Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling defeated the thugs Yuan Hua sent after him, then Scarface’s gang retaliated by beating Yuan Hua and getting arrested. Ding Ling’s fame spread across Seventh High School, and reporter Tian Xiaolan began interviewing his classmates.

• Qiu Ya ignored the students who mocked her and grew more confident as she stayed close to Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling used Tai Chi to defeat Scarface and more than a dozen thugs who had tried to warn him away from Qiu Ya.
• Scarface blamed Yuan Hua for sending his men after a martial arts master, then had his gang beat Yuan Hua.
• Mr. Wang told the class that Yuan Hua had been hospitalized after being beaten by hooligans and warned students against criminal groups.
• News of Ding Ling’s martial arts spread through the school, attracting reporters and raising his popularity further.
• Reporter Tian Xiaolan visited Class 2, Grade 3, and asked Ding Ling’s classmates if she could interview them about him.

Ding Ling's popularity surged after a televised interview, while Qiu Ya received advice from Ma Dongmei about handling the pressure of being his girlfriend. Xia Luo took his stolen savings to a record company, where General Zhang signed him to record a collection of plagiarized hit songs and arranged to register their copyrights.

• Class 2, Grade 3 students praised Ding Ling in a television interview, and the reporter was captivated when she interviewed him in person.
• The broadcast made Ding Ling famous in Xihong City, so he asked the school to block most reporters from disturbing him.
• Qiu Ya confided her worries to Ma Dongmei, who urged her to trust Ding Ling, and Qiu Ya learned that Xia Luo had gone south with stolen money to seek fame.
• Xia Luo brought more than a dozen songs to General Zhang, who recognized their hit potential and negotiated a recording contract with him.
• General Zhang and Xia Luo signed the contract, then headed to register the songs' copyrights using the company's advance.

Xia Luo tried to profit from songs he remembered from his previous life, but discovered that Tuo Ba Feng had already registered hundreds of them. After losing General Zhang’s support and struggling to earn enough to register one remaining song, Xia Luo returned home broke and faced his furious mother.

• General Zhang and Xia Luo learned that Xia Luo’s songs had already been registered, and General Zhang demanded five million yuan in damages for breach of contract.
• Xia Luo wrote ten more songs, but the staff revealed that Tuo Ba Feng had registered all of them, along with hundreds of other songs.
• General Zhang gave Xia Luo another chance, but rejected the songs he wrote and left, insisting that Xia Luo pay the damages.
• Xia Luo found that nearly every song he remembered was taken, washed dishes to earn the fee to register “Six-Story Building,” and failed to secure a meeting with music companies because his name was associated with plagiarism.
• Xia Luo returned to his hometown, where his mother beat him and demanded to know what had happened to her money.

After his mother scolded him for wasting money, Xia Luo returned to school and asked Ding Ling for a loan to pay a contract penalty and start a business. Ding Ling agreed to lend him one million yuan, and the chapter ended with Xia Luo arriving at school unaware that Ding Ling had used him to raise Qiu Ya’s favorability.

• Xia Luo’s mother beat and scolded him over his expensive clothes, and Xia Luo lamented that Tuo Ba Feng had taken the songs and business opportunities he hoped to use to get rich.
• After returning to class, Xia Luo asked Ma Dongmei to arrange a meeting with Ding Ling so he could apologize and ask for help.
• Xia Luo asked Ding Ling to lend him six million yuan, but Ding Ling left and eventually agreed to lend him one million yuan in exchange for an IOU.
• The next day, Ding Ling brought the money to class and told the students he was lending it to Xia Luo, which pleased Qiu Ya and raised her favorability.
• Xia Luo arrived at school early, while Ding Ling watched for how his actions might affect Qiu Ya’s favorability.

Xia Luo borrowed one million yuan from Ding Ling and planned to use it as starting capital, while the loan strengthened Ding Ling’s reputation among their classmates. Over winter vacation and into the second half of Grade 3, Ding Ling tutored Qiu Ya, whose scores soared toward 690, and the chapter left her parents celebrating him as an outstanding future son-in-law.

• Xia Luo arrived late, apologized to Ding Ling, and accepted a one-million-yuan loan after handing him an IOU; classmates witnessed the exchange.
• Ma Dongmei learned Xia Luo had originally asked Ding Ling for six million yuan, and the class learned of his request and mocked his audacity.
• Xia Luo planned to invest the loan in QQ or other ventures, while his classmates increasingly admired Ding Ling for his generosity.
• Ding Ling’s reputation made Class 2, Grade 3 proud of him, and Qiu Ya received more attention as his girlfriend.
• Qiu Ya studied with Ding Ling during winter vacation and later raised her mock-exam score from 642 to 658 and then 669, drawing attention across the school.
• Teacher Wang and the principal invited Ding Ling to speak about his study methods, while Qiu Ya’s parents celebrated his help and praised him as a future son-in-law.

Xia Luo tried to use his future knowledge to get rich, but Tuo Ba Feng had already claimed key opportunities, and Xia Luo’s failed investments and contract dispute left him burdened with millions in debt. After his mother sold his villa to repay most of the money he owed Ding Ling, Xia Luo returned to school blaming Tuo Ba Feng for making life difficult for a fellow transmigrator.

• Qiu Ya’s parents urged her to hold on to Ding Ling, while Xia Luo’s mother discovered his borrowing and beat him for it.
• Xia Luo received a court summons and was ordered to pay General Zhang five million yuan after breaking a contract.
• Ma Dongmei learned about Xia Luo’s debts, and Xia Luo’s mother worried that he would squander the million yuan he had borrowed from Ding Ling.
• Xia Luo went south to find the founders of QQ and discovered that Tuo Ba Feng had already invested twenty million yuan for a ninety-eight-percent stake.
• Xia Luo failed to secure other investments and bought a villa with his remaining money, but his mother sold it and returned 950,000 yuan to Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling forgave the remaining tens of thousands, Qiu Ya’s favorability toward him rose, and Xia Luo returned to school blaming Tuo Ba Feng.

Xia Luo, struggling with debt and envy of Ding Ling’s success, asked him for help learning to write after Ma Dongmei arranged a meeting. Ding Ling coached Xia Luo at his villa, while Qiu Ya grew closer to Ding Ling and Xia Luo left hoping to return the next day.

• Ma Dongmei criticized Xia Luo for his failed investment and debt, then praised Ding Ling’s books and treasured his autograph.
• Xia Luo resented Ding Ling’s success, failed to write compelling stories from memory, and decided to ask Ding Ling for writing advice.
• Ma Dongmei agreed to introduce Xia Luo to Ding Ling, and Ding Ling accepted after Qiu Ya objected to helping someone who still owed him money.
• Ding Ling told Qiu Ya he considered her feelings and might marry her, raising her affection for him.
• Xia Luo visited Ding Ling’s villa, received advice and a rewritten opening for Princess Hours, and stayed for several hours instead of attending evening self-study.
• Xia Luo thanked Ding Ling before leaving at ten o’clock and asked whether he could come back the next day.

Ding Ling kept revising Xia Luo’s novel despite Qiu Ya’s objections, and Xia Luo used Ding Ling’s reputation to secure a publisher for the first volume. Qiu Ya promised to stay by Ding Ling’s side for life, while Xia Luo celebrated his success and argued with Ma Dongmei over whether he owed Ding Ling anything.

• Qiu Ya warned Ding Ling that Xia Luo was taking advantage of his kindness, but Ding Ling agreed to help Xia Luo one more time.
• Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei agreed not to let Xia Luo’s requests damage their friendship, while Ma Dongmei confronted Xia Luo about asking Ding Ling for writing advice.
• Xia Luo spent the afternoon drafting his novel, then brought his work to Ding Ling, who polished it and allowed Xia Luo to say he had revised the opening.
• Qiu Ya asked Ding Ling whether she could watch over him for a lifetime, and Ding Ling agreed.
• Xia Luo repeatedly brought Ding Ling rough manuscripts to revise, eventually gathering more than a hundred thousand polished words and finding a publisher for the first volume.
• Ma Dongmei criticized Xia Luo for taking credit and failing to share his earnings with Ding Ling, and Xia Luo angrily told her to stay out of his business.

As Ding Ling’s public success drew intense attention to his relationship with Qiu Ya, he defended her at a press conference and raised her Favorability to 100, completing his mission and obtaining the Sovereign Light. Later, Xia Luo returned to ask Ding Ling for help with his stalled novel, while Ma Dongmei wondered what had become of him.

• Xia Luo’s Princess Hours became a regional hit, and he claimed that he had written it himself with revisions from Ding Ling.
• Qiu Ya grew more determined to protect Ding Ling as Xia Luo profited from his fame and the college entrance examination approached.
• After Ding Ling received a perfect examination score, reporters and public criticism surrounded Qiu Ya, so Ding Ling defended her at a press conference.
• Qiu Ya’s Favorability reached 100, and the Sovereign Light left her body and fell into Ding Ling’s hand, completing his mission in the world.
• Qiu Ya told Ma Dongmei she would study wherever Ding Ling went, while Ma Dongmei wondered about Xia Luo’s examination results and learned he was missing.
• Xia Luo visited Qiu Ya with expensive gifts and asked to see Ding Ling, hoping for help because he could not write the second volume of Princess Hours.

After Xia Luo insulted Ding Ling and spat at his home, Ding Ling used his financial influence to push him into bankruptcy and ruin his reputation. Desperate to borrow money, Xia Luo returned to Ding Ling’s villa, where Qiu Ya blocked him at the door.

• Xia Luo begged Ding Ling to partner on a Princess Hours sequel and television adaptation, but Ding Ling refused and chose to spend time with Qiu Ya.
• Xia Luo grew resentful, insulted Ding Ling, and spat discreetly as he left; Qiu Ya witnessed it and condemned him as an ingrate.
• Ding Ling used his financial power to ensure Xia Luo faced a harsh publishing contract, and Xia Luo’s failed sequel left him owing millions and losing his reputation.
• With his debts mounting, Xia Luo returned to washing dishes, endured public ridicule, and decided he needed capital to invest in real estate.
• Xia Luo returned to Ding Ling’s villa to ask for help, but security guards barred him; when Qiu Ya came outside, he insulted her and demanded to see Ding Ling.

Xia Luo’s debts and ruined reputation left him desperate for help, but Ma Dongmei refused to borrow money for him, and his mother beat him after he visited her in the hospital. Injured and overwhelmed, Xia Luo decided Ding Ling was the only person who might still help him.

• Ding Ling defended Qiu Ya from Xia Luo, then left while Xia Luo begged him for help.
• Xia Luo found Ma Dongmei and explained his troubles; she gave him a few yuan but refused to ask Ding Ling for more money.
• Xia Luo failed to secure help from a publishing house and took out a loan from loan sharks, leaving himself trapped in mounting debt.
• Debt collectors beat Xia Luo and told him his mother had collapsed at work and been hospitalized, so he limped to see her.
• Xia Luo’s mother struck him and ordered him to get a proper job and repay his debts.
• Xia Luo left the hospital and decided to seek Ding Ling’s help again, knowing Ding Ling had become a household-name author.

Xia Luo tried to use his old classmate Ding Ling’s wealth to escape his debts, but Ding Ling refused to help and Xia Luo’s situation worsened. As the time of his transmigration drew closer, Xia Luo became increasingly desperate, especially because Tuo Ba Feng had still made no news.

• Xia Luo waited outside Ding Ling’s villa for half a month, hoping to ask Ding Ling for money, and learned from the gatekeeper how wealthy and successful Ding Ling had become.
• After Ding Ling returned, Qiu Ya warned the gatekeeper to stop helping Xia Luo, and the gatekeeper later beat Xia Luo and drove him away.
• Xia Luo broke down in the rain, blaming Ding Ling for refusing to help him and wishing he could return to his former world.
• Over the next few years, Xia Luo endured debt collectors’ beatings and lost control of his factory salary to lenders.
• As Xia Luo’s transmigration date approached, he grew more desperate because Tuo Ba Feng had still produced no news.

Xia Luo fled debt collectors and tried to survive as a beggar after Tuo Ba Feng and Ding Ling changed the world he thought he knew. In Ling City, Ma Dongmei nearly recognized him, gave him money, and walked away with another man while praising Ding Ling.

• Xia Luo abandoned life in the mountains, returned to the city, and took up begging after his appearance changed enough that no one recognized him.
• He learned to use genuine tears to earn money, but rival beggars beat him and drove him from their territory, so he found a strong, simple-minded companion for protection.
• Xia Luo and his companion traveled to Ling City, where he pretended to be disabled and begged beside his companion.
• Ma Dongmei gave Xia Luo a hundred-yuan note but did not recognize him, then left with a handsome man and praised Ding Ling.

Xia Luo learned that Qiu Ya had become a martial arts master under Ding Ling and bitterly regretted failing to befriend him during high school. As Qiu Ya and Ding Ling became global sensations, Xia Luo decided to return to Xihong City and try to travel through time again, while Qiu Ya celebrated her life with Ding Ling.

• Xia Luo saw news of Qiu Ya saving a girl with Kung Fu and demonstrating a palm strike that produced a dragon, then realized Ding Ling had taught her.
• Xia Luo mourned the chances he had wasted with Ding Ling and decided to return to Xihong City to attempt time travel again.
• Qiu Ya’s martial arts drew worldwide attention, and Ding Ling’s fame and book sales surged as countries argued over his origins.
• Qiu Ya said Ding Ling lived in the Middle Kingdom, prompting online arguments that further united Middle Kingdom netizens behind him.
• Qiu Ya reflected on how meeting Ding Ling had changed her life, then ran to hug him while he wrote in his study.

Xia Luo failed to transmigrate again, was beaten after being thrown out of the hotel, and chose to keep living so he could care for Fool. As Xia Luo limped away, the chapter showed how Ding Ling and Qiu Ya had become celebrated figures, while Yuan Hua watched news about their growing influence.

• Xia Luo repeated his drunken ritual at the hotel, but a child’s phone flashlight—not a portal—shone through the bathroom door, and his attempts to transmigrate failed.
• Hotel security guards drove Xia Luo out and beat him after he cursed the head of security; Fool found him and helped him stand.
• Xia Luo abandoned his fleeting thoughts of suicide and decided to stay alive and raise Fool, then hid from Ma Dongmei as she passed with her husband and twins.
• Ma Dongmei praised Ding Ling to her husband, while the chapter described her rise to manager and Qiu Ya’s fame as a kung fu heroine who had returned home after a dangerous incident.
• Yuan Hua sat in a park listening to reports about Ding Ling Animation Group’s huge valuation and speculation about Ding Ling and Qiu Ya’s lack of aging.

Yuan Hua encountered the beggar Xia Luo, while Ding Ling began a new mission in the Breakup Buddies world, where the Sovereign Light had descended on Dong Dong and Si Qing. After securing a vast fortune and hiring Qi Dong to manage his properties and businesses, Ding Ling traveled to Tianmen Mountain to approach Dong Dong, leaving Hao Yi and Geng Hao nearby.

• Yuan Hua recognized the beggar as Xia Luo, and the two stared at each other in shock.
• Ding Ling identified the new world as Breakup Buddies and learned that Dong Dong and Si Qing were the two people marked by the Sovereign Light.
• Ding Ling hacked criminal accounts to acquire a trillion dollars, then bought properties across the Middle Kingdom and hired Qi Dong as his property manager and personal agent.
• Ding Ling traveled with Qi Dong to Zhangjiajie, where he left her at a villa and headed to Tianmen Mountain without revealing his purpose.
• Ding Ling passed Hao Yi and Geng Hao on the way to Tianmen Mountain, then encountered them again at the scenic area.
• Hao Yi pointed out Ding Ling to Geng Hao and excitedly remarked that he had seen a handsome man.

Hao Yi and Geng Hao attended an event where Geng Hao accidentally bought a stone for five thousand yuan, then met Dong Dong and Ding Ling. Hao Yi became fixated on recruiting Ding Ling as a star, while Ding Ling learned that Dong Dong had left school to support her ill father.

• Hao Yi searched unsuccessfully for the exceptionally handsome man he hoped to sign, while Geng Hao remained preoccupied with his marriage troubles.
• Hao Yi goaded Geng Hao into raising his hand at the event, and the host mistook it for a bid that made him buy a stone for five thousand yuan.
• Geng Hao insulted Dong Dong's stage work, so she left; Hao Yi went after her after Geng Hao challenged him to win her over.
• Hao Yi found Dong Dong talking with Ding Ling and abandoned his plans to pursue her when he recognized the handsome youth he wanted to recruit.
• Ding Ling comforted Dong Dong, whose favorability toward him rose to 79 points, and learned she had quit school to earn money for her ill father.

Ding Ling comforted Dong Dong after she was mocked, then joined her and Hao Yi for a late-night meal. After Ding Ling stunned everyone with his dancing, Dong Dong’s affection reached 91 and she decided to pursue him, while Hao Yi tried to recruit him for the entertainment industry.

• Dong Dong told Ding Ling how a customer had mocked her after she drank with him, and she opened up to Ding Ling about her family.
• Hao Yi invited Ding Ling and Dong Dong to eat, and Ding Ling waited while Dong Dong removed her makeup.
• Hao Yi introduced Ding Ling to Geng Hao, who was stunned by Ding Ling’s looks, while Dong Dong’s affection rose to 89 after Ding Ling bought her makeup remover and comforted her.
• Ding Ling demonstrated several difficult dance styles at Dong Dong’s request, impressing her and raising her affection to 91.
• Hao Yi tried to persuade Ding Ling to perform on variety shows, but Ding Ling refused; Dong Dong decided to take the initiative and pursue him.

Ding Ling impressed Geng Hao, Hao Yi, and Dong Dong with his dancing and singing, while repeatedly rejecting their suggestions that he pursue stardom. The group grew closer over dinner and at KTV, where Hao Yi continued urging Ding Ling toward a music career and Dong Dong’s affection for him increased.

• Geng Hao and Hao Yi praised Ding Ling’s dancing and tried to persuade him to perform on variety shows, but Ding Ling said he was not interested.
• At Hao Yi’s urging, Ding Ling sang “Qing Hua Ci” for Dong Dong, deepening her admiration and affection for him.
• Ding Ling revealed that singing and dancing were ordinary hobbies and mentioned his interest in sports, prompting Geng Hao to suggest playing basketball after dinner.
• The group ate together, where Dong Dong attentively cared for Ding Ling and Geng Hao apologized for his drunken remarks after drinking hangover soup.
• Hao Yi suggested going to KTV, and Dong Dong linked arms with Ding Ling after he agreed to come.
• At KTV, Ding Ling’s singing entranced Geng Hao, Hao Yi, and Dong Dong, and Hao Yi insisted that Ding Ling had the potential to become a Heavenly King Superstar.

Ding Ling astonished Hao Yi, Geng Hao, Dong Dong, and a crowd of basketball players with his seemingly perfect shooting and overwhelming performance on the court. He brought his companions to his enormous Tianmen Mountain estate and asked Dong Dong to look after it, leaving her delighted to have a reason to stay close to him.

• Hao Yi and Geng Hao took Ding Ling to a basketball court, where he made hundreds of consecutive three-point shots and stunned the spectators.
• Ding Ling dominated a pickup game with extraordinary shooting, jumping, dunks, and steals, while the opposing team surrendered after losing 98 to 3.
• Hao Yi renewed his determination to recruit Ding Ling into entertainment, while Geng Hao teased him and Dong Dong wiped Ding Ling's sweat.
• Ding Ling invited Hao Yi, Geng Hao, and Dong Dong to stay at his Tianmen Mountain estate, where they marveled at its grounds and luxurious villa.
• Ding Ling asked Dong Dong to look after the estate and offered to pay her, but she gladly agreed to care for it without a salary.