Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao planned and led surprise air raids on Japanese forces at Ningbo Harbor and Songshan Airport, destroying warships, aircraft, and fuel supplies. His fighter was hit during the raid on Songshan, and as it plunged toward the ground, he called on the System to return.

• Jiang Hao recited the Classic of Purity and Tranquility to calm the Inner Demon he feared had formed from killing too many people.
• After learning Japan planned to bring new German and Italian fighters to Taiwan, Jiang Hao proposed bombing Songshan Airport and Japanese warships at Ningbo Harbor.
• Jiang Hao and Yigaliev divided the aircraft into two groups, while Zhou Zhirou agreed to report the plan and keep it secret.
• Colonel Cameron led one group to Ningbo Harbor, where the squadron destroyed four Japanese warships and more than a dozen aircraft.
• Jiang Hao led the other group to Songshan Airport, where the formation destroyed planes and supplies as Jiang Hao bombed the command center and ignited the fuel tanks.
• Japanese anti-aircraft fire wrecked Jiang Hao's fighter, and as it fell toward the ground, he shouted, "System, return!"

After completing the mission in “The Thirteen Daughters of Jinling,” Jiang Hao returned home with 29,564 days of added life and went shopping for groceries to cook for Zhou Xinyan. The chapter left him preparing dinner when Zhou Xinyan came home and hugged him from behind.

• Jiang Hao received 29,564 days of lifespan as a reward for completing the mission in “The Thirteen Daughters of Jinling.”
• Jiang Hao messaged Zhou Xinyan from the market, and she eagerly discussed what she wanted for dinner with her colleague Tang Yun.
• Jiang Hao witnessed two women quarrel over a small smudge on one woman’s clothes and left without getting involved.
• Jiang Hao went to Zhou Xinyan’s home, prepared the ingredients, and started the soup.
• Zhou Xinyan arrived home, hugged Jiang Hao from behind, and said his cooking had made her too hungry to keep working.

Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan enjoyed dinner and an evening walk before Jiang Hao saved a boy named Abao from choking with emergency treatment and spiritual energy. Back home, Zhou Xinyan admired him and playfully refused his invitation to cultivate together.

• Jiang Hao cooked eel for Zhou Xinyan and explained its medicinal benefits over dinner.
• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan walked through a riverside park with Little Lark.
• Jiang Hao heard Abao's mother calling for help and found the boy convulsing after choking on candy.
• Jiang Hao tried the Heimlich maneuver, then used silver needles and spiritual energy to dislodge the candy and revive Abao.
• Jiang Hao and Zhou Xinyan returned home, where she praised him and teased him after he suggested they cultivate together.

After a terrifying nightmare, Jiang Hao decided to return to Maoshan to meditate and settle his mind. He reunited with his master, who sensed powerful Malevolent Energy around him and agreed not to question his recent deeds.

• Jiang Hao woke from a nightmare of endless darkness, and Zhou Xinyan comforted him.
• Jiang Hao told Zhou Xinyan he would spend a month or two meditating in seclusion at Maoshan, and she reluctantly let him go.
• Jiang Hao drove to Maoshan, where Dazhong recognized him as Uncle Dingyang after a moment.
• Jiang Hao found his master asleep and slipped into his room, but the Old Daoist had sensed him approaching.
• The Old Daoist noticed the Malevolent Energy surrounding Jiang Hao, heard that he had done things for the country, and explained that Jiang Hao still had much to learn about using true spiritual energy.

Old Daoist taught Jiang Hao about the dangers of Malevolent Energy and how Taoist methods could refine it, then passed on the Five Thunder Method and the Heavenly Eye method. Jiang Hao returned to his courtyard to cultivate, leaving Old Daoist pleased with the tea he brought as a gift.

• Jiang Hao told Old Daoist about his nightmares, and Old Daoist explained that his heavy Malevolent Energy could fuel an Inner Demon and harden his temperament.
• Old Daoist described suppression, venting, and refinement as ways to handle Malevolent Energy, then taught Jiang Hao about the Five Thunder Method.
• Old Daoist taught Jiang Hao the Heavenly Eye incantation and hand seals, which would let him perceive various forms of qi and spiritual energy.
• Jiang Hao remembered the teachings, thanked Old Daoist, and gave him a box of top-grade Huangshan Maofeng Tea.
• Old Daoist told Jiang Hao to return to his courtyard and cultivate, and he was pleased by his disciple’s gift.

Jiang Hao cultivated the Five Thunder Method at Maoshan while Zhou Xinyan missed him back home. After learning that his Orthodox Unity tradition allowed him to marry, she took a week off and drove to Maoshan with Little Lark to visit him.

• Jiang Hao returned to his courtyard and practiced forming the Five Thunder Talisman in his palm, aiming to develop Palm Lightning.
• Tang Yun asked Zhou Xinyan why she seemed listless, and Zhou explained that Jiang Hao had gone to Maoshan to cultivate.
• Zhou Xinyan told Tang Yun that Jiang Hao was an Orthodox Unity Daoist who could marry, and Tang Yun encouraged her to visit him.
• Zhou Xinyan asked Manager Tao for leave and received a week off to see Jiang Hao.
• The next morning, Zhou Xinyan took Little Lark and drove toward Maoshan to find Jiang Hao.

Zhou Xinyan found Jiang Hao at Maoshan, met his master, and heard the old Daoist’s reading of their fortunes. Jiang Hao showed her around the mountain and explained his new cultivation techniques, leaving them joking together about his need to work harder.

• Zhou Xinyan arrived at Maoshan with Little Lark and asked a reception Taoist to help her find Jiang Hao, whom he recognized as Uncle Dingyang.
• Jiang Hao met Zhou Xinyan and took her to the back mountain to meet his master, Hong Lu the Old Daoist.
• Hong Lu praised Zhou Xinyan’s fortune and told Jiang Hao that he was destined for wealth, status, many peach blossoms, hard work, and a long life.
• Jiang Hao changed into casual clothes and toured Maoshan with Zhou Xinyan, explaining that his Taoist ordination certificate let him visit and stay at Taoist sites for free.
• Jiang Hao told Zhou Xinyan he had learned the Heavenly Eye and Five Thunder Technique, and she compared Taoist powers with scientific forces before playfully urging him to work harder.

Jiang Hao taught Zhou Xinyan the Supreme Bliss Ode, which promised to preserve her youth, before she left to cultivate at home. Afterward, Jiang Hao opened his Heavenly Eye and began practicing the difficult Five Thunders Technique, then received a new system mission.

• Jiang Hao told Zhou Xinyan that the Supreme Bliss Ode could preserve her youthful appearance and extend her lifespan, and she eagerly asked to learn it.
• Jiang Hao gave Zhou Xinyan the cultivation manual and began teaching her, but she still had not mastered the technique when she left seven days later.
• Jiang Hao opened his Heavenly Eye after half a month of cultivation, but he found nothing unusual in the Daoist temple.
• Jiang Hao struggled to make progress on the Five Thunders Technique, and the Old Daoist advised him to keep practicing and visualizing it patiently.
• A system notification rang in Jiang Hao's mind, announcing a new mission.

Jiang Hao accepted a mission to save Jing Ruyi in Love in Antarctica and prepared by studying Antarctic conditions. He entered the film, rescued Ruyi from the crashed plane, and escaped just before it plunged through the ice.

• Jiang Hao accepted the mission to save Jing Ruyi after watching Love in Antarctica and deciding the client believed she had died.
• Jiang Hao told Old Daoist he was leaving, returned to Binhai City, and studied Antarctic survival and research stations while preparing for the mission.
• Jiang Hao entered the film in a wealthy passenger’s identity, found Ruyi trapped beneath wreckage, and freed her despite her broken leg and injured ribs.
• Jiang Hao returned to the plane to retrieve a dead Russian passenger and supplies as the ice cracked, then escaped with Ruyi’s backpack and a penguin plush toy before the plane sank.
• Jiang Hao put Ruyi’s shoe back on her foot, and she looked up at him in surprise.

Jiang Hao treated Jing Ruyi’s broken leg and ribs after their plane crashed in Antarctica, using his medical knowledge and spiritual power. He found an airplane seat that could keep her off the snow and began preparing to make her more comfortable.

• Jiang Hao learned that the injured woman was named Jing Ruyi and promised he could treat her.
• Jiang Hao retrieved a first aid kit and examined Jing Ruyi, finding a displaced tibia fracture, two broken ribs, and signs of depression.
• Jiang Hao reset Jing Ruyi’s leg, cleaned and bandaged the wound, and immobilized it with steel braces from a suitcase.
• Jiang Hao reset Jing Ruyi’s broken ribs, gave her painkillers, and used spiritual power to ease her pain and help her heal.
• Jiang Hao spotted the airplane seat he had been thrown clear in during the crash and decided its cushion could serve as a mattress for Jing Ruyi.

Jiang Hao prepared Jing Ruyi for the Antarctic cold, then tamed three skuas to search for people. He decided to bury the dead Russian woman before they left the crash site.

• Jiang Hao found tools and supplies in the wreckage, used a metal plate to support Jing Ruyi’s ribs, and fashioned her a hat from a stuffed penguin toy.
• Jiang Hao reassured Jing Ruyi and teased her about her depression while sorting through the first-aid kit.
• Jiang Hao used his Animal Communication Ability to tame three skuas and sent them to find a place where people lived.
• Jiang Hao argued with Jing Ruyi about leaving the Russian woman’s body behind, then dug a pit and dragged the woman into it.

After Natasha’s burial, Jiang Hao and Jing Ruyi faced an approaching Antarctic blizzard and sheltered together in a snow cave. As Jing Ruyi struggled with claustrophobia and the cold, Jiang Hao used spiritual energy to warm and comfort her, and she fell asleep against him.

• Jing Ruyi prayed over Natasha, and Jiang Hao buried her beneath the snow and marked the grave with a surveying telescope stand.
• Jing Ruyi warned Jiang Hao that their route had gone badly off course and that they had little chance of finding a human base without supplies.
• When the wind suddenly stopped, Jing Ruyi recognized it as a warning of a blizzard, so Jiang Hao dug a snow cave and carried her inside as the storm arrived.
• Trapped in darkness, Jing Ruyi panicked because of her claustrophobia, and Jiang Hao lit a flashlight to calm her.
• Jing Ruyi shivered from the cold and her injuries, so Jiang Hao transferred spiritual energy into her body to warm her and ease her pain.
• Jing Ruyi fell asleep against Jiang Hao, who switched off the flashlight and closed his eyes.

Jiang Hao tried to keep the injured Jing Ruyi hopeful as they waited in Antarctica, then helped her relieve herself because she could not move. Jing Ruyi was overwhelmed with embarrassment and began to sob.

• Jiang Hao carried Jing Ruyi out of the cave, but found the crash site and its debris buried beneath the snow.
• Jiang Hao urged Jing Ruyi not to give up and told her about surviving alone on an island after a plane crash.
• Jiang Hao revealed that he was a Taoist priest as well as the owner of a wedding planning company.
• Jing Ruyi admitted that she needed to urinate, and Jiang Hao carried her away from the cave and helped her.
• After Jiang Hao pulled up Jing Ruyi's pants and brought her back, she began to sob.

Jiang Hao comforted the starving Jing Ruyi while they waited in the Antarctic snow for his skuas to find shelter or signs of people. Their search came up empty, and Jing Ruyi’s account of the research stations revealed that the mission’s expected locations did not match reality.

• Jiang Hao gave Jing Ruyi his chocolate, and she saved some for him despite her hunger.
• A skua returned without finding any human activity, so Jiang Hao sent it to search more closely for the abandoned hut.
• Jiang Hao told Jing Ruyi he could communicate with animals, giving her renewed hope that they might survive.
• Another skua returned without useful information, and Jing Ruyi drew a map and explained how their plane had gone off course in the storm.
• Jiang Hao learned that neither China nor Russia had the research station he expected and worried that the abandoned hut from the movie might not exist.

Jiang Hao searched the Antarctic coast for food after his birds failed to find the cabin, then returned to the cave with seal meat to help Jing Ruyi survive. Jing Ruyi thanked him as they rested together, still stranded in the snowfield.

• Jiang Hao learned that his birds had found no cabin nearby and sent them farther out to scout while he prepared to search for food.
• Jiang Hao left Jing Ruyi in the cave with chocolate and a flashlight, then trudged toward the coast.
• Jiang Hao killed a seal with an Ice Axe, stored its body, and butchered it for meat and liver.
• Jing Ruyi grew frightened alone in the cave, but Jiang Hao returned after several hours and comforted her.
• Jiang Hao fed Jing Ruyi seal liver and gave her Saline Solution before warming her in his arms, and she thanked him.

Jiang Hao and Jing Ruyi learned that a Russian Research Station was about 150 kilometers away, and Jiang Hao decided to guide the injured Jing Ruyi there himself. His promise not to abandon her left Jing Ruyi wondering if he was confessing his feelings.

• Jing Ruyi woke after sleeping in Jiang Hao's embrace, and he took her outside to rest in the sun.
• Two skuas returned and showed Jiang Hao memories of a Russian Research Station with blue-roofed buildings about 150 kilometers away.
• Jiang Hao rejected the idea of waiting for a rescue and decided to travel to the station with Jing Ruyi, keeping the skuas as guides.
• Jing Ruyi recognized the station as an old Russian facility in Marie Byrd Land and deduced that the storm had blown them far off course.
• Jing Ruyi called herself a burden, but Jiang Hao promised that he would not leave her behind, making her wonder whether he was confessing to her.

Jiang Hao made a makeshift transport seat for Jing Ruyi while caring for her in the snow. Jing Ruyi struggled with the embarrassment of needing his help to relieve herself, and Jiang Hao prepared to move on with her.

• Jiang Hao dismantled an airplane seat and fashioned its frame into a harnessed transport seat for Jing Ruyi.
• Jing Ruyi developed stomach pains and reluctantly admitted she needed to relieve herself.
• Jiang Hao helped Jing Ruyi use the bathroom and gave her toilet paper from his space.
• Jiang Hao chased two skuas away when they approached the spot where Jing Ruyi had relieved herself.
• Jing Ruyi peeked out from beneath her Penguin Hat but could not see what was happening, then hid her face again.

Jiang Hao set off across the Antarctic snowfield carrying injured Jing Ruyi in a makeshift chair on his back, hoping to reach Russian Station. As they struggled onward, he kept her talking by teasing her and boasting about the languages he knew.

• Jiang Hao finished a lightweight chair for Jing Ruyi and told her he would carry her to Russian Station.
• Jiang Hao and Jing Ruyi said goodbye at Natasha’s grave, then he strapped Jing Ruyi into the chair and set out with her.
• Jiang Hao struggled through the deep snow with Jing Ruyi on his back and stopped to rest after half an hour.
• Jiang Hao asked Jing Ruyi questions to keep her mind occupied and teased her about her quiet life and reading hobby.
• Jiang Hao revealed that he knew nine languages, and Jing Ruyi reacted with disbelief.

Jiang Hao carried the injured Jing Ruyi across the snowfield, sharing his many skills and forcing them both to eat raw Seal Meat to keep up their strength. As they continued toward the Russian Research Station, their conversation lifted Jing Ruyi’s mood, though the long journey still stretched ahead.

• Jiang Hao listed the many skills he had learned through his Eidetic Memory, impressing Jing Ruyi.
• Jiang Hao rested after carrying Jing Ruyi for half an hour, then made them both eat raw Seal Meat for survival.
• Jing Ruyi estimated that they had traveled around three kilometers, and Jiang Hao encouraged her to believe they would cross the snowfield.
• Jiang Hao carried Jing Ruyi onward and prompted her to talk so she would not remain depressed.
• Jing Ruyi shared facts about penguins, and she and Jiang Hao joked about selling penguin love pebbles at Antarctic weddings as they walked.

Jiang Hao carried Jing Ruyi across the Antarctic ice, encouraging her when she blamed herself for slowing him down. After three and a half days and about sixty kilometers, both were exhausted, and Jiang Hao gave her his last piece of chocolate to help her keep going.

• Jiang Hao and Jing Ruyi camped in a snow cave, where he comforted her and told her she gave him motivation rather than burdening him.
• After resting, Jing Ruyi began eating seal meat herself, and Jiang Hao carried her onward toward a goal of twenty kilometers for the day.
• Jing Ruyi asked Jiang Hao about other difficult things, and his jokes made her laugh as they crossed the ice.
• Three and a half days into their journey, Jiang Hao and Jing Ruyi estimated they had traveled about sixty kilometers and were both badly worn down.
• Jiang Hao gave Jing Ruyi his last piece of chocolate despite her urging him to eat it, insisting he would get her out alive.