Chapter Summaries

After Ding Ling took Shen Jiayi to a movie, Shen Jiayi’s feelings for him deepened while her parents encouraged her to pursue him. The next day, Ding Ling earned a perfect score and became even more popular, prompting Hu Jiawei to help Shen Jiayi plan how to get closer to him.

• Shen Jiayi worried that she had acted awkwardly after Ding Ling walked her home, while her parents discussed how rare and outstanding he was.
• Ding Ling scored full marks on every subject, took first place by a wide margin, and was chosen to speak at the school awards ceremony.
• Shen Jiayi teased Ke Jingteng about his poor grades, then became self-conscious when she noticed Ding Ling looking her way.
• Ding Ling’s growing popularity drew crowds of admiring girls, making Shen Jiayi hesitant to approach him.
• Hu Jiawei urged Shen Jiayi to bring Ding Ling breakfast and write him a letter, and suggested asking him to tutor them.

Ding Ling’s decision to eat Shen Jiayi’s lunch and defend her from jealous classmates deepened her affection for him, and he agreed to tutor her after school. At the Library, he revealed that his family owned it and had assets worth at least ten billion dollars.

• Shen Jiayi gave Ding Ling a homemade lunch, which he ate in front of the class, raising her favorability to 99.2 and stirring jealousy among the other girls.
• Ding Ling stopped the class’s argument and told his classmates not to target Shen Jiayi or interfere with his choice of a future partner.
• Hu Jiawei urged Shen Jiayi to seize her chance with Ding Ling, and Shen Jiayi later asked him to tutor her; he agreed, provoking more gossip.
• Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei followed Ding Ling to the Library after school, where he explained that his family owned it.
• Ding Ling told Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei that his family’s assets were worth at least ten billion dollars, leaving both girls stunned.

Ding Ling tutored Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei, helping them improve academically while Shen Jiayi’s affection for him grew into a mutual promise to marry after university. After graduating from high school with outstanding exam results, Shen Jiayi enrolled at Ding Ling’s university and became the envy of Jingcheng High School and her community.

• Ding Ling’s lessons helped Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei improve, and Shen Jiayi’s Favorability reached 100, allowing Ding Ling to obtain her Sovereign Light.
• Ding Ling openly dated Shen Jiayi, and after she confessed her love, he promised to marry her after she graduated from university.
• Shen Jiayi grew anxious about waiting several years to marry Ding Ling, while Hu Jiawei encouraged her to cultivate her charm and agreed to be her bridesmaid.
• Ding Ling, Shen Jiayi, and Hu Jiawei achieved excellent National College Entrance Examination results, and Shen Jiayi applied to the same university as Ding Ling to study music.
• Shen Jiayi embraced Ding Ling after he agreed to sing for her, and her success and relationship with him made her the envy of Jingcheng High School and her mother a source of local pride.

Shen Jiayi worried that Ding Ling’s family would reject her, but he reassured her that they cared only about his feelings. After Ding Ling’s basketball footage sent sports-channel ratings soaring and classmates gained entertainment opportunities through him, Ke Jingteng tried to persuade Ding Ling to collaborate on music, only for Hu Jiawei to call out his poor singing.

• Shen Jiayi’s mother warned her to consider whether Ding Ling’s family would accept her, so Shen Jiayi called him, and he promised his family did not care about matching status and that he would always like her.
• During summer vacation, Ke Jingteng, Cao Guosheng, and their classmates played basketball with Ding Ling, whose televised footage caused the sports channel’s ratings to surge.
• Shen Jiayi photographed Ding Ling and shared the pictures, while entertainment companies sent him scripts and invitations and classmates including Ke Jingteng and Cao Guosheng began receiving celebrity opportunities.
• Ke Jingteng asked Ding Ling about acting and singing together; after Ding Ling declined acting for now and asked to hear him sing, Ke Jingteng performed Qian Li Zhi Wai.
• Hu Jiawei told Ke Jingteng that he was tone-deaf and questioned his confidence.

Ding Ling chose Shen Jiayi to sing six romantic duets on his third album, launching her to fame and deepening public interest in their relationship. As Ding Ling became an international star, Shen Jiayi stayed grounded by his example and left to meet him for a movie.

• Ke Jingteng discovered that everyone thought his singing was terrible, while Ding Ling chose Shen Jiayi for romantic duets and reassured her that she should not belittle herself.
• Ding Ling recorded six duets with Shen Jiayi for his third album, which became a major hit and made Shen Jiayi a popular female streamer within a month.
• Shen Jiayi faced praise, envy, and fan opposition over her relationship with Ding Ling, but she stayed modest and declined his offer to announce their relationship on a program.
• Ding Ling released successful English and traditional-style albums after Shen Jiayi entered university, earning recognition as an international superstar and the King of Music.
• Shen Jiayi told Hu Jiawei that Ding Ling had always treated her the same and that he chose her because she was one of a kind, then left to go to the movies with him.

After graduating from university, Ding Ling married Shen Jiayi in a lavish wedding that drew intense attention and backlash from his fans. He taught Shen Jiayi martial arts, and over the following years he remained the leading figure in East Asian and global music.

• Ding Ling announced that he would marry Shen Jiayi after graduation, prompting his fans to attack her as unworthy of him.
• Shen Jiayi told Hu Jiawei that she understood the fans’ criticism and was happy that Ding Ling was keeping his promise to marry her.
• Ding Ling and Shen Jiayi held a lavish, nationally televised wedding that sparked envy and anger among his fans.
• Ding Ling taught Shen Jiayi the Evergreen Skill, and she reached the Dark Force level after one or two years of training.
• Ding Ling continued releasing two albums a year and remained a dominant music star through 2010, earning praise for the Middle Kingdom’s influence in music.

Ding Ling and Shen Jiayi’s ageless appearance drew public attention and made them targets of wealthy men seeking the secret of longevity. After Shen Jiayi survived repeated assassination attempts, Ding Ling taught her the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, and she emerged from seclusion powerful enough to defeat an armed team.

• Reporters questioned Shen Jiayi about her and Ding Ling’s youthful appearance, but she gave them a vague answer and later learned from Ding Ling that Ancient Martial Arts had preserved their youth.
• As the couple’s agelessness became a public secret, wealthy men tried to kidnap, recruit, suppress, and assassinate them to obtain their secret.
• Shen Jiayi initially struggled to fight back, but Ding Ling urged her to become stronger and more decisive after she was repeatedly attacked.
• After months of surviving attacks and growing more capable, Shen Jiayi received the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill from Ding Ling and trained under his guidance for nearly a year.
• Shen Jiayi left seclusion and defeated repeated attackers, including a military team, using her newfound strength and speed.

After Shen Jiayi avenged the attacks on her and Ding Ling by killing hundreds of conspiratorial tycoons, she returned to Ding Ling. Ding Ling then entered the Si Teng world, built a powerful company to prepare for meeting Si Teng, and left its management to Lin Fan before departing.

• Shen Jiayi identified foreign financial magnates behind the attacks and set out to kill them, surviving missile strikes and a nuclear explosion as she hunted them across dozens of countries.
• After Shen Jiayi killed those who had targeted her, the remaining wealthy magnates fled or begged for mercy, and she returned to Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling entered the Si Teng world in 2019 and located Si Teng buried underground in Da Na, a year before Qin Fang was due to find her.
• Ding Ling secretly acquired a trillion dollars and rapidly built a company by hiring talented staff and buying businesses across several industries.
• Ding Ling told vice president Lin Fan to manage the company without further reports because he planned to leave on a long trip.

Lin Fan took charge of Ding Corporation’s operations after Ding Ling entrusted him with great authority, while Qin Fang and his partner Shan Zhigang learned more about Ding Ling’s remarkable rise. Shan Zhigang, secretly the Mystic Gate practitioner Qiu Shan and Si Teng’s enemy, decided to investigate Ding Ling as his own power waned and the corporation threatened his business.

• Ding Ling reassured Lin Fan that he trusted him with the company’s operations, and Lin Fan promised to carry out his duties despite the enormous responsibility.
• Qin Fang visited Lin Fan to ask about Ding Ling, and Lin Fan praised the chairman’s extraordinary business and technological abilities.
• Qin Fang introduced Lin Fan to Shan Zhigang, who questioned whether anyone had investigated Ding Ling and privately suspected he used Mystic Gate techniques.
• After Lin Fan left, Shan Zhigang asked Qin Fang about Ding Ling and arranged for detectives to investigate him.
• Shan Zhigang was revealed to be Qiu Shan, who had grown young by swallowing a Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead and feared his declining abilities, searched for another bead, and remained impatient for Si Teng to appear.
• As Ding Corporation continued expanding after Ding Ling’s departure, Qiu Shan saw his joint company with Qin Fang falter and worried that Lin Fan would drive the corporation’s advance even further.

Qiu Shan and Qin Fang rescued their company from the Ding Corporation’s pressure with Lin Fan’s help, then planned to seek a meeting with Ding Ling. Meanwhile, Ding Ling revived Si Teng in Da Na, where she discovered that decades had passed and tested her still-intact powers.

• Qiu Shan urged Qin Fang to ask Lin Fan for help after the Ding Corporation’s actions threatened their company.
• Qin Fang called Lin Fan, who quickly restored the company’s customers and orders, and Qiu Shan proposed meeting Ding Ling to discuss cooperation.
• Qiu Shan persuaded Qin Fang that asking Lin Fan for help was fair, and Qin Fang agreed to arrange a meeting with him and prepare to approach Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling used his blood to revive Si Teng in a wilderness forest in Da Na.
• Si Teng learned that the year was 2019, realized she had awakened eighty years after being buried, and demonstrated her supernatural abilities to Ding Ling.

Si Teng followed Ding Ling after he revived her, but his overwhelming Thunder Magic made her fear entering the modern world and seek his protection. As she learned about 2019, she discovered her life force was draining quickly and realized she needed to find Bai Ying and reunite with her; the chapter ended with Si Teng enjoying modern comforts and declaring she would never become love-struck.

• Si Teng tried to impress Ding Ling with her powers, but he demonstrated far stronger Thunder Magic and left her embarrassed and intimidated.
• Si Teng asked Ding Ling to avoid crowded places, then learned they were in Da Na and traveled with him to a hotel.
• Si Teng noticed her vitality draining faster and concluded that she needed to find and merge with Bai Ying to extend her life.
• At the hotel, Si Teng sampled modern food and learned about phones, mobile payments, television, and other technology from Ding Ling.
• Si Teng watched television with Ding Ling, criticized a character for being love-struck, and vowed that she would never fall in love that way.

Si Teng became hooked on television and League of Legends while exploring the modern world with Ding Ling, and her favorability toward him rose as she grew more comfortable around him. The next day, she searched for daily work to repay him, but a wealthy businessman approached with an offer that she recognized as a pretext to take advantage of her.

• Si Teng stayed up watching a female-empowerment drama, then spent more than ten hours playing League of Legends with Ding Ling at an Internet café.
• After dinner, Si Teng watched television until two in the morning before finally going to bed, and her favorability toward Ding Ling continued to rise as she slept.
• Si Teng went out the next day to find work that would let her earn money and treat Ding Ling, but she found no suitable daily-paid job.
• Si Teng avoided and cleverly punished men who tried to take advantage of her while she asked around about finding work.
• A portly businessman offered Si Teng a secretary job with daily pay, and she immediately suspected his intentions.

Si Teng worked for the sleazy hotel owner Lü Yóulài while searching for a better-paying job, then used her hard-earned wages to treat Ding Ling to an inexpensive meal. Her favorability toward Ding Ling rose, while Lü Yóulài grew jealous after learning she had plans with another man.

• Si Teng accepted a secretary job from Lü Yóulài but was furious when he paid her only three hundred yuan for a day’s work.
• When Lü Yóulài tried to send Si Teng out of town, she refused and threatened to quit, so he promised to raise her monthly salary to sixty thousand yuan.
• Si Teng searched the job market and discovered most jobs paid only a few thousand yuan a month, then treated Ding Ling to zhajiang noodles and malatang.
• Ding Ling thanked Si Teng for the meal and chatted with her about the Mortal Realm, raising her favorability and deepening her admiration for him.
• Si Teng returned to work the next day, endured Lü Yóulài’s attention, and left after collecting her wages.
• Lü Yóulài invited Si Teng to dinner, but she said she already had plans with a man, making him furious.

Si Teng endured Lü Yóulài’s harassment while trying to find work that would let her repay Ding Ling for his gifts. Lü Yóulài investigated her and Ding Ling but held back from acting, while Si Teng continued treating Ding Ling to meals and her Favorability toward him increased.

• Si Teng warned Lü Yóulài that Ding Ling was her benefactor and refused his offer to investigate Ding Ling.
• After Si Teng left, Lü Yóulài learned that investigators could find almost no information about her, so he arranged to investigate Ding Ling instead.
• Si Teng spent her salary on a meal for Ding Ling, who praised her and served her food, increasing her Favorability toward him.
• While enduring Lü Yóulài’s harassment at work, Si Teng searched for other jobs but found that livestreaming, sales, and learning hacking all seemed difficult or risky.
• Lü Yóulài invited Si Teng to dinner again, but she refused and left; wary of his intentions, she kept her job while continuing to look for alternatives.
• Si Teng treated Ding Ling to another expensive dinner, and his kindness contrasted with her workday and raised her Favorability again.

Si Teng grew closer to Ding Ling while enduring harassment at Lü Yóulài’s hotel, and Ding Ling offered her a job as his private secretary. After Lü Yóulài arranged for Young Master Chen to pursue Si Teng, someone came looking for her at the hotel, leaving the chapter poised for a confrontation.

• Si Teng confided in Ding Ling while drinking, and her favorability toward him rose as she considered finding a better job.
• Si Teng endured Lü Yóulài’s increasingly burdensome work and unwanted attention from his clients while trying to save money.
• Young Master Chen demanded that Lü Yóulài deliver Si Teng to him, while Lü Yóulài secretly hoped the men would clash and leave Si Teng vulnerable.
• Si Teng’s favorability toward Ding Ling reached 72 points, and Ding Ling offered her a position as his private secretary, but she insisted on continuing to work for now.
• After Si Teng and Ding Ling returned to the hotel late at night, the boss told Si Teng that someone was looking for her, and Si Teng refused to go.

Si Teng refused Young Master Chen’s demand to attend a banquet and defeated the men sent to seize her. After a second group of mercenaries failed to overpower her, Qin Xiong took them away, but Young Master Chen still intended to force her to come to him.

• Ms. Zhang warned Si Teng that Young Master Chen had sent men to fetch her, but Si Teng refused to go.
• Ding Ling allowed Si Teng to defend herself, and Lu Cha’s group tried to force her to the Chen Family’s residence.
• Si Teng struck Lu Cha and sent him flying, so his men withdrew and reported their failure to Young Master Chen.
• Young Master Chen ordered Qin Xiong to send more men to seize Si Teng, while Lü Yóulài suspected Ding Ling was dangerous and decided not to provoke him.
• Qin Xiong led dozens of mercenaries into Si Teng’s room, but Si Teng used their electric batons to knock them down and ordered Qin Xiong to leave.

Qin Xiong and the other mercenaries abandoned their mission against Si Teng, but Young Master Chen personally confronted Lü Yóulài and tried to recruit her as his secretary. Si Teng refused and prepared to leave, thinking she could now tell Ding Ling the truth and work for him instead.

• Qin Xiong warned Young Master Chen that his men would not attack Si Teng again, and Lu Cha and the injured mercenaries agreed to abandon the mission.
• Qian Sun reported that Young Master Chen planned to lead a team to Lü Yóulài's hotel, but Qin Xiong told the men not to rush into trouble.
• Si Teng ate breakfast with Ding Ling, gained another point of Favorability, and went to work in good spirits.
• Young Master Chen arrived at Lü Yóulài's office with dozens of armed men, humiliated Lü Yóulài, and demanded that Si Teng become his secretary.
• Si Teng rejected Young Master Chen's offer and decided to leave, considering that she could tell Ding Ling the truth and work for him.

Si Teng was cornered by Chen Yun, who demanded she become his girlfriend, so she called Ding Ling for help. Ding Ling arrived, defeated Chen Yun’s armed bodyguards, and rescued Si Teng, leaving Lü Yóulài terrified after being struck for trying to take liberties with her.

• Chen Yun blocked Si Teng from leaving with crossbow-wielding bodyguards and demanded she become his girlfriend.
• Si Teng called Ding Ling and asked him to come to the hotel, then waited with Chen Yun.
• Ding Ling arrived, and Si Teng linked arms with him and leaned against his shoulder to show they were together.
• Ding Ling used Tai Chi to knock down the bodyguards and break their crossbows, then slapped Chen Yun unconscious.
• Ding Ling confronted Lü Yóulài as he tried to sneak away and slapped him for attempting to take liberties with Si Teng.

Ding Ling rescued Si Teng from Lü Yóulài’s workplace and offered her a highly paid private secretary position, revealing that he founded the famous Ding Corporation. Si Teng accepted the job and followed him as they prepared to return to Suzhou-Hangzhou, then searched online for advice on how to be a good secretary.

• Ding Ling slapped Lü Yóulài unconscious after he promised to obey Si Teng, and Si Teng praised Ding Ling’s precise control of his strength.
• Ding Ling offered to teach Si Teng his technique and invited her to become his private secretary for a monthly salary of five hundred thousand during probation.
• Ding Ling revealed that he had founded the Ding Corporation, and Si Teng was astonished by his identity and growing admiration for him.
• Ding Ling and Si Teng agreed to return to Suzhou-Hangzhou the next day, and they spent the day sightseeing and shopping in Da Na.
• Si Teng spent several million on shopping and later searched online for ways to become a capable secretary.

Si Teng struggled with her growing romantic feelings for Ding Ling as she prepared to begin work as his private secretary. The Chen Family’s hired assassins attacked them at a breakfast shop, and Ding Ling pulled Si Teng to safety beneath a table.

• Si Teng grew flustered when Ding Ling hugged her and called her a good girl, then spent the night wondering whether she should accept him as a boyfriend.
• Ding Ling noticed Si Teng’s feelings had not changed and offered to let her rest, but she insisted on starting her secretary job.
• Ding Ling revealed that the Chen Family had put a bounty on him and Si Teng and sent assassins to kill them.
• Si Teng discussed her duties with Ding Ling and resolved to learn ways to repay his kindness.
• A gunman opened fire at the breakfast shop, and Ding Ling pulled Si Teng into his arms and ducked beneath a table.