Chapter Summaries

After an asteroid struck Yan Yuntian’s residence, he recovered in the hospital as his parents and Yun Churan came to visit. His engagement moved closer to marriage, but he worried his injuries and hidden condition would delay treatment and expose the truth.

• Wang Haoran agreed to accompany Feng Xuansu to visit Yan Yuntian, while Ning Aoxue and Feng Anna commented on his misfortune.
• Yan Yuntian learned that Yun Churan had come with his mother after her elders discussed setting a wedding date with Yan Feipeng.
• Yan Yuntian worried that marrying Yun Churan would reveal his hidden problem and gave Yan Feipeng an excuse to postpone the wedding.
• Yan Feipeng repeatedly called Feng Rao, who finally answered, said traffic was bad, and hung up.

Wang Haoran accompanied Feng Xuansu to Yan Yuntian’s hospital room, where she defended him against Yan Feipeng and warned Phoenix Stream Mountain not to target her friend. When Feng Rao arrived, Wang Haoran pretended to stumble into her, grabbing hold of her as the room fell silent.

• Yan Feipeng dismissed Yan Yuntian’s concerns about Feng Rao’s cold attitude toward him.
• Wang Haoran drove Feng Xuansu to the hospital, where she warned him to avoid looking at Feng Rao.
• Wang Haoran remarked on Yan Yuntian’s injuries, prompting Yan Yuntian to angrily demand why he had come.
• Yan Feipeng accused Feng Xuansu of persuading Feng Rao to protect Wang Corporation, and Feng Xuansu vowed to oppose anyone who harmed her friend.
• Yan Feipeng warned Feng Xuansu that Feng Rao was on her way, so Feng Xuansu urged Wang Haoran to leave.
• Wang Haoran pretended to stumble as Feng Rao entered and grabbed hold of her, leaving everyone in the room stunned.

Wang Haoran’s accidental contact with Feng Rao sparked a confrontation with her husband, Yan Feipeng, and son, Yan Yuntian, while Feng Rao tried to hide her connection to Wang Haoran. Wang Haoran secretly provoked Yan Yuntian and earned Villain Points, leaving Yan Feipeng furious after hearing what he had said.

• Feng Xuansu, Yun Xuan, and Yu Ning prepared to protect Wang Haoran after he touched Feng Rao, but Feng Rao calmly said she did not mind.
• Yan Feipeng blocked Wang Haoran and demanded that his hand be cut off, while Yan Yuntian joined in; Feng Xuansu stood between them and Wang Haoran.
• Wang Haoran offered his hand to Feng Rao, but she rebuked Yan Feipeng and Yan Yuntian and excused Wang Haoran as Feng Xuansu’s friend.
• Wang Haoran whispered to Yan Yuntian, provoking him into twisting against his injuries and earning 1500 Villain Points as Yan Yuntian’s Protagonist Halo fell by 75 and Wang Haoran’s Villain Halo rose by 75.
• Yan Yuntian whispered Wang Haoran’s words to Yan Feipeng, whose face turned green.

At Yan Yuntian’s bedside, Wang Haoran watched Yun Churan feign concern while Yan Feipeng arranged to summon a divine doctor for Yan Yuntian’s injuries. After learning Bian Suwen was in Qingling, Wang Haoran called her, intending to let her treat Yan Yuntian for his own advantage.

• Feng Rao stopped Yan Feipeng from attacking Wang Haoran and ordered him to drop the matter.
• Yun Churan greeted the family and expressed concern for Yan Yuntian, while Wang Haoran recognized her concern as an act.
• Yan Feipeng said a divine doctor could speed Yan Yuntian’s recovery and planned to contact Medicine Immortal Valley.
• Feng Xuansu revealed that Bian Suwen was in Qingling, and Feng Rao sent Yu Ning to invite her.
• Wang Haoran went to the restroom and called Bian Suwen, deciding not to prevent her from treating Yan Yuntian.

Feng Rao apologized to Wang Haoran on the rooftop and nearly dragged him over the edge, but he calmed her by claiming she was the first woman he had loved. She revealed that her marriage to Yan Feipeng and Yun Churan’s engagement to Yan Yuntian were both marriages of convenience, then agreed to stay out of Wang Haoran’s conflict with Yan Yuntian; she ended by boldly suggesting they spend more time together.

• Feng Rao took Wang Haoran to the rooftop, apologized for deceiving him, and tried to pull him toward the edge so they could die and meet again in another life.
• Wang Haoran stopped Feng Rao by saying he could not accept what had happened yet and telling her she was the first woman he had loved.
• Feng Rao explained that she had married Yan Feipeng for convenience and that Yun Churan viewed her engagement to Yan Yuntian similarly.
• Wang Haoran demanded that Feng Rao choose between him and Yan Yuntian, and she agreed to help neither of them.
• Feng Rao stayed on the rooftop with Wang Haoran and teased him about being intimate again.

Wang Haoran warned Yun Churan that Yan Yuntian could not give her sexual happiness, then watched as Bian Suwen demanded a trillion to treat Yan Yuntian’s injuries. After examining him, Bian Suwen prepared to reveal her grave findings.

• Wang Haoran hinted to Yun Churan that marrying Yan Yuntian would bring her sexual disappointment, but she dismissed his warning.
• Bian Suwen assessed Yan Yuntian’s injuries and said he would retain only thirty percent of his martial cultivation without treatment.
• Bian Suwen demanded one trillion to treat Yan Yuntian, and Yan Feipeng agreed to pay with assets.
• Bian Suwen examined Yan Yuntian using Suspended Thread Diagnosis, then opened her eyes with a grave expression as Yan Yuntian, Yan Feipeng, and Yun Churan pressed her to explain.

Bian Suwen revealed that Yan Yuntian was impotent and blamed the irreversible damage on the Supreme Unrestrained Skill, devastating Yan Yuntian and making Yun Churan reconsider their engagement. After leaving the hospital with Feng Xuansu, Wang Haoran arranged to meet Bian Suwen.

• Bian Suwen told Yun Churan that Yan Yuntian had a hidden ailment that would prevent him from consummating their marriage, and Yan Yuntian was humiliated.
• Bian Suwen questioned Yan Yuntian about his cultivation, and he admitted that he had practiced the Supreme Unrestrained Skill.
• Feng Xuansu revealed that Yan Yuntian had stolen the forbidden manual, and explained its lewd method of cultivation to Yun Churan.
• Bian Suwen declared that the Supreme Unrestrained Skill had caused Yan Yuntian's impotence and that the damage was irreversible, devastating him and alarming Yun Churan and Yan Feipeng.
• Bian Suwen arranged for the Yan Family to obtain medicine, while Wang Haoran left the hospital with Feng Xuansu.
• Wang Haoran agreed by message to meet Bian Suwen and headed out.

Wang Haoran comforted Bian Suwen over her guilt about deceiving a patient, then ran into Lu Chen and Lu Yan on his way home. Lu Chen brought Wang Haoran and Lu Yan to the villa he had bought, which had once belonged to Ye Qiu.

• Bian Suwen told Wang Haoran she felt ashamed for deceiving a patient, and he comforted her until her guilt faded.
• Bian Suwen said she was not available that night, so Wang Haoran left and headed toward home.
• Wang Haoran overheard Lu Chen tell Lu Yan that he had bought a fire-damaged villa at a court auction for a little over three million.
• Lu Yan happily greeted Wang Haoran, and he asked to visit Lu Chen's villa despite Lu Chen's reluctance.
• Lu Chen agreed to let Wang Haoran come along, and Wang Haoran recognized the villa as Ye Qiu's former home.

Wang Haoran stayed at Lu Chen’s villa with Lu Yan, avoiding Lu Chen’s Itch Powder and further damaging Lu Chen’s mentality. The next day, Lu Chen began plotting against him, while Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran about his knowledge of Yan Yuntian’s problem and his connection to the Little Medicine Immortal.

• Lu Yan insisted that Lu Chen let Wang Haoran stay overnight, so Lu Chen reluctantly prepared a bed and secretly sprinkled it with Itch Powder.
• Wang Haoran saw Lu Chen’s trick with X-ray Vision and went into Lu Yan’s bedroom instead, enraging Lu Chen when he eavesdropped outside the door.
• Wang Haoran left the villa the next morning, and Lu Chen resolved to find a way to deal with him as Lu Yan appeared cheerful.
• Wang Haoran spotted Lu Chen following him around campus but pretended not to notice.
• Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran about how he knew Yan Yuntian had a problem and suggested he knew the Little Medicine Immortal, Bian Suwen.
• Wang Haoran denied knowing Bian Suwen and told Yun Churan to focus on solving her own problem.

Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran over Yan Yuntian’s hidden ailment, then left after demonstrating her skill with a maple leaf. Lu Chen saw an opportunity to kill Wang Haoran using Yun Churan as a “borrowed blade,” but Wang Haoran noticed his suspicious behavior; that night, Lu Chen eagerly agreed to let Wang Haoran stay at his villa.

• Yun Churan accused Wang Haoran of being responsible for Yan Yuntian’s condition and demanded justice, while Wang Haoran denied involvement and offered himself as her replacement husband.
• Yun Churan mocked Wang Haoran, then shot a maple leaf into a tree to frighten him before leaving.
• Lu Chen saw the maple leaf embedded in the tree and decided to devise a plan to kill Wang Haoran by borrowing someone else’s strength.
• Wang Haoran noticed Lu Chen had stopped following him and suspected he had devised a scheme, but dismissed him as no threat.
• Lu Yan called Lu Chen to say Wang Haoran would stay at the villa, and Lu Chen immediately agreed, making Wang Haoran suspicious.

Wang Haoran discovered that Lu Chen had prepared a drug meant to provoke him into attacking Yun Churan, then tested it on Lu Yan and uncovered Lu Chen’s plan. He arranged for Bu Feiyan to make a realistic mask of Lu Chen so he could turn the scheme against its creator.

• Lu Chen told Lu Yan and Wang Haoran that he was mixing medicine for a wealthy client, then dropped a prescription describing a drug that could make a woman lose control and fall for the man who treated her.
• Wang Haoran noticed that Lu Chen had left the powder in his bedroom and stole a packet after Lu Chen went out.
• After confirming Lu Chen was asleep, Wang Haoran gave Lu Yan a tiny amount of the powder and watched its effects fade once she moved around for a few minutes.
• Wang Haoran realized Lu Chen intended him to use the powder on Yun Churan so she would regain control and kill him.
• Wang Haoran sent Bu Feiyan pictures of Lu Chen and asked her to make a realistic human-skin mask, planning to use it the following night.

Wang Haoran kept Lu Yan away from Lu Chen and collected a human-skin mask to prepare for his next scheme. After spotting Yun Churan following Bian Suwen, he changed his plans and used Bian Suwen to lure Yun Churan somewhere more suitable.

• Wang Haoran told Lu Yan to stay at school for the night, and Lu Yan told Lu Chen she would bring her boyfriend to his home next time.
• Wang Haoran met Bu Feiyan and accepted a human-skin mask that made him resemble Lu Chen.
• Wang Haoran waited near the hospital for Yun Churan, but saw Bian Suwen leave after delivering medicinal herbs to Yan Yuntian.
• Bian Suwen called Wang Haoran to say she was available, while Yun Churan secretly followed her.
• Wang Haoran told Bian Suwen to book a hotel room so he could use her to lure Yun Churan away.

Wang Haoran drugged Yun Churan and staged evidence to frame Lu Chen, then arranged for her to learn where Lu Chen lived. The chapter left Yun Churan heading toward Qingling University in a rage while Wang Haoran waited near Lu Chen’s villa.

• Yun Churan followed Bian Suwen to a hotel and booked the room next door, planning to catch her meeting with Wang Haoran.
• Wang Haoran arrived disguised as Lu Chen, drugged Yun Churan, and fabricated evidence implicating Lu Chen before going to Bian Suwen’s room.
• Yun Churan woke, found Lu Chen’s student ID, and believed he had assaulted her.
• Wang Haoran left the hotel and ordered Liu Hua, Lü Ming, and Wei Zhihang to direct Yun Churan to Lu Chen’s off-campus address.
• Wang Haoran went to wait near Lu Chen’s villa, hoping Yun Churan would arrive that night.

Lu Chen celebrated after believing Wang Haoran had taken his bait, but Yun Churan mistook him for the man who had assaulted her and killed him. Wang Haoran watched Lu Chen die, judged the scheme a costly loss, and planned to trigger Yun Churan and Feng Rao’s situations later to provoke Yan Yuntian.

• Lu Chen celebrated his plan and prepared medicinal pills for a wealthy elderly client.
• Yun Churan confronted Lu Chen, mistook him for the man who had plotted against her, and killed him with a needle.
• Lu Chen’s death earned Wang Haoran 5,000 Villain Points, and Yun Churan realized he had been a eunuch but decided he deserved to die as an accomplice.
• Wang Haoran calculated that his expenses exceeded his gains and planned to wait until Yun Churan’s false pregnancy signs and Feng Rao’s situation could affect Yan Yuntian.

After a painful night, Yun Churan hid what had happened from Yan Feipeng while Feng Rao considered how to secure a successor for Phoenix Stream Mountain. The next morning, Wang Haoran agreed to join his class's basketball game against Finance Class 112, suspecting a protagonist would appear.

• Yun Churan returned to the estate, concealed her troubles from Yan Feipeng, and broke down crying alone in her bedroom.
• Yan Feipeng wanted to approach Feng Rao again but held back, while Feng Rao considered asking Wang Haoran to help her produce an heir for Phoenix Stream Mountain.
• Wang Haoran finished breakfast with Bian Suwen and went to class.
• Liu Hua invited Wang Haoran to join the basketball game against Finance Class 112, and Wang Haoran agreed.

Wang Haoran took charge of Class 113’s basketball team and refused to use school team players, while Lin Mo joined Class 112 and exchanged Recognition Value for Advanced Basketball Skills. After Lin Mo blamed Wang Haoran for Class 113 recruiting school team players, Liu Yue became angry with him.

• Wang Haoran told Liu Hua not to recruit school team players and said he would choose two other classmates, leaving Liu Hua out of the lineup.
• Several Class 112 boys quit the match, leaving four players, and Lin Mo volunteered to fill their fifth spot.
• Lin Mo exchanged all his Recognition Value for Advanced Basketball Skills and gained confidence that he could dominate the game.
• Lin Mo delivered Liu Yue’s course materials and learned she would referee the Class 112 versus Class 113 game.
• Lin Mo told Liu Yue that Wang Haoran had recruited school team players, and Liu Yue expressed displeasure with Wang Haoran.

Lin Mo prepared to play in a basketball game as students gathered to watch, while Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan met the newly beautiful Yu Shiqing at the court. Yu Shiqing said she had a boyfriend, leaving the two School Belles relieved that she would not pursue Wang Haoran.

• Liu Yue asked Lin Mo whether he could play basketball, and he said he knew a little while looking forward to impressing her.
• Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan arrived early to watch the game and argued over which of them was more popular.
• Students noticed Yu Shiqing's beauty and gathered their attention on her as she arrived at the court.
• Qin Yunhan approached Yu Shiqing and invited her to sit with her and Xu Muyan.
• Qin Yunhan asked Yu Shiqing whether she had a boyfriend, and Yu Shiqing said that she did.

Yu Shiqing chatted with Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan about their boyfriends before the basketball teams arrived. Wang Haoran led Class 113’s team, including Mu Zhaozhao and Wen Jing, onto the court, where he and Lin Mo’s sides argued over whether Lin Mo was an outsider.

• Yu Shiqing said she had a handsome, kind boyfriend from the school but kept his identity secret from Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan.
• Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan said they each had a boyfriend and privately competed over who had the more handsome one, concealing that they shared Wang Haoran.
• Lin Mo saw the large crowd and the three beauties, then encouraged Class 112’s players despite their fear of losing to Class 113.
• Qin Yunhan recognized Mu Zhaozhao on Class 113’s team, and Xu Muyan spotted Wen Jing beside her.
• Mu Zhaozhao and Wen Jing admitted they did not know how to play basketball, while Wang Haoran grinned and said their inexperience was why he had selected them.
• Wang Haoran teased Lin Mo about looking too old to be a student, and Lü Ming and Wei Zhihang accused Class 112 of bringing an outsider to the match.

Wang Haoran kept Lin Mo off the basketball court and dominated the game, but a string of injuries gave Lin Mo another chance to play. Wang Haoran then secretly enlisted Yu Shiqing to deliver water to Lin Mo as he prepared to stop him from gaining recognition.

• Liu Yue rebuked Lin Mo for accusing Wang Haoran of bringing school-team players, and ordered him off the court when Wang Haoran's teammates mocked him.
• Wang Haoran's basketball skills let him overwhelm Class 112, earning him cheers while Lin Mo watched jealously.
• Three Class 112 substitutes were injured in succession, leaving the team without anyone to play.
• Lin Mo volunteered to take the court, and Liu Yue agreed to resume the game after a break when the team accepted his proposal.
• Wang Haoran secretly met Yu Shiqing, persuaded her to keep their relationship private, and gave her water to deliver to Lin Mo as thanks for substituting.

Wang Haoran sabotaged Lin Mo’s water, leaving him unable to play during the second half and causing Class 112 to forfeit. As Lin Mo hurried off to find a toilet, Wang Haoran sent Lü Ming after him.

• Yu Shiqing gave Lin Mo a bottle of water and encouraged him, while Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan suspected they were romantically involved.
• Wang Haoran received a notification that his plot had weakened Lin Mo, who unknowingly drank the tampered water.
• Lin Mo’s stomach cramped during the second half, leaving him unable to jump for the ball as Wang Haoran scored and Class 113 pulled further ahead.
• Class 112’s players complained about Lin Mo, who pretended he had injured himself and asked to leave the game.
• Liu Yue ended the game and declared Class 113 the winner, while Lin Mo hurried toward a toilet and Wang Haoran sent Lü Ming after him.