Recaps

Jiang Ning retrieved the Azure Luo Zhi from a family whose elderly father was dying of cancer, then used a healing Pill to keep the man alive and ease his suffering. With the Spirit Wood Boat’s materials complete, Jiang Ning returned to Xue Yuantong with South City treats and shared a sunny meal with her.

• Shao Shuangshuang told Jiang Ning that a family had bought the Azure Luo Zhi for eight million to save an elder, and Jiang Ning went to their hospital room.
• Jiang Ning knocked General Manager Xu and his father unconscious, gave the old man a healing Pill, and took the Azure Luo Zhi.
• Jiang Ning completed the materials needed for the Spirit Wood Boat and bought pastries, roast duck, and cherries in South City.
• Jiang Ning returned to the Dam, where Xue Yuantong eagerly helped set out the food and fed him a cherry.

Class Eight prepared for its New Year's Gala, and the evening performances began with Wu Xiaoqi's basketball-and-dance routine, Ma Shicheng's sword act, and Huang Zhongfei's guitar solo. Bai Yuxia then performed a graceful dance, leaving Shan Kaiquan more determined to confess his feelings to her.

• Shan Kaiquan repaid Jiang Ning the fifty yuan he had borrowed and planned to buy Bai Yuxia hot milk.
• Class Eight decorated its classroom and rearranged the desks for the gala, while Jiang Ning collected holiday pastries from Shao Shuangshuang with Xue Yuantong.
• Chen Siyu, Bai Yuxia, and Yang Sheng ate together, and Bai Yuxia arranged to change into her dance outfit in Chen Siqing's dorm.
• Shen Qing'e and Dong Qingfeng hosted the gala, and Wu Xiaoqi opened it with a basketball routine and street dance.
• Ma Shicheng performed a sword dance that turned into a staged fight with Wang Longlong, prompting Huang Zhongfei to move his guitar solo earlier and restore order.
• Bai Yuxia performed a graceful dance, and Shan Kaiquan watched her in awe and decided he would confess to her that night.

Shen Qing'e hosted a Musical Chairs game at the Class 8 New Year's Gala, where Ma Shicheng and Yang Sheng advanced to the final. Yang Sheng beat Ma Shicheng for the last chair, leaving him eliminated.

• Shen Qing'e chose Musical Chairs for the class game, and ten students joined, including Yang Sheng and Ma Shicheng.
• Ma Shicheng took Jiang Yanan's chair in the first round, eliminating her and leaving her vowing revenge.
• Pang Jiao eliminated four classmates in a row before Song Sheng knocked her out, and Ma Shicheng then eliminated Song Sheng.
• Yang Sheng and Ma Shicheng reached the final and circled the last chair until the bell stopped.
• Yang Sheng sat down first and defeated Ma Shicheng, calling him a noob.

Grade One, Class Eight's New Year's Gala ended with Jiang Ning dazzling the class with elaborate fire magic. The students celebrated the New Year, and Xue Yuantong quietly asked Jiang Ning if he wanted to stamp it.

• Wang Longlong performed an awkward moonwalk against Huang Zhongfei's desk, unsettling Huang and making Ma Shicheng and the others laugh.
• Jiang Ning shared his cakes with Xue Yuantong, Geng Lu, and Bai Yuxia before taking the stage for his magic act.
• Jiang Ning darkened the classroom, covered himself in flames, wielded fire swords, and formed twelve fiery zodiac animals, including a white rabbit on Xue Yuantong's desk.
• The lights came back on, the students lamented that nobody had recorded Jiang Ning's act, and the gala ended as the teachers arrived.
• The class exchanged New Year greetings, and Xue Yuantong quietly asked Jiang Ning whether he wanted to stamp it.

After Class Eight's gala, Xue Yuantong persuaded Jiang Ning to buy her popcorn, then insisted on pushing him on his bike along the river road. Back in the dorm, Guo Kunnan and Hu Jun admired Jiang Ning's magic, while Shan Kaiquan broke his unusual silence to praise Bai Yuxia's dance.

• Yang Sheng made Ma Shicheng empty the trash, counting the task as three of his owed cleaning duties.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to buy her popcorn, and he gave in despite reminding her how much she had eaten.
• Feeling bloated, Xue Yuantong got off the bike and pushed Jiang Ning along the road by the river.
• Guo Kunnan and Hu Jun discussed Jiang Ning's magic and tried to work out how his tricks had worked.
• Guo Kunnan asked which girl's gala performance had been best, and Shan Kaiquan enthusiastically declared Bai Yuxia's dance the winner.

Shan Kaiquan tried to confess to Bai Yuxia, but a mistaken name and her assumption that he was playing Truth or Dare left him embarrassed and heartbroken. He and Guo Kunnan ran out to the School Field, while Bai Yuxia remained unsure whether his confession was serious.

• Shan Kaiquan hid his interest in Bai Yuxia from his dormmates and, after hearing that other boys might pursue her, decided to confess that night.
• Shan Kaiquan asked Jiang Ning to review his confession message, then sent it to Bai Yuxia while mistakenly leaving Dong Jiayi's name in the text.
• Bai Yuxia asked Shan Kaiquan whether he wanted her to forward the message to Dong Jiayi, and Shan Kaiquan resent it with her name instead.
• Bai Yuxia treated the confession as a Truth or Dare prank, and Shan Kaiquan pretended she had guessed correctly while struggling to hide his hurt.
• Shan Kaiquan asked Guo Kunnan to run ten laps with him, and the two rushed out of the dormitory.

Jiang Ning cultivated with Soul Submergence Incense, teased Xue Yuantong, and spent New Year's Day crafting and testing a Spirit Wood Boat. He flew it to the River Dam, then rode his Mountain Bike toward his rental house.

• Xue Yuantong visited Jiang Ning, inhaled his incense, and agreed to meet him for a fishing competition the next afternoon.
• Jiang Ning left for Tiger Perch Mountain and used Wind Dispelling Crystal, Azure Luo Zhi, and other materials to craft a Spirit Wood Boat.
• Jiang Ning finished the boat, tested its concealment and protective formations, and shrank it to palm size.
• Jiang Ning flew the Spirit Wood Boat above Tiger Perch Mountain and Yuzhou City, measuring its speed and maneuverability.
• Jiang Ning flew to the River Dam, put away the boat, and rode his Mountain Bike toward his rental house.

Jiang Ning met Xue Chuchu, a diligent student from Xue Yuantong’s village, when he visited the Xue family and shared sugar-coated haws with the girls. As Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning played Chinese chess in the sun, Xue Chuchu caught him secretly changing the pieces to trick Yuantong into losing.

• Jiang Ning returned to the Xue family home, met Xue Chuchu, and gave her and Xue Yuantong sugar-coated haws.
• Aunt Gu told Hua Fengmei that Jiang Ning was a helpful, high-achieving student, while Hua regretted not renting the neighboring house earlier.
• Xue Yuantong tried to interest Xue Chuchu in a phone game, but Chuchu declined and returned to memorizing English words.
• Xue Yuantong invited Jiang Ning to play Chinese chess, and Xue Chuchu watched while resisting the urge to join so she could focus on studying.
• Jiang Ning secretly rearranged the chess pieces and persuaded Xue Yuantong that she had mistaken the position; Xue Chuchu noticed his trick and judged his chess etiquette poor.

Xue Yuantong beat Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu at Chinese Chess, though her first victory over Jiang Ning came after she secretly switched the pieces. The three then shared lunch at Xue Yuantong’s home, where Aunt Gu and Hua Fengmei welcomed Xue Chuchu and talked about Aunt Gu’s recovery from a fall.

• Xue Yuantong distracted Jiang Ning and switched the chess pieces, then declared checkmate and celebrated her win.
• Xue Yuantong invited Xue Chuchu to play, and Xue Chuchu lost quickly before pushing a piece forward to start another game.
• Jiang Ning warmed the kitchen slightly with Mana while the group gathered for lunch at Xue Yuantong’s house.
• Xue Yuantong introduced the dishes and bickered with Jiang Ning over a hot steamed bun as Aunt Gu and Hua Fengmei served lunch.
• Hua Fengmei asked Aunt Gu about work, and Aunt Gu explained that she had stopped working at the restaurant after injuring her hand in a bicycle fall.
• Xue Yuantong urged Xue Chuchu to eat more, and Aunt Gu served her mutton while Xue Yuantong placed a piece of meat on Jiang Ning’s bun.

Aunt Gu told Hua Fengmei about her well-paid chef job at Yuzhou Mansion and offered to ask whether the company could hire Fengmei. Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu fishing, where he secretly used Spiritual Energy to make fish bite Xue Yuantong’s hook after she had caught nothing.

• Aunt Gu told Hua Fengmei that she earned five thousand yuan a month as a chef at Yuzhou Mansion, and she offered to ask about a job for Fengmei.
• Jiang Ning messaged Shao Shuangshuang to arrange for Hua Fengmei to be considered for work at the company.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu went fishing at the River Dam, where Xue Chuchu watched and studied vocabulary.
• Xue Yuantong caught no fish for an hour and a half while Jiang Ning filled his container, so she blamed her unlucky fishing spot and wanted to go home.
• Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy, and fish began biting Xue Yuantong’s hook one after another.
• Jiang Ning reminded Xue Yuantong that she had agreed the fish she caught would count as his.

Xue Chuchu left Xue Yuantong’s home after enjoying a warm family dinner, while Jiang Ning later went to evening self-study at No. 4 Middle School. There, Cui Yu turned Shan Kaiquan and the others against Shen Xu by gossiping about Shen Xu’s girlfriend and spreading suggestive rumors about their relationship.

• Xue Chuchu and Hua Fengmei left after Aunt Gu invited them to visit again, and Xue Chuchu reflected on how much she envied the warmth and sunlight at Xue Yuantong’s home.
• Xue Yuantong claimed she could knit a hat and told Jiang Ning that she had knitted the scarf he was wearing.
• At evening self-study, Shan Kaiquan arrived with milk he had bought for Bai Yuxia, but kept his distance after his failed confession.
• Cui Yu told Shan Kaiquan and the others that Shen Xu’s pretty girlfriend was in the Experimental Class and liked playing games.
• Cui Yu suggested Shen Xu was unworthy of his girlfriend and urged the boys to stop buying from him, while Shan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan joined in criticizing him.
• Cui Yu claimed Shen Xu and his girlfriend returned to his rental together, lowering the boys’ opinion of Shen Xu and fulfilling Cui Yu’s plan to sabotage his business.

Shan Kaiquan tried to impress Bai Yuxia by running laps and doing push-ups, but he collapsed from exhaustion and became a laughingstock. Back in class, he brooded over his embarrassment as Shen Xu arrived to sell touchscreen gloves.

• Shan Kaiquan told Guo Kunnan he would run ten laps and asked Bai Yuxia to join him, but she said she would go with Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a green satiation pill to inspect after she asked about the sweet pill he had eaten.
• Shan Kaiquan sprinted past Bai Yuxia and the twins, then stopped after four laps to perform push-ups in front of them.
• Shan Kaiquan collapsed when he could no longer support himself, and Guo Kunnan helped him recover while the others watched.
• Shan Kaiquan asked Wang Longlong whether he had looked foolish, and Wang Longlong bluntly said his collapse had been hilarious.
• Shen Xu entered Class Eight to demonstrate touchscreen gloves, while Cui Yu urged the class not to buy anything from him.

Shen Xu sold touchscreen gloves in Class Eight while Xue Yuantong daydreamed about baked chicken wings and the students joked about smoking. As Miao Zhe rushed out and collided with Shen Xu’s girlfriend, Shen Xu struck him and confronted him.

• Xue Yuantong imagined celebrating her and Jiang Ning’s strength with baked chicken wings, while Shen Xu tried to sell gloves to the class.
• Meng Gui bargained with Shen Xu, then bought a pair of touchscreen gloves for twenty-three yuan.
• Cui Yu and the others discussed Meng Gui accepting a cigarette, and Hu Jun declared that he hoped to donate his healthy lungs before Wang Longlong pointed out they might go to a smoker.
• Miao Zhe hurried toward the classroom door and collided with Shen Xu’s girlfriend, then blamed her for not watching where she was going.
• Shen Xu recognized his girlfriend, slapped the back of Miao Zhe’s head, and demanded to know if he had left his eyes at home.

Shen Xu and Miao Zhe fought in Class Eight after Shen Xu accused Miao Zhe of bumping into his girlfriend, but Wang Longlong’s outrageous commentary interrupted the brawl and the two left without a clear winner. Later, Miao Zhe reflected on his loneliness and comforted himself by chatting with Yun Ni, whose identity and whereabouts remained uncertain.

• Shen Xu slapped Miao Zhe and challenged him, and Miao Zhe clawed Shen Xu before they began fighting in front of the class.
• Wang Longlong loudly narrated the fight with increasingly absurd commentary until Shen Xu angrily told him to stop, and the fight ended in a truce.
• Shen Xu left Class Eight with his girlfriend, and Miao Zhe left shortly afterward.
• During evening self-study, Miao Zhe recalled being bullied and explained to himself that fighting had made him feel invincible despite his loneliness.
• After evening self-study, Miao Zhe chatted with Yun Ni, exchanged stories about fights at their schools, and felt reassured by their connection.
• Yun Ni said she felt unwell and went offline, so Miao Zhe visited her QQ Space and left her a romantic message.

As the citywide unified final exam approached, Jiang Ning helped Bai Yuxia with math while Xue Yuantong prepared to show her full ability. Jiang Ning also considered his cultivation plans and family, and the chapter ended with Xue Yuantong asking him to fetch her water.

• Jiang Ning explained a math problem to Bai Yuxia, who gave him a box of Strawberry Mousse Sweet Cones to share with Xue Yuantong and Shan Kaiquan.
• Shan Kaiquan revealed that the first-year final exam would be a citywide unified exam, and Bai Yuxia confirmed it by asking her father.
• Xue Yuantong said she would use all her strength in the exam, while Bai Yuxia set a goal of reaching the top fifty and Shan Kaiquan predicted she would make the top ten.
• Chen Qian challenged Xue Yuantong, declaring that she would taste the bitterness of failure before returning to his seat to study.
• Jiang Ning thought about harvesting his medicinal herbs, reaching the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, exploring the region above Tiger Perch Mountain, and helping his parents through Evergreen Liquid.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to fetch her a cup of water and offered to treat him to hot pot during vacation.

Ma Shicheng clashed with Yu Wen over her idol worship, while Yang Sheng asked Jiang Ning for help with a problem. Song Sheng resolved to study for the Final Exam so he could change seats and escape Wu Xiaoqi, who vowed to keep sitting beside him.

• Ma Shicheng remembered how he had tricked a celebrity fan into rebuilding her QQ group before kicking everyone out again.
• When Yu Wen insulted the boys around her while praising Professor Do, Ma Shicheng mocked her and traded barbs with her and Jiang Yanan.
• Yang Sheng asked Jiang Ning to review a problem with her, and he told her to organize her mistake notebook first.
• Song Sheng focused on studying for the Final Exam so he could change seats and stop sitting with Wu Xiaoqi.
• After Song Sheng mocked Wu Xiaoqi's chances of scoring well, Wu Xiaoqi messaged his parents about getting high scores and declared that he would stay Song Sheng's seatmate.

As Class 8 prepared for the Final Unified Exam, Jiang Ning quietly cultivated while Xue Yuantong and Shan Kaiquan focused on their own ambitions. The exam-room assignments heightened Shan Kaiquan’s resolve to improve, while Chen Qian confidently vowed to reach the top exam room next time.

• Class 8 students studied intensely for the citywide Final Unified Exam as Shan Qingrong reminded them to prepare.
• Jiang Ning refined a Qi Gathering Pill during class, and Xue Yuantong returned with an apple for him to split and share with classmates.
• Shan Qingrong announced the post-exam plans, including when students should collect their report cards, and said there would be no parent-teacher meeting.
• Bai Yuxia read out the exam-room assignments: Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning were in Exam Room No. 1, while she was in Exam Room No. 4.
• Xue Yuantong urged Jiang Ning to study harder so their exam seats would be closer, and Shan Kaiquan resolved to improve enough to share an exam room with Bai Yuxia.
• Chen Qian told Bai Yuxia they would be in the same exam room and confidently declared that he would reach Exam Room No. 1 next time, prompting Shan Kaiquan to vow to surpass him.

Song Sheng looked forward to leaving Wu Xiaoqi behind as the first-semester final exams began, but the examination-room drama included Lin Zida discovering his missing game console and Ding Shuyan quietly watching Jiang Ning. After the exams, Jiang Ning declined Guo Kunnan and Meng Gui’s invitation to go skating because he planned to eat hotpot with Xue Yuantong.

• Song Sheng recalled Wu Xiaoqi’s distracting classroom habits and imagined the next unlucky classmate taking his seat beside him.
• Ma Shicheng used Du Chuan’s examination seat to play a game, then left with Wang Longlong as Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong arrived.
• Ding Shuyan entered the examination room without acknowledging Jiang Ning, while Lin Zida discovered his 3ds Game was missing and vowed to find the thief.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong handed in their final exam papers early, and Ding Shuyan watched them leave before returning to her test.
• Guo Kunnan invited Jiang Ning to go skating with Meng Gui, but Jiang Ning declined because he planned to eat hotpot with Xue Yuantong.

After the Final Unified Exam, Xue Yuantong went home to sleep before her hotpot feast while Jiang Ning cultivated and reached the Kindling Lamp realm in Spiritual Sense. He then learned that Linzhong Sheng Group was blocking Evergreen Liquid Group’s purchases, and ordered Shao Shuangshuang to use the company’s available funds to outbid them.

• Xue Yuantong rode home with Jiang Ning and went straight to bed, asking Aunt Gu to wake her at seven for hotpot.
• Jiang Ning cultivated with Soul Submergence Incense and discovered that his Spiritual Sense had reached the Kindling Lamp realm at Qi Refining Layer 4.
• Jiang Ning messaged Shao Shuangshuang and learned that Linzhong Sheng Group had been buying rare items first and demanding shares from Evergreen Liquid Group.
• Jiang Ning told Shao Shuangshuang to reserve money for expansion, operations, and twelve months of salaries, then use the rest to compete with Linzhong Sheng Group on price.
• Jiang Ning considered retrieving spiritual items himself once his cultivation and Spirit Boat improved.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared a hot pot dinner, where she invited him to set off fireworks together on New Year's Eve, and he agreed. Later, a returning laborer eyed the household of Aunt Gu and Xue Yuantong, but backed off after hearing how strong Jiang Ning was.

• Jiang Ning woke Xue Yuantong, and they went out to eat hot pot after Aunt Gu declined to join them.
• At the restaurant, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong enjoyed their meal while a stern mother made her son's birthday gathering with classmates awkward.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to set off fireworks with her on New Year's Eve, and he agreed despite expecting to visit his parents.
• On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Ning met several returning laborers outside his home.
• Leather Jacket Man considered causing trouble for Aunt Gu's household, but an old man warned him that Jiang Ning was exceptionally strong, so he abandoned the idea.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong headed to school after breakfast to collect their report cards. At No.4 Middle School, Ma Shicheng discovered he had ranked last in Class 8 and stood apart from the celebrating crowd, feeling like an outsider.

• Xue Yuantong generously gave Jiang Ning a rolled Shui Lao Mo, hoping to earn an excuse to play on his computer later.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left for school after breakfast while Aunt Gu stayed behind to wash the dishes.
• Ma Shicheng arrived early at No.4 Middle School and convinced himself his exam results would be better than before.
• Ma Shicheng checked Class 8's ranking from the bottom and found himself in last place, while Song Sheng ranked ninth and Wu Xiaoqi ranked third.
• Ma Shicheng moved aside for other students and watched them celebrate their results from outside the crowd.

After the exam results showed Xue Yuantong first in the city and Jiang Ning second in the grade, the students reacted to their own rankings and celebrated their progress. On Little New Year, Xue Yuantong measured her height, then borrowed Jiang Ning’s computer to play a game while he cultivated.

• Bai Yuxia told Xue Yuantong that she had placed first in the city, and Xue Yuantong praised Jiang Ning for placing second in the grade.
• Shan Kaiquan told Bai Yuxia that she had placed fifth in the class and thirty-sixth in the grade, and he announced his own improvement to twenty-second in the class.
• Song Sheng confronted Wu Xiaoqi about placing third in the class, but Wu Xiaoqi kept quiet about how he had earned the result.
• Hu Jun brought his parrot to class, then handed it to Cui Yu after Cui Yu offered to take him to an ice rink where someone taught students to skate hand in hand.
• On Little New Year, Xue Yuantong measured herself and found that she had grown three centimeters to 153 centimeters.
• Xue Yuantong borrowed Jiang Ning’s computer to play LOL while Jiang Ning cultivated, then asked him to help beat someone who had called her an elementary schooler.

Jiang Ning considered how to trace people through internet signals after Xue Yuantong was harassed in a game, then secretly marked Xue Chuchu after learning she was being threatened by the thief who stole her QQ account. Xue Chuchu hid the threat from everyone, while Jiang Ning prepared to keep watch without telling her.

• Xue Yuantong angrily played a game after another player called her an elementary school kid, and Jiang Ning resolved to develop a technique for locating online harassers.
• Jiang Ning asked Shao Shuangshuang to contact research teams about electromagnetism and signals, rejecting the simpler suggestion of obtaining an IP address from an internet company.
• Jiang Ning cooked for Xue Yuantong, helped relieve her numb legs, and later welcomed Xue Chuchu, who came to thank Aunt Gu for helping Hua Fengmei find work.
• Xue Chuchu read messages from the person who stole her QQ account, who demanded photos and threatened to find her at school, then blocked and deleted him.
• Jiang Ning noticed Xue Chuchu’s distress and placed a sound-monitoring Divine Sense Imprint on her, while she kept the threat secret from him and Xue Yuantong.

Xue Yuantong tried to prove she had grown taller, only to learn she was shorter at night than in the morning. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning advanced to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, investigated another world, and recovered a valuable Five-Colored Law Fragment before heading home for dinner.

• Xue Yuantong measured herself at 151.5 centimeters and learned from Xue Chuchu that she was shorter at night because of her spine settling during the day.
• Meng Gui invited classmates to go ice skating, and the class group discussed winter vacation plans.
• Jiang Ning met Shao Shuangshuang, reviewed a charity-school proposal and a list of materials taken by Linzhong Sheng Group, and asked about research into network signals.
• Jiang Ning refined Essence Nurturing Pills on Tiger Perch Mountain and broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
• Jiang Ning sent a Divine Essence Shuttle into another world, heard references to Source Stone Mines and family marriage alliances, and retrieved a Five-Colored Law Fragment.
• Jiang Ning failed to obtain another Law Fragment, then answered Xue Yuantong's call and flew home for dinner.

Jiang Ning traveled to Ancheng to collect puppet materials from Linzhong Sheng Group and continued his plan to refine the Five-Colored Law Fragment into a puppet that might enter the other world. After learning that Lin Zhe’s team was coming to Yuzhou with intercepted materials to pressure Evergreen Liquid, he headed toward Century Hotel to obtain them.

• Jiang Ning told his parents he would ride to Wencheng with a classmate’s family for New Year rather than take their high-speed rail ticket.
• Jiang Ning decided to use the Five-Colored Law Fragment in a puppet, hoping its ability to shield Heavenly Secrets might let the puppet enter the other world.
• Lin Han told Ding Shuyan that Lin Zhe was coming to Yuzhou to demand shares in Evergreen Liquid, using materials her group had intercepted as leverage.
• Jiang Ning flew to Ancheng, secretly took several puppet materials from a manor, and gave the manor’s owner a health-strengthening Pill.
• Jiang Ning learned from Shao Shuangshuang that Lin Zhe’s team was staying at Century Hotel, and he set out to collect the materials they had brought.