern world, while building a carriage business and preparing protective gear in the other world. He joined the Lin Household Escort Agency’s journey to Chang'an, where the convoy’s first bandit clash ended in victory for Shen Jingchuan and the Lin brothers.

• Shen Jingchuan gave Meng Ke century-old ginseng for Professor Wen, who paid generously and promised medical help, while Meng Ke and Shen Jingchuan grew closer.
• Shen Jingchuan supplied Professor Wen with more ginseng for Elder Yang and other ailing comrades, gaining useful connections and purchasing a courtyard house with Meng Ke.
• Shen Jingchuan built a custom four-wheeled carriage and persuaded Lin Weiyuan to partner with him on a workshop, with the Lin Household producing and selling carriages for a twenty-percent share.
• Shen Jingchuan arranged lightweight armor for the Lin Household and their horses, and commissioned a custom tiger-head spear before traveling with them toward Chang'an.
• Shen Jingchuan joined the Lin escort convoy, which drew attention as it traveled through drought-stricken countryside toward the Mid-Autumn poetry gathering.
• When Chief Hu’s bandits demanded an excessive toll, Lin Yue challenged them, and Shen Jingchuan and Lin Shan joined him in fighting the bandits.
• The armored Lin brothers and Shen Jingchuan routed the bandits, sending the survivors fleeing before returning to the stunned convoy.

Shen Jingchuan reached Chang’an and won acclaim at the Jade Autumn Garden gathering with several celebrated poems, gaining influential allies and a new master. He then met Bai Ruoli at West Phoenix Tower, where his verses and her performance drew the courtesans and guests into his growing circle.

• Shen Jingchuan treated Hu Tieniu after the bandit attack and arranged for the bandits to receive rice before the convoy continued to Chang’an.
• Shen Jingchuan entered the Jade Autumn Garden poetry assessment and impressed the examiners with “Autumn Mountain Journey,” earning a distinguished invitation.
• Shen Jingchuan attended the Mid-Autumn gathering with Lin Qingyao and Zhou Tong, then won the moon, wild-goose, and frontier-war challenges with three poems.
• Prince Jing rewarded Shen Jingchuan with silver and Frost in the Bosom, while Yan Chongli accepted him as a disciple and gave him a jade pendant.
• Shen Jingchuan visited Yan Chongli and learned from Xiao Mingshu that the unusual stone he sought was a Spirit Stone, then received an invitation from Bai Ruoli.
• Bai Ruoli performed her melody for Shen Jingchuan’s “Wild Goose Mound Lyric,” and the audience praised the performance as a rare masterpiece.
• Shen Jingchuan entertained Bai Ruoli and the courtesans with poems, including “Bring in the Wine” and “The River All Red,” leaving them deeply impressed.