Chapter Summaries

Song Sheng's return drew little attention as Shan Kaiquan watched him study and drink expensive milk. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning completed a Storage Ring, and Lin Han learned that Shao Shuangshuang's Evergreen Liquid Group had become a hugely promising company.

• Guo Kunnan forced Shan Kaiquan to practice cross-talk with him, while Shan Kaiquan kept an eye on Song Sheng and warned Shan Xiao not to take Song Sheng's hostility personally.
• Jiang Ning tested his new Storage Ring, stored his phone and Pill Jade Bottles inside it, and decided to ask Shao Shuangshuang to help gather materials for a Puppet.
• Lin Zida told Lin Han and Ding Shuyan that Zhuang Jianhui had fled after Pang Jiao confessed to him.
• Ding Shuyan told Lin Han that Xue Yuantong had outperformed her in the Monthly Exam and that she had stopped investigating Xue after seeing her with Jiang Ning.
• Lin Han told Ding Shuyan that Shao Shuangshuang's Evergreen Liquid was a remarkable hair-growth product with enormous profit potential.

Shao Shuangshuang narrowly survived a beer bottle thrown from a high floor, protected by the jade pendant Jiang Ning had given her. Jiang Ning tracked the bottle to an elderly junk collector and attacked her, leaving the woman injured as he descended from the apartment.

• Shao Shuangshuang was nearly struck by a falling beer bottle, but her Body Protection Jade Pendant deflected it and kept her unharmed.
• Shao Shuangshuang told Jiang Ning what had happened, and he raced across the city to reach her neighborhood.
• Jiang Ning traced the bottle’s aura to an apartment on the twenty-second floor and told Shao Shuangshuang to go home.
• Jiang Ning found an old woman making noise and throwing objects in a cluttered apartment, while a girl below could not sleep.
• Jiang Ning smashed through the security window with spiritual power and struck the old woman’s legs with floating glass shards before descending.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong went to school on Friday, where Song Sheng discovered that his milk had been stolen and joined the class’s growing list of theft victims. During PE, Yang Sheng challenged Jiang Ning to ping pong, and he sent her to face Xue Yuantong first; Ma Shicheng then arrived and challenged Yang Sheng.

• Jiang Ning used a Magic Art to clean Xue Yuantong’s cookware before they headed to school.
• Song Sheng found that all the milk he had kept by his desk was gone, making him the latest victim of theft in Class Eight.
• Song Sheng’s anger eased after Wu Xiaoqi told him that the Basketball stolen from him had cost more than eight hundred yuan.
• Jiang Ning learned that Shao Shuangshuang had found two more materials for the Spirit Wood Boat and was pursuing the last one.
• Yang Sheng challenged Jiang Ning to a ping-pong match, and Jiang Ning told her to beat Xue Yuantong first.
• Ma Shicheng approached Yang Sheng and challenged her to play ping pong.

Ma Shicheng challenged Yang Sheng to a ping pong match to recover his pride, but she defeated him and several of his friends, winning a large number of cleaning duties. The chapter ended with Yang Sheng offering Xue Yuantong a chance to claim the boys as laborers, leaving Shan Kaiquan stunned by the possibility that their debts could be transferred.

• Ma Shicheng challenged Yang Sheng to ping pong, and Jiang Ning agreed to referee after Yang Sheng set cleaning duty and water runs as the wager.
• Yang Sheng defeated Ma Shicheng, who lost thirteen balls despite his powerful smashes.
• Shan Kaiquan took Ma Shicheng's paddle and wagered that he would accept Yang Sheng as his mother if he lost, but Yang Sheng beat him by fourteen balls.
• Guo Kunnan and Cui Yu challenged Yang Sheng in turn and lost fifteen and eighteen balls, while Wang Longlong and Hu Jun backed out.
• Yang Sheng asked Xue Yuantong to record the boys' cleaning-duty debts, then offered her the chance to beat Yang Sheng and claim them as laborers.
• Shan Kaiquan and the others realized their cleaning duties might be transferred to Xue Yuantong.

Yang Sheng beat the boys at table tennis, then Xue Yuantong played her and refused to make Guo Kunnan do her cleaning duty. After school, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning shared a quiet walk, sealed a promise not to forget each other, and left to eat together.

• Yang Sheng invited Xue Yuantong to play table tennis, and the boys discussed their losses and Shan Kaiquan’s regrettable bet.
• Yang Sheng assigned Guo Kunnan four of Xue Yuantong’s cleaning duties, but Xue Yuantong refused the help before the bell rang and the boys ran off.
• Wang Longlong treated Ma Shicheng, Shan Kaiquan, and the others to fried food and milk tea, and Shan Kaiquan announced he would have a girlfriend within a month.
• Jiang Ning let Xue Yuantong win several points, and the two walked around the School Field before she asked where he planned to attend university.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning not to forget her, and they sealed their promise by pressing their palms together.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left for food while Ma Shicheng’s group ate at the fried-food stall, where Shan Kaiquan promised to treat them again when he got a girlfriend.

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.