Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang defeats a Third-Grade Nine Nether Demon by blocking its claws with his Steel Hand, swinging it around with Mama Lychee’s Wind-Fire Wheels, and finishing it with his Flame Blade. He destroys the demon completely to prevent it from regenerating.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen quickly kills another demon—and then takes down a dozen more—while Song Shuhang prepares to fight. She teases him for being too slow.
• After the pair kill more than twenty Third-Grade demons, they conclude that the network layer is weakening its fiends. Since these weaker demons are of little value, Sixteen suggests moving up to the Fourth-Grade layer to hunt for demons that can be exchanged for Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds.
• They agree to proceed cautiously, with plans to retreat if the fight becomes dangerous, and fly upward on Song Shuhang’s Puppet Silver Dragon. Sixteen brings Onion Lady along.
• The chapter briefly shows the other cultivators already fighting on the Fourth-Grade layer: Medicine Master weakens demons with prepared drugs while Jiang Ziyan kills them, and Yu Jiaojiao battles several demons using her improved strength.
• On arriving, Shuhang and Sixteen are spotted by a Fourth-Grade mosquito demon. Having mistaken the two Third-Grade cultivators for easy prey, it charges at them. Shuhang intends to test his strength against a Fourth-Grade opponent, telling Sixteen that he will defend while she attacks.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang shows a marked increase in strength and confidence. He can now defeat Third-Grade demons on his own and is eager to test himself against a Fourth-Grade foe, though he remains mindful of safety.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen proves to be an exceptionally capable fighter, effortlessly killing demons and playfully mocking Shuhang’s slower pace. She is also motivated by the possibility of obtaining lotus seeds and sharing them with him.
• Onion Lady silently collects the demons’ bodies and grows increasingly anxious as Shuhang and Sixteen become stronger, fearing that her freedom is slipping away.
• The exchanges between Shuhang and Sixteen are friendly and teasing, but they also show trust: he proposes a coordinated defense-and-offense strategy, and she agrees to advance cautiously.

Significant themes

• Growth and changing power: Shuhang’s confidence contrasts with his earlier helplessness before a Fourth-Grade opponent.
• Teamwork and trust: Shuhang and Sixteen coordinate their strengths as they take on stronger enemies.
• Risk balanced with caution: They seek greater rewards but agree to retreat if the danger becomes too great.
• Comic contrast: The demons view the Third-Grade newcomers as easy prey, while the chapter’s established fighters make short work of much stronger opponents.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen confront a Fourth-Grade Giant Mosquito Fiend within the weakened “Fourth-Grade Fiend Network.”
• Song Shuhang prepares both defensive and offensive techniques: Steel Hand, Reverse Scale Saber Technique, and Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist.
• The mosquito fiend uses extreme speed and briefly disappears from Song Shuhang’s sight, but Song Shuhang blocks its proboscis with the Dragon Scale Form of his saber technique.
• Song Shuhang counterattacks with Vajra Descends, reinforced by his Merit Light and a vajra phantom. The attack dispels the fiend’s Netherworld Evil Aura, severely wounds it, and smashes it into the ground.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen follows up with two powerful saber strikes, severing the fiend’s proboscis and head. Together, they kill their first Fourth-Grade Fiend.
• Onion Lady collects the corpse in the Heaven-and-Earth Bag.
• Song Shuhang and Sixteen agree that they can safely handle roughly five Fourth-Grade Fiends, but will retreat if more than seven surround them.
• A seemingly harmless Hamster Fiend identifies Song Shuhang and recognizes him by his appearance, physique, and mental strength. It plans to find an opportunity to contact him.
• In the Fifth-Grade Fiend Network, Venerable White deliberately suppresses his strength to film dramatic battle scenes. He completes staged sequences involving “seven advances and seven retreats,” including rescuing a Confucian School Spirit Emperor.
• After filming, Venerable White casually kills four fiends as “payment” for the Spirit Emperor’s cooperation.
• While Venerable White changes clothes, Fairy Lychee shields him with golden light to prevent others from being distracted by his extraordinary appearance.
• Venerable White’s returning Jade Sphere suddenly changes direction and strikes Fairy Lychee, knocking her down and ending the chapter on a comedic cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang gains confidence after discovering that his Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist can seriously damage Fourth-Grade Netherworld Fiends, especially by dispelling their protective evil aura.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen demonstrates calm judgment and efficient teamwork. She recognizes Song Shuhang’s restraining advantage and establishes a practical retreat strategy.
• Song Shuhang and Sixteen develop stronger battlefield coordination, combining Song Shuhang’s defense and fiend-countering fist with Sixteen’s decisive saber attacks.
• The Hamster Fiend is revealed to be intelligent, observant, and specifically interested in Song Shuhang.
• Venerable White continues to display his playful, unconventional personality. Despite possessing overwhelming power, he restrains himself for filming and treats the battlefield like a stage.
• Fairy Lychee acts as both camerawoman and protector, but becomes the victim of Venerable White’s wayward magic artifact.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and complementary abilities: Song Shuhang weakens and immobilizes the fiend, while Sixteen delivers the finishing blows.
• Hidden strength and adaptation: Even a newly advanced Third-Grade cultivator can challenge a Fourth-Grade enemy under the right conditions and with specialized techniques.
• The importance of intelligence in battle: The fiends may adapt after witnessing Song Shuhang’s abilities, making future victories more difficult.
• Humor amid danger: Serious combat is repeatedly undercut by playful dialogue, staged heroics, exaggerated performances, and Venerable White’s accidental chaos.
• Performance versus reality: Venerable White turns an actual battlefield into a film set, deliberately prolonging fights and scripting dramatic rescue scenes.

Important Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Sixteen communicate smoothly in combat and agree on when to fight or retreat.
• Sixteen credits Song Shuhang’s fist technique for the victory, while Song Shuhang acknowledges their combined strength.
• Onion Lady silently handles the practical task of collecting the defeated fiend.
• The Hamster Fiend observes Song Shuhang from a distance and privately plans to approach him.
• Venerable White recruits a Confucian School Spirit Emperor into his staged rescue scene; the cultivator cooperates and is rewarded with four defeated fiends.
• Fairy Lychee films Venerable White, protects him while he changes, and then is unexpectedly hit by his returning Jade Sphere.

Plot points and events

• In the Fifth-Grade Fiend layer, Senior White’s Jade Sphere suddenly veers into Fairy Lychee, striking her hard enough to send her falling through the Filter Net into the Fourth-Grade layer. White stops the sphere before it can hit her again.
• Song Shuhang catches the injured Lychee with the Puppet Silver Dragon and retrieves the sphere. Lychee is shaken but takes a healing pill.
• As Shuhang holds the sphere, his Appraisal Secret Method activates. It opens multiple wounds and causes blood to spray from him dramatically. Medicine Master and Jiang Ziyan quickly heal him.
• The appraisal reveals that the sphere was made from twenty-three Tribulation Immortal Divine Armament fragments from the Ancient Heavenly Court. A mysterious person later took the fragments to the Jadewater Pavilion ruins as an offering, though the fragments still bear deep resentment.
• The sphere’s fragments seem to have recognized Lychee and attacked her in a furious state. Shuhang connects this to Lychee’s unexplained resemblance or kinship to Ye Si, but Lychee has no known link to the Heavenly Court. He wonders whether one of her ancestors provoked its Tribulation Immortals.

Character developments and interactions

• Fairy Lychee is badly injured and baffled by the sphere’s hostility; she protests that she could not have had dealings with the long-destroyed Heavenly Court.
• Song Shuhang again suffers the painful side effect of appraisal, but uncovers a major historical clue and begins linking it to Lychee and Ye Si.
• Venerable White admits he crafted the sphere from the fragments while at the Sixth-Grade Realm, using many methods to shape it. He sensed its anger when it attacked Lychee but does not know why.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen, Medicine Master, and Jiang Ziyan assist the injured group; Medicine Master and Jiang Ziyan treat Shuhang, while Sixteen supports Lychee. Yu Jiaojiao finishes fighting nearby Fiends and joins the discussion.

Significant themes

• The past’s lingering consequences: ancient conflicts and resentment persist in the fragments long after the Heavenly Court’s destruction.
• Mystery and inherited identity: Lychee’s connection to Ye Si—and possibly to the sphere’s ancient enemies—remains unexplained.
• Comedy amid danger: Lychee is struck by the sphere, but Shuhang ends up the one spectacularly spraying blood during his appraisal.

Key plot points and events

• The Tribulation Immortal armament fragments in Venerable White’s Jade Sphere seem to react to Fairy Lychee. Song Shuhang suspects she may somehow be connected to Senior Sister Ye Si’s mysterious family Spirit Ghost, which may have sought revenge for Jadewater Pavilion and become entangled with the Ancient Heavenly Court. He keeps the theory to himself until he can ask Pavilion Master Chu to investigate.
• Venerable White offers Fairy Lychee the Jade Sphere as an apology, but she refuses because it makes her feel physically uncomfortable. He instead invites her and several others to explore Ancient Heavenly Court Undersea Ruins after filming.
• Once Song Shuhang and Fairy Lychee recover from their injuries, the group resumes hunting fiends and filming Venerable White’s battle scenes.
• Distracted by the mystery surrounding Fairy Lychee, Song Shuhang fails to notice a fast-approaching hamster-shaped fiend. Su Clan’s Sixteen warns him; the fiend is unaffected by the group’s weakening net and appears to be at Peak Fourth-Grade strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang pieces together a possible link between Fairy Lychee, Ye Si’s Spirit Ghost, and the Ancient Heavenly Court, but stays cautious and plans to seek confirmation from Pavilion Master Chu.
• Fairy Lychee firmly rejects the Jade Sphere but eagerly accepts Venerable White’s invitation to explore the ruins.
• Venerable White offers the excursion as compensation and arranges it as a reward for the group.
• Medicine Master agrees to join with Jiang Ziyan. Their relationship is now genuine, and his appearance has changed markedly under her influence.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen looks out for Shuhang by warning him of the approaching fiend.

Significant themes

• Uncertain inheritance and hidden history: The possible connection between Fairy Lychee’s lineage, Ye Si’s Spirit Ghost, Jadewater Pavilion, and the Ancient Heavenly Court remains unresolved.
• Caution amid speculation: Shuhang recognizes that the clues fit together but avoids treating his theory as fact.
• Companionship and support: The group shares rewards and adventures, while Sixteen’s warning shows her concern for Shuhang.

Song Shuhang is suddenly kicked in the chest by a Fourth-Grade Hamster Fiend, whose speed and strength overwhelm him despite his “Expert’s Vision.” Su Clan’s Sixteen intervenes, but the Fiend blocks her saber with a tiny sword and knocks her back. Shuhang recovers and attacks with his Flame Blade, calling the move “Demon-Breaking Heavenly Dragon Slash” to boost his confidence and throw the Fiend off. Sixteen joins the attack with a strange saber technique.
The Fiend reveals that its kick planted a rune on Shuhang’s chest. The rune’s light separates the combatants into different spaces, preventing Sixteen from reaching the Fiend. It then forms an isolated arena for Shuhang and the Fiend, visible but inaccessible to Sixteen, Medicine Master, his wife, and Yu Jiaojiao. Sixteen seeks Venerable White’s help through secret voice transmission.
Inside the arena, Shuhang initially denies being himself, claiming he is “the Blade-Wielding Scholar Su Wenqu.” The Fiend is briefly fooled, but then insists that it has verified his identity and demands a fight to the death. Shuhang puts away his saber, judging his fists—especially his Vajra techniques, which are effective against Nine Nether Demons—more useful. The Fiend, unfazed, changes into a spotless white robe before the fight.
Character developments and interactions: Shuhang remains quick-thinking but relies on bravado, humor, and improvisation to manage fear; his exaggerated attack name and false identity show his playful tendency to bluff. Sixteen acts protectively and coordinates closely with him, then turns to Venerable White when spatial magic cuts her off. The Hamster Fiend is revealed as an unusually composed, powerful, and apparently well-informed opponent, though its solemn menace is undercut by its comic confusion about human identities and fastidious change of clothes.
Themes: The scene contrasts confidence and actual ability, highlights the limits of perception when the body cannot keep pace, and turns combat into a contest of strategy as much as strength. Spatial separation also emphasizes the helplessness of allies unable to intervene.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang mocks the Hamster Fiend, saying he does not need a saber to defeat it.
• The Hamster Fiend reveals its tiny treasured sword, only 6.47 centimeters long and 0.5 grams in weight, but powerful enough to pierce a Fourth-Grade cultivator’s defenses.
• It dramatically draws the sword and unleashes immense Sword Qi and Sword Intent, demonstrating that it is a highly skilled sword cultivator.
• Song Shuhang counters with his steel-strengthened fists, using Steel Hand and Vajra Foundation Fist—Second.
• Despite his strengthened body, special True Liquid, and the Buddhist technique’s advantage against fiends, Song Shuhang is quickly overwhelmed. The Hamster Fiend’s sword leaves numerous wounds across his body.
• Song Shuhang then uses Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist—First: “Vajra Descends!”, enhanced by his Merit Light. The attack dispels the fiendish aura and triggers his healing treasure.
• The Hamster Fiend reveals that it has studied Song Shuhang’s techniques and counters the attack with an even stronger version of “Heavenly Demon from Beyond.” Its demonic Sword Qi destroys both the fist wind and the vajra phantom.
• Recognizing the overwhelming difference in cultivation realms, Song Shuhang activates a peak Fifth-Grade transparent shield and pretends to lie helplessly on the ground.
• The Hamster Fiend’s full-powered attack fails to break the shield. Song Shuhang taunts it to attack again while secretly preparing ten powerful talisman treasures and charging another Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates courage, adaptability, and tactical cunning. Although he cannot defeat the Hamster Fiend directly, he remains calm, uses defensive treasures intelligently, and prepares a counterattack.
• He also shows increasing familiarity with pain and injury, treating his many wounds as routine rather than panicking.
• The Hamster Fiend displays immense confidence and genuine swordsmanship talent. Its dramatic, arrogant presentation contrasts humorously with its tiny hamster body.
• The fiend is also shown to be observant and strategic: it has watched Song Shuhang’s previous battles and specifically waited for him to use his strongest fist technique before countering it.
• The Hamster Fiend’s confidence is shaken when its ultimate sword strike fails to penetrate Song Shuhang’s shield.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus strategy: Song Shuhang cannot match the fiend’s realm or swordsmanship, so he relies on treasures, endurance, and deception.
• Underdog resilience: Even while badly injured and outmatched, Song Shuhang refuses to surrender.
• Comedic contrast: The Hamster Fiend’s terrifying Sword Intent and grandiose declarations are comically undermined by its tiny size and toothpick-like weapon.
• Preparation and knowledge: The fiend’s prior observation of Song Shuhang gives it a tactical advantage, while Song Shuhang’s hidden talismans show the importance of planning ahead.
• Defensive survival: The chapter shifts from a conventional duel to a battle of endurance, with Song Shuhang using an exceptionally durable shield to create an opening.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and the Hamster Fiend engage in a heavily taunting duel, each trying to dominate the other psychologically.
• The Hamster Fiend boasts about its sword and technique, while Song Shuhang answers with deliberately provocative remarks and refuses to show fear.
• Their exchange becomes both a serious clash between a Fourth-Grade fiend and a lower-realm cultivator and a comedic contest of pride.
• By the end, Song Shuhang has survived the fiend’s strongest attack and is secretly preparing to reverse the situation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang remains trapped in an Arena Battle Space created by the Hamster Fiend, who challenges him to a one-on-one fight despite being at Peak Fourth-Grade—far above Song’s Initial Third-Grade cultivation.
• Song mocks the Hamster Fiend for calling the battle “upright” while exploiting such a large cultivation advantage. The Hamster Fiend, in turn, condemns Song for using defensive and offensive Talisman Treasures.
• Song hides inside a transparent barrier and taunts the Hamster Fiend, challenging it to break through the barrier. The Hamster Fiend repeatedly attacks it with its tiny sword but fails.
• When Song dismisses the barrier, he immediately launches five Evil-Repelling Talismans and five Sword Talismans at the Hamster Fiend. The talismans severely overwhelm and knock it down.
• Song follows up with a Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist, but discovers that the Hamster Fiend’s body is extraordinarily tough. His punch causes little damage and even makes his own fist ache.
• Song retreats into the barrier, revealing that it can be temporarily deactivated and reactivated as long as its energy remains.
• The Hamster Fiend reveals that its mission was to retrieve Song’s Dragon Demon Potion and assess his cultivation, techniques, spells, and martial skills. It has already acquired the potion.
• The Hamster Fiend opens a Space Gate and escapes, leaving Song trapped inside the Arena Battle Space.
• Song calls for help, and Venerable White arrives on his Meteor Sword. He uses his innate spatial ability to slash into the sealed arena, beginning the rescue.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates his practical and opportunistic combat style. Rather than fight fairly against a stronger opponent, he uses barriers, talismans, deception, and a surprise attack to gain the advantage.
• He also shows increased caution after realizing the Hamster Fiend’s physical defense is far beyond what its cultivation realm suggests.
• The Hamster Fiend is revealed to be carrying out a specific mission rather than simply attacking Song. Despite its irritation and theatrical arrogance, it is highly durable, capable of spatial escape, and tasked with gathering intelligence on Song.
• Venerable White appears as Song’s rescuer, quickly locating the trapped arena and using spatial power to break into it.

Significant Themes

• Practicality versus formal fairness: Song rejects the Hamster Fiend’s idea of an “upright” duel, arguing that a battle between enemies is about survival rather than rules.
• Cunning and preparation: Song survives through defensive tools and carefully timed talisman attacks instead of relying solely on cultivation.
• Hidden motives and larger schemes: The Hamster Fiend’s attack is part of a broader mission connected to Senior White Two and the Dragon Demon Potion.
• Power disparities and hidden strength: The Hamster Fiend’s apparent Peak Fourth-Grade cultivation does not reflect its exceptional physical resilience and unusual abilities.
• Comedic conflict: The serious battle is undercut by constant arguments, insults, and misunderstandings—especially over who is truly “shameless” and Song’s joking reference to “Senior White Rabbit.”

Character Interactions

• Song and the Hamster Fiend exchange sarcastic accusations about shamelessness while trapped in the arena.
• Song deliberately provokes the Fiend into attacking the barrier, then tricks it by disabling the barrier and launching all ten talismans.
• After surviving Song’s attack, the Hamster Fiend explains its mission and mocks Song before escaping with the potion.
• Song then calls out to Senior White Two for help, but Venerable White hears him instead and questions why Song referred to him as “Senior White Rabbit.”

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• While trapped in the Arena Battle Space, Song Shuhang discovers that he can finally speak about the mysterious Senior White Two without being censored.
• He quickly tells Venerable White that Senior White Two looks and behaves exactly like Venerable White, belongs to the Netherworld’s faction, and appears to be investigating Venerable White.
• Song Shuhang reveals that Senior White Two reacted violently to the same embarrassing “Young Man in Blue with a White Horse” incident connected to Venerable White. He speculates that the two Whites may share a special relationship.
• Venerable White warns Song Shuhang to stop discussing the subject, though he remains curious and suggests eventually visiting the Netherworld to find Senior White Two.
• Song Shuhang proposes visiting a mysterious Forbidden Land first, possibly because it may contain a cure for Li Yinzhu’s illness.
• Their plans are interrupted by the approaching start of Song Shuhang’s school term. Venerable White becomes nostalgic about school, then remembers that he never actually attended one as a child.
• Inspired by the idea of school, Venerable White decides to postpone the Netherworld trip and hints that he has thought of a new, secret “fun” plan.
• Venerable White uses the Meteor Sword to pull Song Shuhang out of the Arena Battle Space. During the transition, the many voices connected to the Appraisal Secret Method reappear, helping Song Shuhang deepen his understanding of the technique and reduce its cost.
• Back in the Fourth-Grade Fiend Network layer, Song Shuhang explains to Su Clan’s Sixteen and the others how he survived the battle with the Hamster Fiend. He used Fairy Lychee’s transparent shield, then struck the Hamster Fiend with Evil-Repelling and Sword Talismans, forcing it to flee through spatial power.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang becomes more confident in investigating the connection between Venerable White and Senior White Two, though he wisely stops when Venerable White threatens to blacklist him.
• He continues balancing his extraordinary cultivation adventures with his ordinary identity as an eighteen-year-old university student.
• Song Shuhang’s mastery of the Appraisal Secret Method improves, allowing him to appraise weaker objects with less physical cost.
• Venerable White shows curiosity about Senior White Two but remains highly sensitive about the embarrassing incident involving the Young Man in Blue.
• Venerable White’s childlike enthusiasm for exploring dangerous or unusual places is emphasized. His memories of never attending school reveal a more vulnerable and wistful side.
• The Meteor Sword displays increasing sentience and affection toward Song Shuhang.

Significant Themes

• Identity and duality: The similarities between Venerable White and Senior White Two raise questions about alternate identities, mirrored existences, and connections between the Present World and Netherworld.
• Curiosity versus danger: Both Whites and Song Shuhang are drawn toward mysterious locations, but Song Shuhang is more cautious about entering the Netherworld.
• The contrast between ordinary life and cultivation: Song Shuhang must eventually return to school despite his increasingly unbelievable supernatural experiences.
• Memory and lost opportunities: Venerable White’s reflections on school reveal his longing for experiences he missed during his childhood.
• Growth through experience: Song Shuhang’s survival in battle and improved Appraisal Secret Method demonstrate his gradual increase in skill and competence.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Venerable White share a humorous but dangerous conversation about Senior White Two, with Song Shuhang acting like a detective and Venerable White shutting down his speculation.
• Their discussion also shows their contrasting personalities: Song Shuhang is cautious and practical, while Venerable White is enthusiastic, impulsive, and eager for adventure.
• After returning, Su Clan’s Sixteen checks on Song Shuhang’s safety, while Medicine Master expresses relief that he survived.
• The chapter ends with the group learning that Song Shuhang technically survived the Hamster Fiend battle by relying on defensive tools and talismans rather than overpowering his opponent.

Plot points and events

• After warning cultivators to watch for suspicious fiends, Venerable White resumes filming with Fairy Lychee on the Fifth-Grade Fiend Network layer. Song Shuhang, Su Clan’s Sixteen, and Yu Jiaojiao team up to farm Fourth-Grade Fiends for Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds.
• Shuhang uses the Meteor Sword, a sentient Seventh-Grade divine weapon charged with Heavenly Tribulation power. Its attacks devastate ordinary Fourth-Grade Fiends, often killing them in one strike. Yu Jiaojiao handles defense, Sixteen helps lure and fight fiends, and Onion Lady gathers the bodies.
• The group kills hundreds of fiends, but the prolonged fighting tires them. Since the sword responds effectively only to Shuhang, Sixteen and Jiaojiao cannot use it to improve their own efficiency. They decide to return to White Cloud Academy and exchange their harvest.
• Back at the academy, Shuhang sees wounded and dead cultivators being treated after the battle. The sight deepens his understanding of the danger and brutality of the cultivation world. He and his companions then reach the exchange office, where True Lord Eternal Fire’s puppet clone is ready to count their fiends.

Character developments and interactions

• Shuhang enjoys the sword’s overwhelming power but eventually experiences mental fatigue from killing so many fiends. Seeing the casualties also prompts a more sober reflection on cultivation and war.
• Sixteen and Jiaojiao act as practical teammates: they share duties, assess the limits of their progress, and agree when it is time to stop. Sixteen briefly jokes with Shuhang by pretending to hold a fist to his mouth like a microphone.
• Onion Lady quietly performs the essential work of collecting the bodies, while Eternal Fire’s clone handles the group’s exchange.

Significant themes

• Power and teamwork: Shuhang’s extraordinary effectiveness depends on the Meteor Sword, while his companions make the operation possible through defense, support, and collection.
• The cost of conflict: Efficient monster-farming contrasts with the real injuries and deaths suffered by the academy’s defenders.
• Endurance and perspective: Repetitive combat can wear down even cultivators, and witnessing the wider battle helps Shuhang grasp the harshness of their world.

Key events

• Song Shuhang, Su Clan’s Sixteen, and Yu Jiaojiao turn in more than 1,180 Fourth-Grade Fiends, along with several Third-Grade demons. True Lord Eternal Fire rounds their haul up to 1,200, awarding them four Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds.
• The trio rests at White Cloud Academy. They agree that Shuhang, who did most of the fighting, should receive two seeds; Sixteen and Jiaojiao each take one. Shuhang plans to save his for his parents, since each seed can extend a person’s life by fifty years.
• They consider returning to hunt more fiends. Shuhang also promises Onion Lady a seed for her help collecting them, though she would rather be freed from the Enlightenment Stone that traps her roots.
• As Shuhang begins meditating, the rune left on his chest by the Hamster Fiend activates. His consciousness enters the rune, which is attached to a slain demon being carried through an underground passage by a Confucian disciple. He senses a line of low-ranking disciples, each carrying a demon corpse.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang shows exhaustion after the hunt but accepts the generous reward. He values his family and intends to use his extra seeds for his parents. He also remains irritated by the Hamster Fiend’s lingering mark.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen and Yu Jiaojiao insist Shuhang deserves the larger share because he did most of the work; both remain eager to hunt again.
• Onion Lady resents being imprisoned in the Enlightenment Stone and doubts Shuhang can reach the level needed to free her anytime soon. Shuhang offers a reward and reassurance, but neither resolves her predicament.
• True Lord Eternal Fire treats the trio generously, counting their Third-Grade demons toward the quota and thanking them on behalf of the Confucian Sect.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and fair reward: The companions acknowledge Shuhang’s greater contribution while still sharing the prize.
• Family and longevity: Shuhang sees the lotus seeds as a way to protect his parents’ lives.
• Freedom and confinement: Onion Lady’s trapped roots contrast with her desire for independence and highlight how distant freedom may be.
• Unseen consequences: The Hamster Fiend’s rune persists and unexpectedly links Shuhang to the demon corpse, setting up a new mystery.

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang’s consciousness, trapped in a rune attached to a Nine Nether Demon’s corpse, is carried with other bodies to a foul, ink-black demon pool. The corpse dissolves, but the rune—apparently made by Senior White Two—is too durable to melt, leaving Song Shuhang stuck in the pool.
• From the rune, he watches Confucian disciples repeatedly feed demon corpses to a gigantic Virtuous Golden Lotus. The lotus produces several batches of Scholar’s Golden Lotus Seeds, which the disciples collect rather than consume.
• Song Shuhang recognizes that this process resembles the Netherworld’s cultivation of an evil lotus using the bodies of Confucian, Buddhist, and possibly Western holy figures. He wonders whether the opposing lotuses are connected or part of a hidden plan.
• A powerful, white-haired Confucian elder arrives and addresses the lotus as “Fellow Daoist Golden Lotus,” confirming that it is conscious. He says it is nearing maturity and asks how much more nourishment it needs.
• The elder promises to obtain several nearby Eighth-Grade demons as further nourishment. He explains that a fully mature lotus could form a world of its own, giving the Confucian lineage a refuge and a way to resist the vast Netherworld. After he leaves, the rune finally dissolves, freeing Song Shuhang.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang endures the demon pool’s overwhelming stench and helplessly observes the cultivation process. His curiosity turns to concern as he suspects the two opposing lotuses may have a deeper purpose.
• The Confucian elder reveals the stakes behind the Golden Lotus’s growth: the Confucian lineage is exhausted by its long struggle against the Netherworld and needs an independent world to survive.
• The Golden Lotus is shown to be sentient and treated by the elder as a fellow cultivator. It communicates through movements, responds to his questions, and appears determined to reach maturity.
• Confucian disciples act as part of a repeated, organized cycle: they deliver demon corpses, gather the seeds, and make way for the next group.

Significant themes

• Reciprocal creation and opposition: The Golden Lotus and evil lotus mirror one another, each nourished by the bodies of its enemies.
• Survival and sacrifice: The Confucian School’s effort to mature the lotus is framed as essential to protecting its lineage, with past sacrifices underpinning its hope.
• Uncertainty and hidden purpose: The seeds may be only a by-product; Song Shuhang suspects that the true goal behind cultivating the lotuses remains unknown.
• A refuge of one’s own: The chapter’s central strategic idea is that the Confucian School must become a “world of its own” to stop fighting the Netherworld from a position of weakness.

• Song Shuhang wakes from a disturbing vision: Yu Jiaojiao has been poking his face with newly sharp claws. Shuhang still smells the foul Demon Pool from his experience, even after trying a breathing technique and receiving Jiaojiao’s Purification Technique. He explains what he saw to Jiaojiao and Su Clan’s Sixteen through Secret Voice Transmission.
• The vision reveals the Confucian School’s plan: Confucian disciples used a Nine Nether Demon’s corpse to cultivate a Gentleman’s Golden Lotus, which produces Lotus Seeds. Shuhang suspects the mature Golden Lotus might be capable of creating a world where the Confucian School could recover safely. Jiaojiao notes that this explains why White Cloud Academy traded precious Lotus Seeds for demon corpses.
• A disturbing parallel emerges: Shuhang has seen a similar process in the Netherworld involving a Sage Pool, an Evil Lotus, and Evil Lotus Seeds. The resemblance worries all three, raising the possibility that someone is manipulating both the Confucian School and the Netherworld. They speculate that the Golden Lotus’s maturation may be the hidden mastermind’s goal.
• The battle remains perilous: Five of the ten Eighth-Grade Evil Demon Broodmothers remain above White Cloud Academy, continually bringing in Netherworld reinforcements through a temporary passage. The defenders have struggled to harm or remove them, and Shuhang agrees they must eventually be dealt with to prevent the battle from becoming a stalemate. Jiaojiao worries about her father’s involvement, but Shuhang suggests they continue fighting while passing their information to the Nine Provinces Number One Group’s seniors, leaving the larger decision to them.
• The Lotus Seeds grant new abilities: Sixteen demonstrates that her seed gave her the ability to spit out extremely sharp Saber Qi, cutting a teacup cleanly in half. Shuhang envies the power. Jiaojiao reveals that her own seed changed her claws, giving them a metallic sheen and explaining why they hurt Shuhang.
  Character developments and interactions: Shuhang is shaken by the vision but remains practical, choosing to share intelligence and defer strategic decisions to more experienced allies. Sixteen is quietly pleased with her new ability, while Jiaojiao is cheerful and concerned about her father. Their banter and demonstrations of their Lotus Seed powers provide a lighter counterpoint to the looming threat.
  Significant themes: The chapter builds suspense around possible hidden manipulation, explores the moral and strategic entanglement of the Confucian School and the Netherworld, and emphasizes cooperation: the three young cultivators recognize their limits and rely on the senior group to guide the battle.

• Yu Jiaojiao’s new ability: Song Shuhang admires the sharp claws Jiaojiao gained from the Virtuous Golden Lotus. Though their strength is uncertain, the abilities can be upgraded, and Jiaojiao is delighted with them.
• The trio resumes fighting: Song Shuhang, Su Clan’s Sixteen, and Yu Jiaojiao return to the Fourth-Grade Fiend layer. They warn Medicine Master and Jiang Ziyan about the Evil Lotus of the Netherworld and the Virtuous Golden Lotus, who pass the news on to the Nine Provinces Number One Group. The trio’s monster-killing pace remains extraordinary, helped by Confucian battle puppets and the fiends’ ignorance of their reputation. The new demons mistake the lower-ranked Shuhang and Sixteen for easy targets, only to be swiftly defeated. Onion Lady gathers the abundant spoils.
• The Confucian Sect prepares for a major battle: After hoping to earn more Golden Lotus seeds, the trio spots a white-haired Confucian elder heading toward the Eighth-Grade Evil Demon Broodmother. Whirlwind Venerable and several determined Confucian cultivators join him. The prospect of an Eighth-Grade Profound Sage battle excites some observers, while others worry about the destruction its shockwaves could cause. Many cultivators begin withdrawing from the Filter Net to stay safe.
• Sixteen’s progress: Sixteen shows growing control of her Blade-Light Spit, compressing multiple blade lights into a projectile capable of cutting a weakened Fourth-Grade fiend. Shuhang is impressed—and envious—but checks the group chat before deciding whether to keep fighting.
• Three Waves’ movie troubles: Shuhang finds Mad Saber Three Waves’s earlier plea for help renewing his movie membership, sent from the Sluggish Secret Realm, where even simple movements take him many delayed intervals. Shuhang renews the subscription, and Three Waves gratefully returns to his film—only to be logged out because someone else has signed into his account.
• Spirit Butterfly’s prank: The chapter reveals that Venerable Spirit Butterfly secretly changed Three Waves’s simple password. He claims it was a helpful security measure, though his action appears to be revenge for Three Waves’s earlier teasing.
  Character and relationship notes: Jiaojiao is excited about her new power; Sixteen’s skill is advancing; and Shuhang remains helpful, both in battle and toward his groupmates. The episode also highlights the group’s camaraderie and playful rivalries, especially Three Waves’s helplessness and Spirit Butterfly’s disguised retaliation.
  Themes: Practical power can grow over time; confidence and appearances can be misleading; cooperation makes the group’s defense effective; and even amid high-stakes danger, mundane mishaps and friendly mischief provide comic relief.

Key plot points and events

• After replenishing Senior Mad Saber Three Waves’ account, Song Shuhang reports that he and his companions have killed more than 1,500 Fourth-Grade fiends with Venerable White’s Meteor Sword.
• Venerable White says the Confucian experts may struggle against the ten Eighth-Grade Demon Broodmothers, though he is confident he can get the group to safety—and might even trigger a tribulation to defeat them.
• As the Eighth-Grade battle begins, Song Shuhang, Su Clan’s Sixteen, and Yu Jiaojiao are hurt simply by looking at it. Fairy Lychee protects them and advises them to sense the fight with their hearts while she records it.
• In the Netherworld, the Evil Lotus has reached maturity after being fed the bodies of dead Confucian cultivators. The Liquid Metal Ball plans to have the ten Demon Broodmothers killed now that the lotus is ready.
• A Confucian disciple’s corpse bears the same hidden rune previously placed on Song Shuhang. Senior White Two reveals that he arranged for the Hamster Fiend to leave it as a means of spying on the Liquid Metal Ball’s plan. He suspects the Liquid Metal Ball is trying to create a way to escape the Netherworld and has prepared a countermeasure.
• A Space Gate opens on the battlefield, and a translucent, blood-eyed Glazed Scholar emerges. He kills all ten Demon Broodmothers in seconds, using spatial movement and overwhelming sword strikes.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang remains curious about the powers and prospects of his seniors, but the battle’s scale makes clear how far he is from the highest realms.
• Fairy Lychee acts as a protective mentor, shielding the younger cultivators and offering them a safer way to witness the fight.
• Senior White Two demonstrates that he is secretly monitoring the Liquid Metal Ball and is willing to let events unfold while preparing his own move.
• The Glazed Scholar’s sudden return shocks both sides. Song Shuhang recognizes him as the Thirteen-Tribulation Immortal once believed to have died after fighting Netherworld Tribulation Immortals.

Significant themes

• The gap between cultivation realms: Even observing an Eighth-Grade battle can injure Fourth-Grade cultivators, underscoring the immense disparity in power.
• Hidden schemes and surveillance: The rune, the mature Evil Lotus, and the Liquid Metal Ball’s suspected escape plan reveal a conflict unfolding beneath the visible battle.
• Unexpected survival and reversals: The Glazed Scholar’s return overturns the assumption that he had been annihilated and instantly changes the battlefield’s balance.

Key plot points and events

• A mysterious Glazed Scholar appears above White Cloud Academy, kills ten Eighth-Grade Evil Demon Broods with ease, then leaves through a Space Gate. Song Shuhang recognizes his resemblance to the vanished figure who once borrowed his Spirit Ghost, while a Confucian elder mistakes him for a long-lost ancestor.
• The demons’ reinforcements gone, White Cloud Academy gains the upper hand. The remaining Nine Nether Demons are eventually trapped, though their desperate resistance causes heavy casualties and destroys many Ink Sect battle puppets. Song Shuhang and the other helpers withdraw and exchange their spoils for Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds.
• Song gives his seed to Onion Lady. She awakens “Three Heads and Six Arms,” which manifests as two extra onion tips with tiny arms. When she cancels the ability, the tips fall off; Shuhang pockets them, much to her outrage.
• Beneath the academy, the ten Brood corpses finish dissolving in the Demon Pool. The Golden Lotus absorbs their immense demonic energy and begins its final evolution, poised to open a world of its own and shelter the Confucian Sect.
• In the Nine Netherworld, the Liquid Metal Ball reveals its plan: the Golden and Evil Lotuses are linked, and their worlds could provide a route for it to escape into the Present World. As it prepares to confront Senior White Two, a formation summons him directly to its location.

Character developments and interactions

• Song remains puzzled by the Glazed Scholar’s identity; Venerable White suggests that, if he appears again, Song should demand compensation for borrowing his Spirit Ghost.
• Onion Lady is thrilled by her new vitality and ability, but refuses to test it in human form because she fears the extra heads might fall off. Her banter with Song, Sixteen, and Yu Jiaojiao provides comic relief.
• The Confucian elder moves from shock at the Scholar’s arrival to focused hope as the Golden Lotus approaches maturity.
• The Liquid Metal Ball’s confidence gives way to tension when Senior White Two unexpectedly appears.

Significant themes

• Mystery and identity: The Glazed Scholar’s survival and resemblance to Song’s former mysterious visitor remain unexplained.
• Sacrifice and protection: The Golden Lotus’s evolution promises a refuge for the Confucian Sect, built from the remains of its enemies.
• Parallel forces and hidden connections: The Golden and Evil Lotuses evolve in tandem despite being unaware of one another.
• Humor amid danger: Onion Lady’s awkwardly literal version of a legendary ability lightens the chapter’s battlefield and world-building developments.

Plot points

• In the Netherworld, Senior White Two confronts the Liquid Metal Ball as the Evil Lotus reaches maturity. He attacks it, but the two rulers are evenly matched, and the Liquid Metal Ball successfully opens the Evil Lotus Space and enters to imprint its mark.
• Senior White Two reveals that he never truly needed to stop the plan: he interfered because he and the Liquid Metal Ball are rivals. He watches closely to learn how the Evil Lotus Space works, then plans to bring Song Shuhang into the Make-Up Exam Space.
• At the White Cloud Academy, Shuhang senses he has forgotten something important and realizes he should prepare jokes for Senior White Two’s usual request. Searching online, he finds only dirty jokes. Before he can find better ones, Senior White Two summons him.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen catches Shuhang and sees his browsing history. She worries that he may tell Senior White Two one of the inappropriate jokes.
• In the Make-Up Exam Space, Shuhang tries to divert the conversation by asking about the Dragon Demon Potion and offering to teach Cocoon Formation. Senior White Two declines the offer and says he has vital information about the survival of Shuhang’s world and the Confucian School—but will share it only after Shuhang tells him a joke.

Character developments and interactions

• Senior White Two shows strategic restraint: despite opposing the Liquid Metal Ball, he lets the Evil Lotus plan proceed so he can observe how its space works. His teasing rivalry with the other ruler remains intact, and he uses Shuhang’s curiosity to get the joke he wants.
• The Liquid Metal Ball succeeds in establishing its mark in the Evil Lotus Space, but remains baffled by Senior White Two’s motives.
• Song Shuhang is anxious to avoid another disastrous joke request and tries to prepare, but is summoned before he can find suitable material. He also recognizes the connection between the Evil Lotus and the Confucian School’s Golden Lotus.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen looks after Shuhang and becomes concerned when she realizes the only jokes he has read may be disastrously unsuitable.
• Shuhang’s attempts to change the subject with Senior White Two fail; the senior ultimately makes the joke the price of revealing crucial information.

Significant themes

• Rivalry and restraint: Senior White Two’s conflict with the Liquid Metal Ball is as much a matter of playful obligation as genuine opposition.
• Curiosity and strategy: Senior White Two allows events to unfold so he can learn how the Evil Lotus Space functions.
• Comedic tension: Shuhang’s dread of telling the wrong joke clashes with the urgent promise of world-threatening information.

Plot points and events

• Senior White Two summons Song Shuhang to the Infinite Make-Up Exam Space and demands a joke before letting him leave. Shuhang’s first attempt is censored and would expose Senior White Two’s embarrassing past, so it fails.
• Senior White Two reveals that the Confucian School’s Virtuous Golden Lotus and the Netherworld’s Evil Lotus can each create a small world—and that their spaces are connected. A powerful being in the Netherworld has already marked the Evil Lotus Space and plans to use it to enter the Golden Lotus Space when it opens, threatening the Confucian School.
• Senior White Two teaches Shuhang a pose-and-energy technique for leaving a mark in the Golden Lotus Space. Shuhang could potentially become its master and block the intruder, though the method is untested and he may have difficulty accessing the space. Senior White Two leaves it to him to decide whether to pass the technique on to the Confucian disciples.
• To escape the exam, Shuhang tells a wordplay riddle: “Little White + Little White” becomes “Little White Two,” then “Little White Rabbit,” through a pun involving the English word two. Senior White Two eventually gets it, laughs, and lets him go.
• Back in the real world, Shuhang finds Yu Jiaojiao and Su Clan’s Sixteen nearby. They tell him that Senior White has been invited by Confucian disciples to attend a major event, which Sixteen suspects is connected to the Virtuous Golden Lotus.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang is anxious about provoking Senior White Two, but thinks pragmatically about how to warn the Confucian School and whether it is right for him to claim control of their treasured Lotus space. He ultimately escapes through quick thinking and humor.
• Senior White Two alternates between teasing Shuhang and giving him crucial, if casually presented, intelligence and a possible means to avert disaster. He confirms his immense power while making clear that the outcome is not his responsibility.
• Yu Jiaojiao playfully asks whether Shuhang had to tell dirty jokes. Su Clan’s Sixteen checks on him and privately connects Senior White’s invitation to the Lotus-related crisis.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and agency: Shuhang receives information that could help save the Confucian School, but must decide how to act despite limited authority and uncertain access.
• Trust and uncertainty: The warning is serious, yet the proposed technique is experimental; the Confucian School may also be reluctant to trust an outsider.
• Humor as a test and escape: Shuhang avoids a risky dirty joke by using an absurd pun, turning a tense supernatural encounter into comic relief.

• Song Shuhang tells Su Clan’s Sixteen and Yu Jiaojiao that the Netherworld’s Evil Lotus Space may connect to Confucian School’s Golden Lotus Space. If it does, a terrifying Netherworld being—more dangerous than a Ninth-Grade Tribulation Immortal—could use the link to invade. The group agrees that Confucian School must be warned, but they have no clear way to act.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen posts the warning in the Nine Provinces Number One Group. The discussion briefly veers into Venerable White’s video-game equipment and Song Shuhang’s interest in it before White refocuses everyone and summons True Lord Eternal Fire, a Confucian School leader.
• Eternal Fire confirms the danger matters more than the fact that Song Shuhang knows Confucian School’s secret. Shuhang explains that a mysterious senior told him a way to counter the threat: someone must perform a dance in the Golden Lotus Space to leave an imprint and become its master, allowing them to resist the Evil Lotus Space’s influence.
• Shuhang offers to teach the method to Confucian School rather than become the space’s master himself. Eternal Fire eagerly agrees and offers fifty Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds as payment, following the group’s custom of exchanging help for a reward.
• Venerable White quickly flies Eternal Fire to Shuhang. Eternal Fire hands over the seeds and immediately pulls Shuhang along to return to the Golden Lotus Space, with White ready to fly them there.
  Character developments and interactions: Eternal Fire’s dignified image gives way to an exhausted, candid man who admits he longs to retire from his burdens at White Cloud Academy. Despite his weariness, he acts decisively when the school is threatened. Shuhang is willing to help but avoids taking responsibility for mastering the space himself. Sixteen and Jiaojiao keep the discussion focused, while White’s playful digression and cheerful bargaining contrast with the urgency of the crisis.
  Themes: The chapter pairs an approaching supernatural catastrophe with everyday comedy, especially the group’s gaming distraction and its transactional social customs. It also highlights the strain of leadership, the importance of cooperation, and the choice to protect a community by passing on knowledge rather than claiming power.

Plot points and events

• Song Shuhang tries to prevent True Lord Eternal Fire from summoning Senior Venerable White for a high-speed flight, offering instead to teach him the method for leaving an imprint in the Confucian Sect’s Golden Lotus Space.
• Eternal Fire forcibly takes Shuhang aboard White’s flying sword. The trip is so fast that Shuhang barely registers it, though he suffers nausea and weak legs afterward.
• Outside the Golden Lotus Space, Shuhang demonstrates the “Imprint Dance,” combining coordinated dance steps with true qi to inscribe glowing runes in the air. Eternal Fire memorizes it, and White and Eternal Fire applaud.
• Shuhang intends to leave, having passed on what he learned and hoping to use Virtuous Golden Lotus seeds to improve his Lotus-Blossom Tongue ability. But Eternal Fire’s unusually strong intuition urges him to bring Shuhang into the space.
• Shuhang initially declines, wary of becoming involved in the Confucian School’s affairs. Eternal Fire offers five Golden Lotus seeds, and Shuhang agrees to attend the opening ceremony.
• The Virtuous Golden Lotus completes its evolution and opens the Golden Lotus Space. Confucian elders and disciples enter first, followed by Eternal Fire and other leaders. Shuhang and White go in with them.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang remains cautious about being drawn further into the Golden Lotus matter, but his desire for more seeds persuades him to attend. He also demonstrates his growing cultivation skills through the complex dance and rune work.
• True Lord Eternal Fire shows concern for Shuhang, then follows a powerful intuition to include him in the opening ceremony despite recognizing the risk that Shuhang might claim the space’s imprint first.
• Senior Venerable White enjoys the exhilarating flight and is curious whether he would look impressive performing the Imprint Dance.
• Shuhang and Eternal Fire exchange lighthearted banter: Shuhang describes his post-flight nausea as feeling pregnant, while Eternal Fire criticizes the analogy.

Significant themes

• Intuition versus reason: Eternal Fire’s instinct leads him to bring Shuhang into a situation he knows could be risky.
• Responsibility and limits: Shuhang believes he has done what he can for the Confucian School and does not want to assume responsibility beyond his abilities.
• Comedy amid cultivation: White’s extreme speed, Shuhang’s physical reaction, the flamboyant dance, and the seed-based bargain keep the magical events playful.
• Trust and opportunity: Shuhang’s help earns him access to the ceremony, while his willingness to trade caution for a reward creates the possibility of further involvement.

Summary

Key Events

• On October 1, the author wishes readers a happy holiday and asks for monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, subscriptions, and tips.
• The author thanks readers for continuing to support the novel with monthly tickets, especially during the double-ticket period, despite an interrupted update schedule caused by a business trip.
• September’s regular update goal was generally maintained at two chapters per day, with additional chapters written for alliance leaders and overdue chapters repaid.
• A business trip at the end of the month disrupted the schedule and caused the author to accumulate more overdue chapters.
• The author currently owes:

Five alliance-leader bonus chapters

• Six ordinary overdue chapters—two remaining from an earlier leave and four caused by the September business trip

Eleven chapters in total

• The author promises to prioritize repaying the alliance-leader bonus chapters during October.

Character/Author Development

• The author presents themself as hardworking and committed, having maintained a demanding update schedule while also trying to repay previous debts.
• The business trip reveals the difficulty of sustaining that pace and leaves the author feeling pressured and discouraged.
• Despite anxiety over owing more than ten chapters, the author remains determined and self-motivated, encouraging themself to keep going.

Significant Themes

• Reader support and gratitude: The author repeatedly acknowledges that reader votes and support help sustain the novel.
• Responsibility and perseverance: The update debts are treated as obligations the author intends to repay.
• Pressure of serialized writing: The chapter highlights the strain of balancing daily updates, bonus promises, leave, and travel.
• Community interaction: Monthly tickets, recommendations, subscriptions, and tips are framed as active ways readers participate in supporting the work.

Character Interactions

• The main interaction is between the author and the readership. The author thanks readers for their continued support and directly appeals for further votes, subscriptions, and tips.
• Alliance leaders are mentioned as recipients of promised extra chapters, creating an additional obligation between the author and supporting members of the readership.