Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue confronted the Northern Rock Hermit while seeking another Elixir of Immortality, but killed him before learning he could have taught Wang Yue the Eight Trigrams of Fuxi. Wang Yue recruited Cui Wenzi to search for a deep-sea Luminous Pearl, then set sail and discovered that Cui Wenzi had once used the name Xu Fu.

• Gao Yao planned to leave Yi Xiaochuan and Princess Yushu sealed together in Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum for centuries.
• After ruling Great Han for more than twenty years, Wang Yue cornered Cui Wenzi and the Northern Rock Hermit and demanded an Elixir of Immortality.
• The Northern Rock Hermit declared Wang Yue a threat to destiny, and Wang Yue killed him with a sword strike before he could finish chanting.
• Wang Yue learned the Northern Rock Hermit had mastered the Eight Trigrams of Fuxi, looted his Eight Trigrams disk, and persuaded Cui Wenzi to help search for a deep-sea Luminous Pearl.
• Wang Yue sailed with Cui Wenzi and Gao Yao to seek the missing ingredient, and Cui Wenzi revealed that he had once gone by Xu Fu.

After a volcanic eruption sent Wang Yue out of his own time, he searched for his missing family and went to Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum for answers. He found Princess Yushu still inside, learned Yi Xiaochuan had escaped, and she asked Wang Yue to take her out into the world.

• Wang Yue and Cui Wenzi were caught in a volcano's eruption, and repeated uses of Time Reversal eventually sent Wang Yue forward in time.
• Wang Yue fell into an American fighter jet, crashed it near the Chinese coast, and made his way ashore.
• Wang Yue searched for months for his wives and children but found no trace of them, so he went to Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum to seek Yi Xiaochuan.
• Wang Yue found Princess Yushu in the underground palace and learned that Yi Xiaochuan was gone and that she believed he had been faithless.
• Wang Yue found a passage Yi Xiaochuan had dug out of the mausoleum and told Yushu, who asked to leave and see the outside world.

Wang Yue learned why Princess Yushu and Yi Xiaochuan had become estranged, then took her to a nightclub so she could see the modern life Yi Xiaochuan had described. Yushu decided that becoming a star might help Yi Xiaochuan find her, but Wang Yue warned that she would need an ID card.

• Princess Yushu told Wang Yue that she and Yi Xiaochuan had argued over leaving Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, and that Yi Xiaochuan had never returned after they became estranged.
• Yushu explained that Wang Yue's wife and children had never reached the mausoleum, leaving him anxious to find them; she then left the mausoleum with him.
• Yushu asked Wang Yue to take her to a nightclub, where she was shocked by the dancing and intimate behavior before hurrying outside.
• A producer and his companion approached Yushu about playing the lead in a drama, and Wang Yue said they would consider the offer.
• Yushu asked whether she could become a big star, hoping Yi Xiaochuan would find her, and Wang Yue encouraged her but warned that she needed an ID card.

Wang Yue and Yushu auditioned for a modern television drama, where Director Zhang cast Yushu as the leading lady and offered Wang Yue a supporting role. After Producer Liu helped them obtain IDs and settle into apartments, Yushu’s unfamiliarity with modern clothing left Wang Yue flustered.

• Wang Yue and Yushu decided to visit Chang'an Film City and try acting so they could obtain legal IDs.
• Producer Liu introduced Yushu to Director Zhang, who cast her as the leading lady after she impressed him with her Small Seal Script calligraphy.
• Director Zhang offered Wang Yue the role of a general, and Yushu persuaded him to accept so they would not be separated and he could appear on television.
• Producer Liu and Director Zhang found no records for Wang Yue or Yushu, but Producer Liu arranged IDs, neighboring apartments, and modern necessities for them.
• Yushu visited Wang Yue wearing a thin T-shirt without an inner bodice, and Wang Yue told her to dress properly.

Wang Yue and Yushu went to Yi Xiaochuan’s family to search for Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, but learned they had not visited. At the Yi home, they discussed Gao Lan’s connection to Gao Yao and the discovery of Xiao Yue’s tomb, where an unusual box raised Wang Yue’s suspicions.

• Wang Yue finished developing an artificial intelligence program, but it failed to find Lu Su, Lu Zhi, Tuan Tuan, or Yuan Yuan, so he decided to look for Yi Xiaochuan’s family.
• Yushu joined Wang Yue on his trip to Yi Xiaochuan’s home, where Yi Dachuan and his family said no one had come looking for him.
• Wang Yue explained that he and Yushu had met Yi Xiaochuan in the Qin dynasty, and Yushu learned that Gao Lan was now Yi Dachuan’s girlfriend.
• Wang Yue told the Yi family that Gao Yao had met Xiao Yue in the palace and that she later became Xiang Yu’s wife and a princess consort.
• Yi Dachuan showed Wang Yue a picture of a box found in Xiao Yue’s tomb, and Wang Yue suspected the box had a deeper connection to Northern Rock Hermit.

Wang Yue dealt with foreign and domestic investigations after being exposed for flying an F35, while Yushu helped turn her story with Yi Xiaochuan into a hit film. The film finally drew Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan to Wang Yue, and he found them waiting with Yushu.

• Professor Yi told Wang Yue that Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao vanished after placing a pendant on a stolen tomb box, while Yushu privately asked Gao Lan about Yi Xiaochuan.
• A foreign assassin confronted Wang Yue at home, but Wang Yue killed him and later erased evidence linking himself to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Domestic agents brought Wang Yue in over the missing F35, and he led them to the sunken plane after destroying its hard drive.
• Years later, Yushu persuaded Wang Yue to help make a film about her story with Yi Xiaochuan, hoping it would reach his wife and children.
• After the film became a global hit, Wang Yue accepted a mysterious invitation and found Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan sitting with Yushu.

Wang Yue reunited with Tuan Tuan, Yuan Yuan, Lu Su, and Lu Zhi on the Moon after learning what had happened during their two-thousand-year separation. After refining and taking the Elixir of Immortality, he met the Salted Fish Film and Television System’s return conditions and was sent back to his original world.

• Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan found Wang Yue through the movie Myth and explained how they, Susu, and Lu Zhi had searched for him and eventually settled in the Moon Palace.
• Tuan Tuan told Yushu that Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao were in Japan, and Yushu chose to find Yi Xiaochuan before deciding whether to join Wang Yue on the moon.
• Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan took Wang Yue to the Moon Palace, where he reunited with Lu Su and Lu Zhi.
• The aloof woman recognized that the Luminous Pearl was unnecessary in Wang Yue’s recipe, and Wang Yue successfully refined and took the Elixir of Immortality.
• The system announced that Wang Yue had met its return conditions and transported him to his original world.

After returning from Myth, Wang Yue reunited with Luo Youyou and spent an intimate evening with her before arranging for Star Technology to deliver drones and custom parts. He tested his drone-control system with Luo Youyou and revealed that the camera-equipped drones were intended for his Honeycomb Plan.

• Wang Yue returned to the real world in the middle of kissing Luo Youyou, then resumed their intimacy and spent several days enjoying their time together.
• Wang Yue called General Manager Hu and learned that his plane was still under construction, but the custom parts and fewer than seventy drones were ready.
• Wang Yue asked General Manager Hu to deliver the parts, modified camper van, and available drones, then assembled a compact quantum communications device with Luo Youyou.
• Wang Yue drove the camper van to an open field and used the drones to form a heart and then an arrow-pierced heart in the sky for Luo Youyou.
• When Luo Youyou noticed the drones cycling through takeoffs and landings, Wang Yue explained that their cameras supported his Honeycomb Plan for scouting difficult terrain.

Wang Yue demonstrated his autonomous drone system to Old Master Luo and secured a military partnership for Star Technology. The deal promised major drone orders, but Wang Yue also accelerated costly research projects that threatened to consume the company’s revenue and require continued funding.

• Wang Yue and Luo Youyou shut off the drones’ lights and escaped the approaching police in the self-driving van, then decided to visit Old Master Luo the next day.
• Wang Yue demonstrated the working Honeycomb Plan drones in Old Master Luo’s courtyard, where Old Du arrived and proposed working with him.
• Wang Yue negotiated a deal for the military to develop high-end drones using Star Technology’s designs and buy low-end drones from the company.
• Wang Yue gave General Manager Hu weapon-capable drone designs and ordered him to accelerate materials research, leaving Hu worried that the research costs would exceed the company’s earnings.

Wang Yue helped Luo Youyou advance a police dispatch program before the Salted Fish System transported him into the world of Twenty Your Life On, where he met Luo Yan and began considering making a game. He left the chapter talking with Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao about what kind of game he wanted to develop.

• Luo Youyou submitted Wang Yue's automatic dispatch system, and the district bureau formed a project team to test it in a precinct.
• Wang Yue reassured Luo Youyou about her role on the team, then the Salted Fish System transported him into the world of Twenty Your Life On.
• Wang Yue absorbed the memories of a senior finance student at South China University of Finance and Economics and worried about the postgraduate entrance exam and finding work.
• Wang Yue met Luo Yan in an elective class, and they became friends while discussing their reluctance to pursue conventional careers.
• Luo Yan took Wang Yue to meet her roommate Duan Jiabao, who recognized him as a formerly withdrawn classmate.
• Wang Yue told Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao that he preferred computers to finance and might develop a game, prompting Luo Yan to ask what kind he had in mind.

Wang Yue repaired Jiang Xiaoguo’s lagging old phone and impressed the three girls with his programming skills. Duan Jiabao then asked him to investigate who was attacking her idol Ouyang online, offering him her laptop as payment, but Wang Yue hesitated to accept it.

• Wang Yue discussed game development with Luo Yan before Jiang Xiaoguo joined them, upset that her old phone had ruined her chance to impress her ex, Zhao Dachuan.
• Jiang Xiaoguo explained that Zhao had invited her to a class reunion, and Duan Jiabao suggested she bring a handsome boyfriend to show him up.
• Wang Yue warned that pretending to have a wealthy boyfriend could backfire, then offered to fix Jiang Xiaoguo’s old phone instead of replacing it.
• Jiang Xiaoguo brought back Duan Jiabao’s laptop, and Wang Yue quickly repaired the phone so it worked smoothly again.
• Duan Jiabao asked Wang Yue to identify who was attacking her idol Ouyang online and offered him the laptop, but Wang Yue initially refused to take it.

Wang Yue earned money deleting online posts for Duan Jiabao and Jiang Xiaoguo while continuing his coding and Shearing Wool. After learning Jiang Xiaoguo had skipped a reunion meant to impress her ex, he joined the three girls for dinner and saw her claim she had chosen her friends over the reunion.

• Wang Yue agreed to delete Duan Jiabao’s idol-related posts for 100 yuan each and quickly removed a test post.
• Duan Jiabao sent Wang Yue a post to delete, and Luo Yan later urged him to handle it; Wang Yue removed it and received a 100-yuan red envelope.
• Jiang Xiaoguo, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan discussed Jiang Xiaoguo’s borrowed phone and her plans to impress her ex at a reunion.
• Wang Yue deleted abusive forum posts about Jiang Xiaoguo after learning she had confronted Zhang Wei over an unpaid 300-yuan loan.
• Wang Yue went Shearing Wool, then accepted Luo Yan’s dinner invitation and met Jiang Xiaoguo on the way.
• Jiang Xiaoguo told Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao that dinner with friends mattered more than the reunion, while Wang Yue realized she had not gone.

Jiang Xiaoguo felt more at ease after letting go of old plans, then faced a dilemma when her supervisor tried to take advantage of her during a work-related blind date. Wang Yue and her roommates comforted her, leaving her to decide whether to report him.

• Jiang Xiaoguo told Wang Yue, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan that she had abandoned her plan to impress her ex, bought a Huawei phone, and helped Zhang Wei with her class notes.
• Jiang Xiaoguo’s shoe sole split, and Wang Yue shared an embarrassing story about wearing fake Nairuo shoes to ease her discomfort.
• Jiang Huai returned to the dorm and asked Wang Yue to help arrange a gathering with Jiang Xiaoguo’s roommates, then went to play basketball while Wang Yue checked on Jiang Xiaoguo.
• Jiang Xiaoguo told Wang Yue that she had arranged a blind-date interview for work, only to discover that the man was her supervisor, Supervisor Guo, who tried to take advantage of her.
• Wang Yue, Duan Jiabao, and Luo Yan reassured Jiang Xiaoguo and offered conflicting advice about reporting Supervisor Guo, and Wang Yue invited them to watch the basketball game.

Wang Yue ran into Jiang Xiaoguo after she lost her internship and learned she had caught her supervisor cheating on his wife. Together they discovered that a man who appeared to be Liang Shuang’s boyfriend was embracing another woman, and the chapter ended with Jiang Xiaoguo inviting Wang Yue to meet Duan Jiabao’s younger brother.

• Wang Yue beat Jiang Huai at basketball, then drank with his roommates until they were all drunk.
• Wang Yue found Jiang Xiaoguo photographing a couple and learned she had quit after exposing her married supervisor’s affair.
• Jiang Xiaoguo realized the woman with Liang Shuang’s boyfriend was not Liang Shuang, who was asleep in the dorm.
• Wang Yue sent Jiang Xiaoguo a clear picture of the man and the other woman, but she did not ask him to help confront them.
• Two days later, Jiang Xiaoguo messaged Wang Yue that Duan Jiabao’s younger brother had arrived and invited them to meet him.

Wang Yue met Liang Shuang at a dorm get-together, where Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan hoped he would warn her that her boyfriend had been seeing another woman. After Jiang Xiaoguo showed Liang Shuang photos of the couple, Liang Shuang left the dinner without saying anything.

• Jiang Xiaoguo introduced Wang Yue to Liang Shuang, and Duan Zhenyu arrived, prompting Jiang Xiaoguo to admire him at first sight.
• Duan Zhenyu persuaded the hot pot restaurant to seat the group early, and Jiang Xiaoguo chatted with a senior who recommended You Jia Wealth Management.
• Two girls asked Duan Zhenyu for his WeChat, and Liang Shuang discouraged them by acting close to him and revealing her engagement ring.
• Wang Yue tried to warn Liang Shuang about her boyfriend, but she suspected he was meddling until Jiang Xiaoguo showed her photos of him with another woman.
• Liang Shuang left the dinner in silence, and the rest of the group ended the evening.

Wang Yue met Luo Yan’s mother after Luo Yan asked him to defend her interest in game development, and the visit led to plans for a game company that Luo Yan was expected to help establish. Luo Yan struggled with the work, and Wang Yue arranged for her to accompany an agency so she could gain practical experience.

• Wang Yue began developing games to satisfy Luo Yan’s request, reassure his parents about his future, and prepare to start a game company.
• Luo Yan asked Wang Yue to explain her interest in game development to her mother, and Mother Luo visited his apartment with her.
• Wang Yue showed Mother Luo his game plans, declined her offer to help find investors, and reassured her that he could finance the company himself.
• After Mother Luo left, Wang Yue persuaded Luo Yan to handle the company’s setup, but her dorm friends were unavailable to help.
• Luo Yan returned to Wang Yue’s apartment after struggling with the paperwork and insisted he help her with the company’s tasks.
• Wang Yue told Luo Yan he had hired an agency and asked her to accompany it for a few days, though he had arranged this to give her practical experience.

Wang Yue and Luo Yan discussed their new company and invited Duan Jiabao and Jiang Xiaoguo to dinner after hearing about their job troubles. Jiang Xiaoguo explained how she returned to Puling Capital with answers to Manager Zhou’s interview questions, leaving Wang Yue impressed by her boldness.

• Mother Luo stopped having her assistant follow Wang Yue and Luo Yan after she was satisfied with Wang Yue’s conduct.
• Luo Yan showed Wang Yue her business license, and they planned to choose an office near the school and invite Duan Jiabao and Jiang Xiaoguo to dinner.
• Luo Yan told Wang Yue that Duan Jiabao had been rejected by an entertainment company because her heavily edited résumé photo made her look like a beauty, while Jiang Xiaoguo had lost one job opportunity after pursuing another.
• Duan Jiabao showed Wang Yue her edited résumé photo, and he joked that it looked like a photo of Dilraba.
• Jiang Xiaoguo explained that she had gone back to Manager Zhou at Puling Capital to answer his interview questions, including warning him that You Jia Wealth Management’s IT department had been poached.
• Wang Yue praised Jiang Xiaoguo’s thick skin as an essential skill for success, making Luo Yan laugh.

Jiang Xiaoguo got hired by Puling Capital, while Wang Yue advised Duan Jiabao on ways to get closer to her idol. Afterward, Liang Shuang told Wang Yue how she had discovered she was her boyfriend’s other woman, and he encouraged her to move on as she started supporting herself.

• Wang Yue teased Jiang Xiaoguo about being thick-skinned, then correctly predicted that Puling Capital would hire her when HR called with the news.
• Wang Yue suggested Duan Jiabao start a celebrity-gossip self-media company to connect with her idol, and Luo Yan offered practical advice on setting it up.
• Wang Yue met Liang Shuang carrying bags and agreed not to tell her roommates that he had seen her.
• Liang Shuang explained that her ex-boyfriend had kept her as a mistress while having another girlfriend, and said she had found a job and would support herself.
• Wang Yue advised Liang Shuang to sell the gifts from her ex and use the money for a vacation, but she dismissed his suggestion as a pickup line.

Wang Yue helped Liang Shuang sell belongings from her ex-boyfriend, and their successful street stall turned her gloomy mood around. After she stayed overnight at his duplex, they slept together while drunk, and the chapter ended with Liang Shuang insisting they were even and warning him not to complicate things because he liked Luo Yan.

• Wang Yue persuaded Liang Shuang to bet on trying to get along with her roommates, then took her belongings to sell at a busy pedestrian street.
• Wang Yue and Liang Shuang drew crowds who bought items and asked to take photos with them, and they quickly sold everything.
• Wang Yue transferred Liang Shuang her share of the money and let her stay at his duplex after she missed the chance to return to her dorm.
• Wang Yue and Liang Shuang ordered barbecue, drank together at the duplex, and slept together while intoxicated.
• Liang Shuang woke beside Wang Yue and said the night made them even for his help, then told him she knew he was after Luo Yan.

Wang Yue gave Liang Shuang a bank card containing more than a hundred million, and she struggled to decide what to do with the money and her future. After Liang Shuang helped Luo Yan stop a man from harassing her on a bus, she told Wang Yue about it and asked him to help Duan Jiabao reconsider starting a media company; he handed Liang Shuang the business plan he had prepared.

• Liang Shuang told Wang Yue she would consider being kept if he gave her a hundred million, and he tossed her a card containing more than that before they spent two days together.
• Liang Shuang returned to work, considered how to use the money, and decided to ask Wang Yue to persuade Duan Jiabao to revive her media-company plan.
• Liang Shuang spotted a man reaching toward Luo Yan on a bus, recorded him, and called out, prompting witnesses to report him to the police.
• Luo Yan invited Liang Shuang to dinner with Jiang Xiaoguo and Duan Jiabao, and Liang Shuang kept quiet about the harassment to respect Luo Yan's wishes.
• Liang Shuang told Wang Yue about the man and asked him to help Duan Jiabao, so Wang Yue brought her the media-company business plan he had prepared.