Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan returns to the Origin Mall after 23 minutes and 32 seconds, surprising his team who had been waiting.
• He enters the shop, and Yao Ziyan, the Royal Family of Beasts, greets him.
• Four new customers arrive, and Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang enthusiastically show them around the shop.
• Luo Chuan decides to teach Yao Ziyan cooking to avoid eating out every day.
• Luo Chuan enters the Challenge Mode of the Tower of Trials, aiming to unlock the Hard Mode by clearing the Normal Mode of his current realm.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: Shows his strength and earns respect from his team. He decides to teach Yao Ziyan cooking, indicating his consideration for efficiency and resourcefulness.
• Yao Ziyan: Initially enjoys her breakfast, then greets customers politely. She feels a chill when Luo Chuan decides to teach her cooking.
• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang: They regain their liveliness upon entering the Origin Mall, enthusiastically showing the new customers around the shop.
• Murong Haitang: She smiles at the lively scene and asks Luo Chuan if he minds the commotion, showing her consideration for his feelings.

Significant Themes

• Strength and Respect: Luo Chuan's strength earns him admiration and respect from his team.
• Growth and Learning: Luo Chuan's decision to teach Yao Ziyan cooking highlights the importance of continuous learning and growth.
• Teamwork and Camaraderie: The lively atmosphere in the shop showcases the bond between the team members and their enthusiasm for their work.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan: Their interaction is brief but significant, with Luo Chuan handing Yao Ziyan her breakfast and deciding to teach her cooking.
• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang with the new customers: They enthusiastically show the new customers around the shop, highlighting their team spirit and eagerness to help.
• Murong Haitang and Luo Chuan: Murong Haitang asks Luo Chuan if he minds the commotion, showing her consideration for his feelings and their mutual respect.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan enters the third floor of the Tower of Trials' Challenge Mode, facing a Shadow Leopard at the peak of Creation.
• The Shadow Leopard is skilled in stealth and uses its unique ability to conceal its form.
• Luo Chuan, despite his peak Creation strength, is injured and eventually defeated by the two Shadow Leopards.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan demonstrates his combat prowess and reflexes but is ultimately overwhelmed by the Shadow Leopards' coordinated attacks and his own injury.
• Luo Chuan acknowledges his defeat and decides to stop playing for the day.

Significant Themes

• The challenge and danger of higher floors in the Tower of Trials.
• Luo Chuan's acceptance of defeat and self-awareness of his limits.

Character Interactions

• After his defeat, Luo Chuan is surrounded by his friends, who express curiosity and admiration for his progress.
• Gu Yunxi, Jiang Wanshang, and Murong Haitang inquire about Luo Chuan's floor and the Demonic Beasts he faced.
• Mu Yurou, Su Tianxuan, Han Yang, and Xiao Cheng listen in on the conversation, showing interest in the Tower of Trials.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Students from Lingyun Academy (Murong Haitang, Gu Yunxi, Mu Yurou, and Luo Chuan) visit the Origin Mall to play the Tower of Trials game.
• They are surprised to find the hot water machine dispenses Vitality Spring Water.
• Bu Shiyi and Bu Lige arrive and join the game, expressing concern about the increasing number of customers.
• Jiang Shengjun arrives later and decides to compete with Bu Lige by aiming to clear the first level today.

Character Developments

• Murong Haitang: Shows expertise in the game, being a peak expert in Seeking the Way.
• Bu Shiyi & Bu Lige: Express concern about the increasing popularity of the Origin Mall, hoping for more machines to accommodate more players.
• Jiang Shengjun: Shows determination to improve his gaming skills, setting a goal to clear the first level.

Significant Themes

• Competition: Among the players, there's a subtle competition, especially between Bu Lige and Jiang Shengjun.
• Adaptation: The young players quickly adapt to the game's realistic combat experience.
• Popularity: The Origin Mall's increasing popularity highlights the game's appeal and the potential growth of the business.

Character Interactions

• Lingyun Academy Students: They interact casually, sharing their excitement and surprise about the game and the Vitality Spring Water.
• Bu Shiyi & Bu Lige: The siblings discuss the mall's growing customer base and express their hopes for expansion.
• Jiang Shengjun & Yao Ziyan: Jiang greets Yao Ziyan warmly upon arrival, showing familiarity with her.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Murong Haitang and her students visit the Origin Mall in the morning, experiencing its unique features like the immersive game and various products.
• In the afternoon, mercenary teams led by Wei Qingzhu and Zhou Hu visit the Origin Mall, keeping its existence secret to maximize their profits.
• Luo Chuan, after closing the shop, asks Yao Ziyan to learn cooking to cater to his preference for home-cooked meals.

Character Developments

• Murong Haitang's students are amazed by the Origin Mall's offerings, with some regretting not going there earlier.
• Yao Ziyan agrees to learn cooking to accommodate Luo Chuan's request, marking a shift in her role within the shop.

Significant Themes

• The allure of the Origin Mall's unique products and experiences continues to captivate visitors.
• Luo Chuan's preference for home-cooked meals highlights his connection to his Earthly past.

Character Interactions

• Murong Haitang's students excitedly share their experiences at the Origin Mall with their classmates.
• Luo Chuan expresses his desire for home-cooked meals to Yao Ziyan, leading her to agree to learn cooking.
• The System provides Luo Chuan with cooking tutorials, despite its initial reluctance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan discovers the System's tsundere nature and that it responds better to gentleness.
• The System provides Culinary Arts Tutorials, which Yao Ziyan begins to learn.
• Overnight, Yao Ziyan learns to cook using the System's spiritual energy-rich vegetables.
• The next morning, a large group of students, including Murong Haitang, arrive at the Origin Mall, attracted by its unique items and spacious interior.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: Realizes the System's preferences and uses this knowledge to his advantage.
• Yao Ziyan: Shows initiative by learning the Culinary Arts Tutorial and cooking breakfast.
• Murong Haitang: Brings students to the Origin Mall, demonstrating her influence and trust in the shop.

Significant Themes

• Gentleness vs Force: Luo Chuan learns that the System responds better to gentleness, highlighting the importance of understanding and adapting to others' preferences.
• Learning and Growth: Yao Ziyan's quick learning of the Culinary Arts Tutorial shows the potential for growth and improvement.
• Attraction and Popularity: The Origin Mall's unique items and spacious interior attract a large number of students, emphasizing its appeal and potential for success.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and the System: Luo Chuan manipulates the System by understanding its preferences, showing a growing rapport between them.
• Yao Ziyan and Luo Chuan: Yao Ziyan's cooking breakfast for Luo Chuan shows her willingness to contribute and please him.
• Murong Haitang and the Students: Murong Haitang brings students to the Origin Mall, demonstrating her influence and trust in the shop, and her students' respect for her judgment.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Murong Haitang, the teacher, allows students to explore the Origin Mall (Luo Chuan's shop) with Gu Yunxi and her classmates as guides.
• Students discover the shop's rules, including the restriction of buying only one of each item per day.
• Students purchase and try various items, expressing astonishment at their taste and effects, such as Cola's carbonation and Spicy Strips' flavor and Spiritual Energy enhancement.
• Luo Chuan overhears students discussing reselling the Spicy Strips at a higher price.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: Shows satisfaction with the shop's success and considers potential reselling issues.
• Students: Display curiosity, excitement, and greed upon experiencing the shop's items and learning about their effects.

Significant Themes

• Greed and desire, as seen in students' eagerness to buy and resell items.
• The shop's rules and their purpose, ensuring fairness and sustainability in sales.
• The impact of the shop's items on students, demonstrating their power and appeal.

Character Interactions

• Murong Haitang and Gu Yunxi: Murong Haitang entrusts Gu Yunxi with guiding her classmates, showing trust in her.
• Students among themselves: Students interact, share their experiences, and discuss reselling items, highlighting their competitive nature and desire for profit.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan discovers a loophole in the Origin Mall's system, allowing reselling of goods, but the System quickly closes this by adding a new rule prohibiting reselling.
• Luo Chuan's shop attracts students from the Phoenix Immortal Tower, who purchase Instant Noodles, Vitality Spring Water, and other items.
• Yao Ziyan, the shop assistant, prepares Egg Fried Rice using an egg from a Phoenix Bloodline bird, impressing the customers with its taste and spiritual energy content.
• Luo Chuan learns that Yao Ziyan went to the Jiuyao Mountain Range to gather ingredients.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: Shows cunning in exploiting the System's loophole, but the System outsmarts him. He demonstrates fairness by announcing the new rule and appreciates Yao Ziyan's culinary skills.
• Yao Ziyan: Proves her worth by creating a superior dish using ingredients from the Jiuyao Mountain Range, showcasing her culinary prowess and initiative.
• The System: Reveals its stingy nature by not rewarding Luo Chuan for finding the loophole and quickly closing it. It also shows its power by threatening to deduct Luo Chuan's rewards if he speaks ill of it.

Significant Themes

• The System's stinginess and power over Luo Chuan.
• The value of ingredients and their impact on the quality of food.
• The importance of initiative and resourcefulness, as shown by Yao Ziyan.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and the System: Luo Chuan tries to outsmart the System but fails, leading to a brief power struggle.
• Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan: They interact professionally, with Luo Chuan appreciating Yao Ziyan's cooking skills and Yao Ziyan showing initiative in gathering ingredients.
• Yao Ziyan and the customers: Yao Ziyan's appearance and cooking skills captivate the customers, temporarily drawing their attention away from the Instant Noodles.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Murong Haitang learns about a bird with a phoenix bloodline from the Jiuyao Mountain Range, suspecting it might be their Crimson Gold Profound Finch.
• Yao Ziyan reveals the bird's strength is around the third rank of Seeking the Way, causing students to underestimate it.
• Yao Ziyan demonstrates her power by creating a spatial black hole with a finger snap, proving her strength and the bird's worth.
• Students realize the Crimson Gold Profound Finch is the same strength level as the bird Yao Ziyan mentioned, leading to a change in their perception.

Character Developments

• Yao Ziyan: Shows her immense power, changing students' perception of her and the bird she mentioned. Her actions also reveal her growth in self-control and patience compared to her past behavior.
• Students: Initially arrogant and dismissive, they learn the importance of not underestimating others, particularly in the cultivation world.

Significant Themes

• Humility and Respect: The students learn the importance of humility and respect, especially when dealing with those more powerful than them.
• Power Dynamics: The chapter explores the dynamics of power and how it influences perception and respect.

Character Interactions

• Yao Ziyan and Students: Yao Ziyan's demonstration of power changes the students' perception of her and the bird she mentioned, leading to respect and awe.
• Students among themselves: The students discuss their concerns about the limited spots for the trial, showing their competitive nature and strategic thinking.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Students discuss the order of playing the Tower of Trials, deciding to use rock-paper-scissors.
• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang are among the first batch to play.
• Upon entering the virtual world, they find a new icon leading to a Culinary Arts Tutorial, which appears to be a modern kitchen.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan shows a more mischievous side, enjoying the students' confusion about the Culinary Arts Tutorial.
• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang display curiosity and initial skepticism about the new feature.

Significant Themes

• Comprehensive development: Luo Chuan emphasizes the importance of balanced growth in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor aspects, not just cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan interacts with the students, providing information about the new Culinary Arts Tutorial and expressing his views on holistic development.
• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang engage with Luo Chuan, asking questions and sharing their initial thoughts on the new feature.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan joins a Culinary Arts Tutorial, causing disbelief among his peers.
• Gu Yunxi, a secret food enthusiast, explores the tutorial and finds recipes using legendary divine beasts like the Dragon Clan and Phoenix.
• Yao Ziyan, another trainee, enters the tutorial and experiences a vivid, immersive butchering of a Pureblood Dragon for the recipe 'Nine Spirit Dragon Bone Soup'.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan maintains his calm and composed demeanor, hinting at his immense power.
• Gu Yunxi's surprise and disbelief reveal her genuine interest and excitement about the culinary tutorial.
• Yao Ziyan's experience in the tutorial shows her ability to adapt to new, intense situations.

Significant Themes

• The surreal and immersive nature of the virtual reality system, blurring the line between game and reality.
• The power and prestige of legendary divine beasts in the Tianlan Continent's hierarchy.

Character Interactions

• Gu Yunxi seeks clarification from Luo Chuan about the tutorial, showing respect and awe for his composure.
• Yao Ziyan's experience is not explicitly shared with others, but her reaction implies she'll have insights to discuss with her peers.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Yunxi participates in a Culinary Arts Tutorial, which turns out to be a high-stakes combat experience against a powerful, unknown expert.
• She successfully slays a black dragon, which appears to be at least a Saint-level cultivator, with a single strike using a cleaver.
• The tutorial then shifts to teaching her how to make Nine Spirit Dragon Bone Soup.

Character Developments

• Gu Yunxi gains a significant boost in confidence and faith in her abilities after defeating the powerful black dragon.
• She begins to view divine beast races as mere ingredients, indicating a shift in her perspective towards the cultivation world's peak.

Significant Themes

• The power of belief and self-confidence in cultivation.
• The vast gap between realms in the cultivation world.
• The deceptive nature of appearances; the black dragon was not a dragon but a powerful cultivator.

Character Interactions

• Gu Yunxi's actions are observed by other students, including Murong Haitang, who are shocked and disbelief at her feat.
• The students without a spot in the tutorial gather around Gu Yunxi to watch her monitor, leading to a collective gasp of surprise.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Yunxi's unexpected outburst in the Origin Mall draws everyone's attention.
• She reveals she experienced a dragon-slaying scene in the Culinary Arts Tutorial.
• Students express confusion and disbelief about the battle scene in a cooking tutorial.

Character Developments

• Gu Yunxi: Shows excitement and impulsiveness, unlike her usual quiet demeanor.
• Luo Chuan: Maintains composure as the shop owner despite being confused about the Culinary Arts Tutorial.

Significant Themes

• Self-cultivation: Luo Chuan's commitment to maintaining his shop owner's dignity and composure.
• Unexpected events: Gu Yunxi's unusual behavior and the students' disbelief about the battle scene in a cooking tutorial.

Character Interactions

• Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang: Best friends, with Jiang Wanshang supporting Gu Yunxi and trying to clarify the situation.
• Gu Yunxi and Luo Chuan: Gu Yunxi looks to Luo Chuan for answers, putting him on the spot.
• Students and Gu Yunxi: Students express confusion and surprise at Gu Yunxi's behavior and her account of the Culinary Arts Tutorial.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The System's Culinary Arts Tutorial offers a full, first-person perspective teaching, including ingredient acquisition.
• Luo Chuan realizes the tutorial's power and potential, but also its free nature, sparking an idea to charge for it.
• Luo Chuan decides to charge 100 Spirit Crystals per tutorial, one per person per day, starting the next day.
• Players eagerly use the tutorial, each experiencing different aspects.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: Realizes the value of the tutorial and decides to monetize it, showing his business acumen.
• Yao Ziyan: Provides feedback on the tutorial's benefits, demonstrating her analytical skills.

Significant Themes

• The value of personal experience and learning.
• The potential of the System's tutorials and their monetization.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and the System: They discuss the tutorial's pricing and implementation.
• Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan: They discuss her experience with the tutorial, showing a mentor-mentee dynamic.
• Luo Chuan and the players: He announces the tutorial's pricing and usage rules, showing his role as a provider and manager.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bu Lige, Bu Shiyi, and Jiang Shengjun arrive at the Origin Mall to find it crowded with Lingyun Academy students watching different screens playing a new Culinary Arts Tutorial.
• Luo Chuan confirms the new tutorial's release.
• The trio joins the crowd to watch, and Bu Lige strikes up a conversation with Xiao Cheng, a Lingyun Academy student.

Character Developments

• Bu Lige: Exhibits his outgoing and sociable nature, easily engaging with strangers. He also displays a sense of pride in being the first customer of the Origin Mall.
• Xiao Cheng: Shows respect and admiration towards Bu Lige upon learning about his history with the Origin Mall.

Significant Themes

• The allure and exclusivity of the Origin Mall and its offerings.
• The power of first impressions and initial experiences in shaping one's perception and status.

Character Interactions

• Bu Lige and Xiao Cheng: They bond over their shared interest in the Origin Mall and its new tutorial, with Bu Lige's history at the mall earning him respect from Xiao Cheng.
• The trio (Bu Lige, Bu Shiyi, Jiang Shengjun) and the Lingyun Academy students: Despite initial disdain from the students, the trio's good looks and Bu Lige's friendly demeanor help them integrate into the crowd.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bu Lige and Xiao Cheng discuss the new Culinary Arts Tutorial, with Bu Lige expressing disbelief that anyone would spend three hours on it.
• Gu Yunxi overhears their conversation and feels resentful.
• Xiao Cheng reveals to Bu Lige that the tutorial allows users to obtain ingredients through first-person experience.
• Bu Lige shares this discovery with Bu Shiyi and Jiang Shengjun.
• Murong Haitang offers Bu Shiyi a Lingyun Academy token, hoping to recruit her, but Bu Shiyi is hesitant.
• Luo Chuan (the 'boss') encourages Bu Shiyi to accept the token, acknowledging her exceptional talent.

Character Developments

• Gu Yunxi: Shows resentment towards others' lack of interest in her tutorial.
• Bu Shiyi: Demonstrates her incredible talent, reaching the fifth rank of Divine Soul without academy training. She's indecisive about joining Lingyun Academy.
• Murong Haitang: Recognizes Bu Shiyi's talent and tries to recruit her, showing her dedication to nurturing exceptional students.
• Luo Chuan: Acknowledges Bu Shiyi's potential and encourages her to accept the Lingyun Academy token.

Significant Themes

• Talent recognition and nurturing.
• The value of virtual reality experiences (like the Culinary Arts Tutorial) in skill acquisition.
• The importance of opportunities and connections (like the Lingyun Academy token) in one's cultivation journey.

Character Interactions

• Bu Lige and Xiao Cheng discuss the tutorial, showing their initial disbelief and later astonishment.
• Gu Yunxi overhears their conversation, leading to her resentment.
• Bu Lige shares her discovery with Bu Shiyi and Jiang Shengjun, showing her eagerness to share new information.
• Murong Haitang tries to recruit Bu Shiyi, showing her determination to nurture talent.
• Luo Chuan encourages Bu Shiyi to accept the token, showing his acknowledgment of her potential.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan and his group decide to observe others playing the Culinary Arts Tutorial game at the Origin Mall.
• After three hours, Gu Yunxi's group leaves, and Luo Chuan's group takes their place.
• Luo Chuan enters the game and selects the Tower of Trials. He's presented with various dishes and asks the System for the highest-level recommendation, which is 'Char-grilled World Beast'.
• Luo Chuan's perspective shifts to a black-robed figure in a void, facing a colossal, bizarre creature called the World Beast.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan shows curiosity and eagerness to learn, asking the System for the highest-level dish recommendation.
• Luo Chuan witnesses the black-robed figure's power, inspiring him to strive for similar strength.

Significant Themes

• Learning and Growth: Luo Chuan's curiosity and eagerness to learn new things drive him to enter the game and witness the power of the black-robed figure.
• Power and Ambition: Luo Chuan's desire to possess the power he witnesses in the game reflects his ambition and drive.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan interacts with the System, asking for dish recommendations and receiving information about the game.
• Although not physically present, Luo Chuan's perspective aligns with the black-robed figure, showing a form of interaction through shared experience.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chuan experiences a thrilling culinary tutorial in the game, leading him to add restrictions to the game world's peak strength.
• He then challenges the Tower of Trials in normal mode and successfully clears the third floor, gaining significant strength improvements.
• Meanwhile, Zuo Wanjin, the owner of Phoenix Immortal Tower, anxiously awaits Luo Chuan's arrival, worried about his tower's reputation after hearing Emperor Tianxing's warning.

Character Developments

• Luo Chuan: He demonstrates his ability to make strategic decisions by adding restrictions to the game world and shows determination in clearing the Tower of Trials' challenge.
• Zuo Wanjin: Zuo Wanjin reveals his concern for his tower's reputation and his eagerness to please Luo Chuan, indicating a shift in his priorities.

Significant Themes

• Power and Control: Luo Chuan exercises control over the game world's peak strength, while Zuo Wanjin feels powerless in the face of Emperor Tianxing's warning.
• Ambition and Anxiety: Zuo Wanjin's anxiety highlights his ambition to maintain his tower's reputation and his fear of losing his position.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan: Yao Ziyan's cooking for Luo Chuan shows their growing bond and Yao Ziyan's development as a chef.
• Luo Chuan and Zuo Wanjin (Implicit): The chapter hints at the tension between Luo Chuan's growing power and Zuo Wanjin's desire to please him, setting up potential future interactions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yao Ziyan prepares a meal for Luo Chuan using ingredients from the shop's kitchen and recipes from the Culinary Arts Tutorial.
• The regular customers of the Origin Mall, including Wei Qingzhu and Zhou Hu's group, visit the shop and notice the changes in the machines.
• Yao Ziyan explains the free items available for a day, with most customers choosing the Culinary Arts Tutorial.
• After several days, the Jade Dew arrives, marking the first time it's available since the shop's opening.

Character Developments

• Yao Ziyan: Shows proficiency in cooking, impressing the regular customers.
• Luo Chuan: Shows satisfaction with Yao Ziyan's cooking, hinting at a growing bond.
• Wei Qingzhu, Zhou Hu, and their group: Express excitement and appreciation for the free items in the shop.

Significant Themes

• The extraordinary nature of the items in the shop.
• The growing bond between Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan.
• The anticipation and excitement surrounding the Jade Dew.

Character Interactions

• Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan: Share a meal, with Luo Chuan expressing pleasure in Yao Ziyan's cooking.
• Yao Ziyan and the regular customers: Yao Ziyan explains the free items, generating excitement among the customers.
• Wei Qingzhu and Zhou Hu: Have a brief exchange, with Wei Qingzhu admonishing Zhou Hu for being ungrateful.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A man, later revealed as Ying Wuji, visits the Origin Mall, impressed by its grandeur despite expecting a humble shop.
• Ying Wuji meets Xia Yuan, an instructor from Xuan Yue Academy, who is also visiting the mall.
• Ying Wuji leads his seven students from Lingyun Academy, including Gu Yunxi and Jiang Wanshang, into the Origin Mall.

Character Developments

• Ying Wuji: Shows his dominance and indifference by pushing Xia Yuan aside and entering the mall without hesitation.
• Xia Yuan: Initially surprised and angered by Ying Wuji's behavior, but maintains composure.

Significant Themes

• First Impressions: Ying Wuji's initial expectations of the shop are challenged by its grandeur.
• Power Dynamics: Ying Wuji's actions display his authority and disregard for Xia Yuan's feelings.

Character Interactions

• Ying Wuji and Xia Yuan: Their interaction is tense, with Ying Wuji displaying dominance and Xia Yuan feeling slighted.
• Ying Wuji and his students: The students admire Ying Wuji's boldness in entering the mall to play games.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ying Wuji visits Luo Chuan's shop to buy Jade Dew, expressing anxiety about its availability.
• Xia Yuan, a peak Seeking the Way expert, enters the shop and asks about Jade Dew, drawing wariness from Ying Wuji.
• Yao Ziyan, a member of the Royal Family of Beasts, descends from upstairs, shocking Xia Yuan.
• Xia Yuan suspects the shop's true mastermind is Yao Ziyan, not Luo Chuan.
• Ying Wuji and Xia Yuan approach the Jade Dew shelf; Xia Yuan is underwhelmed by its appearance.

Character Developments

• Ying Wuji: Shows anxiety about Jade Dew, indicating its importance to him. He also reveals caution towards Xia Yuan, suggesting he sees him as a potential rival.
• Xia Yuan: Initially confident and curious, he becomes flustered upon meeting Yao Ziyan, revealing his respect for the Royal Family of Beasts. He also expresses disappointment in the appearance of Jade Dew.
• Yao Ziyan: Maintains a calm and friendly demeanor, greeting the students and acknowledging Xia Yuan's shock at her identity.

Significant Themes

• Respect and Caution Towards Power: Xia Yuan's reaction to Yao Ziyan and Ying Wuji's wariness towards him highlight the respect and caution shown towards powerful individuals.
• Disappointment vs Expectation: Xia Yuan's disappointment in the appearance of Jade Dew contrasts with Ying Wuji's excitement, emphasizing the difference between expectation and reality.

Character Interactions

• Ying Wuji and Xia Yuan: Ying Wuji shows caution towards Xia Yuan, while Xia Yuan is curious and later disappointed. Their interaction hints at potential competition or conflict.
• Xia Yuan and Yao Ziyan: Xia Yuan is shocked and respectful towards Yao Ziyan, while she remains calm and friendly, acknowledging his reaction.