Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning woke up on a 2013 bus, reborn as his teenage self after dying during the Spirit Transformation Tribulation. He reached Yuzhou City with Shen Qing'e and chose not to repeat his old habit of catering to her.

• Jiang Ning realized he had returned to the past and lost the cultivation powers and treasures he had possessed as True Lord Bu Yu.
• Jiang Ning remembered that suppressing his emotions had contributed to his failure to become a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Jiang Ning recognized Shen Qing'e as the girl he had once loved and recalled how she had kept him at a distance during high school.
• Shen Qing'e asked Jiang Ning to carry her heavy suitcase, but he declined and followed the crowd off the bus.
• At the station, Shen Qing'e looked toward a Milk Tea Shop and complained that she was thirsty while waiting for her sister and the others.

After returning to 2013, Jiang Ning decided to build an independent life and avoid repeating the hardships of his past. He left his uncle’s home planning to rent near school, and his mother supported him and sent him money.

• Jiang Ning declined to buy Shen Qing'e milk tea and reflected on his plans for his second chance at life.
• Jiang Ning and Shen Qing'e arrived at his uncle’s apartment with his cousin’s wife, and he remembered that she had resented hosting him in the past.
• Jiang Ning told his aunt he planned to rent a place nearby instead of living with his uncle’s family.
• Jiang Ning called his mother, Dong Yun, and explained why he wanted to live independently.
• Dong Yun agreed to his plan and transferred 2,000 yuan to his savings account, leaving Jiang Ning glad that his parents were healthy and he was still young.

Jiang Ning chose a new cultivation path, rented his attention on an old house where he expected to find hidden gold, and began tempering his body with electricity from a transformer. After several hours, his body had grown stronger, and he prepared to meet Jiang Junlong when his train arrived.

• Jiang Ning found the Hui River dam had enough spiritual energy to support his cultivation and identified an old house where he planned to dig up a jar of Gold Bars.
• Jiang Ning rejected the Ice Soul Life Creation Art and decided to cultivate Mana, Spiritual Sense, and body refinement together.
• Jiang Ning chose the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art and began drawing current from a nearby Transformer Box.
• Jiang Ning tempered his body for several hours, grew stronger, and saw electricity flash from his fingertip.
• Jiang Ning checked the time and expected Jiang Junlong's high-speed train to arrive at eleven that night.

Jiang Ning settled into a rented house near Hui River Dam after meeting Xue Yuantong, the young daughter of its owners. As his relatives helped furnish the place, Xue Yuantong watched curiously and Jiang Junlong awkwardly tried to offer her chocolate.

• Jiang Ning persuaded Uncle Jiang Qitian to accept his decision to live alone and found a house to rent near Hui River Dam.
• Jiang Ning met Xue Yuantong and learned that her family owned the houses he was considering.
• Jiang Ning agreed with Xue Yuantong's mother to rent a house for two hundred yuan a month and paid the deposit and rent.
• Jiang Ning bought household supplies, moved in with help from his relatives, and received an Electric Stove from Aunt.
• Jiang Junlong offered Xue Yuantong an expensive chocolate, but she glared at him and he put it away.

Jiang Ning prepared for his first day at Yuzhou No. 4 High School while continuing to strengthen his body and spiritual sense through cultivation. On the way to school, he offered Xue Yuantong a ride, but she refused and faced the long walk alone.

• Jiang Ning reflected on his improved relationship with his uncle's family and continued tempering his body with electricity at the River Dam.
• Jiang Ning planned to balance school, spell cultivation, and physical training while finding money for the extra nutrition his growing appetite required.
• After practicing a Spiritual Sense Secret Art until the early morning, Jiang Ning noticed that his eyesight and other senses had improved.
• Jiang Ning offered Xue Yuantong a ride to school, but she claimed she got motion sickness and refused.
• Xue Yuantong watched Jiang Ning ride away and regretted rejecting the chance to avoid her long walk to school.

Jiang Ning joined Grade One, Class Eight and chose the Star Transformation Art as his cultivation method while recalling his classmates from his previous life. The class teacher began attendance and height measurements, leaving Jiang Ning to watch Xue Yuantong and his classmates settle into high school life.

• Jiang Ning went to Grade One, Class Eight and sat by the window, where he decided to cultivate the Star Transformation Art.
• Xue Yuantong arrived exhausted, and Shan Qingrong introduced himself as the class teacher and called attendance.
• Jiang Ning recognized classmates including Huang Zhongfei, Bai Yuxia, Dong Qingfeng, and Shen Qing'e as memories from his previous life returned.
• Shan Qingrong measured the students for military training uniforms, and Jiang Ning measured 165 centimeters while Xue Yuantong was the shortest girl.
• Ma Shicheng and other boys discussed the girls, military training, soldiers, and national affairs, reminding Jiang Ning of his youth.

Jiang Ning began cultivating the Star Transformation Art during a break at school and discovered he could control the temperature around himself. After recognizing Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing as twins despite their attempted switch, he used his new ability to confuse them before resuming his cultivation.

• Huang Zhongfei and the others delivered military training uniforms, and Shan Qingrong announced the day's schedule and upcoming class monitor selection.
• Jiang Ning told Ma Shicheng and two classmates that he had scored 650 on his entrance exam.
• Jiang Ning rested beneath a tree and overheard Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing plan to test whether he could distinguish them.
• Jiang Ning identified Chen Siqing as the one pretending to be Chen Siyu, leaving both twins astonished.
• As Jiang Ning cultivated the Star Transformation Art, Chen Siyu sensed cool air near him, but the sensation vanished whenever she tried to show it to her sister.
• Jiang Ning revealed to himself that he had deliberately controlled the temperature to tease Chen Siyu.

Jiang Ning ignored Chen Siyu’s resentment, let Xue Yuantong refuse his bicycle ride, and began military training with his class. His disciplined marching caught Instructor Li’s attention and irritated another student.

• At the school assembly, Jiang Ning ignored Chen Siyu while she resented him for foiling her attempt to switch classes with her sister.
• After school, Xue Yuantong refused Jiang Ning’s ride, walked home exhausted, and found him eating watermelon by the door.
• The next morning, Jiang Ning again offered Xue Yuantong a ride, but she insisted on walking to school in her military training uniform.
• Instructor Li led the boys from Class Eight and Class 7 through formation drills, correcting students’ posture with slaps.
• Jiang Ning marched correctly and answered Instructor Li promptly, prompting an annoyed student to accuse him of showing off.

During military training, Jiang Ning tested his Spiritual Sense secret art on Song Sheng, who had been planning to bully him. Song Sheng was left confused and humiliated, while Jiang Ning’s classmates rested and laughed at him.

• Jiang Ning recognized Song Sheng’s bullying habits and decided to test his Soul Shocking Spike on him.
• As the formation marched, Jiang Ning struck Song Sheng with the secret art, causing a sudden burst of head pain that made him collapse and scream.
• Jiang Ning used the Soul Shocking Spike again during right-turn practice, making Song Sheng scream in fear even though the pain never came.
• Guo Kunnan and other students mocked Song Sheng, and Instructor Li punished him by ordering him to run laps.
• While Song Sheng ran, students from both classes rested, and his screams became a source of gossip and laughter among the girls.

After evening self-study, Jiang Ning offered Xue Yuantong a ride home when she feared walking alone along the River Dam, and she reluctantly accepted. Shen Qing'e saw them leave together and reflected on how far she believed she had moved beyond Jiang Ning.

• Shan Qingrong kept the class for evening self-study and played Spirited Away, while Xue Yuantong worried about walking home alone after dark.
• Jiang Ning found Xue Yuantong after class and offered to take her home, but she initially refused out of pride.
• Jiang Ning warned Xue Yuantong about the River Dam and reminded her that her mother had asked them to look after each other, so she agreed to ride with him.
• Shen Qing'e saw Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong together, then left in her sister's sedan and believed their paths had diverged.
• Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong onto the bicycle after she failed to jump onto the back seat, and they rode off with her sitting close behind him.

Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a thrilling bicycle ride home, and she repaid him with peaches before accepting a ride to school the next morning. As she rode with him, she remembered the unfair treatment that had led her to hand in a blank math paper on her high school entrance exam, and the chapter ended with her looking out over the Hui River, considering whether she regretted it.

• Jiang Ning sped up on his bicycle so Xue Yuantong could feel the wind, frightening her before he brought her safely to her house.
• Xue Yuantong gave Jiang Ning two peaches to thank him for the ride.
• The next morning, Xue Yuantong accepted a ride to school, offered Jiang Ning a boiled egg, and told him he could ask her for help with his studies.
• Xue Yuantong remembered how her middle-school Math Teacher exploited students through a paid tutoring class and punished those who refused to join.
• Xue Yuantong recalled handing in a blank math paper on her high school entrance exam to protest the teacher, a choice that cost her opportunities and brought her little attention.
• Xue Yuantong looked toward the Hui River as she considered whether she regretted her decision.

During military training, Jiang Ning watched as a bet over touching the backboard turned into a crowd gathering to see Zhuang Jianhui perform two spectacular dunks. Zhuang Jianhui left the court to excited cheers and became the talk of the girls the next day.

• Instructor Li praised Jiang Ning during drills, while two unruly boys planned to challenge him after training.
• Hu Jun bet Ma Shicheng and Guo Kunnan that he could touch the backboard, then succeeded and drew admiration from his classmates.
• Lin Zida brought a basketball to Zhuang Jianhui and announced that he would perform a dunk for the students.
• Zhuang Jianhui dunked twice, including a reverse dunk, thrilling the crowd gathered around the Basketball Court.
• Zhuang Jianhui left amid demands for another dunk, and girls across Grade One talked about him the following day.

During evening self-study, Jiang Ning's classmates argued over Zhuang Jianhui and prepared for a military training competition, but Song Sheng's fight with Shan Kaiquan disrupted the classroom. After Song Sheng returned to his seat, someone calmly demanded that he apologize for knocking over the desks.

• Ma Shicheng argued with Geng Lu over Zhuang Jianhui's looks, and Geng Lu mocked his vanity with a reference to Zou Ji and Xu Gong.
• Shan Qingrong announced a September 9 military training competition and promised a classroom power strip if Class 8 won a Silk Banner.
• Boarding students rallied their classmates to compete, while Song Sheng dismissed their efforts and argued with Shan Kaiquan.
• Bai Yuxia tried to stop the confrontation, but Shan Kaiquan called Song Sheng a fat piglet, prompting Song Sheng to charge at him and knock over several desks, including Xue Yuantong's.
• The boys pulled Song Sheng and Shan Kaiquan apart, and a calm voice demanded that Song Sheng apologize for the toppled desks.

Jiang Ning confronted Song Sheng for bullying the class and easily defeated him with a powerful kick, forcing him to apologize and restore the desks. The class saw Jiang Ning in a new light, while Shen Qing'e wondered at his strength but remained convinced they were no longer on the same path.

• Jiang Ning demanded that Song Sheng apologize, and Song Sheng charged at him despite Huang Zhongfei's attempt to intervene.
• Jiang Ning kicked Song Sheng across the classroom, then grabbed him and crushed his fist until Song Sheng agreed to apologize.
• Jiang Ning released Song Sheng, slapped him twice, and told him to put the desks back in place.
• Song Sheng restored the desks and apologized to the students, while the class admired Jiang Ning for standing up to him.
• Guo Kunnan and Ma Shicheng asked whether Jiang Ning practiced martial arts, but Jiang Ning neither confirmed nor denied it.
• Shen Qing'e was startled by Jiang Ning's strength but decided that his ability to fight did not change how different they had become.

After military training ended, Jiang Ning grew closer to Xue Yuantong and accepted an invitation to dinner at her home. The chapter left him meeting Xue Yuantong’s mother, Aunt Gu, who thanked him for bringing her daughter home.

• Xue Yuantong praised Jiang Ning for defending her, and he rode her home on his Mountain Bike.
• Jiang Ning stayed on friendly terms with every student group while Class Eight completed military training without further open trouble.
• The Vice Principal announced that Class One, Class Three, and Class Eleven had placed in the military training performance, while Class Eight missed the top three.
• Jiang Ning declined his aunt’s dinner invitation and rode Xue Yuantong home, where she asked him to eat at her house.
• Aunt Gu greeted Jiang Ning and thanked him for bringing Xue Yuantong home.

Jiang Ning shared a home-cooked meal with Xue Yuantong and Aunt Gu, enjoying the warmth of their company while quietly using Spiritual Energy to cool the room. The dinner ended with Xue Yuantong asking how her mother had made the trip home from the countryside.

• Aunt Gu returned and welcomed Jiang Ning to dinner after learning he had been biking Xue Yuantong to school.
• Xue Yuantong chatted with Jiang Ning over watermelon and offered to send some home with him.
• Jiang Ning recalled his lonely childhood and felt unusually comfortable eating with Xue Yuantong and her mother.
• Aunt Gu served earthen-pot chicken, flatbread, and other dishes, while Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to cool the Main Room.
• Xue Yuantong asked Aunt Gu whether she had taken the bus home, and Aunt Gu said she had transferred twice.

After reaching Qi Refining Layer 1, Jiang Ning secretly retrieved the gold buried beneath Xue Yuantong’s house. The gold gave him funds for cultivation, and he resolved to pursue strength and the Great Dao rather than wealth.

• Jiang Ning broke through to Qi Refining Layer 1 and decided he needed resources to advance his cultivation.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to locate the gold jar beneath the kitchen floor at Xue Yuantong’s house.
• Jiang Ning cut through the cement, softened the soil with water, and used the Earth Guiding Art to retrieve the jar without alerting anyone.
• Jiang Ning replaced the cement slab and hid the jar beneath his bed before falling asleep, mentally and spiritually exhausted.
• Jiang Ning opened the jar the next morning and found twelve Gold Bars and twenty-three gold beans worth over a million.
• Jiang Ning decided the gold would support his cultivation, while his true goal was to gain power and pursue the eternal Great Dao.

Jiang Ning took gold beans to a pawnshop in Yuzhou and sold them to Shao Shuangshuang for cash. With 41,100 yuan in his backpack, he left to go shopping.

• Jiang Ning packed gold beans and rode into the city, while Xue Yuantong stayed home browsing Tieba.
• Jiang Ning went to a pawnshop he remembered from a story about its honest owner and met Shao Shuangshuang.
• Shao Shuangshuang tested Jiang Ning's gold beans and confirmed they weighed 152 grams.
• Shao Shuangshuang offered Jiang Ning 41,100 yuan, and he accepted the cash.
• Jiang Ning put the money in his backpack and left to go shopping.

After coming into a large sum of money, Jiang Ning bought broadband, an iPhone 5, clothes, and household supplies. He shared cold sweet soup and sugar-coated haws with Xue Yuantong, leaving them sitting together outside her home.

• Jiang Ning installed a 20 Mbps broadband connection and bought a white 32 GB iPhone 5 after failing to find a Xiaomi 2s.
• Jiang Ning bought two outfits, groceries, and ingredients, then used Ice Magic Arts to keep his sweet soup cold on the ride home.
• Xue Yuantong helped Jiang Ning carry his purchases inside, hoping he would share the treats he had bought.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong sweet soup and sugar-coated haws, and she reminded him to ride more slowly for safety.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong sat together eating their treats, while Aunt Gu smiled at the sight.

Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to cook and preserve food, then shared ribs with Xue Yuantong when she brought him Steamed Buns. That evening, he traced illegally dumped chemical wastewater to a machinery-filled courtyard in a nearly abandoned village.

• Jiang Ning stored beef with a Formation and used Spiritual Energy to prepare ribs, fruit, and hot water for lunch.
• Xue Yuantong brought Jiang Ning Steamed Buns, and he gave her a bowl of ribs in return.
• Jiang Ning ran to a tributary channel, discovered a pipe discharging chemical wastewater, and used Aura Concealment Art to investigate.
• Jiang Ning followed the sewage pipe through a declining village to a walled courtyard where machinery was running.