Chapter Summaries

Long Xiruo paid one drop of True Dragon blood for Luo Qiu to purge Gui Qianyi’s poison, then abandoned further purchases when Gui Qianyi woke and offered a way to help her regain power temporarily. Meanwhile, Zhui Feng forced Cheese into a shooting contest by threatening Shu Xiaoshu’s family and Xiao Jiang, leaving Cheese to choose whether to play.

• Luo Qiu extracted the poison from Gui Qianyi, and Long Xiruo paid for the treatment with one drop of her blood.
• Long Xiruo asked Luo Qiu about Zhui Feng and offered more blood to protect his captives and remove his inner demon, but Gui Qianyi woke and stopped her from making the deal.
• Gui Qianyi gave Long Xiruo a bead that could simulate her form at thirty percent of her strength for five minutes, and they set off to capture Zhui Feng.
• Zhui Feng showed Cheese images of Shu Xiaoshu, her family, and Xiao Jiang held at knifepoint, then demanded a shooting contest where each point would decide whether a hostage was freed or killed.
• Cheese begged Zhui Feng to release the hostages, then collapsed as Zhui Feng threatened to kill them if he refused to compete, while Nini watched and cried.

Cheese stalled Zhui Feng’s forced competition while an unseen woman sent Snow Sprites to search for his relatives. As Ma Houde and Mo Xiaofei tried to stop a suspected bombing at the stadium, the fireworks supervisor attacked Ma Houde, and Mo Xiaofei set out to inspect the remaining sites; backstage, Cheng Yiran was still missing as Hong Guan prepared to perform.

• A woman secretly contacted Cheese and promised to search for his relatives, so Cheese stalled Zhui Feng by demanding fair rules and Nini’s release if he won.
• The woman created four Snow Sprites and sent them in different directions to search for the relatives.
• Ma Houde ordered the fireworks supervisor to stop the display after discovering firefighters unconscious, but the supervisor knocked Ma Houde out and tried to kill him.
• Mo Xiaofei stopped the supervisor, tied him up, moved Ma Houde to safety, and flew off to inspect the other fireworks sites.
• Cheng Yun told Hong Guan that Cheng Yiran had disappeared, while Hong Guan prepared to take the closing performance.

Cheese fought Zhui Feng in a soccer challenge, but Zhui Feng forced Nini to choose Shu Xiaoshu as the next victim. A masked Lizi intervened, and Long Xiruo arrived to confront Zhui Feng, who fled into the night; afterward, Lizi found blood packs on Shu Xiaoshu and the captured yokai.

• Cheese and Zhui Feng battled over the first point while Nini watched, and Zhui Feng won after Cheese used demonic power to chase him.
• Zhui Feng demanded that Cheese choose which loved one would die, then ordered Nini to target Shu Xiaoshu when Cheese refused.
• A masked woman appeared on the notebook screens, told Cheese to escape, and distracted Zhui Feng as he unleashed his demonic power.
• Long Xiruo burst into the court to protect Cheese, but Zhui Feng's power surged and he broke through the ceiling to flee; Long Xiruo pursued him.
• Lizi freed Shu Xiaoshu and discovered blood packs hidden on her and every captured yokai.

Lizi rescued Cheese’s family and told him that Zhui Feng had left behind a blood pack, suggesting he had not intended to kill them. As a strange song and Zhui Feng’s voice pulled at the unconscious victims, a shadow seized Cheese and carried him away, while Nini struggled to stay conscious.

• Lizi found Cheese’s family and Xiao Jiang unconscious behind a side door, then gave Cheese a blood pack she had found on them.
• Lizi asked Cheese to quietly help Ren Ziling if she ever faced trouble, then hid to watch the battle between Long Xiruo and Zhui Feng.
• Cheese realized his family remained unresponsive and suspected that destroying Zhui Feng’s rattle bell might wake them.
• Nini briefly awoke and told Cheese that she had seen Zhui Feng crying and in pain, but a dark shadow seized Cheese before she could explain further.
• Nini succumbed to the forces in her mind and wondered how Shu You could be involved.

Hong Guan reunited Cheng Yiran with Root and Old Demon onstage, urging him to return to the Again Band. Cheng Yiran embraced his own rock dream and began performing their song as the audience stopped to listen.

• Hong Guan took the stage with Root and Old Demon and apologized for the band members having quit, then called for Cheng Yiran to join them.
• Cheng Yiran ran onto the stage with the bass guitar, reunited with Hong Guan, and received the necklace Hong Guan had found.
• The program director got approval for Cheng Yiran to return to the competition, and the four former bandmates agreed to perform as the Again Band.
• Cheng Yiran chose to pursue his own rock music rather than rely on the guitar's magic, and Hong Guan switched to bass while Cheng Yiran took the lead guitar.
• Cheng Yiran began singing with Hong Guan, Root, and Old Demon, and the audience members who had been leaving stopped to listen.
• Luo Qiu listened from the night sky and said he had finally heard their song.

Long Xiruo’s battle shadow vanished before she could kill Zhui Feng, who then attacked Cheese by destroying a monster that looked like his father. As Zhui Feng’s memories revealed his origins and despair, he fell from the stadium roof, triggered a chaotic fireworks prank, and proclaimed himself Chief Zhui Feng.

• Long Xiruo summoned a cane sword and nearly pierced Zhui Feng’s heart, but her battle shadow faded before she could finish the attack.
• Long’er and Gui Qianyi saw Zhui Feng descend toward the stadium, while Mo Xiaofei spotted an enormous Dragon Shadow in the sky.
• Cheese woke to a monster disguised as Shu You, and Zhui Feng killed it; Cheese then stabbed Zhui Feng through the heart with the cane sword.
• Zhui Feng explained that he had faked threats against Cheese’s family to torment him, then staggered toward the roof’s edge as memories revealed his parents, his powers, and his protective talisman.
• Zhui Feng fell from the roof and pressed a Remote Control, setting off fireworks, releasing insects and bottle rockets over the audience, and shouting that he was Chief Zhui Feng.

After Zhui Feng died, Gui Qianyi and Long'er revealed to Cheese that Iron Whistle had impersonated his father and tried to eat him, while Zhui Feng had provoked Cheese into killing him to spare him that truth. Mo Xiaofei tried to save the mortally wounded Zhui Feng, who explained his fear of becoming a monster and died believing his friends would hate him; a grieving figure then rushed toward him.

• Gui Qianyi and Long'er told Cheese that Iron Whistle had taken Shu You's form and that Zhui Feng had saved him, but Cheese rejected their explanation and leaped after Zhui Feng.
• Long'er realized Zhui Feng had been seeking death and jumped down after Cheese, while Gui Qianyi followed her.
• Mo Xiaofei caught Zhui Feng after his fall and tried to carry him to safety, but Zhui Feng pushed him away and urged him to help the audience instead.
• Zhui Feng confessed that he feared losing control and killing the friends he cherished, and said he wanted to bear their grief as their leader before dying.
• Mo Xiaofei mourned Zhui Feng's death, and a small figure cried out and rushed toward him.

Cheese, Long'er, and Mo Xiaofei grieved over Zhui Feng’s apparent death, but Luo Qiu revived him and revealed that only the Dire Wolf soul fragment had been taken. Zhui Feng learned that his father, Greedy Wolf, had been able to embrace him before returning to confinement, and left carrying the Black Card as his father’s keepsake.

• Cheese found Zhui Feng dead and broke down, while Mo Xiaofei exhausted himself trying unsuccessfully to revive him.
• Luo Qiu took Zhui Feng away, healed his wound, and let Greedy Wolf briefly take human form to embrace his son.
• Greedy Wolf realized Luo Qiu had not broken the previous shopkeeper’s agreement, and thanked him before returning to confinement.
• Zhui Feng awoke and learned that Luo Qiu had taken only the inherited Dire Wolf soul fragment, ending the threat of becoming a monster but removing his Dire Wolf power.
• Luo Qiu returned the Black Card to Zhui Feng, who kept it as his father’s keepsake and departed.
• Luo Qiu recalled Greedy Wolf’s final wish that Zhui Feng grow up slowly.

Cheese faced Iron Whistle in the ice and learned that it had eaten his father and many others, then chose to kill it himself. After Iron Whistle died, Cheese repeatedly blew the whistle it had once answered, grieving as he faced his own painful growth.

• Long'er and Gui Qianyi assessed Mo Xiaofei's severe injuries and prepared to take him away with Cheese and Iron Whistle.
• Cheese confronted Iron Whistle, which admitted that it had eaten his father, intended to eat Cheese, and killed for food because it needed to grow.
• Iron Whistle exposed its core and offered Cheese the chance to kill it, while Gui Qianyi kept it trapped in the ice.
• Cheese asked to deliver the killing blow himself and thanked Iron Whistle for answering his whistle and keeping him company before splitting its core with the sword.
• Iron Whistle melted away, and Cheese repeatedly blew the whistle as Long'er and Gui Qianyi left him to grieve.

After the Iron Whistle incident, Long Xiruo made several deals with Luo Qiu to protect a young man, conceal the supernatural events, and learn what happened to Shu You’s soul. Iron Whistle survived, took a new form, and left to search for others like itself and the reason it was born, while Luo Qiu and You Ye prepared to handle the remaining consequences.

• Gui Qianyi confirmed that Iron Whistle’s pus had not changed, and Long Xiruo left to resolve the aftermath of the incident.
• Zhong Luochen watched the sky through a telescope while Cheng Yun went to ask the director what had happened.
• Long Xiruo confronted Luo Qiu about his influence over living beings, then paid in True Dragon blood for several requests, including protection for a young man and the concealment of evidence.
• Luo Qiu told Long Xiruo that Shu You’s soul was gone and quoted a price to bring it back, which she agreed to pay in True Dragon blood.
• Iron Whistle reformed, admitted it had faked its death, and let the voice take some of its pain before deciding to seek its created companions.
• Luo Qiu watched Iron Whistle leave and, with You Ye, prepared to deal with the remaining work.

Lin Feng rescued Ma Houde from the serial killer Zhui Feng, while Long Xiruo helped reunite the group and arranged for Shu You’s soul to receive a vessel. After the night’s danger passed, fireworks and music brought the characters together, and Luo Qiu gave You Ye a display of his own.

• Lin Feng followed Ma Houde’s phone location and interrupted Zhui Feng as he prepared to kill Ma Houde, helping subdue and arrest him.
• A girl found Zhuge after he hid in embarrassment over an accident, and the two reconciled.
• Zhui Feng apologized to Cheese, Nini, and Xiao Jiang, and Cheese forgave him after punching him once.
• Long Xiruo gave Gui Qianyi a medicine to help a human recover and entrusted him with Shu You’s soul while planning to find it a body.
• Ma Houde reunited Ren Ziling with Long’er, while Lin Feng and the others dealt with the aftermath of the venue’s chaos.
• Luo Qiu set off fireworks for You Ye as Cheng Yiran and the band returned to the stage, and the others watched the display together.

After the Lotus Arena incident, the escaped criminal Zhui Feng was declared wanted while the contestants’ rankings were postponed. Long Xiruo discovered the shop had taken a large amount of her blood, and Luo Qiu later explained why the band members resisted the Bass Guitar’s influence before Taiyinzi accidentally broke a valuable plate and was punished.

• Officer Ma ordered Lin Feng to issue a nationwide wanted notice for the escaped criminal, while Ren Ziling and Lizi finished their night out and Cheese’s family returned home.
• Iron Whistle slipped into Cheese’s room, gently licked his cheek, tucked in his blanket, and flew away before Cheese murmured his name in his sleep.
• The Lotus Arena incident dominated online discussion, and Long Xiruo found a wanted notice identifying the criminal as Zhui Feng before Luo Qiu appeared and startled her.
• Luo Qiu and You Ye handled the blood taken from Long Xiruo, then Luo Qiu retrieved his Bass Guitar as Taiyinzi nervously explained that he had repaired its chipped paint.
• Taiyinzi asked why the guitar’s power had not affected Hong Guan and the others, and Luo Qiu explained that they already believed one another to be the best.
• Taiyinzi accidentally shattered a plate once used by Louis XIV, and You Ye summoned black ropes to punish him.

Mo Mo and Zhan'er waited on Mount Tai for the cultivation world's ten-year gathering to summon Penglai, while San Niang wondered whether she might see her master again. Meanwhile, Ren Ziling arranged for Master Huang to read Luo Qiu and You Ye's marriage fortunes, leaving Luo Qiu surprised.

• Mo Mo explained to Zhan'er that they were waiting for the ten-year event connected to Penglai, and Zhan'er said he wished for a PSP.
• Mo Mo wondered whether Penglai existed and what wish he might want fulfilled.
• San Niang watched the Fengshan Platform and wondered whether Penglai was real and how many more returns to the mortal world she needed before seeing her master.
• Ren Ziling brought Master Huang to meet Luo Qiu and You Ye at a spicy crayfish restaurant.
• Ren Ziling told Luo Qiu that Master Huang was especially accurate at reading marriage fortunes and suggested he and You Ye have theirs read.

Ren Ziling brought Luo Qiu and You Ye to Master Huang for a fortune reading, hoping to confirm their compatibility. Master Huang first called Luo Qiu’s fate miserable, then saw an exalted Emperor’s Fate in his palm and was stunned by the contradiction.

• Ren Ziling insisted that Master Huang read Luo Qiu and You Ye’s fortunes, though she had not obtained You Ye’s birth details.
• Master Huang agreed to read Luo Qiu’s face and palm, while Luo Qiu gazed out at a banyan tree covered in wish ribbons.
• Master Huang said Luo Qiu’s fate was hard and claimed it had brought misfortune to his parents.
• Master Huang revealed his unusual white eye and examined Luo Qiu’s palm, declaring that he bore the Lone Star of Heavenly Punishment.
• Master Huang’s reading shifted to an Emperor’s Fate, leaving him shocked that Luo Qiu’s palm and face readings contradicted each other.

Master Huang failed to read Luo Qiu’s face, accused him of having plastic surgery, then collapsed after calculating that his fate should have ended in death long ago. Ren Ziling dragged Luo Qiu and You Ye into a wedding dress shop, while Xue Shao passed the Wishing Tree with his girlfriend and tried to leave behind memories of Xu Jiayi.

• Master Huang repeatedly examined Luo Qiu’s face, declared he had undergone plastic surgery, then calculated his Eight Characters and fainted after spitting blood.
• Ren Ziling called Master Huang a fraud, paid him, and pulled Luo Qiu and You Ye away.
• Ren Ziling used expiring trial vouchers to drag Luo Qiu and You Ye into the wedding dress shop across the road.
• Xue Shao remembered visiting the Wishing Tree with Xu Jiayi when they were seventeen and making plans for their future together.
• Xue Shao’s girlfriend suggested checking on their formalwear, and he walked with her toward the wedding dress shop while trying to forget Xu Jiayi.

At a wedding dress shop, Luo Qiu spoke with Xue Shao, who revealed that he still remembered a girl from his youth despite preparing to marry Wan Zishan. As workers prepared to remove the wishing tree outside, Ren Ziling surprised Luo Qiu by unveiling the Maid Miss in a mermaid wedding dress.

• Luo Qiu waited at the wedding dress shop while salesgirls watched him, and Xue Shao arrived with Wan Zishan to look at her wedding dress.
• While Wan Zishan tried on a dress, Xue Shao told Luo Qiu he still remembered a girl he had loved at school, though he was about to marry Wan Zishan.
• Xue Shao explained that the girl had gone to Italy after their exams and later traveled the world doing geological exploration.
• Luo Qiu pointed out that municipal workers were preparing to remove the wishing tree, and Xue Shao fell silent as he watched them.
• Ren Ziling covered Luo Qiu's eyes, then revealed the Maid Miss wearing a mermaid wedding dress and holding blue flowers.

Luo Qiu and You Ye posed for wedding photographs while Ren Ziling watched eagerly. At the shop, Xue Shao learned that the Wishing Tree from his childhood was about to be cut down, stirring memories of a promise to Xu Jiayi.

• You Ye modeled a wedding dress for Luo Qiu, and Ren Ziling privately worried that the couple would never have a child.
• At Ren Ziling's urging, Luo Qiu and You Ye went to the photography studio, where he kissed her forehead for a wedding photograph.
• Wan Zishan and Xue Shao finished their fittings, and Xue Shao went to ask municipal workers about the Wishing Tree across the road.
• A worker told Xue Shao that the tree would likely be cut down within days because it was oversized and considered diseased.
• Xue Shao recalled climbing the tree as a boy and once surviving a fall when a branch caught his clothes.
• As Xue Shao left with Wan Zishan, the wind scattered the leaves and brought back his promise to Xu Jiayi to stay with her forever.

As his wedding approached, Xue Shao revisited memories of his first love, Xu Jiayi, and sought a way to settle his lingering feelings without harming his future marriage. He offered the crescent-moon necklace she had given him as the price for an answer, and Boss Luo prepared to make the deal.

• A dream of Xu Jiayi giving Xue Shao the crescent-moon necklace stirred his old feelings as he worked late in the rain.
• Xue Shao called his former Class Monitor to ask for Xu Jiayi's contact information, but the Class Monitor had no way to reach her.
• Xue Shao visited Xu Jiayi's abandoned old home and lamented that she had left without a way to contact her.
• Xue Shao entered a mysterious shop and told Boss Luo he wanted an answer about his first love without jeopardizing his marriage to Wan Zishan.
• Boss Luo named Xue Shao's necklace as the price, and Xue Shao placed it before him after agreeing to sever his ties with the past.

After Master Huang ordered Chen Er to manage Ling Tian Tang while he returned to Wudang Mountain, Xue Shao traveled on a business trip and thought he had imagined seeing Xu Jiayi at the airport. He arrived at his hotel and saw her again, leaving him standing face-to-face with the woman he had not seen in eleven years.

• Master Huang told Chen Er to cancel his appointments for a year and said he was returning to Wudang Mountain, leaving Chen Er to oversee Ling Tian Tang.
• Xue Shao told Wan Zishan that he had to fly out for a four-day business trip to cover for a hospitalized vice president.
• During the flight, Xue Shao wondered whether the mysterious proprietor had tricked him and dreamed of his youth.
• At the airport, Xue Shao thought he saw Xu Jiayi, rushed toward her, and fell, but she disappeared before he could reach her.
• After arriving at his hotel, Xue Shao saw Xu Jiayi enter through the revolving doors and recognized her as the girl from their first meeting eleven years earlier.

After reuniting with Xu Jiayi on a business trip arranged by Boss Luo, Xue Shao struggled to speak to her but agreed to spend the next day with her. Boss Luo revealed that he had arranged the trip as the requested product, leaving Xue Shao shaken as he faced the consequences of their reunion.

• Xue Shao recognized Xu Jiayi at the hotel but lacked the courage to approach her until she told him she had recognized him and greeted him.
• Xue Shao delivered a successful product presentation, handled business meetings, and later went to the hotel pool after speaking with Wan Zishan.
• Xu Jiayi playfully pulled Xue Shao into the pool, and he asked why she had left without a word; she instead asked him to spend the following day with her.
• Xue Shao declined a dinner engagement so he could meet Xu Jiayi the next day, then found Boss Luo waiting in his room.
• Boss Luo said he had arranged Xue Shao's business trip so the reunion would not affect his wedding and married life, then vanished before Xue Shao could question him further.