Recaps

Jiang Ning stole the materials Han Maosheng and Lin Zhe planned to use against Evergreen Liquid Group, then crafted a puppet and fused it with a Law Fragment. He discovered the puppet could enter another world and use its Feather Symbol to erase and imprint souls, and he began testing whether it could send a dog from the Current Realm there.

• Jiang Ning took the Puppet Materials from Han Maosheng and Lin Zhe’s Safe, leaving them without their leverage for negotiations with Evergreen Liquid Group.
• Jiang Ning crafted a puppet and fused a Law Fragment into it, awakening a Feather Symbol that let it cross into another world.
• Jiang Ning found that the Feather Symbol could erase the souls of solitary creatures in that world and leave their bodies as vessels marked by a Law Imprint.
• Jiang Ning studied the symbol’s limits and concluded that matching creatures in the two worlds could be linked for a possible soul swap.
• Jiang Ning knocked out a Black Dog in the Current Realm, marked it with the puppet, and activated the Law Imprint to test sending it to the other world.

Jiang Ning tested whether animals and humans could bring Law Fragments back from the Source World through soul exchanges, but none succeeded. He suspected that a powerful soul was necessary and began planning a careful experiment to strengthen someone he trusted.

• Jiang Ning observed Black Dog arrive in the Source World, where two beggars killed it, and confirmed that its real-world body suffered intense pain but survived.
• Jiang Ning tested a Yellow Dog and several monkeys, but none brought back Law Fragments; he concluded that ordinary creatures could not obtain them.
• Jiang Ning exchanged a human patient's soul into a vessel in the Source World, but the attempt still produced no Law Fragments.
• Jiang Ning recalled that only he had brought fragments back and suspected that his powerful soul had caused the unusual result.
• Jiang Ning decided to find someone he knew well, send them to the Source World, and help them cultivate enough to strengthen their soul.

Jiang Ning left for Wencheng to visit his parents while Xue Yuantong struggled with how much she would miss him. On New Year’s Eve, she woke up in Jiang Ning’s bed and ran into her mother.

• Jiang Ning packed his belongings, gave Xue Yuantong a key to watch his place, and left for the station after setting up an array in their rooms.
• Xue Yuantong watched Jiang Ning leave, tried to reassure herself she was glad to have his room to herself, and soon found his computer and games less enjoyable without him.
• Jiang Ning traveled to Wencheng on his Spirit Boat while using Shao Shuangshuang’s research to derive a method for reaching someone through the internet.
• Jiang Ning arrived in Wencheng and spotted his parents waiting for him at the station.
• On New Year’s Eve, Xue Yuantong woke up in Jiang Ning’s bed after falling asleep there while gaming, then encountered her mother outside the room.

Xue Yuantong celebrated New Year with her family while Jiang Ning spent the afternoon alone, chatting with his classmates. Ma Shicheng went out with a girl but abandoned her to admire phones, then discovered she had left and worried his mother would be angry.

• Xue Yuantong returned home, ate her mother's Eight Treasure Rice, and lit firecrackers to welcome the New Year.
• Jiang Ning replied to New Year greetings and read the lively Class 8 group chat.
• Ma Shicheng told his classmates he was taking his mother's friend's daughter out, and they offered him dating advice.
• Ma Shicheng went shopping with the girl but became captivated by the Xiaomi 3 and Meizu MX3 phones in a store.
• Ma Shicheng eventually looked for the girl and realized she had left, then worried that his mother would be mad.

Xue Yuantong celebrated the Lunar New Year with her family and released Kongming Lanterns with Jiang Ning when he unexpectedly returned. After Jiang Ning came back to Yuzhou for good and perfected a divination spell, Xue Yuantong’s slingshot demonstration went wrong, leaving him to save her from an exploding firecracker.

• Xue Yuantong set off firecrackers with her family on New Year’s Eve and missed Jiang Ning while preparing to release a Kongming Lantern.
• Jiang Ning arrived in the snowy night, used Spirit Fire to light three Kongming Lanterns, and celebrated the New Year with Xue Yuantong.
• On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Ning returned to Yuzhou for good and found Xue Yuantong had cleaned his room and derived two successful formulas.
• Jiang Ning confirmed the Yuan Three Formula, practiced the spell, and gained the ability to locate someone over a network within fifty kilometers.
• Xue Yuantong tried to demonstrate her slingshot skills by launching a lit Small Landmine, but it struck her finger and fell beside her foot.
• Jiang Ning stomped out the Small Landmine with Mana and asked Xue Yuantong if she had been putting on a face-changing act.

After discovering that Xue Chuchu’s online harasser had found her school and threatened her, Jiang Ning used the Yuan Three Spell to locate him. He confronted the man in Tu County and brutally punished him before leaving.

• Xue Yuantong pretended that she had planned the failed Small Landmine stunt, while Xue Chuchu refused to light another one.
• Xue Chuchu accepted a QQ request from the man who had stolen her account, and he threatened to track down her family, classmates, and friends.
• Jiang Ning used the Yuan Three Spell to locate the harasser and told Xue Yuantong he would return within half an hour.
• Jiang Ning flew to the man's apartment, where he discovered the man was harassing women and scamming children online.
• Jiang Ning restrained the man with Spiritual Energy and punished him, then sent the child a message warning him not to share his password.

Yuzhou No.4 Middle School reopened for the new semester, and the students returned to class with new habits, rivalries, and anticipation about changing seats. As Shan Qingrong announced a seating rearrangement, Guo Kunnan spotted Cui Yu sneaking toward the back row with his phone.

• Xue Yuantong sighed over school starting again until Jiang Ning challenged her to finish breakfast first or wash the dishes.
• Meng Gui showed off his new smoking habit to Wang Longlong, who taught him to fold cigarette-pack foil into gold ingots as a joke.
• Cui Yu arrived with a bloody face and blamed Miao Zhe, while Miao Zhe silently endured Pang Jiao’s slight and looked forward to choosing a better seat.
• Jiang Ning greeted Geng Lu and watched their classmates return as Shan Qingrong announced that he would rearrange the seats that afternoon and shift them every two weeks.
• Guo Kunnan found pleasure only in cleaning fingerprints from his phone, then noticed Cui Yu sneaking toward the back row with his phone.

Ma Shicheng accidentally threw Miao Zhe’s phone into the school dump after Cui Yu hid it in a trash bag. Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to help Cui Yu find the phone, which Cui Yu cleaned before returning to class.

• Miao Zhe searched the back row for his missing phone, while Cui Yu secretly watched him.
• Ma Shicheng tossed Wang Longlong’s heavy trash bag into the school dump, unaware that it contained Miao Zhe’s phone.
• Cui Yu told Ma Shicheng what was in the bag and dragged him to the dump to search for the phone.
• Jiang Ning located the orange-peel bag with his Spiritual Sense, and Cui Yu retrieved the phone after it spilled into the garbage.
• Cui Yu cleaned Miao Zhe’s phone with tissues and saliva, then headed back to class and asked Ma Shicheng and Jiang Ning to keep it secret.

Miao Zhe celebrated escaping Pang Jiao by messaging Yun Ni, while Wang Longlong lost hope of becoming class monitor. As Wang Longlong slept, Jiang Ning and Puppet began sending him into another world through a vessel, leaving him to experience it as a dream.

• Miao Zhe moved to a back-corner seat to avoid Pang Jiao, while Song Sheng and Wu Xiaoqi sat together and Pang Jiao's group gathered around them.
• Miao Zhe messaged Yun Ni, comforted her about her grades, and happily read that she liked him.
• Wang Longlong realized Shan Qingrong had not made him class monitor and recalled how being disbelieved as a child had driven him to pursue the position.
• Jiang Ning and Puppet entered Wang Longlong's room and prepared to send his soul to a vessel in the Source World.
• Puppet touched Wang Longlong's forehead and wished him a sweet dream.

Wang Longlong awoke in the body of a Qi Family Shadow Guard and was assigned to investigate the Han Family. He recruited beggars into an intelligence organization called the Dragon Group and was hailed as its Dragon King.

• Wang Longlong learned that he had taken over a Shadow Guard's body and memories after awakening in the Qi Family residence.
• Uncle Qi Lin ordered Wang Longlong to investigate the Han Family and gave him silver and the Dark Guard Xiao Bao to assist him.
• Wang Longlong sent Xiao Bao to recruit people on Double Willow Street and devised a plan to gather intelligence through an organization.
• Wang Longlong and Xiao Bao gathered more than twenty beggars in a ruined temple and fed them meat.
• Wang Longlong invited the beggars to join his organization, named it the Dragon Group, and was acclaimed as the Dragon King.

Jiang Ning observed Wang Longlong founding a Dragon Group in the Source World instead of cultivating, then made breakfast for Xue Yuantong and went to school. Wang Longlong remembered his adventure only as a hazy dream and asked Ma Shicheng about it, leaving him searching for an explanation.

• Jiang Ning decided to keep observing Wang Longlong after seeing him found a Dragon Group on his first night in the Source World.
• Jiang Ning cooked Glutinous Rice Jujube Porridge and buns for Xue Yuantong, who argued with him over the jujubes and the missing Shrimp Bun.
• Jiang Ning collected the chemistry papers at school, and Wang Longlong copied Bai Yuxia's paper after asking to borrow one.
• Shan Kaiquan wiped Wang Longlong's traces from Bai Yuxia's paper and placed it back with his own.
• Wang Longlong asked Ma Shicheng whether he had ever had a dream, hinting at the strange adventure he could not clearly remember.

Yang Sheng deflated Ma Shicheng’s pride, prompting him to imagine a future academic comeback before retreating to his games. Meanwhile, Xue Yuantong used Jiang Ning’s hint to identify Chen Siqing, and Meng Gui revealed he had abandoned Jiang Yanan because he now wanted to pursue her best friend.

• Yang Sheng overheard Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng discussing his time-travel dream, then mocked Ma Shicheng by implying his gaming skill should come with good grades.
• Ma Shicheng resolved to turn Yang Sheng’s ridicule into motivation for a future comeback, but soon returned to playing games.
• Chen Siqing challenged Xue Yuantong to identify which twin she was, and Xue Yuantong correctly named her as the older sister with Jiang Ning’s help.
• Cui Yu asked Meng Gui why he had stopped pursuing Jiang Yanan, and Meng Gui said he had fallen for Jiang Yanan’s best friend instead.

Jiang Ning discussed choosing science subjects with Geng Lu, who planned to study fine arts and invited him to dinner with money she had earned drawing online. Later, Deng Xiang asked Wu Xiaoqi to join a fight, but Wu Xiaoqi questioned how his basketball tattoo would help.

• Geng Lu told Jiang Ning she planned to study fine arts so she could improve her drawing and help him, and Jiang Ning encouraged her.
• Geng Lu showed Jiang Ning the thirty yuan she had earned from drawing commissions and invited him to dinner after school; he agreed.
• Xue Yuantong shared her Apple and walnuts with Jiang Ning, Bai Yuxia, and Chen Siyu, while Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia remarked on Huang Yuzhu's unusual independence.
• Deng Xiang returned to Class 8 and called Wu Xiaoqi into the hallway, where he invited him to help with a fight that night.
• Wu Xiaoqi declined to see how his basketball tattoo could help put on a show.

Jiang Ning teased Xue Yuantong with a weak electric shock, then went with Geng Lu to a noodle shop, where they talked over dinner. Bai Yuxia and Yang Sheng arrived with the twins, and after eating, Jiang Ning and Geng Lu parted ways when she had something to do.

• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a small electric shock to make her hold her phone farther from her eyes.
• Jiang Ning and Geng Lu walked to Xin Xin Noodles and ordered fried sauce noodles and fried skewers.
• Jiang Ning explained how Hugou Pancakes were made, and Geng Lu praised his knowledge.
• Yang Sheng, Bai Yuxia, and the twin girls arrived at the noodle shop and joined the other customers.
• Geng Lu paid for their meal with the money she had earned drawing online, then told Jiang Ning she had something to do and would not return to campus with him.

Jiang Ning bought food for Xue Yuantong, drained her phone battery to curb her phone use, and encountered Ding Shuyan in the Small Garden. He inspected her unusual soul but chose not to involve her in the Source World yet, leaving her to go after a brief, unsettling exchange.

• Jiang Ning bought snacks and saw Wang Longlong pay for roasted sausages for a group of elementary school students, then left without interfering.
• Jiang Ning brought food back to Xue Yuantong and used the Yuan Two Formula in reverse to drain her phone battery before leaving the classroom.
• Jiang Ning went to the Small Garden, where he noticed Ding Shuyan walking with Li Shi and beckoned Ding Shuyan over.
• Jiang Ning inspected Ding Shuyan's resilient soul and decided to wait before sending her into the Source World while he continued experiments with Wang Longlong.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to inspect Ding Shuyan's heartbeat, asked whether she feared him, and dismissed her.

Ding Shuyan left Jiang Ning after an encounter that left Li Shi wondering about their connection, while Li Shi’s thoughts turned to Zhuang Jianhui. In Class 8, Ma Shicheng mocked Yu Wen and Lu Qiqi’s attempts to outdo each other with their boyfriends, then Guo Kunnan asked him for advice after a girl requested his QQ.

• Ding Shuyan told Li Shi that she and Jiang Ning had only become acquainted after she came to No.4 Middle School, and Li Shi grew curious about him.
• Li Shi thought about Zhuang Jianhui’s talents and popularity as she and Ding Shuyan headed toward the teaching building.
• Yu Wen and Lu Qiqi competed by comparing their boyfriends and admirers, including their looks, grades, and talents.
• Ma Shicheng compared the girls’ boyfriends to Pokémon they sent out to show off, provoking Yu Wen to hit his arm with a textbook.
• Guo Kunnan returned to Class 8 and told Ma Shicheng that a girl had asked for his QQ after he played Basketball, then asked him for advice.

Ma Shicheng intervened when Manman insulted Guo Kunnan while asking for Huang Zhongfei’s QQ, then used his alternate account to get her to add him instead. Later, Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to help her raise a rabbit, but her fondness for eating rabbit undermined her case, and they left the animals behind.

• Guo Kunnan showed Ma Shicheng Manman’s messages, and they discovered she wanted Huang Zhongfei’s QQ rather than Guo Kunnan’s.
• After Manman mocked Guo Kunnan, Ma Shicheng took the phone and made her call him “good big brother” in a voice message before sending her his alternate QQ account.
• Manman added Ma Shicheng’s alternate account, complimented him, and asked if he needed a girlfriend; Guo Kunnan realized she had deleted him.
• On February 22, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning rode to the farmers market, where Xue Yuantong spotted caged rabbits beside the River Dam and said she wanted to raise one.
• Jiang Ning questioned Xue Yuantong about her past rabbits, and her enthusiastic answers revealed she was imagining eating them; she protested as he pushed the bike away.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong headed to the River Dam to fish after he promised to catch the little fish she wanted. They helped Geek Yangyang and his team get their car back up the slope, then declined to appear in his video and continued on their way.

• Xue Yuantong complained that Jiang Ning would not buy her a rabbit, but cheered up when he said he would catch fish for lunch.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong set out for the River Dam with fishing gear while Aunt Gu was away.
• Mingming accidentally drove Geek Yangyang's sedan down the River Dam's steep slope and could not get it back up.
• Jiang Ning agreed to help, and he and several other men pushed the sedan back onto the River Dam.
• Geek Yangyang invited Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong to appear in his video, but Jiang Ning declined so they could go fishing.

Jiang Ning caught a huge catfish with his spiritual power while fishing with Xue Yuantong, then refused to sell it to a pushy man for four hundred yuan. Xue Yuantong praised Jiang Ning for not letting money sway him and promised to cook him lunch.

• Jiang Ning explained phone reviews to Xue Yuantong as they walked to the Hui River.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense and spiritual power to catch a twelve-jin catfish, astonishing Xue Yuantong and a nearby angler.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left with the catfish, and Xue Yuantong eagerly imagined cooking it.
• Lao Liu tried to buy Jiang Ning's fish for one hundred yuan and then four hundred, but Jiang Ning refused and walked away.
• Xue Yuantong praised Jiang Ning for standing by his principles and offered to make him something delicious for lunch.

Xue Yuantong invited Xue Chuchu over to help prepare the giant catfish Jiang Ning had caught, and they shared an elaborate fish lunch together. As they toasted, Xue Chuchu wished that they could enjoy days like this year after year.

• Xue Yuantong sent Xue Chuchu photos of Jiang Ning’s enormous catfish and invited her to lunch.
• Xue Chuchu accepted the invitation, told her mother she would eat at Xue Yuantong’s house, and rode over.
• Xue Yuantong gave up pretending she might release the fish and divided it into dishes to braise, steam, and stir-fry.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu shared an all-fish feast, with Jiang Ning using a Formation to keep the food warm.
• Xue Chuchu raised her cup with her friends and wished that they would have days like this year after year.

During evening self-study, Shan Qingrong tried to confiscate Ma Shicheng’s phone but failed to find it, while Jiang Ning watched through his Spiritual Sense. Shan Kaiquan later showed off his Bluetooth earphones to Jiang Ning, only to discover Jiang Ning’s wired earphones were knockoffs of a model that cost over 5,000 yuan.

• Shan Kaiquan reflected on his improved grades and resolved to keep working hard so he could get closer to Bai Yuxia.
• Shan Qingrong searched Ma Shicheng’s desk and pockets for his phone but found only instant noodles, while Ma Shicheng secretly hid the phone above his head.
• Ma Shicheng bragged to his classmates about evading the search after evening self-study ended.
• Shan Kaiquan showed off his seventy-yuan Bluetooth earphones to Jiang Ning and argued that they were better than Jiang Ning’s wired pair.
• Jiang Ning named his earphones as Sennheiser ie800, and Shan Kaiquan searched the price before Jiang Ning clarified that they were knockoffs.

During evening self-study, Shen Xu returned to Class 8 to sell small mirrors and blackhead strips, while Chen Qian renewed his resolve to study harder and Xue Yuantong challenged Jiang Ning to Chinese chess. Guo Kunnan struggled with his feelings for Manman, who believed he was Huang Zhongfei, and ended by buying a mirror.

• Chen Qian watched Xue Yuantong eat and Jiang Ning play games, then convinced himself he could catch up with them through persistence and returned to solving math problems.
• Shen Xu entered Class 8 to sell Doraemon mirrors and blackhead strips, and Shan Kaiquan bought two mirrors.
• Chen Siyu asked Xue Yuantong whether she had blackheads, then blushed after noticing Jiang Ning's clear face; Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong started a phone chess match.
• Pang Jiao confronted Shen Xu after he offered her blackhead strips, and Shen Xu awkwardly praised her clean face while Cui Yu and Guo Kunnan sympathized with him.
• Guo Kunnan read Manman's message asking whether they would meet the next day, remembered she thought he was Huang Zhongfei, and went to buy a mirror.

Guo Kunnan sought reassurance about his looks and grew more confident about confessing to Manman, while Jiang Ning escorted the sleepy Xue Yuantong home and later teased her over a late-night call. After Xue Yuantong hung up in fright, Jiang Ning used a Formation to calm her so she could sleep.

• Guo Kunnan asked Cui Yu and Wang Longlong to rank his looks, then felt reassured enough to consider confessing to Manman.
• Pang Jiao and Zhang Yifei admired themselves in mirrors, while Wu Xiaoqi misread Pang Jiao's reply and privately weighed his chances in a fight.
• Jiang Ning led the groggy Xue Yuantong out after evening self-study, and Yang Sheng rode alongside them until the River Dam fork.
• Xue Yuantong called Jiang Ning at midnight to scold him for not waking her, then grew frightened when he teased her about mirrors and hung up.
• Jiang Ning found Xue Yuantong curled beneath her blanket and set up a Formation to calm her mind and soothe her spirit.

Wang Longlong wrote and sent Shan Qingrong a list of accusations against Huang Zhongfei in hopes of getting him removed as class monitor. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared breakfast and rode to school, where Shan Kaiquan discovered his earphone charging cable was missing and Shan Xiao enjoyed his distress.

• Wang Longlong drafted ten accusations against Huang Zhongfei and sent them to Shan Qingrong, demanding a new class monitor election.
• Jiang Ning woke up to Xue Yuantong’s breakfast, shared her hot water and food, and reflected on how content he felt with their peaceful life.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left for school after Yang Sheng messaged him, and he used Spiritual Energy to ride his Mountain Bike up the steep River Dam.
• Shan Kaiquan found that his Bluetooth Earphones’ charging cable was missing, ordered a replacement online, and remained miserable during morning self-study.
• Shan Xiao watched Shan Kaiquan’s misfortune and felt pleased, believing every part of a complete set should be kept in order.

During a math self-study period, Jiang Ning chatted with his classmates about No.4 Middle School’s upcoming anniversary celebration and Sports Day, then secretly ate Xue Yuantong’s sunflower seed kernels. Meanwhile, Class 8 students discussed the bullying of Liang Sheng by Shen Xinli’s group, and Chen Siyu was left confused by Shan Kaiquan and Dong Qingfeng talking past each other.

• Huang Zhongfei announced that the Math Teacher was sick, so the class cheered at getting two periods to work on practice papers while Hu Jun mourned the teacher’s absence.
• Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia discussed the anniversary celebration and Sports Day with Jiang Ning, and Chen Siyu suggested Bai Yuxia perform a dance with her and her sister as backup dancers.
• Jiang Ning secretly ate Xue Yuantong’s sunflower seed kernels and denied it, leaving her searching his desk for evidence.
• Shan Kaiquan told Class 8 that Shen Xinli and other students from Class 9 were bullying Liang Sheng again, prompting classmates to discuss Liang Sheng’s need to resist.
• Dong Qingfeng and Shan Kaiquan veered between unrelated comments about Class 9, confusing Chen Siyu until she asked them to stick to one topic.