Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling protected Si Teng from an attack arranged by the Chen Family, then used his staged shoulder wound to deepen her affection for him. He sent evidence of the Chen Family’s crimes to Lin Fan, whose legal assault left the family facing ruin and prison.

• Ding Ling left Si Teng hiding in the shop and confronted the armed assassin, later returning with a staged wound that raised her Favorability to 95 and then 96.
• Si Teng urged Ding Ling to go to the hospital and vowed to make the Chen Family pay, but agreed to focus on her work as his personal secretary when he told her he would handle them.
• Ding Ling sent evidence of the attack and the Chen Family’s dealings with overseas groups to Lin Fan, who ordered the Ding Corporation’s security and legal teams to act against them.
• The Chen Family’s evidence-backed crimes came to light, and the patriarch beat Young Master Chen while blaming him for bringing the family to ruin.
• Young Master Chen’s mother revealed that her family had found no way to save the Chen Family and expected them to face ten or twenty years in prison.

Chen Mu and her family faced the collapse of the Chen Family after Ding Ling’s campaign, while Ding Ling’s hospital stay brought him and Si Teng closer. On the journey back, Si Teng accepted his proposal and, despite asking to slow down their intimacy, soon reconsidered.

• Chen Mu urged the Chen Family Chairman and her son to turn themselves in, while Young Master Chen begged her to save him from prison and death.
• The Chen Family Chairman lamented that his family’s thousand-year foundation had been ruined, and Chen Mu recognized that no relatives could save her son from the consequences of attacking Ding Ling.
• During the week at Da Na First Hospital, Si Teng cared for Ding Ling, grew more trusting of him, and reached 97 favorability.
• Ding Ling proposed to Si Teng in a small city, and she accepted before the cheering crowd, raising her favorability to 99.
• In the motorhome, Ding Ling and Si Teng kissed and became intimate, but Si Teng asked to wait; after Ding Ling helped her dress, she changed her mind and suggested they continue.

Si Teng and Ding Ling grew closer on their journey back and settled into Ding Ling’s estate near West Lake, where Si Teng worried privately about her declining vitality and the dangers tied to her past. Ding Ling announced that he planned to marry her and leave Lin Fan in charge of Ding Corporation, while Zhao Qingcai resolved to keep pursuing her own ambitions.

• Si Teng considered becoming more intimate with Ding Ling, but he stopped her and told her they could wait until they returned.
• Si Teng concealed her fears about Bai Ying and her own limited lifespan, deciding to cherish the time she had with Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling and Si Teng traveled through the scenery together, and Si Teng’s favorability rose to almost one hundred before they reached the Suzhou-Hangzhou Region.
• Ding Ling brought Si Teng to his estate beside West Lake, where butler Zhao Qingcai resented her arrival and decided she still had a chance to win Ding Ling over.
• Lin Fan reported on Ding Corporation, and Ding Ling praised him and told him to keep running the company while Ding Ling went on his honeymoon after the wedding.
• Ding Ling told Lin Fan and Zhao Qingcai that he was getting married, and Si Teng felt grateful that he had chosen her despite her being a member of the Karmic race.

Ding Ling announced that he would marry Si Teng on the seventh, prompting business families to investigate her as a possible weakness. Qiu Shan persuaded Li Kun that Si Teng was a demon of the Karmic race and proposed using a Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead to lure her; the bead reached Li Kun, while Qiu Shan secretly coveted it.

• Ding Ling confirmed Si Teng was his partner and set their wedding for the seventh, assigning Lin Fan and Butler Zhao to arrange it.
• Zhao Qingcai concealed her disappointment and continued helping with the wedding preparations.
• News of Ding Ling's marriage spread through the business circles, and powerful families began investigating Si Teng to find a way to target Ding Ling.
• Qiu Shan told Li Kun that Si Teng belonged to the Karmic race and offered to capture her with a Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead as bait.
• Li Kun contacted Jia Guizhi, and the Li Family obtained the Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead within a day; Qiu Shan watched it with greed.

Qiu Shan stole and swallowed the real Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead, then withdrew from Li Kun’s plans while secretly preparing to exploit a future clash between the Li Family and Ding Ling. Ding Ling and Si Teng married in a grand traditional ceremony, and the chapter ended with Si Teng researching ways to please her husband.

• Qiu Shan stole the real Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead from Li Kun and swallowed it, believing its power would let him outlive Si Teng.
• Qiu Shan left Li Kun’s operation, moved his wife and children near the Li Family under guard, and resolved to wait for Li Kun and Ding Ling to clash.
• Ding Ling and Si Teng held a grand traditional wedding, and Si Teng vowed to remain by his side and protect him.
• Ding Ling and Si Teng drank the nuptial wine and consummated their marriage, after which Si Teng’s Sovereign Light appeared and Ding Ling took it.
• The next day, Si Teng searched online for advice and videos on pleasing Ding Ling, then resolved to try what she had learned.

Si Teng accidentally revealed intimate details about Ding Ling to Zhao Qingcai, while Li Kun and Qiu Shan continued waiting for a chance to target her. Meanwhile, Master Cang Hong gathered the remaining Mystic Gate leaders, who decided to investigate whether the Si Teng married to Ding Ling was the Karmic race member they feared.

• Zhao Qingcai brought Si Teng porridge, drew out details about Ding Ling, and grew more determined to seduce him.
• Si Teng realized she had overshared, then privately watched videos on her phone and reacted with embarrassment and surprise.
• Li Kun abandoned plans to act immediately and waited for Ding Ling to leave Si Teng alone, while Qiu Shan continued his patient pursuit.
• Qin Fang saw Si Teng at the market, struggled with his attraction to her, and resolved to focus on work rather than betray An Man.
• Yan Fu Rui took Wa Fang to Wudang Mountain, where Master Cang Hong examined his evidence and traveled to Cangcheng Mountain.
• Master Cang Hong summoned the surviving Mystic Gate leaders, and after Bai Jin connected Si Teng to Ding Ling, they agreed to investigate her in Suzhou-Hangzhou; Shen Yin Deng privately resolved to kill Si Teng if they met.

Shen Yin Deng and the Mystic Gate group failed to identify Si Teng or meet Ding Ling, while Si Teng learned the Mystic Gate had declined and asked Ding Ling to help her find Bai Ying. Ding Ling and Si Teng found Bai Ying's bones beneath West Lake, and Bai Ying revived before them.

• Shen Yin Deng, Bai Jin, Cang Hong, and the others waited outside Ding Ling's estate and saw Si Teng, but none could detect whether she belonged to the Karmic race.
• Bai Jin proposed waiting for Ding Ling so they could ask for his help, while Ding Ling told Si Teng that the Mystic Gate had declined and posed little threat.
• Si Teng told Ding Ling about her history with Bai Ying and decided to find and reclaim the power of her separated counterpart; Ding Ling promised to help.
• Qiu Shan persuaded Li Kun to bring Bai Jin's group into the Li Family's bait team and privately warned Yan Fu Rui to stay out of the conflict, but Yan Fu Rui did not recognize him.
• Ding Ling and Si Teng found Bai Ying's bones beneath West Lake, and Bai Ying revived as a woman in red and thanked Si Teng for helping her return.

Si Teng killed Bai Ying and absorbed her power, then grew stronger through Ding Ling’s cultivation method. After Si Teng defeated an ambush arranged by the Li Family and Shen Yin Deng, she captured Qiu Shan, who pleaded for his life by offering his Mystic Gate knowledge and services.

• Bai Ying attacked Si Teng, but Ding Ling struck her down with lightning and left her unable to fight.
• Si Teng rejected Bai Ying’s offer to serve her and drained her energy, absorbing her split body’s power.
• Ding Ling taught Si Teng the Monster Clan Body-Tempering Method, and her strength increased dramatically over the following months.
• Si Teng defeated an ambush by the Li Family, Shen Yin Deng, and their forces, then captured Qiu Shan as he tried to flee.
• Si Teng recognized Qiu Shan, who admitted swallowing the Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead and offered Mystic Gate secrets and other services in exchange for his life.

Si Teng killed Qiu Shan and Shen Yin Deng after discovering their hostility and true nature, but spared Bai Jin, Master Cang Hong, and Yan Fu Rui. The survivors fled and discussed Si Teng’s power and their admiration for Ding Ling, while Si Teng remained behind to deal with Li Kun’s mercenaries.

• Qiu Shan begged Si Teng to spare him, but she killed him, leaving Yan Fu Rui devastated.
• Si Teng sensed Bai Jin had no ill intent and released him, then freed Master Cang Hong and the others after Bai Jin pleaded for them.
• Si Teng exposed Shen Yin Deng as a member of the Karmic race and killed her when she cursed Si Teng and showed no possibility of reconciliation.
• Si Teng spared Yan Fu Rui and ordered Bai Jin and the others to leave; they fled as an explosion sounded behind them.
• On the bus, Bai Jin and Master Cang Hong discussed Si Teng’s strength and humanity’s prospects, then praised Ding Ling for marrying her.

After Si Teng helped Ding Ling crush the Li Family and later devastated foreign powers that attacked Ding Corporation, the world feared the couple’s strength. The chapter ended with people suspecting Ding Ling was even stronger than Si Teng.

• Si Teng told Ding Ling about the Li Family, and Ding Ling had Ding Corporation expose its scandals and destroy its business empire.
• The aristocratic clans avoided provoking Si Teng, while women became increasingly attracted to Ding Ling’s loyalty and restraint.
• Three years later, Si Teng worried that she could not conceive, and Ding Ling reassured her before she eagerly sought to have a child with him.
• Foreign giants and officials attacked Ding Corporation’s overseas assets, so Ding Ling sent Si Teng to retaliate.
• Si Teng survived a nuclear blast and destroyed the enemies who threatened Ding Corporation, leaving foreign powers terrified.
• Observers concluded that Ding Ling might also be extraordinarily powerful because Si Teng treated him with such deference.

After Si Teng survived a nuclear blast, powerful families and intellectuals concluded that Ding Ling was the source of her strength and sought chances to cultivate immortality. Ding Ling chose Lin Fan for the opportunity, while Si Teng accepted his promise to find her sisters and began cultivating with him.

• Footage of Si Teng surviving a nuclear blast spread online, and witnesses and investigators speculated about her power and its connection to Ding Ling.
• Bai Jin told an intellectual that Si Teng had revived and grown powerful after meeting Ding Ling, prompting families and experts to seek ties with the Ding Corporation.
• Lin Fan asked Ding Ling to let him cultivate immortality, and Ding Ling invited him to his manor.
• Lin Fan's early cultivation was captured by satellite, confirming global suspicions that Ding Ling could create powerful cultivators.
• Zhao Qingcai and other women at the manor grew more eager to earn Ding Ling's favor, while Si Teng worried about his admirers.
• Ding Ling reassured Si Teng, promised to introduce her to his other partners, and began a cultivation method with her.

Ding Ling entered the 1968 world of Classic of Love and set out to win over Song Zhuxi before she met Zhao Junhe. After securing a vast fortune and posing as a wealthy overseas-returnee student, he arranged for Song Zhuxi to guide him around Hancheng University.

• Ding Ling surveyed the world, learned that Song Zhuxi carried the Sovereign Light, and decided to approach her before her destined meeting with Zhao Junhe.
• Ding Ling hacked Eagle Country's banking system, transferred ten billion dollars into his accounts, and created a wealthy overseas-returnee identity.
• Ding Ling entered Song Zhuxi's class at Hancheng University, where teacher Song Xueke introduced him as a musical prodigy and donor planning to fund a library.
• When Song Xueke asked for a student to guide Ding Ling, Song Zhuxi raised her hand, and Ding Ling chose her.
• Song Xueke excused Song Zhuxi from class so she could show Ding Ling around, while jealous classmates watched them leave together.

At Hancheng University, Ding Ling gave Song Zhuxi a romantic tour and taught her vocal music, quickly winning her admiration and becoming her exclusive tutor. After dinner, Song Zhuxi told her best friend Piao Xiuzhen about the day, and Piao Xiuzhen marveled at how lucky she was.

• Song Zhuxi took Ding Ling to the university lake, where his lessons helped her make remarkable progress in vocal music.
• Ding Ling gave Song Zhuxi a cherry blossom beneath the trees, and her favorability toward him rose as the romantic setting moved her.
• Song Zhuxi praised Ding Ling's teaching and proposed that he teach at the university, but he declined and agreed to be her exclusive vocal music teacher instead.
• Song Zhuxi invited Ding Ling to dinner at the university cafeteria and promised to continue showing him around the next day.
• After saying goodbye to Ding Ling, Song Zhuxi told Piao Xiuzhen about his teaching ability, and Piao Xiuzhen envied her for having him as a personal coach.

Song Zhuxi grew closer to Ding Ling during a day of sightseeing, while her parents investigated him and worried that she was falling for him. After Song Zhuxi admitted to her mother that she liked Ding Ling, her mother asked her to recount how they had met.

• Piao Xiuzhen encouraged Song Zhuxi to get to know Ding Ling and work out a way past her parents' expectations with him.
• Song Zhuxi's father learned that Ding Ling had returned from overseas and donated a million dollars, and her parents decided to watch him before acting.
• Song Zhuxi gave Ding Ling a jar of one hundred paper cranes, and he caught it when she dropped it after waking up startled.
• Song Zhuxi guided Ding Ling around the university, and her Favorability toward him rose to 79 before they arranged to meet again the next day.
• Song Zhuxi's mother asked whether she liked Ding Ling, and Song Zhuxi admitted that she did before agreeing to explain how they met.

Song Zhuxi won her mother's support for continuing to see Ding Ling, then asked her best friend Piao Xiuzhen to help fend off other girls pursuing him. On their next date, Ding Ling chose Song Zhuxi over a senior girl, held her hand, and her favorability toward him rose to 87.

• Song Zhuxi recounted her dates with Ding Ling to her mother, who reassured her that she could keep seeing him if he was truly outstanding.
• Song Zhuxi confided to Piao Xiuzhen that she feared Ding Ling did not like her, and Piao Xiuzhen agreed to deter other girls from pursuing him.
• At the school gate, several girls asked Ding Ling for his contact information, and Piao Xiuzhen tried to keep them at bay.
• Ding Ling declined a third-year girl's offer to guide him and said Song Zhuxi was all he needed.
• Ding Ling took Song Zhuxi's hand and walked with her as she introduced the area's history and culture, bringing her favorability to 87.

Ding Ling spent ten days winning Song Zhuxi’s affection with thoughtful outings, gifts, and a public performance of “Simple Love,” bringing her favorability to 94. Song Zhuxi’s father approved of their relationship, and the chapter ended with Song Zhuxi deeply moved by Ding Ling’s song.

• Ding Ling accompanied Song Zhuxi around Seoul, held her hand, and raised her favorability to 90 as she grew more comfortable with him.
• Ding Ling prepared 108 Dragon Country dishes for Song Zhuxi, painted her portrait, and took her motorcycle riding, raising her favorability to 94.
• Ding Ling performed “Simple Love” at Seoul’s music festival, leaving the audience stunned and Song Zhuxi moved to tears.
• Song Zhuxi’s father and Seoul’s wealthy families praised Ding Ling, and her father celebrated his daughter’s good fortune.

Ding Ling’s performance and public romance with Song Zhuxi won over Seoul’s elite, and their kiss brought her favorability to 100 as he obtained the Sovereign Light. During summer vacation, Song Zhuxi stayed by Ding Ling in Seoul, where they later encountered her former fiancé Taixiu, now a fan of Ding Ling’s love-song album.

• Ding Ling’s wealth and musical talent impressed the guests, while Song Zhuxi’s parents worried that other women might pursue him and urged her to secure their relationship.
• After the feast, Ding Ling took Song Zhuxi’s hand and kissed her in front of the crowd, raising her favorability to 100 and catching the Sovereign Light that left her body.
• Song Zhuxi devoted herself to Ding Ling, learning to make him food and knit him a scarf, and chose to stay with him in Seoul over summer vacation.
• Ding Ling released a love-song album at Song Zhuxi’s insistence, becoming known as the Love Song Master.
• While strolling in Seoul, Ding Ling and Song Zhuxi met Taixiu, who asked Ding Ling to autograph his record; Song Zhuxi watched their exchange with complicated feelings.

Song Zhuxi reaffirmed her love for Ding Ling and spent the new semester avoiding Zhao Junhe, who continued pursuing her despite learning she had a boyfriend. Piao Xiuzhen gave up on Zhao Junhe and asked Song Zhuxi to have Ding Ling find her a suitable match, while Song Zhuxi wondered when Ding Ling might propose.

• Song Zhuxi asked Ding Ling whether they could grow old together, and he assured her that they could.
• After summer vacation, Song Zhuxi and Piao Xiuzhen discussed Zhao Junhe, whose good looks and direct approach caught their attention.
• Zhao Junhe approached Song Zhuxi to ask to be friends, but Piao Xiuzhen told him she had a boyfriend, and he fled after tripping and falling.
• Piao Xiuzhen discovered Zhao Junhe was secretly watching Song Zhuxi, so Song Zhuxi decided they should avoid him and promised to ask Ding Ling to find Piao Xiuzhen a good match.
• Piao Xiuzhen asked Song Zhuxi about marrying Ding Ling and their intimacy, embarrassing her as they walked to class.
• Zhao Junhe deliberately tried to run into Song Zhuxi and collided with her; Piao Xiuzhen scolded him and stomped on his foot as she left with Song Zhuxi.

Zhao Junhe tried to learn more about Ding Ling, Song Zhuxi’s boyfriend, but every account made Ding Ling seem even more impressive and Zhao Junhe’s confidence in pursuing Song Zhuxi faltered. After hearing an elderly guard praise Ding Ling’s achievements and wealth at the Tianlong Science and Technology Park, Zhao Junhe again doubted that he could compete with him.

• Taixiu told Zhao Junhe that Ding Ling was exceptionally talented, but Zhao Junhe objected when Taixiu’s admiration sounded like praise for his love rival.
• Zhao Junhe questioned classmates about Ding Ling and heard repeated stories of Ding Ling and Song Zhuxi’s intimacy, leaving him discouraged enough to give up and focus on studying for a day.
• Taixiu described Ding Ling as accomplished in many fields, and Zhao Junhe planned to investigate him outside school the next day.
• Zhao Junhe visited the Tianlong Science and Technology Park and heard its elderly security guard enthusiastically praise Ding Ling, the chairman, and the park’s enormous investment.
• Zhao Junhe concluded that he could not compete with Ding Ling’s ability, background, or influence, and lost hope of pursuing Song Zhuxi.

Zhao Junhe gave up pursuing Song Zhuxi after seeing how far Ding Ling surpassed him, and Taixiu warned him that powerful students had considered targeting him. Zhao Junhe kept his distance from Song Zhuxi and later watched her reunite with Ding Ling in the snow, accepting that they were a perfect match.

• Zhao Junhe visited the Ecological Park with Taixiu, saw Ding Ling, and lost confidence in both his looks and his chances with Song Zhuxi.
• Zhao Junhe said he would stop pursuing Song Zhuxi, and Taixiu revealed that she had once been his fiancée and that he had already warned Zhao Junhe about Ding Ling.
• Piao Xiuzhen noticed Zhao Junhe had given up, while influential students tried to befriend Song Zhuxi to gain access to Ding Ling and discussed how Zhao Junhe had narrowly avoided trouble.
• Taixiu told Zhao Junhe that powerful students had considered dealing with him, and Zhao Junhe thanked his friend and agreed to be more cautious.
• Zhao Junhe kept his distance from Song Zhuxi, then watched her run to Ding Ling in the snow and kiss him, wishing them happiness.