Recaps

Lin Zida heard that Jiang Ning had defeated several students and told Ding Shuyan and Lin Han about him. The family discussed their changing paths and Lin Han’s disappointing class reunion, while Ding Shuyan remained guarded about Jiang Ning.

• Lin Zida asked Wang Yong what had happened at Class 8 and learned that Jiang Ning had knocked down several people and forced them to apologize.
• Lin Zida returned home and found Ding Shuyan talking with his aunt, Lin Han, then told them Jiang Ning was known for fighting.
• Ding Shuyan avoided explaining her complicated feelings about Jiang Ning and asked Lin Han to teach her how to cook.
• Lin Han praised Ding Shuyan’s ability and advised her to follow her own path rather than become obsessed with any one thing.
• Lin Han described how her classmates had grown distant and said she would not attend another high school reunion.

Xue Yuantong gave Jiang Ning a cup and continued relying on him for the ride to school, while rumors about their relationship reached their classmates. Later, Jiang Ning invited Huang Yuzhu to eat with him, leaving Huang Yuzhu unsure how to handle the silence between them.

• Xue Yuantong gave Jiang Ning a cup, and he accepted it before returning to his room to cultivate late into the night.
• Xue Yuantong fell asleep on Jiang Ning's bike the next morning, and Jiang Ning let her rest until they neared school.
• Geng Lu asked Jiang Ning whether he was dating Xue Yuantong, and he explained that they were neighbors and that Xue Yuantong's mother had asked him to take her to school.
• Ma Shicheng hoped Guo Ran would linger near him during chemistry class, but Chen Haiyang stood beside him during the following English class instead.
• When Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to bring her food, he invited Huang Yuzhu to come along, and Huang Yuzhu felt awkward as they walked in silence.

Jiang Ning ran into Guo Ran and her boyfriend Yan Bo, whom he recognized as the factory owner secretly dumping chemical wastewater. Remembering that Yan Bo would later harm Guo Ran, Jiang Ning resolved to intervene and considered using Spiritual Energy to put him into a temporary deep sleep.

• Jiang Ning and Huang Yuzhu left school to find food and ran into Guo Ran with Yan Bo.
• Jiang Ning recognized Yan Bo as the man responsible for secretly dumping wastewater and recalled that Guo Ran would later be caught up in his misconduct.
• Yan Bo invited Guo Ran to a new Japanese restaurant while privately thinking about his recent factory troubles and his other relationship.
• Jiang Ning remembered how Guo Ran had supported him as a student and decided he would not let Yan Bo ruin her life.
• Jiang Ning rejected breaking Yan Bo’s legs and considered using Spiritual Energy to knock him unconscious for several months.

Jiang Ning tracked down Yan Bo, photographed him with a vocational-school girl, and used the pictures to expose their relationship to her parents. He left the family as they discovered the evidence and returned to the old residential compound.

• Jiang Ning planted Spiritual Sense Seeds on Guo Ran and Yan Bo, then tracked Yan Bo to a barbecue restaurant with a young girl.
• Jiang Ning photographed Yan Bo and the girl entering a hotel together and planted a Spiritual Sense Seed on her.
• Jiang Ning ordered a photo printer, printed the pictures, and prepared an envelope containing the evidence and information about Yan Bo’s movements.
• Jiang Ning followed the girl’s Spiritual Sense Seed to her home and threw the envelope through the window.
• The girl’s father opened the envelope and reacted with alarm, while Jiang Ning left without waiting to see what happened.

Jiang Ning bought a large supply of Soul Submergence Incense and prepared to watch over Guo Ran as the family he had warned arrived to confront Yan Bo. Meanwhile, Shan Kaiquan and Ma Shicheng learned that Cui Yu and others planned to ambush Miao Zhe, and Jiang Ning spotted a man secretly watching Yan Bo near the School Gate.

• Xue Yuantong welcomed Jiang Ning home and made him serve her rice, limited his share of Pineapple Sweet and Sour Pork, and told him to wash the dishes, but he refused the last demand.
• Jiang Ning paid a medicinal herb merchant ninety thousand yuan for three jin of Soul Submergence Incense and arranged for it to be shipped by SF Express.
• Shan Kaiquan told Ma Shicheng about his fight with Miao Zhe and said Cui Yu and others planned to deal with Miao Zhe around dinner.
• Jiang Ning accompanied Geng Lu to the convenience store, then returned to class with a bottle of Mizone and planned to keep Guo Ran safe while the girl's family confronted Yan Bo.
• After class, Jiang Ning tracked Guo Ran with his Spiritual Sense Seed and headed to the School Gate, where he saw Yan Bo waiting beneath a streetlamp and noticed a middle-aged man in a gray tank top watching him.

Jiang Ning called the police after Gray Vest Man and his accomplices confronted Yan Bo over his relationship with their daughter. The group fled when the police arrived, and Jiang Ning left before officers could question him.

• Jiang Ning used a stolen keypad phone to report a group fight involving armed men outside Fourth High School, then waited nearby.
• Gray Vest Man confronted Yan Bo at his car and demanded to know whether he knew his daughter.
• The Fat Woman showed Yan Bo intimate photos, and Yan Bo denied wrongdoing before Gray Vest Man slapped him.
• Yan Bo lashed out at the couple and revealed that their daughter had cursed them, so Gray Vest Man and several men pinned him down and beat him.
• The Fat Woman threatened to cut Guo Ran's hair, but Jiang Ning warned them that the police were coming.
• Gray Vest Man, the Fat Woman, and the others fled when a police car approached, while Jiang Ning said goodbye to Guo Ran and left.

After Jiang Ning returned to class, Ma Shicheng and Cui Yu realized they had accidentally left Miao Zhe locked inside a restaurant room. Miao Zhe made it back to school during evening study, and the chapter ended with him confronting Cui Yu’s group.

• Jiang Ning returned to class after dealing with Guo Ran, while Yan Bo remained hospitalized and Guo Ran was at the Police Station.
• Dai Yongquan called on Miao Zhe to read aloud, but Huang Zhongfei said he had not taken leave, alarming Ma Shicheng.
• Ma Shicheng and Shan Kaiquan realized Cui Yu had locked Miao Zhe inside a room at Good Days and had left without letting him out.
• Cui Yu worried about Miao Zhe while Dai Yongquan recited the passage, then felt relieved when Miao Zhe arrived at class.
• Dai Yongquan sent Miao Zhe back out to greet him properly, and after class Miao Zhe approached Cui Yu’s group with a dark expression.
• Yu Wen complained to Shen Qing'e about the class’s fights, and Shen Qing'e privately thought about Jiang Ning and felt jealous over his protection of Xue Yuantong.

Cui Yu watched Miao Zhe and Wang Longlong fight over a misunderstanding until Shan Qingrong took them to his office and whipped them. The next day, Jiang Ning crafted Soul Submergence Incense, accelerated his Spiritual Sense cultivation, and planned to visit Shao Shuangshuang to buy jade for protective pendants.

• Miao Zhe blamed Wang Longlong for locking him inside, and the two began fighting while Cui Yu remained confused about how he had escaped blame.
• Shan Qingrong arrived, ordered Huang Zhongfei to let the students fight, then took Miao Zhe and Wang Longlong to his office, where Shan Kaiquan later reported that he was whipping them.
• Jiang Ning received Soul Submergence Incense, prepared it with a red flower, and crafted twenty-four incense sticks using his cultivation techniques.
• Jiang Ning burned a stick while practicing the Golden Profound Soul Division Art and found that the incense greatly increased his Spiritual Sense training speed.
• Jiang Ning planned to master the Minor Soul Division Art and make Protective Jade Pendants for people close to him, so he decided to visit Shao Shuangshuang to buy jade.

After surviving Yan Bo’s attack, Guo Ran returned to teach and called Jiang Ning to her office, drawing their classmates’ curiosity. The chapter ended with Guo Kunnan confidently assuming Jiang Ning had poor grades and could not become the chemistry class representative.

• Guo Ran reflected on how Jiang Ning’s warning had helped her avoid becoming Yan Bo’s next victim and decided to thank him while teaching.
• Ma Shicheng told Jiang Ning about the Music Teacher’s weekly commute and the physics teacher’s paid work at a training center.
• Guo Ran taught a chemistry review lesson, handed out test papers, and asked Jiang Ning to come to her office.
• Geng Lu and the other students speculated about why Guo Ran had singled out Jiang Ning, while Guo Kunnan concluded Jiang Ning could not become the chemistry class representative.

Jiang Ning accepted Guo Ran’s offer to become the Chemistry Class Representative and received snacks from her, while she thanked him for saving her the previous day. On the ride home, Xue Yuantong learned he would stay through the seven-day break and promised to share her home and food if he ever ran out of money.

• Guo Ran appointed Jiang Ning Chemistry Class Representative for Grade One, Class Eight and gave him a bag of snacks.
• Guo Ran thanked Jiang Ning for intervening during the previous day’s dangerous encounter, and he left without turning around.
• Jiang Ning shared some of Guo Ran’s snacks with Ma Shicheng and Geng Lu in class.
• Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong he would not leave during the seven-day holiday, and she offered him free housing and food if he ran out of money.
• Xue Yuantong denied being worried about Jiang Ning leaving and privately resolved to keep tutoring him, even if she lowered her academic goal for him.

Jiang Ning bought jade suitable for spiritual formations and sold two gold bars to Shao Shuangshuang at the pawnshop. He used a fabricated cousin and doctored photos to persuade her that Evergreen Liquid could treat hair loss, then agreed to add her on WeChat.

• Jiang Ning spent part of his cultivation expenses on two bottles of Evergreen Liquid and rode to Shao Shuangshuang's pawnshop with two gold bars.
• Jiang Ning tested the pawnshop's jade and bought two pale blue pieces capable of holding spiritual formations for eight hundred yuan.
• Jiang Ning sold Shao Shuangshuang two gold bars for a transfer of one hundred seventy thousand yuan.
• Shao Shuangshuang asked Jiang Ning how he had noticed her hair loss, and he claimed his cousin had suffered from baldness too.
• Jiang Ning showed Shao Shuangshuang a fabricated QQ post and edited photos claiming that Evergreen Liquid had regrown his cousin's hair.
• Shao Shuangshuang asked Jiang Ning to find out more about the hair-growth liquid and added him on WeChat.

Shao Shuangshuang overcame her fear of using Jiang Ning’s unverified Evergreen Liquid, had it tested for toxic ingredients, and then saw her hair loss stop after one use. Convinced the liquid might work, she decided to have her balding cousin try the remaining bottle.

• Jiang Ning gave Shao Shuangshuang two bottles of Evergreen Liquid and explained that his cousin no longer needed them.
• Shao Shuangshuang worried the unlicensed liquid might be harmful, but poured a bottle over her head after seeing how much hair had fallen out.
• Shao Shuangshuang asked Nan Nan to help test the liquid, and the results showed it contained no toxic ingredients.
• A day later, Shao Shuangshuang washed her hair and found the basin empty of fallen hair.
• Shao Shuangshuang decided to test the Evergreen Liquid on her balding cousin and called him.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong spent the holiday fishing, cooking, and relaxing together before Jiang Ning joined his class group chat. The chat erupted into an argument between Chen Qian and Shan Kaiquan, and Xue Yuantong ended the chapter by asking Jiang Ning where he had traveled.

• Jiang Ning caught fish and crabs from the river for Xue Yuantong after her fishing attempt failed, and she cooked them for dinner.
• Jiang Ning joined the second class group chat after accepting several classmates’ friend requests.
• Chen Qian mocked Shan Kaiquan for claiming he had traveled, and their argument escalated into a cursing match until Huang Zhongfei muted them both.
• Hu Jun shared a picture of an insect, and Guo Kunnan praised it as a rare Old Water Buffalo for the season.
• Chen Qian privately asked Huang Zhongfei to kick Shan Kaiquan from the group, but Huang Zhongfei refused to act on the request.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning which places with beautiful scenery he had visited.

Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong about his limited travels and the sights of Wencheng, then strengthened his Spiritual Sense through cultivation. He began carving a protective jade pendant and considered how to secure the resources he needed to reach Foundation Establishment.

• Jiang Ning explained to Xue Yuantong that he had visited few places, and she excitedly asked about the ocean and Wencheng’s Human Head Mountain.
• Jiang Ning teased Xue Yuantong about her fear of riding a tractor, and she privately blamed Aunt Gu for telling him.
• Jiang Ning expanded his Spiritual Sense from a thirty-meter radius to one hundred meters and set breaking through to Foundation Establishment as his goal.
• Jiang Ning wondered whether Shao Shuangshuang had used the Evergreen Liquid and planned to discuss a medicine business with her.
• Jiang Ning cut a piece of jade into slices and began engraving a spiritual array into one slice to make a Body Protection Jade Pendant.

Jiang Ning made four protective jade pendants and considered who should receive them. At school, Ma Shicheng discovered that Everyday Cool Run could give him an excuse to add girls from his class on QQ.

• Jiang Ning engraved a protective formation and the Fallen Cloud Sect emblem into a jade pendant, then tested its ability to block a thrown knife.
• Jiang Ning finished four Body Protection Jade Pendants and decided to give them to his parents and Xue Yuantong, while wondering who should receive the last one.
• Xue Yuantong came to fetch Jiang Ning for dinner, and later Geng Lu told him she had wiped down his desk and chair.
• Ma Shicheng saw Guo Kunnan playing Everyday Cool Run and joined him and Shan Kaiquan in playing during evening self-study.
• Ma Shicheng learned that Yang Sheng and Geng Lu played the game, then realized he could use heart exchanges as a reason to add girls from his class on QQ.

Jiang Ning used his gaming skill and Spiritual Sense to help Geng Lu set a high score and warn classmates when the teacher arrived. After Shan Qingrong confiscated Miao Zhe’s phone, Miao Zhe lashed out at Pang Jiao, and their argument erupted into a fight that the class struggled to stop.

• Jiang Ning played Everyday Cool Run on Geng Lu’s phone until class began, earning an exceptionally high score and warning her that Shan Qingrong was coming.
• Ma Shicheng returned from adding girls on QQ, but Jiang Ning warned him to put his phone away before Shan Qingrong entered.
• Shan Qingrong confiscated Miao Zhe’s phone and warned the class against using phones during lessons.
• Pang Jiao chatted with Wang Yanyan at Miao Zhe’s desk, and Miao Zhe insulted Pang Jiao’s appearance after growing increasingly irritated.
• Miao Zhe and Pang Jiao fought, while Huang Zhongfei and Bai Yuxia hesitated to intervene and Bai Yuxia looked toward Jiang Ning for help.

Pang Jiao and Miao Zhe fought during evening self-study until they were exhausted, and Shan Qingrong took Pang Jiao to the infirmary while ordering Miao Zhe to meet him in the office. After evening self-study, Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a protective jade pendant and told her to wear it every day.

• Pang Jiao and Miao Zhe fought across the classroom while their classmates watched, argued over bets, or hesitated to intervene.
• Wang Longlong texted Shan Qingrong about the fight, hoping to prove himself useful to the class teacher.
• Miao Zhe and Pang Jiao stopped fighting when they were exhausted, and Miao Zhe left while Wang Yanyan gave Pang Jiao tissues for her bleeding face.
• Shan Qingrong arrived, sent Pang Jiao to the infirmary, and told the class to have Miao Zhe wait for him in the office.
• After evening self-study, Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a Spiritual Energy-imbued jade pendant and told her to keep wearing it.

Shao Wenjun discovered that Evergreen Liquid had regrown his hair, prompting Shao Shuangshuang to consider selling it. At school, Jiang Ning predicted Ma Shicheng would not finish memorizing his text before a class meeting interrupted morning study.

• Shao Wenjun showed Shao Shuangshuang his newly grown hair and asked her for more Evergreen Liquid.
• Shao Wenjun told Shao Shuangshuang that bald men would eagerly buy the medicine, and she wondered whether becoming its sales agent could make her money.
• Jiang Ning checked Geng Lu's recitation of "Zhu Zhiwu Retires the Qin Army" and corrected her mistakes.
• Jiang Ning predicted Ma Shicheng would not finish memorizing the text before Shan Qingrong called a class meeting.
• Shan Qingrong announced a midmonth Monthly Exam, said seats would be rearranged afterward, and warned students against fighting; Ma Shicheng then gave up memorizing.

Jiang Ning appointed Shao Shuangshuang to pursue sales of Evergreen Liquid, giving her a bottle and setting a payment deadline in exchange for the agency rights. He planned to place the medicine business and its profits under her name while keeping her under his control.

• Shao Shuangshuang asked Jiang Ning to help her obtain Evergreen Liquid, and they arranged to meet at her pawnshop.
• At school, Geng Lu revealed that Jiang Ning had taught her how to score highly in Everyday Cool Run, while Guo Ran appointed Jiang Ning chemistry class representative.
• Jiang Ning brought Shao Shuangshuang a liter of Evergreen Liquid and explained that its hair-regrowth effects lasted two months.
• Shao Shuangshuang proposed securing sales agency rights and offered her pharmaceutical industry connections to handle certifications, trials, and permits.
• Jiang Ning offered her the agency rights if she paid him two hundred thousand yuan within a week, and Shao Shuangshuang accepted the bottle.
• Jiang Ning decided that future Evergreen Liquid profits would be kept under Shao Shuangshuang's name and considered how to ensure she remained under his control.

Jiang Ning returned to class as Ma Shicheng and their classmates watched Qin's Moon and discussed a rumor about Dong Jiayi. After school, Jiang Ning bought food for Xue Yuantong and treated an elementary school student to Roasted Cold Noodles before running into Ma Shicheng outside Yucai Supermarket.

• Jiang Ning found classmates gathered around Ma Shicheng's phone, watching Qin's Moon and praising its picture quality and animation.
• Geng Lu told Jiang Ning and the others that Wei Xiuyuan from Class 1 was pursuing Dong Jiayi by bringing her snacks and fruit.
• Ma Shicheng and Shan Kaiquan mocked Wei Xiuyuan and said they would stop shopping at his family's Yucai Supermarket.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to buy her Roasted Cold Noodles, iced Fruit Tea, and a Roujiamo after claiming she had eaten only half a bowl of rice at lunch.
• Jiang Ning bought two orders of Roasted Cold Noodles and treated an elementary school student who often watched the stall because he lacked money.
• Ma Shicheng greeted Jiang Ning outside Yucai Supermarket and told him they would see each other in the classroom that night.

Ma Shicheng used Wifi Killer at Yucai Internet Cafe to cut off other users and speed up his video download, then returned to school feeling triumphant. There, Shan Kaiquan asked Jiang Ning and Ma Shicheng for advice about pursuing girls, while Wang Longlong borrowed Ma Shicheng’s phone.

• Ma Shicheng entered Yucai Internet Cafe to download videos but grew frustrated when other users made the Wi-Fi slow.
• Ma Shicheng used Wifi Killer to block other users on the network, interrupting a gamer’s match while his download sped up.
• Boss Wei restarted the network, cutting off Ma Shicheng’s connection as well, and Ma Shicheng planned to target only Wi-Fi users next time.
• Before evening self-study, Shan Kaiquan asked Jiang Ning how to pursue girls, and Jiang Ning said he did not know how.
• Ma Shicheng told Shan Kaiquan to become outstanding by improving his looks, grades, basketball, gaming, and emotional intelligence.
• Wang Longlong borrowed Ma Shicheng’s phone to play Everyday Cool Run, and Shan Kaiquan sighed that he envied how easily Wang found happiness.

On a rainy school day, Jiang Ning brought Xue Yuantong out for lunch under his umbrella. When a reckless great wolfhound charged toward the dog-fearing Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Jiang Ning told Geng Lu he had brought an umbrella and decided to stay at school for lunch because the rain was heavy.
• Xue Yuantong agreed to go eat with Jiang Ning after he pulled her away from her desk and shared his umbrella with her.
• Wang Longlong recited a line of poetry about spring rain, then could not continue when Geng Lu asked what came next.
• Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong toward a restaurant as they passed a great wolfhound whose owner let it frighten students and bite one student's pant leg.
• Xue Yuantong trembled when the great wolfhound ran toward her, and Jiang Ning placed a hand on her shoulder.

Jiang Ning used spiritual power to stop a dog from attacking Xue Yuantong and knocked its owner down, then took Xue Yuantong to eat. While considering how to expand Evergreen Liquid production, he decided to turn the wolfhound into a Spirit Soul for a spirit array.

• As the Fat Man let his wolfhound charge at Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning struck the dog with spiritual power and sent it collapsing to the ground.
• When the Fat Man rushed to check on the dog, Jiang Ning knocked him forward onto it and secretly placed a Divine Sense Imprint on him.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to a restaurant and ordered dishes they both liked while she played a game on his phone.
• Jiang Ning considered Evergreen Liquid production and realized a spirit array could extract its medicinal herbs, though it would require a Spirit Soul to operate.
• Jiang Ning decided to use the wolfhound as the Spirit Soul, reasoning that removing the dangerous dog would protect people and help those suffering from hair loss.

Jiang Ning treated Ma Shicheng and his classmates to lunch, and Ma Shicheng later thanked him with sunflower seeds. Ma Shicheng defied Jiang Ning’s warning and ate the seeds in class, provoking Dai Yongquan into a bizarre rant that put Geng Lu off sunflower seeds.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong ate lunch while Ma Shicheng and five classmates ordered a shared meal nearby.
• Jiang Ning paid the bill for Ma Shicheng’s group, and the classmates praised him after leaving the restaurant.
• Ma Shicheng bought sunflower seeds and later shared them with Jiang Ning and Geng Lu in the classroom.
• Jiang Ning warned Ma Shicheng to put the sunflower seeds away before class, but Ma Shicheng vowed to keep eating them.
• Dai Yongquan caught Ma Shicheng cracking seeds during class and launched into a strange lecture about women who cracked sunflower seeds.
• Geng Lu lost her appetite for the remaining sunflower seeds after hearing Dai Yongquan’s rant.

Shao Shuangshuang reported that Evergreen Liquid had sold well through the Bald Head Group, and Jiang Ning arranged to meet her and supply more for a second promotion. At school, Shan Qingrong announced that Class 8 would move after the Monthly Exam, while several students resolved to prove themselves in the upcoming test.

• Shao Shuangshuang sold sixteen of twenty bottles of Evergreen Liquid after Shao Wenjun’s hair growth and two wealthy customers’ results convinced members of the Bald Head Group to buy it.
• Shao Shuangshuang set aside bottles for testing, pharmaceutical qualifications, Shao Wenjun, and reserve, and emailed Jiang Ning her suggestion to lower the price.
• Jiang Ning replied that he would meet Shao Shuangshuang at her shop the day after tomorrow and give her enough Evergreen Liquid for one hundred people to use in the next promotion.
• Shan Qingrong told Class 8 that they would move to the rear teaching building after the Monthly Exam and recalled how the school had once lacked windows and basic equipment.
• Shan Qingrong announced scholarships for the Monthly Exam, and Dong Qingfeng, Chen Qian, and Bai Yuxia resolved to challenge the Experimental Class students.