Chapter Summaries

Summary of “Jing Mo’s Trump Card”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Senior White and Song Shuhang return home on a flying sword after their disastrous driving lesson. Senior White had crashed the car after enhancing it with multiple formations, including acceleration and concealment abilities. He buried the wreck and restored the ground with an Earth-Leveling Spell.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain suggests that Song Shuhang and Senior White learn to fly a plane. Song Shuhang initially panics, fearing Senior White might crash or even fly into space, but Senior White enthusiastically agrees.
• Song Shuhang postpones the lesson because of his final exams and an upcoming trip to Luoxin District. He plans to investigate the subordinates of an Altar Master connected to the Sunflower Cultivator and the Limitless Demon Sect’s Blood God Diamond incident.
• Yellow Mountain privately reassures Song Shuhang that the group will compensate him for enduring the increasingly dangerous missions caused by Senior White’s involvement. He also argues that learning to fly with Senior White is safer because Senior White could rescue them with Sword Flight if the plane crashed.
• Meanwhile, Helm Master Jing Mo learns that the Sunflower Cultivator assigned to investigate Song Shuhang has disappeared and likely died. New intelligence confirms that Song Shuhang is accompanied by an extremely powerful expert.
• Jing Mo decides to locate Song Shuhang and his mysterious companion. He secretly carries a Talisman Treasure containing the Blood Escape Great Art, which can ensure his escape even from a Fifth-Grade or Sixth-Grade cultivator.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Becomes increasingly wary of Senior White’s destructive curiosity but remains loyal and willing to accompany him. He agrees to learn to fly a plane after recognizing that Senior White’s Sword Flight could provide emergency protection. Song Shuhang also continues pursuing information about the Limitless Demon Sect and dreams of eventually reaching the Fourth Grade so he can fly on his own sword.
• Senior White: Remains cheerful, powerful, and dangerously experimental. He treats both driving and flying as entertaining activities, relying on formations and automatic controls without fully appreciating the risks. His strength and destructive potential make the group’s missions more difficult.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain: Acts as a practical coordinator and protector. He understands the danger of Senior White’s behavior, promises Song Shuhang substantial compensation, and rationalizes the airplane lessons as a safety measure.
• Helm Master Jing Mo: Shifts from investigating Song Shuhang indirectly to preparing for a direct confrontation. He is cautious enough to recognize the danger surrounding Song Shuhang, but confident because of his escape talisman and his belief that the mysterious expert cannot be a Seventh-Grade Venerable.

Significant Themes

• Humor arising from danger: Ordinary modern activities, such as driving and flying, become absurdly hazardous when filtered through Senior White’s cultivation methods and reckless enthusiasm.
• Cultivators adapting to modern technology: The seniors treat cars, airplanes, phones, and automatic controls as amusing extensions of their supernatural abilities.
• Preparation versus recklessness: Song Shuhang and Yellow Mountain try to plan around Senior White’s impulsiveness, while Jing Mo prepares a magical escape route before taking risks.
• Escalating power and hidden strength: The Limitless Demon Sect underestimates Song Shuhang because of his low cultivation level, failing to account for the terrifying expert beside him.
• Compensation and responsibility: The group acknowledges that Senior White’s involvement increases mission risks and agrees that Song Shuhang deserves rewards for surviving them.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang secretly hides Yellow Mountain’s airplane proposal from Senior White, but Senior White notices the conversation and eagerly volunteers to learn alongside him.
• Song Shuhang explains his investigation into the Sunflower Cultivator and the Limitless Demon Sect, revealing his intention to pass useful information to Su Clan’s Seven.
• In private messages, Song Shuhang humorously reports the car crash to Yellow Mountain, while Yellow Mountain responds with concern, compensation, and questionable safety logic.
• Jing Mo consults Steward Chen about the Sunflower Cultivator’s disappearance. After receiving intelligence about the powerful figure accompanying Song Shuhang, he decides to approach them personally while relying on his Blood Escape Talisman Treasure as a trump card.

Chapter Summary: “New Feuds and Old Grudges”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At Demon Throat Peak, Gongzi Hai meets with Anzhi Devil Lord and Zheng Neng. All three are nearing breakthroughs in cultivation.
• They discuss the failed attempt to recover the Blood God Diamond from “Stressed by a Mountain of Books” (Song Shuhang). Helm Master Jing Mo was defeated, and one of his subordinates was killed.
• Anzhi reveals that Song Shuhang is accompanied by a powerful expert, making the diamond difficult to reclaim. Gongzi Hai worries that Song Shuhang may give it to this senior.
• Although the Limitless Demon Sect still possesses three Blood God Diamonds, the missing one could slightly improve their chances of increasing their Pill-Grade Dragon Patterns. Gongzi Hai therefore orders Anzhi’s avatars to continue monitoring Song Shuhang.
• Anzhi suggests another blood sacrifice, but Gongzi Hai rejects the idea because they lack both time and a suitable target like the Moon Saber Sect.
• Before departing, Anzhi provokes Zheng Neng by mentioning that the Immortal Farmer Sect is recovering under Su Clan’s Seven’s protection. Zheng Neng dismisses the sect, claiming it no longer concerns him.
• Later, Song Shuhang leaves Senior White’s residence to study with Tubo and Li Yangde. He brings Spirit-Vein Jade Tea, intending to share its mild restorative effects with his ordinary friends.
• Tubo and Yangde drink the tea and are astonished by how refreshed and energized it makes them. Song Shuhang warns them to drink only one cup daily, using no more than two leaves per cup.
• While studying, Tubo invites Song Shuhang to visit his grandfather after the exams. Strange and sinister events have occurred in the grandfather’s village, and he specifically requested Song Shuhang’s presence.
• Song Shuhang suspects the incidents may be connected to Altar Master’s organization, which operates near the same area. He anticipates resolving both this new problem and his existing grudge against Altar Master’s forces.

Character Developments

• Gongzi Hai remains calculating and pragmatic. He prioritizes recovering the Blood God Diamond because of its potential value to the sect’s cultivation plans, while recognizing the danger posed by Song Shuhang’s mysterious companion.
• Anzhi Devil Lord continues acting as a manipulative and malicious provocateur. He gathers intelligence through avatars and deliberately attempts to stir Zheng Neng’s emotions.
• Zheng Neng presents himself as detached from the Immortal Farmer Sect, though Anzhi’s needling suggests that his past connection may still matter.
• Song Shuhang demonstrates increased responsibility and caution. He protects the secret of the Spirit-Vein Jade Tea, carefully regulates its use, worries about Su Clan’s Sixteen, and readily agrees to help Tubo’s grandfather.
• Tubo and Li Yangde benefit from Song Shuhang’s supernatural resources without knowing their full origin. Their friendship remains warm and casual, with Tubo especially enthusiastic about Song Shuhang’s help.

Significant Themes

• Old grudges resurfacing: The suspected connection to Altar Master’s group promises a confrontation in which Song Shuhang can settle past conflicts while dealing with a new crisis.
• Hidden power beneath ordinary life: A simple study session and tea gathering conceal the supernatural world influencing Song Shuhang’s daily existence.
• Loyalty and emotional detachment: Zheng Neng’s denial of concern for the Immortal Farmer Sect contrasts with the genuine concern Song Shuhang shows for Su Clan’s Sixteen and his friends.
• Scarcity and strategic planning: The Blood God Diamond, blood sacrifices, and Dragon Patterns highlight the Limitless Demon Sect’s desperate race for greater power.
• Friendship and protection: Song Shuhang quietly supports his ordinary friends while ensuring that supernatural dangers do not endanger them.

Character Interactions

• Gongzi Hai, Anzhi, and Zheng Neng cooperate uneasily, united by their goals but marked by rivalry and mistrust.
• Anzhi intentionally tests Zheng Neng by bringing up the Immortal Farmer Sect, but Zheng Neng refuses to react.
• Song Shuhang shares the Spirit-Vein Jade Tea with Tubo and Yangde, strengthening their friendship while warning them about its dangers.
• Tubo invites Song Shuhang to his grandfather’s village, unknowingly drawing him toward another supernatural confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang returns to Medicine Master’s building and finds Doudou, Venerable White, and Young Mistress Tang on the rooftop. Tang has dismantled Medicine Master’s pill furnace to cook an elaborate meal after revealing her cooking skills during Doudou’s “interrogation.”
• Venerable White points out Jade Bamboo Shoots prepared for Shuhang. Eating them directly is beneficial for opening his Nose Aperture. Their effects soon improve his breathing—but make his sense of smell uncomfortably acute.
• That night, Venerable White draws out the Life curse on Shuhang and releases the Altar Master’s resentful spirit. Shuhang’s Spirit Ghost devours it, recovering to Mid-Rank and gaining a golden sword alongside its buckler. White plans to compensate Shuhang for the destruction he has caused by giving him cultivation guidance.
• Shuhang dreams more of Li Tiansu’s life: the successful Rogue Cultivator became a Fifth-Grade Golden Core Spirit Emperor, married, and had a daughter. After his wife died in a tribulation, the daughter developed a grave illness caused by extreme cold energy. Li Tiansu spent his fortune trying to treat her; when she was sealed in an ice coffin, he went to a Forbidden Land seeking a cure.
• On waking, Shuhang asks the Nine Provinces Number One Group whether the girl might be an ice-type cultivation prodigy suitable as a disciple. Dharma King Creation and Snow Wolf Cave Master explain that she has a disease, likely caused by an injury from icy power before birth, and that it is essentially incurable. Shuhang still asks whether there is any hope of saving her.

Character developments and interactions

• Shuhang remains compassionate and imaginative: he worries about Li Tiansu’s daughter and seeks help, despite having little cultivation power himself.
• Venerable White helps Shuhang’s Spirit Ghost recover, partly out of guilt for dismantling the building. His quiet, considerate gesture contrasts with his destructive habits.
• Young Mistress Tang appears unusually cheerful after Doudou’s interrogation and proves to be an excellent cook.
• Doudou treats the questioning as training and cheerfully enjoys Tang’s food, while White endorses the meal.
• Li Tiansu is revealed through Shuhang’s dream as a once-prosperous cultivator whose devotion to his family drove him into debt and ultimately toward danger.

Significant themes

• Compassion and responsibility: Shuhang feels drawn to help a suffering girl whose troubles began long before he knew of her.
• The limits of cultivation: A powerful cultivator’s wealth and skill cannot necessarily overcome illness or loss.
• Cause and effect: Shuhang suspects Li Tiansu’s memories may entangle him in the cultivator’s unfinished affairs.
• Care expressed through action: White’s help repays Shuhang without fanfare, while Li Tiansu’s sacrifices reveal the depth of parental love.

Chapter Summary: “I Crossed Over?”

• Li Tiansu’s frozen condition: The Snow Wolf Cave Master explains that the little girl’s body and possibly her soul have been completely overtaken by an unnatural chill. Because an ice coffin has formed around her, only someone who reaches the Eighth-Grade Saint Lord realm—“Manifestation Before All”—could save her. Song Shuhang realizes that neither surgery nor combining technology with cultivation can help, and sadly gives up on finding a solution.
• Morning at Medicine Master’s residence: Young Mistress Tang prepares breakfast and appears slightly more recovered from her previous mental and emotional state. Song Shuhang is relieved that she has not become permanently foolish. Before leaving for his exams, he warns Doudou not to cause trouble, but Doudou points out that the warning is really meant for Venerable White, creating an awkward exchange.
• Song Shuhang’s exams: During the first university exam, Song Shuhang unexpectedly completes the entire test in only three minutes, thanks to his enhanced abilities. To avoid suspicion, he pretends to continue writing while cultivating the True Self Meditation Scripture. His True Self has developed a bizarre appearance—muscular, stern, and with shorter hair—making him question whether his cultivation is reflecting his changing personality.
• College English exam and bookstore visit: Song Shuhang deliberately works more slowly during the English exam so he will not attract attention. While his friends Yangde, Gao Moumou, and Tubo remain in their classrooms, he visits his favorite rental bookstore. He reads books about airplanes in preparation for learning to fly with Venerable White. The landlady notices that he has become taller, slimmer, and more handsome, though she remains skeptical of his academic prospects.
• The mysterious desert: When Song Shuhang returns to Medicine Master’s building and opens the door, he suddenly finds himself standing in an endless desert. The door and the building vanish behind him, and neither Venerable White nor Doudou answers his calls. His phone has no signal, and above him is not a normal sky but a strange black-hole-like vortex. He begins considering whether he has merely been teleported or has crossed into another dimension.
• Song Shuhang’s reaction: Although he tries to apply logical reasoning and recall the conventions of “other-world travel” stories, he becomes increasingly panicked. He regrets deleting his collection of transmigration novels, which might have offered survival advice. The chapter ends with him realizing that this is not an illusion or dream: he has genuinely been transported to a barren, unknown world.

Character Development and Interactions

• Song Shuhang remains compassionate but recognizes the limits of his power regarding Li Tiansu’s condition. His cultivation has also made him physically and mentally more capable, shown by his rapid exam completion, though his True Self’s strange transformation suggests deeper changes.
• Young Mistress Tang shows early signs of recovery, bringing Song Shuhang relief.
• Doudou continues to be blunt and mischievous, openly exposing Song Shuhang’s indirect criticism of Venerable White.
• Venerable White is absent during the chapter’s final crisis, making Song Shuhang initially suspect him but ultimately leaving the mystery unresolved.
• The bookstore landlady notices Song Shuhang’s physical transformation and remains amused and doubtful about his academic life.

Significant Themes

• Limits of ability and helplessness: Song Shuhang wants to save Li Tiansu but must accept that his current strength is insufficient.
• Cultivation transforming identity: His improved abilities and evolving True Self reflect how cultivation is changing both his body and inner nature.
• Ordinary life colliding with the supernatural: Exams, bookstores, and university concerns exist alongside soul-freezing illnesses and dimensional transportation.
• Fear of the unknown: The chapter shifts from comic everyday scenes to genuine isolation and danger as Song Shuhang is stranded in an alien desert.

Chapter Summary: “Young Man in Blue with a White Horse”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang finds himself mysteriously transported into a vast, barren desert after opening the door to his home. He has no food or water and worries that he may die there.
• He attempts to walk in a straight line and search for an escape, but the desert has no landmarks, sun, moon, stars, plants, or animals.
• After roughly ten minutes, he encounters a handsome young man in blue leading a white horse. The youth repeatedly calls him “Little White,” apparently mistaking him for someone else.
• The young man ignores Song Shuhang’s attempts to explain the misunderstanding and attacks him, forcing him into a martial-arts sparring session.
• Song Shuhang uses several techniques, including the Basic Fist Technique, Foundation Fist, Vajra Foundation Fist, and his Blood Qi. However, the young man effortlessly identifies and exploits weaknesses in every move, defeating him with precise finger strikes and a final kick.
• The repeated sparring helps Song Shuhang recognize numerous flaws in his own fist techniques. He focuses on increasing the speed and number of his punches, but after another prolonged beating, he collapses from exhaustion.
• The young man cheerfully leaves, promising to return the next day. Almost immediately afterward, he reappears and repeats the same greeting as though they have just met.
• This time, the young man proposes practicing saber techniques. He gives Song Shuhang a saber, but Song Shuhang refuses to cooperate, exhausted and frustrated by the previous encounter.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang remains calm and analytical at first, trying to assess his surroundings and find a way to survive. His desperation gradually turns into irritation as the young man repeatedly attacks him.
• Despite being badly outmatched, Song Shuhang shows resilience and adaptability. He experiments with different martial techniques and identifies that his Basic Fist Technique’s second form is the most effective against the youth’s precise counters.
• The young man in blue is presented as cheerful, innocent, and seemingly oblivious to Song Shuhang’s protests. Beneath this harmless demeanor, he possesses extraordinary martial skill and an uncanny ability to perceive and exploit flaws.
• Song Shuhang’s uncertainty increases as he realizes the encounter may not be normal: the youth repeats conversations and appears to return instantly, suggesting that the desert may operate according to strange rules.

Significant Themes

• Survival and perseverance: Song Shuhang refuses to give up despite being stranded without resources and repeatedly defeated.
• Growth through failure: Every sparring session exposes weaknesses in his techniques, turning a humiliating beating into an opportunity for improvement.
• The limits of strength versus skill: Song Shuhang tries speed, force, and numerous attacks, but the young man’s precision and superior understanding consistently overcome him.
• Disorientation and the supernatural: The inexplicable desert, the youth’s repeated behavior, and the apparent distortion of time create an atmosphere of mystery and unreality.
• Frustration and helplessness: Song Shuhang cannot communicate effectively with the youth or control the situation, leaving him trapped in a bizarre cycle of combat.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang repeatedly insists that he is not “Little White,” but the young man ignores or fails to understand him.
• The young man treats the violent encounters as friendly practice, smiling and encouraging Song Shuhang to try again.
• Their first confrontation centers on fist techniques, with the youth countering each attack through pinpoint finger strikes.
• Their next encounter begins with the young man offering saber practice, while Song Shuhang refuses to participate, establishing a humorous but tense clash between the youth’s cheerful persistence and Song Shuhang’s exhausted anger.

Chapter Summary: “Their Own Ways of Fighting!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang is attacked immediately by an azure-robed young man in a boundless desert. The youth mistakes or calls him “Little White” and launches a potentially lethal blade strike without explanation.
• Song Shuhang initially has no real blade-training foundation. He dodges clumsily, then uses the treasured blade and activates the Flame Blade technique through his Ancient Copper Ring.
• His counterattack fails when the azure-robed youth effortlessly knocks the blade from his hands. Instead of finishing him, the youth teaches him the fundamentals of blade use: proper grip, control, force, angles, and lethal technique.
• With the youth’s guidance, Song Shuhang rapidly improves and begins combining blade techniques with his Foundation Fist movements. However, his aggressive all-or-nothing attacks leave his defenses exposed.
• After half an hour of combat, Song Shuhang is exhausted and covered in cuts. The azure-robed youth departs, promising to return the next day—then returns almost immediately, horrifying Song Shuhang.
• Doudou undergoes a similar experience. The youth repeatedly hacks at Doudou with a blade, but Doudou’s defenses are too strong for the attacks to hurt it. Doudou endures the training while worrying about its unattended game and possible loss of its newly acquired equipment.
• Young Mistress Tang is also trapped in the desert and forced into repeated martial-arts practice with the azure-robed youth. Though she uses sword techniques with her blade and initially fights evenly, repeated battles leave her exhausted and emotionally unstable.
• Having cycled through numerous martial arts and endured countless encounters, Young Mistress Tang finally snaps and attacks the youth with the Empty Thieves’ Sect’s Shadowless Hands before he can begin another round.
• The chapter ends by revealing that Venerable White is quietly meditating in the same seemingly endless desert, suggesting a connection between him and the strange repeated trials.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang: Begins as a complete novice with blade techniques, relying on instinct and brute force. Through practical instruction, he absorbs the basics quickly and adapts his fist-based combat principles to blade fighting. Despite gaining confidence, he remains far weaker and less experienced than the azure-robed youth.
• Doudou: Demonstrates immense physical defenses and a more laid-back, evasive attitude. Rather than seriously fighting, Doudou passively tolerates the attacks and focuses on the inconvenience of being separated from its game.
• Young Mistress Tang: Progresses emotionally from confusion and anger to numb endurance, then to complete frustration and explosive rage. Her refusal to cooperate eventually turns into a direct, furious assault.
• Azure-robed young man: Appears cheerful, carefree, and almost childlike, but is an overwhelmingly skilled martial artist. He repeatedly initiates dangerous fights, yet also acts as a teacher by instructing his opponents and exposing them to different martial arts.
• Venerable White: Is presented as calm and dedicated to cultivation, quietly meditating while the others endure chaotic combat trials.

Significant Themes

• Learning through combat: The characters gain experience not through formal lessons but through repeated clashes with a superior opponent.
• The gap between knowledge and mastery: Song Shuhang learns the theory of blade techniques quickly, but understanding the basics does not immediately make him a skilled fighter.
• Persistence versus frustration: Each character responds differently to the seemingly endless battles—Song Shuhang tries to improve, Doudou passively endures, and Young Mistress Tang eventually breaks down.
• Comedy amid danger: The chapter contrasts potentially lethal martial combat with absurd situations, such as Song Shuhang imagining game-style experience notifications and Doudou worrying about losing virtual-game equipment.
• Mystery and entrapment: The desert, the repeated appearances of the azure-robed youth, and the use of the name “Little White” suggest that the characters are caught in a strange trial or illusion whose purpose remains unclear.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and the azure-robed youth: Their hostile encounters become a bizarre teacher-student relationship. The youth repeatedly defeats Song Shuhang but also provides valuable instruction.
• Doudou and the azure-robed youth: Doudou refuses to participate actively, while the youth cheerfully attacks it anyway, creating a one-sided and comic endurance match.
• Young Mistress Tang and the azure-robed youth: Their initially balanced battles deteriorate into a cycle of exhaustion and resentment. She eventually abandons restraint and attacks him in a furious attempt to end the torment.
• Venerable White and the others: No direct interaction occurs in the chapter, but his presence in the same desert links the separate encounters and hints that he may be central to the strange situation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Venerable White remains deep in meditation, unknowingly creating a vast Real Illusion through his memories and spiritual energy. The illusion contains countless landscapes, creatures, battles, treasures, and other projections.
• The central desert, along with the white horse and the Young Man in Blue, originates from Venerable White’s childhood memories. The illusion will persist until he ends his seclusion or withdraws his thoughts.
• The chapter explains the nature of Real Illusions: they are physically tangible and appear completely real, but ultimately remain manifestations of a cultivator’s thoughts. Fairy Chu’s reconstruction of the destroyed Jadewater Pavilion is given as a famous historical example.
• Song Shuhang has endured seven rounds of combat with the Young Man in Blue, who has trained him in various weapon styles, including fists, sabers, swords, staffs, spears, legs, whips, and now hammers.
• When Song Shuhang says he needs a break, he discovers that the phrase causes the Young Man in Blue to stop fighting. During their rest, the young man mistakes Song Shuhang for “Little White,” compliments his appearance, and asks whether “Little White” will marry him after growing his hair to his waist. Song Shuhang rejects the proposal and the idea of long hair.
• Elsewhere, Doudou is being struck with hammers by the Young Man in Blue but bizarrely enjoys the treatment, treating it like a massage.
• Tangtang continues battling the Young Man in Blue. Her Shadowless Hands briefly gains an advantage, but he calmly counters and restores the fight to a draw, frustrating her.
• Helm Master Jing Mo and Steward Chen surveil Medicine Master’s building. They confirm that the Sunflower Cultivator is dead and that Song Shuhang and Venerable White are likely inside.
• Jing Mo secretly leaves behind a puppet connected to his senses. The puppet disguises itself as Jing Mo, uses a copied key to enter the building, and ends the chapter by becoming completely stunned by what it sees inside.

Character Developments

• Venerable White: His childhood memories and emotional history are revealed indirectly through the Real Illusion. His immense power allows his memories to manifest as a detailed, enduring world.
• Song Shuhang: Despite exhaustion, he continues benefiting from the Young Man in Blue’s repeated combat lessons. He also realizes that the young man is not truly addressing him, but an imagined or remembered “Little White.”
• Young Man in Blue: He appears to be a manifestation of Venerable White’s memories. He is cheerful, eccentric, and relentlessly enthusiastic about combat, while also displaying a romantic attachment to “Little White.”
• Doudou: His unusual preferences are emphasized when he enjoys being hammered rather than resisting.
• Tangtang: She fights fiercely and pushes her techniques beyond their normal limits, but becomes increasingly exasperated by the Young Man in Blue’s relaxed attitude and repeated use of the name “Little White.”
• Helm Master Jing Mo: He acts cautiously, gathering intelligence before confronting Song Shuhang and Venerable White. His use of a sensory-linked puppet shows strategic planning and suspicion.

Significant Themes

• Reality versus illusion: Real Illusions can imitate reality perfectly, but their existence depends on thought and emotion rather than the material world.
• Memory and longing: Venerable White’s memories have enough power to recreate people, places, and experiences, suggesting that emotional attachment can shape reality.
• Training through absurdity: Song Shuhang’s suffering is comedic but also productive; the bizarre battles provide valuable martial experience.
• Identity and misunderstanding: The Young Man in Blue repeatedly confuses Song Shuhang with “Little White,” creating humorous but meaningful tension between the real person and the remembered figure.
• Hidden danger: The apparently playful illusion is contrasted with the approaching threat of Jing Mo’s infiltration.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and the Young Man in Blue shift from repeated combat to a brief, awkward conversation after Song Shuhang discovers the “take a break” trigger.
• The Young Man in Blue expresses admiration and romantic interest toward “Little White,” while Song Shuhang responds with alarm and refusal.
• Doudou interacts with the illusion in a comic, passive way, allowing himself to be struck by the hammer-wielding figure.
• Tangtang and the Young Man in Blue engage in a competitive battle, with her insults contrasting against his cheerful, polite responses.
• Jing Mo and Steward Chen discuss the investigation and plan their approach, while Jing Mo secretly acts independently by sending a disguised puppet into the building.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Helm Master Jing Mo sends an Illusory Form Puppet disguised as himself to investigate the mysterious courtyard. Once inside, the puppet finds itself trapped in a desert and loses contact with Jing Mo’s main body.
• The puppet encounters a blue-robed young man riding a white horse. Mistaking it for “Little White,” the young man repeatedly attacks it with a giant hammer for half an hour, destroying the puppet but leaving its memory core intact.
• Venerable White’s seclusion finally ends. The desert illusion surrounding Medicine Master’s residence disappears, revealing that it had been created unconsciously by White during cultivation.
• Song Shuhang returns to reality and discovers the ruined puppet. Jing Mo simultaneously reconnects with it and experiences all of the puppet’s accumulated pain, leaving him furious and traumatized.
• Doudou reveals that the desert was caused by Venerable White. Young Mistress Tang is emotionally overwhelmed by the day’s disasters, while Doudou mourns the damage to his computer and “Overlord Set.”
• Venerable White cheerfully asks whether dinner is ready, unaware of the chaos and danger he caused. Everyone carefully hides their true feelings to avoid provoking him.
• Song Shuhang collapses from exhaustion instead of cultivating. The next morning, he rushes to school, worried that White may accidentally create another catastrophe and cause him to miss his exam.
• At school, Tubo, Gao Moumou, and Li Yangde discuss the environmental cost of examination papers. Tubo jokingly argues that students should refuse exams to save trees.

Character Developments

• Helm Master Jing Mo: Demonstrates caution by using a puppet to scout, but suffers severe pain when the puppet’s memories return. His resentment toward “Stressed by a Mountain of Books” intensifies.
• Venerable White: Emerges from seclusion refreshed and mentally improved, but remains completely unaware of how destructive and unpredictable his unconscious abilities are.
• Song Shuhang: Becomes increasingly wary of Venerable White and tries to manage interactions carefully. Despite his exhaustion, he prioritizes returning to school and passing his exams.
• Doudou: Acts as a practical observer and protector, recognizing the danger of White’s cultivation and planning to reinforce the household’s defenses.
• Young Mistress Tang: Suffers repeated emotional trauma from the day’s events and is reduced to tears, though she conceals the real reason from Venerable White.
• Tubo and Song Shuhang’s friends: Provide comic relief through their exaggerated discussion of exam-paper waste.

Significant Themes

• Unintended danger: Venerable White’s cultivation creates enormous consequences without his awareness, emphasizing the contrast between good intentions and destructive power.
• Suffering through linked experiences: Jing Mo’s puppet allows him to scout safely, but the severed connection causes him to experience the puppet’s brutal destruction afterward.
• Comedic misfortune: The chapter repeatedly turns disasters—being trapped in a desert, losing possessions, and being hammered for half an hour—into absurd humor.
• Caution and self-preservation: Characters learn to avoid angering or alarming Venerable White, whose innocent behavior can produce catastrophic results.
• Modern life versus cultivation: The supernatural events are juxtaposed with ordinary concerns such as exams, sleep deprivation, computers, and environmental arguments about paper use.

Character Interactions

• The blue-robed young man treats the disguised puppet as a familiar companion, cheerfully calling it “Little White” before destroying it with his hammer.
• Doudou comforts Song Shuhang and compares his exhaustion favorably with Young Mistress Tang’s even worse condition.
• Song Shuhang and Young Mistress Tang both conceal the truth from Venerable White, claiming that their tears and strange behavior are caused by harmless problems.
• Venerable White warmly interacts with Song Shuhang and Tang, completely unaware that they are frightened of his uncontrolled abilities.
• Song Shuhang reunites with Tubo, Gao Moumou, and Li Yangde at school, where Tubo’s humorous environmental argument shifts the chapter back to everyday student life.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang finishes his morning exam easily and checks the Nine Provinces Number One Group. He tells True Lord Yellow Mountain that Venerable White is fine and mentions White’s newly acquired seventh-stage ability, True Illusion.
• Medicine Master avoids contacting Shuhang after hearing about Venerable White’s dangerous new ability, choosing to remain silent.
• Medicine Master prepares to receive an old friend, Daoist Wuyinzi, and brings out his prized Immortal Reliance Brew. Jiang Ziyan monitors Medicine Master through a hidden camera and acts like an obedient disciple in front of guests.
• Wuyinzi reveals that he is aging because a past injury damaged his dao foundation and left him trapped at the fourth stage of cultivation. He has limited time left and hopes his disciple will inherit his legacy.
• Wuyinzi recounts the absurd behavior of his Western disciple, who constantly mistakes Daoist traditions for Buddhist or martial-arts practices:
  • He demanded to learn Shaolin techniques.
  • He shaved his head and dressed like a monk.
  • He insisted on receiving Buddhist commandment scars.
  • He replaced his Daoist robe and sword with Buddhist-style clothing and a vajra pestle.
  • He studied Buddhist scriptures and gained Merit Light by helping the dead.
• Medicine Master realizes that Wuyinzi’s troublesome disciple is almost certainly the “Foreign Monk” previously mentioned by Song Shuhang—the Westerner who took responsibility for a murder on a high-speed train and ended up in prison.
• Wuyinzi explains that the disciple has become strangely attached to prison and refuses to leave until he completes the second-stage advancement of the Dragon Ascension Platform. Medicine Master secretly finds the situation hilarious.
• After another day of exams, Song Shuhang returns home cautiously, expecting possible trouble from Venerable White. White is waiting for him and offers to guide him in cultivation. Shuhang is delighted.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Continues handling dangerous supernatural situations alongside ordinary student life. His cautious return home shows how traumatized—or at least wary—he has become from Venerable White’s recent experiments and training. He eagerly welcomes the chance to receive personal cultivation guidance.
• Venerable White: His advancement to the seventh stage has granted him the powerful True Illusion ability. He appears calm and benevolent while offering to teach Shuhang, though Shuhang’s nervousness suggests White’s guidance often leads to perilous experiences.
• Medicine Master: Shows concern for Shuhang but deliberately avoids exposing himself to more trouble. His friendship with Wuyinzi reveals his compassion and awareness of the older Daoist’s declining condition.
• Jiang Ziyan: Demonstrates her playful, mischievous nature by secretly spying on Medicine Master and teasing him about his guest, while still maintaining the appearance of a respectful disciple.
• Daoist Wuyinzi: Is introduced as a talented but physically declining cultivator whose greatest concern is preserving his legacy. His frustration with his disciple contrasts with his affection and persistence in guiding him.
• Wuyinzi’s disciple: Though absent, he emerges as an eccentric figure who combines Daoist cultivation, Buddhist appearance and practices, and Western misunderstandings of Chinese religious traditions.

Significant Themes

• The absurdity of cultural misunderstanding: Wuyinzi’s disciple repeatedly confuses Daoist, Buddhist, and martial-arts traditions, creating comic situations.
• Legacy and mortality: Wuyinzi’s damaged foundation and shortened lifespan emphasize the urgency of finding a worthy successor.
• Friendship and concern: Medicine Master and Wuyinzi’s reunion shows enduring camaraderie despite hardship, while Medicine Master’s thoughts reveal concern for both his friend and Shuhang.
• The contrast between ordinary life and cultivation: Song Shuhang moves from taking school exams to dealing with powerful cultivators, magical abilities, and dangerous training.
• Humor within danger: The characters treat potentially serious matters—such as prison, aging, and powerful cultivation techniques—with exaggerated comedic reactions.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang reports Venerable White’s progress to True Lord Yellow Mountain, unintentionally alarming him.
• Medicine Master and Jiang Ziyan exchange playful, suspiciously domestic banter before Wuyinzi arrives.
• Medicine Master and Wuyinzi reminisce over wine, discuss their disciples, and compare their circumstances.
• Wuyinzi complains about his disciple, while Medicine Master gradually realizes the disciple is the mysterious Foreign Monk connected to Shuhang.
• Venerable White welcomes Shuhang home and offers to personally instruct him, leaving Shuhang excited despite his earlier caution.

Chapter Summary: “Arts, Arts!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Venerable White reviews Song Shuhang’s current abilities: the Basic Vajra Fist Method, True Self Meditation Method, and a rudimentary understanding of the Flame Blade.
• To complete Song Shuhang’s basic cultivation foundation, Venerable White decides to teach him:
  • A light-body movement technique
  • The elementary spell Palm Thunder, which can be powered by Blood Qi and is effective against ghosts.
• Venerable White takes Song Shuhang into the mountain forest to demonstrate several movement techniques:
  • Illusory Form Movement Art, which creates confusing afterimages
  • Instant Form, emphasizing explosive speed
  • Tiger-Subduing Steps, a powerful Buddhist movement technique suited to both offense and defense
  • Shadow Sneak, which allows concealment within shadows but has strict limitations
  • Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles, a technique that improves through long-distance travel and can eventually be used for both speed and close-range maneuvering.
• Although Venerable White recommends the complementary Tiger-Subduing Steps, Song Shuhang chooses Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles, valuing its versatility and long-term potential.
• Venerable White teaches him the technique’s movements and incantation, then corrects his form as he practices. By nearly five o’clock, Song Shuhang achieves an initial grasp of the technique and notices an increase in his Blood Qi.
• Venerable White then introduces Palm Thunder, a basic thunder-controlling art usable at Rank One. Its advanced form is called Heavenly Thunder in the Palm.
• He teaches Palm Thunder because he will soon be unable to accompany Song Shuhang, who plans to confront the ghost cultivator’s subordinate, the Altar Master. The spell will give Song Shuhang protection against ghostly enemies.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang shows growing confidence and enthusiasm as he encounters more advanced cultivation arts. He learns to evaluate techniques based on their strengths and chooses a path suited to his own judgment rather than simply following Venerable White’s recommendation.
• His successful initial practice of Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles demonstrates his ability to learn quickly and integrate cultivation into ordinary movement.
• Venerable White acts as a patient mentor, systematically strengthening Song Shuhang’s foundation and selecting techniques appropriate to his current Blood Qi and future dangers.
• Doudou remains cautious about Venerable White’s destructive tendencies and uses the opportunity to reinforce the building’s defensive formations.
• Young Mistress Tang reacts nervously to the situation, praying while Venerable White is away.

Significant Themes

• Foundational growth: Advancement depends on mastering basic techniques, not merely acquiring powerful attacks.
• Long-term cultivation versus immediate power: Song Shuhang chooses a technique with broad future potential over the more immediately powerful Instant Form.
• Practical preparation: Venerable White tailors his instruction to Song Shuhang’s upcoming encounter with ghostly forces.
• Mentorship and independence: Venerable White guides Song Shuhang, but Song Shuhang must ultimately make his own choices and practice diligently.
• Cultivation through daily life: Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles embodies the idea that ordinary activities, such as walking, can become continuous cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Venerable White and Song Shuhang share a teacher-student dynamic marked by trust, teasing, and mutual respect. Venerable White is briefly surprised—and amused—when Song Shuhang rejects his recommendation.
• Venerable White personally demonstrates each technique and corrects Song Shuhang’s movements, emphasizing hands-on instruction.
• Doudou indirectly contrasts with Venerable White’s behavior: while White teaches and experiments, Doudou prepares defenses against possible accidents.
• Song Shuhang’s upcoming mission and Venerable White’s separate plans motivate the decision to equip him with Palm Thunder before they part ways.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Under Venerable White’s instruction, Song Shuhang learns to draw and activate the Thunder Talisman, allowing him to cast Palm Thunder.
• He tests the technique on a rock, blasting basketball-sized holes into it with little recoil. Venerable White explains that Palm Thunder is especially effective against ghosts, giving Song Shuhang greater confidence about confronting the Ghost Cultivator Altar Master’s remaining forces.
• While admiring the lightning in his palm, Song Shuhang recalls embarrassing childhood memories of pretending to use fictional lightning techniques. His embarrassment nearly resembles a Heart Demon, though he denies actually encountering one.
• After Venerable White offers philosophical comfort about painful memories becoming fond ones, Song Shuhang accidentally blurts out a romantic-sounding line asking whether Venerable White would marry him once his hair reached his waist.
• Venerable White then decides to imitate high-altitude bungee jumping. He removes the flying sword beneath them and sends both of them plummeting toward the Medicine Master’s Building.
• During the fall, Venerable White takes multiple selfies, demanding that Song Shuhang smile and threatening to repeat the jump if the photos are unsatisfactory.
• They land safely at the last moment, but Venerable White uploads the terrifying photos to the Nine Provinces Number One Group with a caption claiming that Song Shuhang enjoyed the experience.
• The group members praise Venerable White’s appearance and tease or pity Song Shuhang. Soft Feather offers to try the activity with him, causing Song Shuhang to feel that his “death” is inevitable.

2. Character Developments

• Song Shuhang gains a practical new combat technique. His ability to use Palm Thunder strengthens his confidence, particularly against ghosts and Ghost Cultivators.
• He remains inexperienced and easily overwhelmed, but his basic cultivation and blood-qi reserves allow him to use Palm Thunder several times.
• Song Shuhang’s embarrassment over his childish past reveals his ordinary, relatable side beneath his developing cultivator identity.
• His fear of heights becomes clear, contrasting sharply with Venerable White’s reckless enthusiasm. Despite his terror, Song Shuhang continues accompanying Senior White.
• Venerable White is shown as powerful, playful, impulsive, and completely insensitive to ordinary safety concerns. He treats a near-death freefall as entertainment and is more concerned with getting good selfies than with Song Shuhang’s panic.
• Venerable White also displays a softer, encouraging side by teaching Song Shuhang Palm Thunder and comforting him about his embarrassing memories.
• The other group members reinforce Song Shuhang’s reputation as the unfortunate but dependable companion who repeatedly endures dangerous situations for Senior White.

3. Significant Themes

• Cultivation as both power and absurdity: Palm Thunder is a genuinely formidable technique, yet the chapter places its solemn supernatural imagery beside comedic accidents and embarrassing memories.
• The gap between power and common sense: Venerable White’s immense cultivation lets him ignore dangers that terrify Song Shuhang, highlighting their radically different perspectives.
• Embarrassment and personal growth: Song Shuhang’s childish fantasies are painful to remember, but his ability to wield real lightning shows how far he has progressed.
• Friendship through shared danger: Although Venerable White’s behavior is irresponsible, the two continue to bond through training and bizarre experiences.
• Public humiliation and group camaraderie: The group’s reactions turn Song Shuhang’s private suffering into communal entertainment, mixing teasing with genuine affection.

4. Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Venerable White: Their teacher-student relationship combines sincere instruction with chaotic mischief. White gives Shuhang a valuable technique, then immediately terrorizes him with an uncontrolled-looking aerial stunt.
• Song Shuhang’s accidental marriage remark creates a brief awkward moment, though Venerable White responds with amusement rather than offense.
• Doudou and Young Mistress Tang: They watch the aerial descent from the building and enjoy Song Shuhang’s misfortune as spectators.
• The Nine Provinces Number One Group: Members admire White’s selfies, mock or sympathize with Song Shuhang, and treat his dangerous experiences as an ongoing source of amusement.
• Soft Feather and Song Shuhang: Soft Feather’s enthusiastic offer to join him for future bungee jumping deepens his despair, suggesting that his cycle of dangerous adventures is far from over.

Chapter Summary: “Senior White’s Blessing”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang wakes after a night of nightmares involving falling from great heights, a result of his traumatic bungee-jumping experience with Venerable White.
• Venerable White is absent, having gone with Tangtang to search for his lost flying sword. Doudou remains at the house.
• Doudou shows Song Shuhang news about a dog-stealing gang operating in the Jiangnan Region, implying that the criminals are likely to suffer after targeting an area protected by powerful cultivators and monster dogs.
• Venerable White leaves Song Shuhang several defensive treasures for his upcoming trip to J City:
  • A single-use flying sword capable of killing a Fourth-Grade cultivator.
  • A flying sword launcher that locks onto a target and fires the sword.
  • A “Myriad-Mile Escape Technique” talisman that can instantly transport Song Shuhang to Venerable White’s location.
• The escape talisman is disguised as an abstract Calabash Brother tattoo. Doudou also reveals the voice-activated escape phrase: “Moon Prism Power, transform,” embarrassing Song Shuhang.
• Venerable White provides a list of ingredients for Blood Qi Pills and offers to teach Song Shuhang how to refine them if he gathers everything. Song Shuhang memorizes the list but doubts he can find the rare ingredients easily.
• Venerable White sends Song Shuhang a blessing for his journey and for finding the ingredients, which makes Song Shuhang both flattered and vaguely uneasy because of White’s extraordinary luck.
• Song Shuhang finishes his final exam and celebrates with Gao Moumou, Li Yangde, Tubo, and several other students. After everyone drinks heavily, Song Shuhang arranges taxis and sends the drunk students home.
• Tubo reminds Song Shuhang that they are supposed to visit Tubo’s grandfather the next day.
• Before leaving for J City, Song Shuhang asks Doudou to accompany him, but Doudou refuses. Instead, Doudou gives him a strand of dog hair and instructs him to hold it up and call for help if he is in danger.
• The following morning, Song Shuhang prepares a car and goes to pick up Tubo. The chapter ends with the roommates still recovering from their drinking.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang remains cautious about Venerable White’s dangerous hobbies, especially bungee jumping, but continues to rely on White’s protection and gifts. He is becoming increasingly familiar with magical tools while still reacting like an ordinary person to embarrassing or absurd situations.
• Venerable White demonstrates his concern for Song Shuhang by preparing several powerful defensive items and offering help with pill refinement. His immense luck and unconventional methods continue to shape Song Shuhang’s experiences.
• Doudou acts as both guardian and comic relief. He provides detailed explanations of White’s gifts, deliberately—or carelessly—adds ridiculous disguises and incantations, and gives Song Shuhang a means of summoning him in an emergency.
• Tubo benefits from Song Shuhang’s magical tea, performs well in the exams, and remains a dependable friend who invites Song Shuhang on the trip to visit his grandfather.
• Gao Moumou and Li Yangde retain their usual roles as confident, capable university students, contrasting with Song Shuhang’s increasingly supernatural life.

Significant Themes

• Protection and mentorship: Venerable White equips Song Shuhang with powerful tools, showing that despite his dangerous personality, he genuinely cares about Song Shuhang’s safety.
• The collision of the ordinary and supernatural: University exams, drunken classmates, cars, and summer vacation exist alongside flying swords, teleportation talismans, monsters, and cultivator-grade medicine.
• Luck and fate: White’s incredible luck is contrasted with Song Shuhang’s ordinary fortune. White’s blessing seems generous but also potentially ominous, since his wishes often lead to unexpected events.
• Humor through danger and embarrassment: Life-threatening treasures are presented alongside absurd details such as the Calabash Brother tattoo and magical-girl escape phrase.
• Growing independence: Song Shuhang is preparing to travel to J City and confront danger with his own defensive equipment, though he still depends heavily on stronger allies.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Doudou: Doudou explains Venerable White’s gifts, teases Song Shuhang about the disguise and incantation, and gives him a dog-hair emergency signal despite refusing to accompany him.
• Song Shuhang and Venerable White: Although White is absent, his concern is conveyed through the weapons, talisman, pill instructions, and written blessing he leaves behind.
• Song Shuhang and his roommates: They discuss the exams, celebrate together, and rely on Song Shuhang to manage them after they become drunk.
• Song Shuhang and Tubo: Their friendship deepens as Tubo invites him to visit his grandfather and trusts him to wake him and provide transportation.

Chapter Summary: “I’m Getting Out to Stretch My Legs!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang brings breakfast to his roommates, who are preparing for summer break. Yangde stays in Jiangnan University Town for work, while Gao Moumou plans to travel with Mei Yi to escape Zhuge Zhongyang’s constant presence.
• Tubo, Yangde, and Shuhang decide to visit Tubo’s grandfather. Tubo injures the sole of his foot after drunkenly trying to stamp out a cigarette, forcing the group to drive rather than take the subway.
• Shuhang uses a small car borrowed from a friend. Tubo and Yangde mistakenly infer that the car belongs to a woman, leading them to suspect Shuhang has been secretly spending time with a girl.
• Near Luoxin District, Shuhang stops the car under the pretense of stretching his legs. He detects a Ghost Soldier on the mountain road, where several recent traffic accidents have occurred.
• Shuhang attacks and destroys the low-level Ghost Soldier using his Vajra Foundation Fist and body technique. His Spirit Ghost emerges and devours the Ghost Soldier’s remains, apparently restoring its own energy.
• Shuhang realizes that the ghost activity may be connected to the Altar Master’s former subordinates or another ghost-related faction. He hopes the Ghost Soldier’s destruction will draw its allies out and help him locate them.
• Tubo’s grandfather welcomes the three visitors. He reveals that more traffic accidents have occurred on the mountain road, unknowingly confirming the Ghost Soldier’s involvement.
• During their greeting, Shuhang senses ghostly aura on Tubo’s grandfather and suspects that a ghost recently drained some of his Blood Qi. He also detects lingering ghostly traces throughout Luoxin District.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Demonstrates growing supernatural awareness and combat ability. He quickly identifies and defeats a Ghost Soldier, while also becoming more attentive to the effects of ghost activity on ordinary people. His Spirit Ghost’s ability to consume ghosts introduces a new aspect of their developing connection.
• Tubo: Remains comedic and physically unfortunate, suffering from a burn caused by his drunken behavior. Despite his injury, he eagerly visits his grandfather and continues teasing Shuhang about having a mysterious girlfriend.
• Yangde: Acts as a sensible companion and agrees to accompany Tubo and Shuhang. He provides practical suggestions, such as taking a taxi or driving instead of using the subway.
• Gao Moumou: Leaves with Mei Yi for the summer and continues his dry, sarcastic humor, refusing to take responsibility for Tubo’s drunken foot injury.
• Tubo’s grandfather: Welcomes the visitors warmly but is physically weakened and carries ghostly aura, suggesting that he has recently been affected by supernatural forces.

Significant Themes

• Humor amid danger: The chapter balances supernatural violence with everyday roommate banter, drunken mishaps, and misunderstandings about Shuhang’s car.
• Growing supernatural responsibility: Shuhang is increasingly able to detect and confront threats affecting ordinary people, even when his friends remain unaware of them.
• Hidden danger beneath ordinary life: A routine road trip conceals a deadly supernatural problem, showing how ghosts operate unnoticed within the modern world.
• The Spirit Ghost’s development: Its instinctive consumption of the defeated Ghost Soldier suggests that it can recover or grow stronger by devouring ghosts, though Shuhang still lacks a complete understanding of it.
• Foreshadowing and investigation: The destroyed Ghost Soldier and the drained Blood Qi of Tubo’s grandfather indicate a larger ghost-related incident in Luoxin District.

Character Interactions

• The roommates joke and bicker over Tubo’s injury, with Gao Moumou and Yangde teasing him rather than showing much sympathy.
• Tubo and Yangde speculate that Shuhang has been spending time with a girl because of the feminine-looking car, embarrassing Shuhang.
• Shuhang hides his supernatural battle from his friends, who interpret his movements as stress relief after a long drive.
• Tubo’s reunion with his grandfather is affectionate, while his grandfather warmly welcomes all three young men but privately hopes the mysterious girl associated with Shuhang will return.
• Shuhang’s embrace with Tubo’s grandfather becomes significant when he senses the man’s ghostly contamination and weakened Blood Qi.

Chapter Summary: “Threatening Me?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang considers how to dispel the ghostly aura covering Luoxin Street District. Since he lacks the necessary exorcism techniques and his eight Evil-Breaking Talismans have limited range, he decides the best strategy is to eliminate the Altar Master’s subordinates, who are controlling the ghosts.
• He resolves to fight regardless of the enemy’s strength, relying on his talismans, weapons, Doudou’s dog fur, and the Myriad-Mile Escape Technique as a last resort.
• Tubo’s maternal grandparents describe the village’s strange occurrences:
  • Three identical, supernatural-looking traffic accidents on the mountain road.
  • A mysterious illness weakening many elderly villagers, caused by ghosts secretly draining their vital blood.
  • Ghostly figures appearing and vanishing in the village graveyard.
  • Several other unexplained incidents occurring at the same time.
• Song Shuhang suspects the graveyard may be connected to the Altar Master’s subordinates.
• After dinner, Song Shuhang notices a weak wandering soul attempting to lure him away from Tubo’s house. He follows it to an empty building.
• A voice on a landline telephone claims responsibility for the ghost soldier at the village entrance and threatens to drain the entire village’s vital blood unless Song Shuhang stays out of their affairs for two more days.
• Song Shuhang rejects the threat and destroys the telephone, revealing that the “speaker” was actually a ghost hiding inside it.
• The ghost transforms into a weakened ghost general, initiating a fight with Song Shuhang.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates growing confidence and strategic awareness. Although only a First Stage, Second Aperture cultivator, he calmly evaluates his limited abilities and available resources before deciding to confront the enemy.
• He also shows courage and decisiveness by refusing to be intimidated by the threat against the villagers.
• Tubo remains concerned about his grandparents and takes the village’s problems seriously, though he uses humor to ease the tension.
• Tubo’s maternal grandfather, previously committed to rational explanations and “believing in science,” becomes increasingly disturbed by the accumulation of supernatural events.
• Li Yangde listens quietly but begins questioning his own disbelief in ghosts.
• The ghost-controlled forces are revealed to be cautious and manipulative, attempting to use threats and deception rather than immediately engaging Song Shuhang.

Significant Themes

• Courage versus intimidation: The enemy tries to control Song Shuhang through threats, but he refuses to surrender or accept their terms.
• Responsibility and protection: Song Shuhang chooses to confront the source of the danger rather than ignore the suffering of the villagers.
• Supernatural reality versus skepticism: The village’s strange events challenge the residents’ faith in purely scientific explanations.
• Deception and perception: The enemy hides a ghost inside a telephone and uses a wandering soul as bait, while Song Shuhang recognizes the trap.
• Strength through preparation: Though relatively weak, Song Shuhang compensates with talismans, weapons, experience, and escape options.

Character Interactions

• Tubo questions his grandfather about the village’s incidents during dinner, revealing the seriousness of the situation.
• His grandfather explains the accidents, illness, and graveyard sightings, while Tubo responds with concern and jokes about using black dog blood.
• Song Shuhang reassures the family indirectly by taking responsibility for investigating the danger alone.
• The ghost general attempts to negotiate with and threaten Song Shuhang through the telephone, but Song Shuhang mocks the poorly concealed trick and attacks instead.
• The chapter ends with Song Shuhang and the weakened ghost general exchanging blows, beginning their confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “I Wondered If I’d Caused Trouble This Time?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang battles a weakened Ghost General hiding in the village.
• The Ghost General attempts to intimidate Song Shuhang by threatening to massacre the villagers, but Song Shuhang pretends not to care in order to conceal his concern and avoid revealing a weakness.
• The Ghost General traps Song Shuhang inside a black cloak designed to weaken him and drain his Blood Qi. However, Song Shuhang had secretly prepared a Palm Thunder talisman and releases it from within the cloak.
• The thunder spell severely injures the Ghost General, destroying half of his body and breaking his defensive cloak.
• Song Shuhang threatens the Ghost General with an Evil-Repelling Talisman and interrogates him about the Manor Lord’s former subordinates and the Sunflower Cultivator.
• The Ghost General reveals that all of the Manor Lord’s subordinates have already been killed by the released ghosts. He does not know the Sunflower Cultivator’s background.
• Song Shuhang consults the Nine Provinces Number One Group about sealing the Ghost General, but learns that he lacks the proper ghost-collecting artifact or sealing technique.
• When Song Shuhang considers killing the Ghost General, his Spirit Ghost misinterprets the thought as an immediate command. It materializes a golden sword, cuts the Ghost General apart, and swallows the remains.
• The Ghost General dies while threatening revenge from his companions, leaving Song Shuhang worried that the surviving ghosts may attack and destroy the village.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang demonstrates increasing combat skill, tactical deception, and confidence. He successfully combines physical techniques, movement skills, talismans, and thunder magic against a stronger opponent.
• His use of feigned indifference shows that he is learning to conceal his emotional weaknesses and avoid being manipulated.
• Song Shuhang also becomes more aware of his responsibilities toward ordinary villagers, despite pretending otherwise.
• The Ghost General is shown to be experienced and dangerous but weakened by his long confinement. His arrogance collapses as he realizes Song Shuhang possesses unexpectedly powerful abilities.
• The Spirit Ghost displays greater combat power after advancing to the mid-rank. It gains a golden sword in addition to its shield and acts independently, though its incomplete synchronization with Song Shuhang causes an unintended result.

Significant Themes

• Underestimating appearances: The Ghost General assumes that a First-Grade cultivator is helpless, while Song Shuhang’s unusual abilities allow him to defeat him.
• Improvisation and hidden preparation: Song Shuhang wins by concealing his preparations and waiting until the Ghost General believes he has succeeded.
• Unintended consequences: Song Shuhang’s attempt to consider his options accidentally prompts the Spirit Ghost to kill the Ghost General.
• Responsibility and danger: Even when Song Shuhang succeeds, his actions may place an entire village at risk.
• Fate versus planning: Song Shuhang’s carefully planned investigation fails because the Manor Lord’s subordinates are already dead, reinforcing the idea that circumstances can overturn human intentions.

Important Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and the Ghost General engage in a tense battle of threats and deception, with each trying to exploit the other’s presumed weakness.
• Song Shuhang interrogates the Ghost General about the Manor Lord’s organization and the Sunflower Cultivator, but receives little useful information.
• Song Shuhang consults Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman through the group chat about restraining the Ghost General.
• The Spirit Ghost acts on Song Shuhang’s incomplete mental command, killing and consuming the Ghost General before Song Shuhang can decide what to do with him.

Chapter Summary: “I’m in Luck Today?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang is unsure how to deal with the ghostly forces gathering near Luoxin District and plans to ask the Nine Provinces Number One Group for advice.
• Before he can post, Three-Day Little Monk contacts him. After learning that Song Shuhang encountered a ghost general, Three-Day asks whether there are more ghosts nearby.
• Song Shuhang explains that the village is surrounded by a large number of resentful ghosts and ghost soldiers. Three-Day immediately travels there by sword.
• While waiting, Song Shuhang warns Tubo that he may return late, hoping to keep his friends away from the danger.
• Three-Day arrives roughly forty-five minutes later and discovers that the area contains over a thousand resentful ghosts, nearly twenty ghost soldiers, and possibly another ghost general.
• As compensation for helping him gather ghosts needed for his Buddhist cultivation, Three-Day offers to teach Song Shuhang the “Unmoving Vajra Body,” an auxiliary body-tempering technique for the “Vajra Foundation Fist.”
• A ghost army then descends on the village to avenge the ghost general Song Shuhang previously killed. The new ghost general is at the peak of the second stage and orders the destruction of all living beings.
• Three-Day calmly reveals a powerful black Buddhist flag. It expands into a huge black hole and absorbs the resentful ghosts, ghost soldiers, and apparently the attacking ghost army.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang becomes increasingly relieved and grateful as the crisis shifts from an overwhelming threat to a manageable situation. His good fortune is emphasized repeatedly.
• He also shows growing pragmatism: although he worries that the Buddhist technique might affect his appearance, he prioritizes strength and accepts the future gift.
• Three-Day Little Monk is revealed to be a capable Buddhist cultivator who specializes in capturing and ferrying ghosts. He is enthusiastic rather than fearful when faced with thousands of spirits, viewing them as valuable resources for completing his divine ability.
• Three-Day demonstrates loyalty and generosity by offering Song Shuhang a significant cultivation technique and consulting his master before teaching it.
• The ghost general and ghost army act collectively out of revenge for their slain companion, establishing them as organized and dangerous supernatural enemies.

Significant Themes

• Luck and fate: Song Shuhang repeatedly attributes his survival to good luck—Three-Day happens to contact him, lives nearby, and arrives just before the attack.
• Mutual aid among cultivators: Song Shuhang’s previous assistance and Three-Day’s current rescue reflect the cooperative relationships within the cultivator community.
• Turning danger into opportunity: A crisis involving thousands of ghosts becomes an invaluable cultivation opportunity for Three-Day and earns Song Shuhang a powerful technique.
• Strength over appearance: Song Shuhang accepts the possibility that the technique may make his spiritual “True Self” bald, showing that advancement and survival matter more to him than appearances.
• Supernatural conflict and karmic consequences: The ghost army attacks because Song Shuhang killed one of their leaders, suggesting that actions in the cultivation world quickly create new enemies and obligations.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Three-Day communicate as friendly seniors and juniors, with both acknowledging that the other has helped them.
• Three-Day enthusiastically promises Song Shuhang a reward and assures him not to refuse it.
• Three-Day consults Master Profound Principle before teaching Song Shuhang the “Unmoving Vajra Body,” showing respect for his master’s authority.
• Song Shuhang’s interactions with Tubo show his concern for ordinary friends, as he deliberately keeps them away from the supernatural danger.
• The final confrontation contrasts the ghost general’s violent revenge speech with Three-Day’s confident amusement, underscoring the dramatic difference in power between them.

Chapter Summary: “So Much Luck Feels Wrong!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Senior Three Days uses his black flag to create a black hole that absorbs all the Ghost General’s soldiers and underlings in Luoxin District.
• He deliberately allows the Ghost General to escape so that it will lead them to its headquarters.
• Senior Three Days and Song Shuhang follow the Ghost General to the cemetery behind Luoxin District, where it enters a hidden underground base inside a cliff.
• Using his superior Heavenly Eye Insight, Senior Three Days locates the hidden passage and destroys the concealed door.
• The Ghost General reunites with its two elder brothers, but their defenses fail. Senior Three Days activates the black flag again, absorbing every ghostly being in the cavern, including the powerful leading Ghost General.
• The cavern is revealed to be the headquarters of the Claw-Mark Beast Cards, the organization once controlled by the Altar Master. Its destruction brings the organization to an end.
• Song Shuhang and Senior Three Days search the headquarters and discover:
  • Around three million in cash
  • A box of Soul Pearls containing concentrated ghost qi
  • Medicinal ingredients needed to refine Blood Qi Pills
• Senior Three Days gives Song Shuhang all the supplies, having no need for them himself.
• Song Shuhang leaves feeling extraordinarily lucky, having resolved the Altar Master’s remaining threat and obtained all the Blood Qi Pill ingredients he needed.
• The chapter ends by revealing that Helm Master Jing Mo is approaching Luoxin District with a Fourth-Grade rogue cultivator, intending to capture Song Shuhang and seize the Blood God Diamond.

Character Developments

• Senior Three Days demonstrates overwhelming strength, tactical intelligence, and confidence. Rather than simply destroying the Ghost General immediately, he uses it to locate the entire ghost stronghold and then eliminates everyone at once.
• His Heavenly Eye Insight is shown to be far superior to Song Shuhang’s Expert’s Vision, emphasizing the gap between their abilities.
• Song Shuhang becomes more resourceful and comfortable accepting help and rewards. He recognizes the significance of the Claw-Mark Beast Cards’ destruction and obtains valuable resources for his cultivation.
• Song Shuhang’s Spirit Ghost reveals that it can consume Soul Pearls, turning what initially appears useless into valuable food.
• The Ghost Generals are portrayed as dangerous but limited creatures. Their low intelligence, especially the first Ghost General’s inability to recognize the trap, leads to their downfall.
• Helm Master Jing Mo remains determined to obtain the Blood God Diamond and believes he has finally found an opportunity to defeat Song Shuhang.

Significant Themes

• Justice and karmic retribution: The Claw-Mark Beast Cards organization had used living people to create Resentful Ghosts, only to be destroyed by those same ghosts. Song Shuhang reflects that their deaths represent a fitting repayment for their crimes.
• Luck and hidden danger: Song Shuhang experiences an unusually successful streak, but his intuition warns him that such effortless luck may conceal an approaching problem.
• Power and strategy: Senior Three Days’s victory shows that superior cultivation is strengthened by careful planning. He wins not merely through force, but by manipulating the Ghost General into revealing its base.
• Unexpected value: Items that seem useless, such as the Soul Pearls, may have great importance when viewed from another perspective.
• The consequences of past actions: The Altar Master’s organization finally disappears, fulfilling one of Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman’s old wishes while also bringing closure to Song Shuhang’s earlier conflict.

Character Interactions

• Senior Three Days guides and protects Song Shuhang throughout the operation, while Song Shuhang observes and learns from his senior brother’s abilities.
• The fleeing Ghost General panics and reports to its elder brothers, unintentionally leading Senior Three Days directly to their headquarters.
• The leading Ghost General orders an attack while secretly preparing to flee, but Senior Three Days sees through the attempt and absorbs it along with the other ghosts.
• Song Shuhang explains his connection to the destroyed organization and reflects on its crimes; Senior Three Days validates his decision to accept the recovered resources.
• The final scene shifts to Helm Master Jing Mo and his rogue-cultivator ally, establishing the next conflict as they move toward Song Shuhang.

Chapter Summary: “Is It a Natural Disaster or a Man-Made Calamity?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter introduces Half-Gourd Daoist, a Fourth-Grade rogue cultivator who has cultivated a close—though unusual—friendship with Helm Master Jing Mo. To earn Jing Mo’s trust, Half-Gourd repeatedly allowed the volatile helm master to “beat” him while carefully maintaining the appearance of resistance.
• Through Jing Mo, Half-Gourd has received benefits from the Limitless Demon Sect and hopes eventually to advance to the Fifth Grade and possibly become a branch helm master.
• Senior Three Days leaves Song Shuhang after helping him collect numerous resentful spirits and giving him an auxiliary body-tempering technique. Song returns to Tubo’s grandfather’s village with medicinal ingredients and other supplies.
• Song worries about transporting and hiding his valuable items, since he lacks a storage treasure such as a spatial ring.
• He joins Tubo, Li Yangde, and Tubo’s grandfather in picking waxberries. Tubo’s grandfather asks about Soft Feather and whether she can help solve the village’s strange illnesses and supernatural disturbances.
• Song avoids revealing the cultivator world, instead reassuring the old man that his weakness may be temporary. This comforts Tubo’s grandfather, and the group successfully returns with full baskets.
• That night, Song reflects on how smoothly his trip has gone and remembers Senior White’s blessing. He begins to suspect that Senior White’s extraordinary luck may bring danger along with good fortune.
• Feeling an increasingly strong premonition of danger, Song leaves the village to protect Tubo’s family and heads to an isolated area near Altar Master’s former base, where any possible disaster would cause less harm.
• His intuition proves correct: something rapidly descends from the sky. It is not a meteor but a huge magical wine-red gourd.
• Song activates his armor talisman, while a strand of Doudou’s dog hair transforms into a large Pekingese clone and attacks the incoming gourd. The chapter ends at this confrontation.

Character Development

• Half-Gourd Daoist is portrayed as calculating, patient, and highly pragmatic. Despite enduring repeated beatings from Jing Mo, he has successfully secured powerful connections and opportunities for advancement.
• Song Shuhang becomes increasingly cautious and responsible. Rather than risk involving Tubo’s family in a potential supernatural crisis, he trusts his danger instinct and deliberately moves away from the village.
• Song also shows greater awareness of the consequences of Senior White’s influence, recognizing that extraordinary luck may be accompanied by equally extraordinary danger.
• Tubo’s grandfather shifts from anxiety and helplessness toward cautious hope after Song reassures him.
• Doudou, although absent in person, demonstrates loyalty and preparedness through the protective clone hidden in his dog hair.

Significant Themes

• Luck and danger: The chapter explores the idea that great fortune may bring an opposing calamity, especially through Senior White’s unusual blessing.
• Trust and friendship: Half-Gourd’s painful efforts to befriend Jing Mo contrast with Song’s genuine bonds with Senior Three Days, Doudou, and his ordinary friends.
• Responsibility and protection: Song chooses to face danger away from innocent villagers, showing his growing sense of duty.
• The hidden supernatural world: Song must conceal cultivation-related truths from Tubo’s family while quietly dealing with ghosts, magical objects, and cultivators.
• Natural disaster versus human-made calamity: The chapter builds suspense around whether Song’s predicted crisis will come from nature or from another cultivator, ultimately revealing a magical attack or arrival.

Character Interactions

• Half-Gourd Daoist and Jing Mo: Their relationship is based on an eccentric mixture of manipulation, endurance, and genuine mutual regard.
• Senior Three Days and Song Shuhang: Senior Three Days gives Song valuable spiritual resources and a cultivation technique before departing, while Song sincerely wishes him success.
• Song, Tubo, and Li Yangde: The three friends participate in the ordinary activity of gathering waxberries, providing a contrast to Song’s secret supernatural life.
• Song and Tubo’s grandfather: The old man seeks answers about Soft Feather, the village’s illness, and the existence of ghosts. Song protects him by offering reassurance without exposing the truth.
• Song and Doudou: Doudou’s magical dog-hair clone automatically comes to Song’s aid when the mysterious gourd appears, emphasizing their trust and connection.

Chapter 199 Summary: “One Sword Piercing the Heart!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Doudou’s powerful incarnation protects Song Shuhang from Helm Master Jing Mo and Half-Gourd Daoist, two Fourth-Grade cultivators.
• Jing Mo’s concealed flying sword destroys Song Shuhang’s Armor Talisman in one strike, revealing the enormous gap between Song Shuhang’s First-Grade cultivation and his opponents’ strength.
• Jing Mo engages Doudou’s incarnation with his black flying sword, preventing it from rescuing Song Shuhang.
• Half-Gourd Daoist activates the Wine-Red Gourd and uses its powerful suction to pull Song Shuhang toward it.
• With no other option, Song Shuhang uses Senior White’s Single-Use Flying Sword 004 and its launcher. The weapon locks onto Half-Gourd Daoist and pierces straight through his heart, killing him instantly.
• The sword carries Half-Gourd Daoist’s corpse into outer space, effectively destroying the body and erasing evidence. The Wine-Red Gourd is also lost in space.
• Enraged by his friend’s death, Jing Mo abandons his original objective and focuses entirely on killing Song Shuhang.
• Song Shuhang orders Doudou to hold Jing Mo back while he prepares his remaining talismans and escape techniques.
• After exchanging nearly a hundred blows with Jing Mo, Doudou’s incarnation runs out of energy and reverts to a single dog hair.
• Jing Mo destroys the weakened dog-hair remnant and sends his flying sword toward Song Shuhang.
• The chapter ends with Song Shuhang preparing to block the attack and activate the Myriad-Mile Escape Technique.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Demonstrates courage, quick thinking, and willingness to use his most dangerous treasure despite the risks. He successfully kills a Fourth-Grade cultivator despite being only First-Grade, but remains severely outmatched and dependent on defensive items and escape techniques.
• Doudou: Proves extremely powerful and loyal by repeatedly saving Song Shuhang and restraining Jing Mo. However, his incarnation has limited energy and ultimately disappears at the critical moment, highlighting both his usefulness and unreliability.
• Helm Master Jing Mo: Revealed as a formidable Fourth-Grade cultivator connected to the Limitless Demon Sect. His grief over Half-Gourd Daoist’s death turns into rage, making him even more dangerous.
• Half-Gourd Daoist: Initially confident in the Wine-Red Gourd’s abilities, he becomes wary of Song Shuhang too late. His instinctive attempt to defend himself fails against the speed and targeting ability of Senior White’s flying sword.

Significant Themes

• Power versus ingenuity: Song Shuhang cannot compete through cultivation, so he survives by using rare treasures, strategy, and precise timing.
• Friendship and revenge: Jing Mo’s fury after losing his “only friend” shows the strength of their bond, while Song Shuhang’s response emphasizes his irreverent personality even under threat.
• Reliance and independence: Song Shuhang depends heavily on Doudou and Senior White’s creations, but the chapter also forces him to confront the need to protect himself when those aids fail.
• Unpredictability of treasures: Senior White’s modern, game-like flying sword launcher and its overwhelming speed give Song Shuhang an unexpected advantage.

Character Interactions

• Doudou repeatedly intercepts Jing Mo’s flying sword and physically shields Song Shuhang.
• Jing Mo and Half-Gourd Daoist coordinate their attack, with Jing Mo restraining Doudou while Half-Gourd attempts to absorb Song Shuhang.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou cooperate tactically, though Song Shuhang jokingly criticizes Doudou after the incarnation runs out of energy.
• After Half-Gourd’s death, Song Shuhang taunts Jing Mo, provoking the already enraged cultivator into a direct and personal assault.

Summary of “Shameful Secret Technique”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang is attacked by Helm Master Jing Mo, who launches a powerful pitch-black flying sword at him.
• Using his Eye Aperture Talent, Expert’s Vision, Song Shuhang slows his perception enough to track the sword and counters with the Flame Blade technique through the Overlord Shatter Saber.
• His attack is vastly outmatched: the Flame Blade is destroyed, and Song Shuhang is knocked back. Expert’s Vision drains the remaining Blood Qi and mental power from his apertures.
• Song Shuhang’s Spirit Ghost instinctively protects him by converting its stored Blood Qi into a golden shield. The shield blocks the sword but shatters, leaving Song Shuhang badly injured and completely immobilized.
• Jing Mo offers to spare Song Shuhang if he hands over the Blood God Diamond, though he actually intends to torture him and extract the information.
• With no ordinary strength left, Song Shuhang uses his final emergency technique, shouting, “Moon Prism Power… transform!”
• The technique is revealed not to be a combat transformation but an escape method: a projection of the “3D Calabash Brothers” carries him away using the Myriad-Mile Escape Technique.
• Jing Mo realizes he has been tricked and pursues Song Shuhang at immense speed, temporarily reaching the escape speed of a Fifth-Grade cultivator.
• Meanwhile, Doudou is being transported by a dog-theft gang in a drugged-filled van. He reflects that Song Shuhang is safe because the escape mark will automatically return him to Senior White if he reaches the brink of death.
• The dog thieves arrive at an abandoned factory and prepare to unload their captives. Doudou then breaks free, reveals that he can speak human language, and confronts the gang.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates determination and resourcefulness despite being completely overpowered. He exhausts every defensive option before resorting to his humiliating emergency escape technique.
• He shows lingering embarrassment and resentment toward Doudou, since the escape technique requires the ridiculous “Moon Prism Power” incantation.
• Helm Master Jing Mo is consumed by grief and rage over the death of his friend. His desire for revenge causes him to hesitate and boast rather than killing Song Shuhang immediately, allowing Song Shuhang to escape.
• Jing Mo also reveals his confidence and combat ability through his lightning-based techniques and pursuit speed, but his arrogance becomes a weakness.
• Doudou is shown to be mischievous and irresponsible, having failed to tell Song Shuhang about the escape technique’s automatic return function. At the same time, he remains confident in Song Shuhang’s survival and is now preparing to deal with the dog thieves himself.

Significant Themes

• Survival through ingenuity: Song Shuhang cannot win through strength, so he survives by using perception, his Spirit Ghost, and finally an unconventional escape technique.
• The danger of underestimating an opponent: Jing Mo’s decision to torment Song Shuhang instead of killing him immediately creates the opportunity for escape.
• Comic relief amid mortal danger: The absurd “Moon Prism Power” transformation contrasts with the deadly battle, while Doudou’s dog-related predicament shifts the tone into comedy.
• Friendship and protection: The Spirit Ghost instinctively sacrifices its stored energy to shield Song Shuhang, while Senior White’s escape mark provides a reliable safety mechanism.
• Revenge and grief: Jing Mo’s fury over losing his friend drives his actions and threatens to cloud his judgment.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang clashes directly with Jing Mo, resisting his sword attack and refusing to surrender the Blood God Diamond.
• Jing Mo attempts to intimidate and bargain with Song Shuhang, but Song Shuhang responds with laughter and secretly prepares his escape.
• Song Shuhang’s Spirit Ghost acts independently to protect its master when he can no longer defend himself.
• Doudou mentally comments on Song Shuhang’s situation and knowingly relies on the automatic escape mechanism, despite not having informed him of it.
• At the chapter’s end, Doudou confronts the dog-theft gang, speaking human language and mocking the criminals as he assesses their numbers.