Recaps

Wang Yi returned to his original world, sold songs, pursued scientific recognition for his Goldbach Conjecture proof, and built a reputation as both a researcher and a ghost-catching Master. After learning that actress Lin Shiqin’s spirit was haunting the film crew, he rode to the Film Studio as Ju Zheng and Xuan Yangzi prepared to confront her.

• Wang Yi returned from the low-magic world, restrained Liu Xiaoke, and settled into a rental room while deciding to pursue immortality and build an Artificial Intelligence around a Resentful Spirit.
• Wang Yi rented more rooms, set up servers, submitted his Goldbach Conjecture proof to Science, and posted about its rapid rejection after the journal turned it down.
• Wang Yi sold songs to Li Vida, while mathematicians including Zhu Biao and professors at Xi'an Jiaotong University checked his proof and confirmed its significance.
• Xue Chuan attacked Wang Yi online, but university professors and the University of Pennsylvania researchers defended the proof, and Science apologized for rejecting it.
• Wang Yi agreed to work with his alma mater on practical terms, declined to commit himself to research on the school's terms, and continued to manage the attention surrounding his identity as Master Yi.
• Liu Xiaoke told Wang Yi that actress Lin Shiqin had died in a stunt accident and that strange events had followed at the film crew, so Wang Yi decided to confront her spirit.
• Ma Dong described how Lin Shiqin had drained the vital energy of men involved in a Taoist ritual, and Wang Yi took Ma Dong's scooter keys and rode to the Film Studio.
• At Qin King's Palace, Director Zhang Ming asked Ju Zheng and Xuan Yangzi to handle the haunting, while two Fitness Coaches saw their companions vanish and Old Zhang's prayer bead shattered.

Wang Yi helped Lin Shiqin uncover her killer, then built a game company and turned his mini-games into popular releases while pursuing research and new opportunities. The arc ended with Minecraft launching, online attacks intensifying, and Wang Yi publicly declaring his sales goal.

• Wang Yi dealt with the Fierce Ghost haunting Qin King's Palace, learned Lin Shiqin's story, and gave her a bracelet vessel and the knowledge to develop her abilities.
• Wang Yi and Lin Shiqin traced Lin Shiqin's death to her half-brother Yi Wen, who confessed to cutting the wire that caused her electrocution, while Lin Shiqin chose to expose her family's crimes publicly.
• Wang Yi established Eternal Venture Capital, Truth, and World Cultural Entertainment Game Company, and began developing games while keeping Lin Shiqin in charge of much of the remote work.
• Wang Yi pitched four mini-games to Penguin, secured a five-million-yuan deal and a thirty-percent revenue share for Jump Jump and Yang Le Le Yang, and recruited staff to operate his company.
• Wang Yi promoted Yang Le Le Yang through Weibo and game videos, while its deliberately difficult second level helped drive ad views and its popularity surged.
• Wang Yi returned to the Science Institute, rejected a fraudulent stem-cell paper, began cultivating HPV for research, and posted about his overseas invitations and honorary professorship as the institute publicly supported him.
• Wang Yi met Qian Yayan after she kissed him and claimed she had taken the pill, but later called her his ex-girlfriend and told her to focus on studying.
• Lin Shiqin reported that Minecraft had reached one hundred thousand downloads on its first day, and Wang Yi announced that he intended to make it the year's highest-selling PC game as critics attacked him online.

Minecraft became a global hit as Wang Yi refused Penguin’s buyout and traveled to the United States. There, Li Yao rescued Zhang Yuan through a violent operation while Wang Yi pursued his mathematical work and began planning new ventures in Mexico and Johor.

• Wang Yi promoted Minecraft through Yuzhong Company’s videos, and downloads and module sales surged as players and foreign communities embraced the game.
• Wang Yi rejected Penguin’s investment and buyout offers, while Penguin pressured him online and started developing a competing game.
• At Xie Ji, Wang Yi exposed Sun Jie and Sun Miao’s murder of Li Yao, and Li Yao swallowed Sun Jie after her escape attempt ended in a crash.
• Wang Yi traveled to the United States with Qian Yayan, but Zhang Yuan was arrested after landing, prompting Wang Yi to hire Lawyer John and investigate.
• Li Yao and veterans rescued Zhang Yuan and Agu from a safe house, escaped into Mexico, and Li Yao later killed Agu and his armed men before taking control of Agu’s assets.
• Wang Yi reached the University of Pennsylvania, shared his mathematical system with visiting scholars, and declined a $400 million offer for Minecraft at an alumni dinner.
• Wang Yi left the banquet planning new ventures, while Lin Shiqin reported that five people wanted to follow Li Yao and Wang Yi ordered an investigation into Mexican silver mines and a ransom plan for Zhang Yuan.

Wang Yi expanded his business through the beauty-filter licensing deal and PUBG’s global launch, while using hidden software traps to confront foreign phone makers that copied his technology. Apple settled after Wang Yi filed suit, but Four Star and LG remained in conflict with him as suspected foreign agents approached his relatives.

• Wang Yi killed Jayce, took his appearance, and pressured Liu Te into offering a private settlement and access to his network.
• Wang Yi’s company sued Penguin over copied game code, then prepared PUBG for release and negotiated promotional support.
• Wang Yi licensed his beauty-filter software to Hanwei and Wheat, then demanded higher fees from foreign manufacturers as the feature drove phone sales and public debate.
• Four Star and Apple copied or planned to copy the filter, while Lin Shiqin planted backdoors and Easter eggs in phones that installed it.
• Apple’s iOS update bricked users’ phones, and Wang Yi’s PUBG launch drew a huge livestream audience before the game sold millions of copies worldwide.
• Wang Yi traveled to work with Li Yao on a laboratory, tested a medicine for dissolving gallstones, and designed a seed-breeding machine with a hidden magic array.
• Wang Yi exposed Apple, Four Star, and LG’s infringement through an Easter egg and filed suit, leading Apple to apologize and settle while the dispute with Four Star and LG continued.
• Lin Shiqin warned Wang Yi that suspected foreign intelligence agents had contacted his relatives and advised him to solve the Riemann Hypothesis to strengthen his international reputation.