Chapter Summaries

Su Yuan realized Chen Nuoyi’s strange reaction to a roast-meat shop might point to how her [Eternal Descent into the Abyss] fate could unfold, and he recruited her for a new job. He brought her to his apartment to study, where Chu Lanxi accused him of bringing another woman home.

• Su Yuan decided to wait for Chen Nuoyi’s chance to fall into corruption rather than force the mission himself.
• Chen Nuoyi admitted she was still hungry, but said she sensed something bad would happen if she approached a roast-meat shop.
• Su Yuan formed a plan based on Chen Nuoyi’s reaction and invited her to work with him instead of delivering takeout.
• Su Yuan ordered props for his plan and invited Chen Nuoyi to his apartment to study.
• Chu Lanxi greeted Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi by accusing him of bringing women home, and Chen Nuoyi asked whether Chu Lanxi was his boyfriend.

Su Yuan chose to review martial arts with Chen Nuoyi, whose perfected Sunrise Fist left him bruised despite her instruction. On the way to school, he collected a package he planned to use to make money, while privately imagining it would tempt Chen Nuoyi into depravity.

• Su Yuan decided to focus his review on martial arts and went to the rooftop with Chen Nuoyi to spar.
• Chen Nuoyi knocked Su Yuan flying with her perfected Sunrise Fist and apologized for hitting him too hard.
• Su Yuan continued sparring as Chen Nuoyi corrected his fighting techniques and footwork over two hours.
• Su Yuan finished Chu Lanxi's homework, and the three washed up and went to school together.
• Su Yuan collected a package at the parcel station and told Chen Nuoyi it was a tool he needed to make money.

Su Yuan earned a perfect score in Dao Heart class by holding a sword steady through a barrage of splash ads, then used his cultivation technique to produce another Blue Pill from cafeteria leftovers. He recruited Chen Nuoyi to help him try for cafeteria work, revealing that he planned to use her strength to handle the live spirit beasts needed for his cooking test.

• Su Yuan kept Teacher Wang’s Treasure Sword perfectly still during the splash-ad test and received a score of one hundred.
• Su Yuan later drained leftover cafeteria food with Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Spirit and obtained another Blue Pill.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi ate together, and he promised his proposed job could earn them money and solve their food problem.
• Su Yuan asked Chef Li to let them take a cooking test after class and requested live spirit beasts as ingredients.
• Su Yuan reassured Chen Nuoyi that he had the cooking technique while she had the power to slay the beasts.

Su Yuan brought Chen Nuoyi to the cafeteria kitchen to prepare a Dragon Scale Goose, secretly using the work as a chance to teach her the Ancient Corpse Refining Method disguised as roast-meat preparation. Chen Nuoyi eagerly learned the process, and the cleaned goose was ready for the next stage of roasting and corpse refinement.

• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi went to the kitchen yard, where Su Yuan asked her to capture the strongest Dragon Scale Goose.
• Chen Nuoyi subdued the Level 7 goose and held it down while Su Yuan drove a Soul Suppressing Nail into its head to keep its soul from leaving its body.
• Su Yuan explained that he planned to pass off corpse refinement as roast-meat preparation and draw Chen Nuoyi into learning the Ancient Corpse Refining Method.
• Chen Nuoyi said she was not squeamish and eagerly agreed to help prepare the goose, so Su Yuan instructed her through draining its blood, plucking its feathers, and removing its organs.
• Half an hour later, Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi had finished preparing the goose and were ready to begin roasting, or formal corpse refinement.

Su Yuan taught Chen Nuoyi to make roast goose using the Ancient Corpse Refining Method, disguising corpse-refining ingredients and techniques as a family recipe. After the goose finished roasting, they admired its appetizing appearance, but Su Yuan remained unsure how it would taste.

• Su Yuan explained the strange ingredients in his roast goose marinade to Chen Nuoyi and began preparing the Dragon Scale Goose.
• Su Yuan used corpse-sewing and corpse-refining techniques to transform the goose into a Walking Corpse, while reassuring Chen Nuoyi that its movements were normal.
• Su Yuan dried the goose with glutinous rice and put it in the oven to roast.
• Su Yuan earned a Blue Pill by disposing of the cafeteria's leftover slop and realized his cafeteria job could provide three pills a day.
• Su Yuan opened the oven after an hour and a half, and he and Chen Nuoyi admired the roast goose's fragrance and appearance.

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi secured a commission deal to sell Su Yuan’s Dragon Scale Roasted Goose at the cafeteria, and Su Yuan planned to boost sales with a special strategy. Chen Nuoyi’s agreement to split the earnings with him pushed her Saint Fall Degree to 100%, completing the First Follower quest and granting Su Yuan the Abyss Dharma Vein.

• Chef Li praised Su Yuan’s roasted goose and offered him and Chen Nuoyi a commission-based arrangement at the cafeteria.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi agreed that Su Yuan would earn twelve yuan per portion, with the Dragon Scale Roasted Goose debuting at half price the next day.
• Su Yuan told Chef Li he had a special plan to sell the goose and was put in charge of its counter.
• Su Yuan proposed splitting their earnings evenly with Chen Nuoyi, who eventually accepted.
• Chen Nuoyi’s Saint Fall Degree reached 100%, completing the First Follower quest and granting Su Yuan the Abyss Dharma Vein.

Su Yuan awakened the Abyss Dharma Vein and discovered that its Abyssal Spiritual Power had unusual effects. After testing it against Chen Nuoyi during their tutoring session, he learned it heightened the bodily sensitivity of whoever it touched, leaving him baffled by the system’s suggestive reward.

• Su Yuan’s meridians transformed into the Abyss Dharma Vein, granting him cold, black Abyssal Spiritual Power.
• Su Yuan searched for information about demonic Dharma Veins and reassured himself that his aptitude would not make him a target.
• Su Yuan reviewed his nearly completed security-guard reputation quest and considered which demonic cultivation technique to upgrade.
• Su Yuan began tutoring Chen Nuoyi and struck at her with his newly transformed spiritual power.
• Chen Nuoyi said Su Yuan’s spiritual power had invaded her body, made her feel cold and tingly, and heightened her bodily sensitivity.

Su Yuan discovered that his Abyssal Spiritual Power could heighten sensitivity and control the bodies of those it touched, then improved his martial arts and cultivation through training. At noon, he and Chen Nuoyi opened a half-price Dragon Scale Roasted Goose stall, and Su Yuan summoned a strange hopping roast goose to attract customers.

• Su Yuan realized he could control Chen Nuoyi’s finger with the Abyssal Spiritual Power inside her, and she praised his rare top-tier Dharma Vein.
• Chen Nuoyi raised her aura to Qi Cultivation Level 6 and trained Su Yuan for an hour, helping him master the Rising Sun Fist.
• Su Yuan cultivated for more than three hours, raising his spiritual power from 57.8 to 58.4 and approaching Qi Cultivation Level 6.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi set up their Dragon Scale Roasted Goose window in the cafeteria with a half-price offer.
• Su Yuan rang an eerie bell, and a chef-hatted roast goose carrying a carving knife hopped out to draw the students’ attention.

Su Yuan used the Soul Summoning Bell to turn his roast goose into a self-slicing spectacle, and Dragon Scale Roasted Goose quickly sold out across campus. After Chen Nuoyi celebrated their earnings, their homeroom teacher Yue Lin praised their work and asked them to save her a few servings for the next day.

• Su Yuan presented the moving roast goose as Dragon Scale Roasted Goose, and a student bought a serving to see it slice and plate its own meat.
• After tasting the goose, the student called it sour but immediately ordered ten servings, prompting other students to rush to buy some.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi sold all one hundred servings in under half an hour, and Chen Nuoyi thanked Su Yuan for helping her earn money.
• Su Yuan realized they could increase production and earn much more, then encouraged Chen Nuoyi to learn his roasting and bell-control techniques.
• Yue Lin warned Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi not to let work interfere with their studies, then asked them to save her some roast goose for tomorrow.

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi celebrated the success of their Dragon Scale Roasted Goose, and Su Yuan used his food-fueled spiritual power to cultivate rapidly. He reached Qi Cultivation Level 6 while his classmates headed to combat training, unaware that he had missed the class change.

• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi celebrated their new product's success, ate the remaining food, and Su Yuan absorbed a large amount of spiritual power.
• Su Yuan rented an artificial spirit root and cultivated through Yue Lin's class, impressing Yue Lin with his speed and apparent Dharma Vein.
• Su Yuan used his break and General Knowledge Class to keep cultivating, while Yue Lin left the Spirit Gathering Array running.
• Li Ziquan replaced General Knowledge Class with martial arts training and told the class not to disturb Su Yuan as he cultivated.
• Su Yuan reached Qi Cultivation Level 6, woke to find the classroom empty, and hurried to the field for combat training.

Su Yuan sparred with Wu Xingqi after Li Ziquan asked him to demonstrate his martial arts, revealing how effectively he could use his spiritual power in combat. He left Wu Xingqi incapacitated by an unusual tingling sensation, stunning everyone watching.

• Li Ziquan welcomed Su Yuan and asked him to demonstrate his martial arts skills.
• Li Ziquan called Wu Xingqi over to spar with Su Yuan, and Wu Xingqi noted that they were both at Qi Cultivation Level 6.
• Su Yuan warned Wu Xingqi that sparring with him would not be pleasant, but she dismissed his warning and attacked.
• Su Yuan dodged Wu Xingqi’s punch and struck her arm with his elbow, then used a finger tap to send Abyssal Spiritual Power through her body.
• Wu Xingqi tried to attack again, but the spreading sensation overwhelmed her and left her sitting limp on the field as everyone watched in silence.

Su Yuan defeated Wu Xingqi with his Abyssal Spiritual Power, prompting Li Ziquan to recognize his combat potential and announce him as Class Two's contestant in an upcoming Martial Arts Competition. The competition offered a chance at Special Class admission and a scholarship, while the class reacted with envy to Su Yuan's selection.

• Su Yuan absorbed the Abyssal Spiritual Power from Wu Xingqi after it left her unable to move, and she mistook her reaction to him for falling in love.
• Li Ziquan praised Su Yuan's battle instincts and announced she would train him to rank among the school's top martial artists.
• The students learned Su Yuan had awakened a magical vein and envied his sudden cultivation talent.
• Li Ziquan announced a Martial Arts Competition for the visit of a top graduate from one of the Top Ten Immortal Dao Academies, with Special Class admission and scholarships as rewards.
• Li Ziquan chose Su Yuan to represent Class Two, prompting the other students to accuse her of favoritism.

Li Ziquan chose Su Yuan to represent the class in the Martial Arts Competition and sent him a Combat Mental Method to study. After work, Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi encountered her maternal grandfather’s luxury flying boat at the school gate, and Chen Nuoyi prepared to face the man who had come to take her back to the Chen Family.

• Li Ziquan defended Su Yuan’s selection for the competition and gave him a Combat Mental Method to practice.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi roasted two Dragon Scale Geese for the cafeteria and finished work after nightfall.
• Su Yuan noticed Chen Nuoyi staring at a luxurious flying boat outside the school and joked that her Dragon King father had arrived.
• Chen Nuoyi told Su Yuan that the visitor was likely her maternal grandfather and explained that her father had lost the Chen Family 16.8 billion and been thrown out.
• Chen Nuoyi walked toward the flying boat with Su Yuan following, and a stern middle-aged man appeared at its open window.

Grandpa Chen tried to make Chen Nuoyi return to the Chen Family and attend Star River Dao Sect to meet Li Zhengxing, but she refused and resolved to choose her own path. Li Zhengxing arrived, and the system assigned Su Yuan a mission to defeat him, but Li Zhengxing greeted Su Yuan enthusiastically instead of acting like a rival.

• Grandpa Chen criticized Chen Nuoyi for spending time with Su Yuan and ordered her to return to the Chen Family.
• Grandpa Chen told Chen Nuoyi to apply to Star River Dao Sect so she could get to know Li Zhengxing as part of a planned marriage alliance, but she refused.
• Chen Nuoyi apologized to Su Yuan and said she would avoid Star River Dao Sect; Su Yuan urged her to seek early admission to another top academy.
• Li Zhengxing arrived, and the system triggered a mission for Su Yuan to defeat the Righteous Path Prodigy.
• Li Zhengxing rushed up to Su Yuan, mistook him for Chen Nuoyi's boyfriend, and greeted him excitedly.

Li Zhengxing revealed that he also opposed his family’s marriage plans and asked Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi to work with him. After learning Li Zhengxing’s overwhelming exam record, Su Yuan beat him at rock-paper-scissors and completed his system mission, earning a Fate Change reward.

• Li Zhengxing told Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi that he opposed the marriage alliance because he loved a girl his family disapproved of.
• Li Zhengxing proposed that they work together and urged them to grow stronger so their families could not control their choices.
• Li Zhengxing revealed that he ranked first in Taihua City with a score of 747, startling Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi.
• Su Yuan challenged Li Zhengxing to rock-paper-scissors and won, completing the Tragic Prodigy mission.
• Su Yuan received a Fate Change, which could alter words in a target’s fate for that day using Finger Command.

Su Yuan upgraded Fury Heart Attack into a demonic technique that could draw on nearby negative emotions, planning to use it in the upcoming sect competition. Meanwhile, a renowned cultivator arrived in Taihua City with his white-haired daughter, who decided to visit Taihua High School on her own.

• Su Yuan completed the security-booth task, earned an opportunity to upgrade a demonic cultivation technique, and ended his guard shifts with Chen Nuoyi to focus on studying.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi studied Fury Heart Attack, and the System added it to Su Yuan’s upgradeable techniques list.
• Su Yuan upgraded Fury Heart Attack into a technique that could absorb nearby negative emotions and boost his strength by up to sixty percent at the Qi Cultivation Stage.
• Su Yuan practiced discussing the technique with Chen Nuoyi and eventually began tutoring her.
• A celebrated cultivator arrived in Taihua City with his white-haired daughter, who persuaded him to let her visit Taihua High School alone.

Su Yuan finished learning the Fury Heart Attack with Chen Nuoyi and prepared to sell more roasted goose at school. A white-haired little girl entered Taihua High School, and the system identified her as the dangerous righteous expert hunting him, leaving Su Yuan convinced the system had made another absurd mistake.

• Su Yuan reached the Minor Achievement stage in the Fury Heart Attack after discussing it with Chen Nuoyi, who then went home.
• A white-haired girl arrived at Taihua High School, sensed a powerful demonic aura, and entered the campus to find a Demon Lord.
• Su Yuan sold 155 portions of Dragon Scale Roasted Goose and received a system mission to survive the approaching righteous expert.
• Su Yuan reasoned that he had little to fear from the expert and searched the cafeteria for her.
• The white-haired girl approached Su Yuan's serving window, and the system warned him that she was the dangerous righteous expert; Su Yuan dismissed the warning as nonsense.

Su Yuan mistook the White-haired Loli for a teacher’s child and tried to feed her, but her reaction revealed that she was a dangerous righteous-path expert who saw him as a Demon Lord. She led him to the empty restroom and threatened to expose his identity.

• Su Yuan decided the White-haired Loli was a teacher’s child and offered her roasted goose.
• Chen Nuoyi seated the White-haired Loli beside them while she interpreted Su Yuan and the cafeteria as signs of demonic corruption.
• The White-haired Loli reached for the goose, but Su Yuan pulled it away and offered her ordinary food instead.
• The White-haired Loli’s murderous glare sent Su Yuan’s survival probability plummeting until Chen Nuoyi interrupted the tension.
• The White-haired Loli asked to use the bathroom, led Su Yuan to the empty restroom, and threatened to reveal that he was a Demon Lord.

Su Yuan negotiated with Yu Xi to keep his Demonic Cultivator identity secret, then wondered why she had taken an interest in him. After Yu Xi left, the system revealed a new opportunity involving Chu Lanxi and a Devilish Dao Faction.

• Su Yuan pleaded with Yu Xi to conceal his identity, and she agreed in exchange for him taking her out to play.
• The system marked Su Yuan’s survival mission complete, awarded him a random opportunity, and Yu Xi gave her name before returning to eat with him.
• Su Yuan speculated that Yu Xi wanted to keep him from falling further into the demonic path, but she growled when he tried to stop her eating.
• Yu Xi left for class, and Su Yuan returned to his classroom and resolved to report the school for bringing children there.
• The system triggered Su Yuan’s random opportunity and revealed that Chu Lanxi had been conspiring with a Devilish Dao Faction.

Su Yuan suspected Chu Lanxi had joined the Devilish Dao after seeing his fate, “Steal a Kiss and Caress (Not Yet),” and secretly followed him with Chen Nuoyi. They tracked Chu Lanxi to a secluded alley and saw a masked woman sneak inside, leaving Su Yuan convinced the place was tied to a sect devoted to illicit romance.

• Su Yuan used the Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command to read Chu Lanxi’s fate and saw “Steal a Kiss and Caress (Not Yet).”
• Su Yuan invited Chu Lanxi to dinner, then asked whether he had plans that night; Chu Lanxi hurried off after remembering an appointment.
• Su Yuan told Chen Nuoyi he suspected Chu Lanxi was involved in something improper, and she agreed to follow him.
• Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi chased Chu Lanxi on Shared Flying Swords to a busy commercial street and watched him enter a secluded alley.
• A fashionable masked woman furtively entered the alley, and Su Yuan concluded Chu Lanxi had colluded with the Devilish Dao and the alley might belong to the Joyful Union Sect.