Recaps

Jiang Ning secretly broke Song Sheng’s leg with a wooden stick before leaving the city. As Song Sheng went to the hospital, Ding Shuyan investigated the inexplicable attack and began to suspect an invisible attacker.

• Jiang Ning used Aura Concealment Art to strike Song Sheng’s leg with a wooden stick, breaking it, then left the city.
• Ding Shuyan and Lin Zida realized Song Sheng’s leg appeared to have been struck, though neither had seen an attacker.
• Song Sheng recalled feeling a stick hit his leg and showed them a rod-shaped wound before an ambulance took him away.
• Ding Shuyan decided to ask Uncle Han at Third People's Hospital about Song Sheng’s diagnosis.
• Ding Shuyan remembered her reliable Sixth Sense and suspected that an invisible person had watched her and attacked Song Sheng.

Jiang Ning found that Yan Bo’s factory had repaired the power line and sewage pipe, so he secretly disrupted the electricity and blocked the drainage again. The chapter ended with the factory losing power once more and Yan Bo furious as he ordered an investigation.

• Jiang Ning returned to the village and discovered that workers had repaired the transformer wire and sewage pipe while two men watched the area.
• Jiang Ning replenished his spiritual power, concealed himself, and drew electricity from the transformer wire to temper his body.
• Yan Bo restored the factory’s operations, but the machines soon slowed when the voltage dropped, forcing him to call an electrician.
• Jiang Ning watched Yan Bo and the electrician inspect the transformer box, then blocked the sewage pipe in two places and cut the wire.
• Yan Bo received word that the lights had gone out again and angrily ordered his men to investigate.

Jiang Ning refined Qi Gathering Pills at home and used one to boost his cultivation. He planned to improve the quality of his herbs, sell targeted medicines, and use the profits to build a cultivation base for himself.

• Jiang Ning prepared herbs and used his inherited Alchemy knowledge to refine their essences with Spirit Flame.
• Jiang Ning fused the ingredients, removed impurities, and polished the Pill Embryo into twelve Qi Gathering Pills bearing his symbol.
• Jiang Ning swallowed one Pill and found it could replace three or four days of cultivation, though its potency was weaker than pills from the cultivation world.
• Jiang Ning planned to sell medicines through a spokesperson, use the profits to buy land and establish a grand formation, and cultivate herbs to support his rise to Golden Core.

After sleeping through the day, Jiang Ning ate dumplings with Xue Yuantong, then rode her to school as she insisted she could ride a bicycle herself. Meanwhile, Lin Zida learned that Jiang Ning had beaten Song Sheng and asked Wang Yong to investigate whether the two had another conflict.

• Jiang Ning woke after cultivating through the night, and he and Xue Yuantong ate dumplings together while exchanging QQ contacts.
• Jiang Ning ignored Shen Qing'e’s message about the holiday and cultivated after dinner while Xue Yuantong washed the dishes.
• On the way to school, Xue Yuantong claimed she could ride a bicycle and perform tricks, but she avoided proving it when Jiang Ning challenged her.
• Lin Zida asked Wang Yong about Song Sheng’s fight after learning that Song Sheng’s fracture appeared to have been caused by a blow from an object.
• Wang Yong identified Jiang Ning as the one who had beaten Song Sheng, and Lin Zida told him to ask whether the two had any other conflict.

Jiang Ning spent the day chatting with Geng Lu while classmates crowded around Ma Shicheng’s newly discovered classroom Wi-Fi. Shen Qing'e saw them together, mistook their conversation for a new romance, and vowed not to speak to Jiang Ning again.

• Ma Shicheng used Universal Key to connect to the classroom Wi-Fi, and Hu Jun and other classmates joined in, slowing Ma Shicheng’s download.
• Geng Lu borrowed Jiang Ning’s phone to log into QQ, then asked whether he would run for class monitor or Study Committee Member; he declined and suggested Huang Zhongfei.
• Jiang Ning and Geng Lu chatted until evening self-study, and Geng Lu found talking with him comfortable.
• Shen Qing'e arrived, saw Jiang Ning talking with Geng Lu, and grew angry because Jiang Ning had not replied to her QQ message.
• Shen Qing'e decided she would never speak to Jiang Ning again.

Shan Qingrong took attendance, then had students move textbooks before opening nominations for class officers. Shen Qing'e won the Arts Committee position and privately savored the thought that Jiang Ning would regret their changed relationship.

• Shan Qingrong marked Song Sheng absent after learning he had broken his leg and would miss a month of school.
• While the other students stayed in class, Wang Yong questioned Dong Qingfeng about Jiang Ning's past conflict with Song Sheng and planned to report what he learned to Lin Zida.
• Jiang Ning and the other boys returned with the textbooks, and Shan Qingrong began selecting class officers.
• Shen Qing'e and Geng Lu ran for Arts Committee Member, and Shen Qing'e narrowly won the vote.
• Shen Qing'e looked toward Jiang Ning and imagined him regretting his change of affections.

Grade One, Class Eight elected its class officers, and Jiang Ning observed the gap between ordinary and experimental students before meeting Lin Zida. After evening study, Jiang Ning walked Xue Yuantong home while Guo Kunnan and Shan Kaiquan made plans to pursue girls in their class.

• Huang Zhongfei won the class monitor election, Dong Qingfeng became Study Committee Member, Hu Jun was appointed Class Committee Member, and Zhang Chi became Sports Committee Member.
• Shan Qingrong told everyone to contribute ten yuan to the class fund and assigned Hu Jun to track its expenses publicly.
• Jiang Ning noticed Wang Yong's deference to Lin Zida but remained indifferent when Wang Yong introduced them.
• Jiang Ning walked Xue Yuantong home, while Guo Kunnan and Shan Kaiquan agreed to pursue Shen Qing'e and Bai Yuxia, respectively.
• Guo Kunnan treated Shan Kaiquan to snacks despite his limited weekly allowance.

Jiang Ning sabotaged the factory’s power again while tempering his body with electricity, leaving Yan Bo despondent. Meanwhile, Ding Shuyan pieced together clues about Song Sheng’s injury and began suspecting Jiang Ning, treating the investigation as an entertaining game.

• Jiang Ning found the Transformer Box and river pipeline guarded, then used its high-voltage current to temper his body before cutting the power wire with Sword Qi.
• Yan Bo watched the factory go dark and felt anger and helplessness over losing access to electricity.
• Lin Zida told Ding Shuyan what Wang Yong had said about Jiang Ning, and Ding Shuyan reviewed the information in the study.
• Ding Shuyan connected Song Sheng’s strange leg injury and behavior with Jiang Ning’s past clashes with him and her own sense of being watched.
• Ding Shuyan asked Uncle Han to check whether Song Sheng had a mental illness and wrote Jiang Ning’s name down as she planned to continue investigating.

On his first day at No.4 Middle School, Jiang Ning watched his classmates meet their teachers while reflecting on how cultivation affected learning but could not fundamentally change intelligence. He continued cultivating through class and concluded that school life was worth experiencing as he pursued Spirit Transformation.

• Chen Haiyang introduced himself as Class Eight’s English teacher, assessed the students’ English, and told them to meet his standards if they wanted to use their phones in class.
• Dong Qingfeng argued that English was important, while Ma Shicheng said most people would not need it after graduation; Chen Haiyang said students still had to master it for the college entrance exam.
• Hu Jun stared at the gentle Math Teacher, and Shan Kaiquan revealed that she had a young daughter.
• Ma Shicheng mocked physics teacher Dai Yongquan’s stutter, but Dai spoke fluently once he began teaching.
• Jiang Ning circulated the Star Transformation Art during class and reflected that cultivation could improve memory and perception but could not easily change intelligence.

Jiang Ning went to class with Xue Yuantong and met the new chemistry teacher, Guo Ran, whose future misfortune he resolved to prevent. After class, he added Geng Lu on QQ while Ma Shicheng tried to impress her with a trick for getting free game currency.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong cooked lunch together, then rode to No.4 Middle School for class.
• Guo Ran introduced herself as Class 8's new chemistry teacher, and Jiang Ning remembered how she would later be attacked because of her boyfriend's past relationship.
• Jiang Ning decided he would stop Guo Ran's future attack if he got the chance.
• Geng Lu asked Jiang Ning to add her on QQ, then refused Ma Shicheng's request because her friend list was full.
• Ma Shicheng explained how he used his phone settings to get free currency in Protect the Carrot, but Geng Lu dismissed it as playing a pirated game.

After learning that Song Sheng was hospitalized, Jiang Ning suspected Lin Zida was investigating him because Ding Shuyan had sensed something when he crippled Song Sheng. He secretly marked Lin Zida with a Divine Sense Imprint and tracked it to a residential complex, where the trail led to the sixteenth floor.

• Ma Shicheng learned from Wang Longlong that Song Sheng was hospitalized and that Wang Yong had asked which desks were knocked over in the fight.
• Ma Shicheng told Jiang Ning what Wang Longlong had revealed, and Jiang Ning suspected Lin Zida was investigating him through Ding Shuyan.
• Jiang Ning entered Experimental Class 1 unseen and placed a Divine Sense Imprint on Lin Zida while he played a 3DS.
• After evening self-study, Jiang Ning tracked Lin Zida's imprint to a residential complex and realized he would have to climb the stairs to reach the sixteenth floor.

Jiang Ning confronted Ding Shuyan after discovering she had ordered Lin Zida to investigate him, then used his supernatural powers to terrify her into stopping. He left her alive after she swallowed a pill to prove her submission.

• Jiang Ning waited outside Ding Shuyan's apartment and sensed her approach, while her unusually sharp Six Senses warned her that danger was near.
• Jiang Ning seized Ding Shuyan with Spiritual Energy and followed her into the apartment, where Lin Zida revealed the results of his investigation into Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong.
• Jiang Ning attacked Ding Shuyan with a Soul Shocking Spike and wrote a warning telling her to stop investigating him.
• Ding Shuyan promised to erase her records and begged Jiang Ning to spare her, then swallowed the white pill he placed on her desk.
• Jiang Ning decided to keep Ding Shuyan alive, believing that killing her would prompt further investigations.

Jiang Ning received nearly three hundred jin of medicinal herbs and set up a Formation in his kitchen to preserve their efficacy. He left himself with the task of refining them into Pills soon, while Xue Yuantong continued to wonder about his generosity and tried to help carry the boxes.

• Jiang Ning arranged home delivery for the herbs and shared lunch with Xue Yuantong, who planned to ask why he treated her so well another day.
• The courier delivered the herbs, and Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong he had bought them to condition his body.
• Xue Yuantong tried to carry a box but could not lift it, so Jiang Ning carried the boxes into the kitchen himself.
• Jiang Ning revealed that the shipment contained nearly three hundred jin of herbs and used most of his Spiritual Energy to create a Formation that preserved them.
• Jiang Ning decided he needed to refine the herbs into Pills within the next few days.

Jiang Ning continued tormenting the Transformer Box while refining pills and seeking Soul Submergence Incense to strengthen his Spiritual Sense. At school, Ma Shicheng was frightened by a disfigured girl and argued with Geng Lu about whether she should have been admitted.

• Jiang Ning repeatedly cut the Transformer Box’s electrical wires and water pipes instead of destroying its machines outright.
• Jiang Ning refined Qi Gathering Pills, increased his body-tempering progress, and learned that Soul Submergence Incense would be expensive and take time to obtain.
• During English class, Chen Haiyang called on Ma Shicheng, who could not answer and had to stand through the lesson.
• Ma Shicheng returned from the restroom shaken after seeing a disfigured girl, and Jiang Ning explained that she had been injured in a fire.
• Ma Shicheng said the girl’s appearance frightened him, while Geng Lu defended her right to an education; Jiang Ning replied that he would sit nearby and watch.

Jiang Ning recognized that Chen Siqing had switched identities with her twin sister, Chen Siyu, but let her believe she had fooled him. After he rejected her invitation to play ping pong, Chen Siqing left with Yu Wen, while Jiang Ning kept his knowledge of the switch to himself.

• Guo Kunnan borrowed ten yuan from Jiang Ning, who handed it over after revealing a wallet full of cash.
• Chen Siqing entered class disguised as Chen Siyu and reassured herself that Jiang Ning had not recognized her.
• Chen Siqing watched Guo Ran teach chemistry and settled into her sister's social circle without anyone noticing the switch.
• Before PE, Chen Siqing invited Jiang Ning to play ping pong, but he declined because he had already made plans with someone.
• Yu Wen called Chen Siqing Shen Qing'e, and the two girls left for the field.

During PE class, Jiang Ning beat Xue Yuantong at table tennis, then Yu Wen challenged Xue Yuantong and was defeated just as decisively. The class watched as Yang Sheng claimed Yu Wen’s cleaning duty for the next week.

• PE teacher Gu Wei ordered the students to run two laps, then dismissed them to spend the rest of class on the school field.
• Jiang Ning invited Xue Yuantong to play table tennis and repeatedly beat her despite her confidence in her skills.
• Yang Sheng defended Xue Yuantong’s ability and wagered cleaning duty with Yu Wen, who insisted she could win.
• Yu Wen challenged Xue Yuantong and lost more than a dozen balls in a row.
• Yang Sheng told Yu Wen she had to do her cleaning duty the following week.

Jiang Ning recalled how Shan Xiao had stolen from their class and later been arrested, and decided to keep his ping-pong paddle with him rather than risk confronting the thief. Xue Yuantong invited Jiang Ning to Snack Street, but they paused in the school garden first, where she noticed students using the school Wi-Fi.

• Jiang Ning carried his ping-pong paddle out of class because he remembered Shan Xiao's thefts and chose not to bait or confront him.
• Jiang Ning recalled that Shan Xiao had stolen from homes and the school before Gu Wei caught him, leading to his arrest and prison sentence.
• Jiang Ning remembered observing Ding Shuyan and noted that she had stopped investigating, though her intuition had detected his surveillance.
• Xue Yuantong invited Jiang Ning to Snack Street and offered to treat him with her saved allowance.
• Jiang Ning suggested they wait in the Small Garden, where Xue Yuantong watched students linger to use the school's Wi-Fi.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong went to a snack street, where she enjoyed being cared for as he carried their food. As they ate, Jiang Ning remembered his youthful longing to afford the street’s treats and reflected on how adulthood had changed his dreams.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left school, passed Ma Shicheng at Yucai Supermarket, and headed toward a larger snack street.
• Xue Yuantong listed the snacks she wanted, and she and Jiang Ning bought food before she used her remaining money to get him a bowl of wontons.
• Jiang Ning carried the wontons while Xue Yuantong took the snack bags upstairs and found a table, feeling reassured that she was no longer alone.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared the snacks, and she protested when he ate several pieces of her crispy meat.
• Jiang Ning remembered how he had once been unable to afford the street’s food and how, years later, adulthood’s pressures had changed the satisfaction he expected from it.

Jiang Ning sold two gold bars to Shao Shuangshuang to fund his cultivation plans and began laying the groundwork to recruit her as an agent. He left after warning her that her hair loss might be linked to poor sleep and stress.

• Jiang Ning found that Yan Bo had moved the village factory after Jiang Ning repeatedly targeted him, then decided to sell gold to fund his plans to cultivate spirit herbs.
• Jiang Ning chose Shao Shuangshuang as a potential representative and went to her pawnshop, intending to bring her under his control.
• Shao Shuangshuang inspected Jiang Ning's two gold bars, agreed to buy them, and paid him 168,000 yuan in cash.
• Before leaving, Jiang Ning advised Shao Shuangshuang to avoid eating too much black sesame and to sleep more and relax if she was losing hair.

Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong mooncakes before visiting Jiang Qitian’s family for Mid-Autumn Festival, where his sudden growth in height surprised everyone. Shen Qing'e watched him closely and noticed he had switched from an iPhone 5 to an old phone, leaving her curious about what he was hiding.

• Shao Shuangshuang wondered how Jiang Ning had guessed she was worried about hair loss, while Jiang Ning planned to recruit her for a spiritual medicine business.
• Jiang Ning bought mooncakes and gave one box to Xue Yuantong, who scolded him for spending money on gifts and invited him to dinner.
• Jiang Ning switched his SIM card to a cheap knockoff phone before riding to Jiang Qitian’s home for the holiday.
• Aunt and Jiang Qitian were surprised that Jiang Ning had grown about ten centimeters in half a month, and Jiang Qitian decided to buy him new clothes.
• Shen Qing'e watched Jiang Ning during the family gathering and noticed he was using an old phone instead of his iPhone 5.

Jiang Ning bought herbs at the Qiaozhou medicinal herb wholesale market and brewed Evergreen Liquid, a spiritual hair-regrowth treatment. He set a tentative price of two thousand yuan per bottle and planned to have Shao Shuangshuang help launch it.

• Jiang Ning found that Soul Submergence Incense had not arrived, but he bought herbs for a hair-regrowth spiritual liquid.
• Jiang Ning recalled the Evergreen Liquid formula and used six available herbs, noting that the missing ingredient would have extended its effects.
• Jiang Ning brewed three bottles of Evergreen Liquid with Spirit Fire and estimated the ingredients had cost fifteen yuan.
• Jiang Ning set a price of two thousand yuan per bottle and considered marketing the liquid to people with hair loss.
• Jiang Ning decided to discuss Evergreen Liquid with Shao Shuangshuang, whose hair loss he had noticed.

After Zhang Chi’s basketball went missing, the students debated who should pay for it while Shan Xiao secretly revealed he had stolen and sold it. Jiang Ning stayed out of the accusation, and the chapter ended with Geng Lu offering to buy him a treat as Shan Kaiquan began telling the class about a girl he met on the bus.

• Zhang Chi asked Class 8 about his missing basketball, and the students learned he had locked the classroom before leaving for the break.
• Geng Lu suggested that everyone share the cost, but the boys resisted, and Jiang Ning changed the subject to spare her further embarrassment.
• Shan Xiao revealed that he had copied the classroom key, stolen the basketball, and sold it for twenty-five yuan.
• Zhang Chi failed to identify the thief, while Jiang Ning suspected Shan Xiao but chose not to accuse him.
• Geng Lu offered to buy Jiang Ning red bean Double Skin Milk, and Shan Kaiquan began recounting his bus ride beside a pretty girl.

Shan Kaiquan told the class how he had forced a girl with a butterfly tattoo and a Seashell Earring to add his QQ, while Ma Shicheng and others argued against tattoos. After Hu Jun posted the water-carrying schedule, a group of boys and the girl stormed into the classroom looking for Shan Kaiquan.

• Ma Shicheng insulted people with tattoos, and Yang Sheng challenged him before Dong Qingfeng defended her.
• Shan Kaiquan described making the girl shiver with cold air until she agreed to add his QQ, then showed her photos and messages to the boys.
• Hu Jun announced the class water-dispenser arrangements and posted a schedule for students to carry jugs.
• Xue Yuantong noticed that her group had no boys and wondered how she could get Jiang Ning to carry water for her.
• A Nike-clad boy entered with seven or eight others and demanded that Shan Kaiquan stand up, while the girl with the Seashell Earring followed them in.

Deng Xiang brought a group of students to Class Eight to confront Shan Kaiquan over Gong Xuan, and his threats cowed the class. Jiang Ning finally stood up and told Deng Xiang to apologize, leaving Deng Xiang furious.

• Ma Shicheng and the others realized the girl Gong Xuan had described to Shan Kaiquan was connected to the students who entered their classroom.
• Deng Xiang threatened the class and demanded Shan Kaiquan come forward, while Huang Zhongfei tried to call the class teacher.
• Shan Kaiquan stood up and admitted who he was, and Deng Xiang approached him to start a fight.
• Hu Jun and Wang Longlong briefly tried to defend Shan Kaiquan, but Deng Xiang silenced them.
• Jiang Ning stood up and told Deng Xiang to apologize, prompting Deng Xiang to threaten him.

Jiang Ning easily defeated Deng Xiang and his group after they bullied Xue Yuantong, then forced Deng Xiang and Gong Xuan to apologize. After the class dispersed, Wang Yong met Lin Zida, who explained that he had brought Nie Ze to play against a Yuzhou esports club.

• Deng Xiang tried to grab Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning twisted his fingers and sent him and his rushing companions sprawling.
• Deng Xiang ordered his group to attack Jiang Ning, who kicked him and several others into a wall before lifting him by the collar.
• Jiang Ning made Deng Xiang and Gong Xuan apologize to Class 8, then told his classmates to head home safely.
• Xue Yuantong worried that Jiang Ning might not have stood up for her personally, despite feeling relieved and touched by his actions.
• Wang Yong met Lin Zida after class, and Lin Zida said he had brought Nie Ze to play matches against a Yuzhou esports club.