Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning concealed the medicinal ingredients in Evergreen Liquid with a new spell and prepared to expand its production while Class 8 adjusted to a transfer student and studied for the approaching Monthly Exam. The chapter ended on the day before the exam, with most students studying and Ma Shicheng still absorbed in his game.

• Guo Ran gave Jiang Ning snacks after he aced the chemistry exam, and he shared them with Ma Shicheng and Geng Lu.
• Shan Qingrong introduced Wu Xiaoqi as a transfer student to Class 8, where he sat beside Shan Kaiquan.
• Jiang Ning used the Origin Unity Art to conceal Evergreen Liquid's medicinal ingredients, sent Shao Shuangshuang instructions to pursue the cosmetics route, and delivered her one hundred processed bottles.
• Jiang Ning prepared to use his rental apartment's kitchen for a Formation to extract the medicinal materials needed for Evergreen Liquid.
• As the Monthly Exam approached, students across Class 8 studied more, while Shan Kaiquan eventually learned that he and Guo Kunnan had both been wrong about a problem.
• On the day before the exam, Jiang Ning helped Geng Lu with chemistry and noticed that Ma Shicheng was still playing a game behind a wall of books.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong played Chinese Chess over lunch, and Jiang Ning won three games despite Xue Yuantong improving quickly. After Jiang Ning left with Ma Shicheng, Dong Qingfeng and Chen Qian speculated about his family and the students in the back row, while Chen Siqing noticed Xue Yuantong's looks.

• Jiang Ning invited Ma Shicheng to eat with him, but Ma Shicheng declined and explained he preferred eating alone after growing tired of splitting group bills.
• Dong Qingfeng, Wang Yong, Chen Qian, Bai Yuxia, and the Chen twins arrived, and Jiang Ning challenged Xue Yuantong to Chinese Chess.
• Xue Yuantong recalled how she had once beaten the neighborhood Old Men at chess, driving them to hide their boards whenever she came home from school.
• Jiang Ning beat Xue Yuantong in three games, though he noticed her skill improved quickly, and they stopped when their food arrived.
• Jiang Ning left the restaurant with Ma Shicheng, while Dong Qingfeng and Chen Qian discussed Jiang Ning's meals and criticized the students in the back row.
• Chen Siqing remarked that the girl who had eaten across from Jiang Ning was pretty.

Chen Qian boasted about his academic prospects before the Monthly Exam, while Class 8 prepared for the exam and learned their room and seat assignments. After school, Wang Longlong reported classroom incidents to Shan Qingrong and continued plotting how to replace Huang Zhongfei as class monitor.

• Chen Qian dismissed Xue Yuantong's classroom answers, declared his goal of ranking in the grade's top fifty, and promised to treat everyone to a celebratory meal.
• Shan Qingrong explained the Monthly Exam rules, distributed the exam roster, and assigned Huang Zhongfei and Wang Longlong to post seat slips.
• Jiang Ning discovered he would sit at No. 16 in No. 8 Exam Room, at Bai Yuxia's desk, and decided he had no need to cheat.
• Wang Longlong wrote Shan Qingrong a report describing classroom disruptions and Miao Zhe charging a phone beneath the multimedia equipment.
• Shan Qingrong praised Wang Longlong's report, and Wang Longlong considered how to undermine Huang Zhongfei and claim the class monitor position.

Jiang Ning took the Chinese monthly exam while Xue Yuantong offered to help him cheat, unaware he could handle the test on his own. After he handed in his paper early, Chen Qian mocked him, and Lin Zida confronted Chen Qian for his sarcastic remarks.

• Xue Yuantong offered Jiang Ning cheat notes and planned to sit with him after the monthly exam, but Jiang Ning told her to focus on her own test.
• Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong rushed to Class 1 so Ma Shicheng could play games in the Experimental Class before the exam.
• Jiang Ning recognized that the student taking Chen Siyu's assigned seat was actually her older sister, Chen Siqing, who was covering for her during the Chinese exam.
• Jiang Ning finished the Chinese paper early, spent the remaining time cultivating, and handed it in thirty minutes before the exam ended.
• Chen Qian praised early submission sarcastically to mock Jiang Ning, but Lin Zida interrupted and asked Chen Qian to keep complimenting him.

During evening self-study, Wu Xiaoqi's loud basketball antics disturbed Class 8, but Jiang Ning stayed out of it. After Wu Xiaoqi provoked Shan Kaiquan, Shan held back, and Wu Xiaoqi continued playing as he pleased.

• After the exams, Jiang Ning fed Xue Yuantong snacks while classmates reviewed answers or played games.
• Wu Xiaoqi dribbled noisily in the classroom, and Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to sweep away the dust.
• Bai Yuxia, Chen Qian, and the others hoped Jiang Ning would intervene, but he remained seated beside Xue Yuantong.
• When Wu Xiaoqi's basketball struck Shan Kaiquan's desk, Shan warned him, but Wu Xiaoqi dismissed him and kept dribbling.
• Shan Kaiquan nearly stood up to fight, then held back because he feared the consequences, and Wu Xiaoqi continued playing arrogantly.

Jiang Ning used spiritual power to make Wu Xiaoqi’s basketball explode, leaving Wu temporarily unable to hear and drawing the attention of the school. After recovering, Wu returned to class and vowed to keep pursuing basketball, while Shan Xiao mourned the lost chance to steal and sell his ball.

• Jiang Ning formed soundproofing formations around Xue Yuantong and between Wu Xiaoqi and the class, then crushed Wu’s basketball with a Spiritual Power Great Hand.
• The exploding ball stunned the classroom, knocked Wu to the floor, and brought students from other classes rushing to Class 8.
• Classmates blamed Wu for the explosion, and Teacher Yan took him to the School Hospital after learning he could not hear.
• Shan Xiao regretted that Wu’s 268-yuan basketball had been destroyed before he could steal and sell it.
• Wu returned during evening self-study with his hearing restored, and Shan Xiao encouraged him to pursue his basketball dream.
• Wu vowed not to give up basketball and said he would buy an even more expensive ball the next day.

On the second day of exams, Jiang Ning finished the math test early and considered how to gather the ingredients needed for a Spirit Boat. He left the chapter chatting with classmates after the exam, while Zhang Chi discovered that Chen Qian and Dong Qingfeng still expected far higher scores than he did.

• Guo Ran proctored the math exam, and Jiang Ning completed the paper in under forty minutes before handing it in.
• Jiang Ning decided to change how he searched for Spirit Boat ingredients by drawing them for Tieba users to identify, and considered asking Geng Lu to practice drawing materials.
• In the Small Garden, Jiang Ning removed stains from a bench with a Small Spell and met Ma Shicheng and Shan Kaiquan, who discussed the difficult math test and a new game.
• After the exam, Chen Qian and Dong Qingfeng compared answers and said they expected around 130 and 120 points, respectively, prompting Zhang Chi to leave in silence.

After the Monthly Exam, Dai Yongquan returned the Chinese papers and announced that Wang Longlong had the top essay score across the first-year classes. He then revealed that Xue Yuantong had earned the highest Chinese score in the grade, leaving the class stunned.

• Wu Xiaoqi showed off his new expensive basketball, which his classmates passed around before he took it back and rubbed it clean.
• Jiang Ning told Geng Lu the Monthly Exam results would likely arrive that evening, and she worried their next seating arrangement might separate them.
• Dai Yongquan announced that Wang Longlong had scored 57 out of 60 on his essay, the highest among all twelve first-year classes.
• Dai Yongquan announced that the top Chinese score in the grade came from their class.
• Dai Yongquan revealed that Xue Yuantong scored 143 in Chinese, eight points ahead of second place.

Xue Yuantong shocked Class 8 with a 143 in Language Arts, while Jiang Ning also scored highly. Chen Qian expected to dominate Math, but the teacher revealed Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning had both earned perfect scores, leaving him reeling.

• Dai Yongquan praised Xue Yuantong for ranking first in Language Arts with 143 points and promised her a cash reward.
• Class 8 received its Language Arts papers, revealing Jiang Ning had scored 134 and Chen Qian 121.
• Yu Wen questioned Xue Yuantong’s score, so Yang Sheng challenged her to wager cleaning duty on their total exam scores; Shen Qing'e accepted the bet in Yu Wen’s place.
• Chen Qian received 130 in Math and assumed he had topped Class 8, but Dong Qingfeng told him someone had scored higher.
• The Math Teacher announced that Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning had both earned perfect scores, leaving Chen Qian stunned.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong's outstanding exam results put Class 8 at the top of the grade rankings, and Hu Hou tried to recruit Xue Yuantong into Class 1. Xue Yuantong refused because she disliked Class 1's Water Dispenser, leaving Hu Hou to replace it with one like Class 8's.

• Jiang Ning earned a perfect math score, while the released results showed Xue Yuantong first in the grade and every subject, with Ding Shuyan third and Jiang Ning fourth.
• Hu Hou saw Xue Yuantong's scores and decided to invite her to Class 1, despite his friendship with Class 8's class teacher, Shan Qingrong.
• Hu Hou offered Xue Yuantong a place in Class 1 and exemption from evening self-study, but she refused because its Water Dispenser was ugly.
• Xue Yuantong privately thought she wanted the class teacher to offer her the same treatment and that she wanted to stay with Jiang Ning in Class 8.
• Hu Hou returned to Class 1, paid Wei Xiuyuan to replace its Water Dispenser with one like Class 8's, and left feeling dejected.

At the Monthly Exam awards ceremony, Xue Yuantong gave a speech as the grade’s top student, while Jiang Ning was called to receive an award for ranking fourth. Jiang Ning reached the Speech Platform and stood beside Xue Yuantong as classmates watched.

• Shan Qingrong told Jiang Ning he had ranked fourth in the grade and would receive his award from Principal Yu.
• Principal Yu praised Xue Yuantong as the top student and invited her to speak for the freshmen.
• Xue Yuantong gave her speech, accidentally called Principal Yu “student Yu,” and quickly corrected herself.
• Principal Yu called the top ten students to the Speech Platform, and Jiang Ning’s classmates urged him to go receive his award.
• Jiang Ning walked through the student formations and joined Xue Yuantong on the platform.

After winning exam rewards, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning celebrated by treating their classmates and teacher to Double Skin Milk. Ma Shicheng resolved to study after his parents scolded him about his grades, but by the third evening study period he was already tempted to return to gaming.

• Xue Yuantong counted her 3,100 yuan reward and promised to treat Jiang Ning to a meal, while Jiang Ning received 500 yuan for his math result and top-ten placement.
• Jiang Ning bought sixty cups of Double Skin Milk and carried the heavy box back to class with Spiritual Energy.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared the treats with their classmates and Shan Qingrong, easing some students' envy over Xue Yuantong's prize money.
• After his parents scolded him about his grades, Ma Shicheng decided to quit gaming and study hard, while Geng Lu continued avoiding Jiang Ning as she tried to give up her feelings for him.
• Ma Shicheng studied through two evening periods and completed a Math Test Paper, then began wondering whether he could reward himself by playing a game.

During evening self-study, Ma Shicheng broke his resolve and kept playing games until a blackout plunged the classroom into darkness. Geng Lu seized the moment to reach for Jiang Ning, but he avoided her and used a sound transmission to make her pull back.

• Guo Kunnan won his bet with Shan Kaiquan after Ma Shicheng started playing games, and Ma Shicheng kept beginning new rounds to improve his score.
• Huang Zhongfei tried to maintain order while the class monitor, but a blackout plunged the classroom into darkness and the students began joking loudly.
• Geng Lu reflected on her feelings for Jiang Ning and decided to act while the classroom was dark.
• Jiang Ning sensed Geng Lu reaching toward him and leaned away, then used a sound transmission to tell her the power was back.
• Geng Lu withdrew, relieved that Jiang Ning had not seen what she was trying to do.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to Third Hospital, where they found Aunt Gu hospitalized with a broken arm and possible radial nerve damage. Aunt Gu explained that she had fallen while swerving to avoid a car that fled, leaving Jiang Ning to pursue a way to identify the driver as she faced surgery costs.

• Xue Yuantong received a call from her mother and rode with Jiang Ning to Third Hospital.
• Jiang Ning found Ward No. 5 with his Spiritual Sense, where Xue Yuantong saw Aunt Gu with her right arm in a cast.
• A doctor diagnosed Aunt Gu with a mid-shaft humerus fracture and suspected radial nerve damage, and said she would need surgery after the swelling subsided.
• A fellow patient warned that the operation could cost over thirty thousand, and Aunt Gu became worried about the expense.
• Aunt Gu told Jiang Ning that a car had made her swerve and break her arm before driving away, and she could only partly remember its license plate.
• Jiang Ning asked Xue Yuantong to stay with her mother and left to buy food after learning the plate might have ended in 6 and 2.

Jiang Ning tracked down the driver who had caused Aunt Gu to fall and break her arm, then found her boasting about escaping responsibility. He scalded her with hot water and left the apartment.

• Jiang Ning passed several restaurants, rejected unhygienic kitchens, and ordered food from one he considered clean.
• Jiang Ning tracked the tire marks near Aunt Gu's Electric Bike and used Earth Divination Tracking to locate the white Porsche whose plate ended in 62.
• Jiang Ning found the car owner arguing with Mu Ying and heard her dismiss Aunt Gu's injury and challenge anyone to report her.
• Jiang Ning entered the Makeup Room and crushed the Water Heater tank, sending scalding water over the woman.
• Jiang Ning left the apartment without being stained by the splashing water.

As Aunt Gu recovered in the hospital, Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong care for her, while Xue Yuantong struggled with fear about her mother’s upcoming surgery. After trying to ride to the hospital alone and falling, she broke down and blamed the Electric Bike, but Jiang Ning found her and offered to take her.

• Jiang Ning brought food to Aunt Gu and later rode her Electric Bike home and back to the hospital.
• Xue Yuantong stayed at the hospital to care for her mother, with Jiang Ning helping her travel between the hospital and home each day.
• After five days of reducing the swelling, the lead surgeon scheduled Aunt Gu’s surgery for Wednesday around noon.
• On Tuesday, Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning about injured patients who could not afford treatment and shared stories from the ward.
• After learning about the surgery’s risks, Xue Yuantong tried to ride the Electric Bike to the hospital alone, fell, and angrily blamed it while crying.
• Jiang Ning found Xue Yuantong, stopped her from riding the damaged bike, and persuaded her to wash her face so he could take her to the hospital.

Jiang Ning prepared Spirit Bamboo Liquid for Aunt Gu’s recovery and waited as she underwent surgery at Third Hospital of Yuzhou. The operation ended smoothly, and Aunt Gu woke up in the ward while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong stayed with her.

• Jiang Ning refined bamboo he had cultivated with the Wood Yi Array into Spirit Bamboo Liquid for Aunt Gu.
• Jiang Ning accompanied Xue Yuantong and Aunt Gu to the operating room, where Aunt Gu declined a pain pump before surgery.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to watch for trouble while Aunt Gu underwent a three-hour operation, which ended smoothly.
• The nurses returned Aunt Gu to Ward No. 5 and instructed Xue Yuantong to keep her from eating or drinking for six hours.
• Aunt Gu woke up feeling dizzy but reported no pain, and Jiang Ning went to buy food for himself and Xue Yuantong.

Jiang Ning caught two Black Fish with his fishing rod and helped Xue Yuantong prepare soup for Aunt Gu and the other patients. When Aunt Gu was pressured to buy an expensive arm brace, Jiang Ning found the same kind online for far less and arranged for it to arrive the next day.

• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to catch two Black Fish in minutes, astonishing two Anglers who had mocked his equipment.
• Jiang Ning picked up Xue Yuantong, and they made Black Fish Soup for Aunt Gu and shared it with the patients in the ward.
• Opposite Bed Aunt teased Xue Yuantong about whether Jiang Ning was dating her, and Xue Yuantong insisted that he was her classmate.
• A Duckbill Cap Man demanded 2,200 yuan for a custom arm brace and left Aunt Gu uncertain about whether to buy it.
• Jiang Ning told Aunt Gu not to buy the brace from the salesman, found an identical one online for 200 yuan, and paid extra for next-day delivery.

Jiang Ning helped Aunt Gu leave the hospital and return home, while secretly using Spirit Bamboo Liquid to speed her recovery and expanding sales of Evergreen Liquid. He also established the Yuan Er Formula with Xue Yuantong and successfully charged his iPhone with electricity generated from his body.

• The doctor said Aunt Gu could be discharged and advised her against removing the steel plate because of the risk to her radial nerve.
• Jiang Ning received an adjustable arm brace, told the ward it had cost two thousand yuan, and turned away the Duckbill Cap Man's sales pitch.
• Aunt Gu was discharged, returned home with Xue Yuantong, and learned that her restaurant boss had settled her wages and ended her employment.
• Jiang Ning prepared another batch of Evergreen Liquid after Shao Shuangshuang reported that the first hundred bottles had sold out and certification had been approved.
• Jiang Ning asked Xue Yuantong to help verify a formula, then named the completed result the Yuan Er Formula.
• Jiang Ning sent electricity from his palm into his iPhone 5S, and the phone began charging.

Xue Yuantong returned to Class 8, while Ma Shicheng used a success story to justify postponing his studies until Senior Year 2. After evening self-study, Wu Xiaoqi left his beloved basketball in the classroom and went with Deng Xiang to help a friend facing a possible fight.

• Xue Yuantong returned to Class 8, and Shan Qingrong checked that she was all right.
• Geng Lu teased Ma Shicheng for gaming instead of studying, while he secretly read a Tieba post about someone who worked hard and entered a 985 University.
• Ma Shicheng decided he would begin his own comeback in Senior Year 2 and returned to gaming.
• Wu Xiaoqi played basketball with Deng Xiang and dismissed Deng Xiang's warnings about Jiang Ning.
• Deng Xiang received word that a friend might get into a fight, so Wu Xiaoqi stowed his basketball in Class 8 and went with him.