Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: True Lord White Was About to Leave Seclusion

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Clan’s Seven knocks Zheng De unconscious and takes Song Shuhang and Sixteen toward the Immortal Farmer Sect. He intends to help preserve the sect’s inheritance after its devastating losses.
• Song Shuhang tries to contact Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman to report their discovery of the Blood God Diamond, but his phone service has been suspended because he lacks international calling credit.
• At the Immortal Farmer Sect, the gravely injured Sect Master entrusts the Immortal Farmer Scripture to his eldest disciple, Zheng Neng. He asks Zheng Neng to rescue Zheng De and allow Zheng De to inherit the sect.
• The scripture reveals the true purpose of the Seven Radiant Wonderfruit: it can heal injuries caused by Heavenly Tribulations.
• Feeling betrayed because the Sect Master still chooses Zheng De over him, Zheng Neng kills the Sect Master. He claims he is fulfilling the Sect Master’s wish that he break free from the Immortal Farmer Sect and pursue a greater path.
• When Zheng Yan attacks him in grief and anger, Zheng Neng defeats but spares him. He leaves the Immortal Farmer Scripture behind, challenging the surviving disciples to preserve the sect and seek revenge.
• Gongzi Hai, Frenzied Tyrant Demon Lord, and Anzhi Devil Lord arrive to collect Zheng Neng. They reveal that they have obtained the Seven Radiant Wonderfruit and three of the four Blood God Diamonds.
• The group departs for the Limitless Demon Sect before Su Clan’s Seven can catch them.
• Meanwhile, True Lord Yellow Mountain announces in the Nine Provinces Number One Group that True Lord White will leave seclusion in roughly twenty days. The group discusses who will receive him, while joking about Song Shuhang learning to drive or fly before True Lord White’s arrival.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang remains morally conflicted about the Blood God Diamond because it was created through mass human sacrifices. Though valuable, he would prefer a treasure without such a horrific origin.
• Su Clan’s Seven shows responsibility toward the Immortal Farmer Sect, acknowledging his role in the tragedy and attempting to protect its remaining inheritance.
• Zheng Neng undergoes a major transformation from the sect’s gentle, respected senior brother into a ruthless and ambitious defector. His resentment over being overlooked as successor finally erupts in murder.
• Despite his betrayal, Zheng Neng retains some attachment to the Immortal Farmer Sect. By returning the scripture, he gives the sect a chance to survive, suggesting his compassion is not entirely false.
• Zheng Yan becomes the emotional representative of the surviving disciples, shifting from shock to rage and hatred toward Zheng Neng.
• Gongzi Hai treats Zheng Neng’s betrayal approvingly and recognizes the strategic importance of recruiting him.
• True Lord White’s imminent emergence from seclusion sets up the next major event and creates comic concern among the group about his practical abilities.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and resentment: Zheng Neng’s long-suppressed belief that he was undervalued leads him to turn against his master and sect.
• Freedom versus loyalty: Zheng Neng interprets the Sect Master’s words as permission to abandon the sect and pursue personal advancement, while others view this as betrayal.
• The cost of power: The Blood God Diamonds and the Seven Radiant Wonderfruit are powerful treasures acquired through violence, sacrifice, and manipulation.
• Inheritance and survival: The Immortal Farmer Sect’s future depends on preserving its scripture and passing its leadership to the next generation.
• Compassion and hypocrisy: Zheng Neng’s decision to return the scripture may be genuine concern or a calculated display of “false compassion,” leaving his true feelings ambiguous.
• Comic relief amid tragedy: The group’s jokes about True Lord White learning to fly contrast with the brutal destruction of the Immortal Farmer Sect.

Character Interactions

• Su Clan’s Seven, Song Shuhang, and Sixteen travel together while transporting the unconscious Zheng De.
• The Sect Master’s final conversation with Zheng Neng exposes the misunderstanding and resentment surrounding the succession.
• Zheng Neng clashes with Zheng Yan, defeating him but deliberately sparing his life.
• Gongzi Hai recruits Zheng Neng and praises his decision to preserve the sect’s inheritance.
• Anzhi Devil Lord dismisses Zheng Neng’s compassion as false, while Gongzi Hai and Zheng Neng defend the complexity of his feelings.
• Members of the Nine Provinces Number One Group tease Song Shuhang about the upcoming reception of True Lord White and the dangers of letting White learn to fly.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the cultivation chat group, the members continue joking about True Lord White’s dangerous curiosity and tendency to cause disasters. They bet on whether an airplane carrying him would crash.
• Copper Trigram Diviner secretly uses his disciple’s alternate account to join the discussion, but the group mocks his fortune-telling abilities. True Lord Yellow Mountain mutes him for thirty days.
• The group members worry that Song Shuhang may refuse to receive True Lord White, so they deliberately flood the chat with unrelated messages to bury the discussion.
• Song Shuhang’s phone runs out of credit after an expensive international call with Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman. Drunk Moon Hermit offers to top up his account.
• Su Clan’s Seven brings Song Shuhang, Su Clan’s Sixteen, and Zheng De to the devastated Immortal Farmer Sect. They discover that the sect master has been killed by Zheng Neng, who has betrayed the sect and left with Gongzi Hai.
• Zheng De decides to return and take responsibility for the sect despite not knowing how to save it. Su Clan’s Seven gives him a token representing the Su Clan’s protection, helping deter opportunists from attacking the weakened sect.
• Su Clan’s Seven takes Song Shuhang and Sixteen toward Jiangnan University Town. He reassures Sixteen that her injuries can still be cured and invites Song Shuhang to Fairy Bie Xue’s upcoming Immortal Chef Banquet as a belated meeting gift.
• After being left alone, Song Shuhang checks his phone and discovers that someone has deposited ten million yuan into his phone account, leaving him stunned and wondering whether China Mobile’s system has malfunctioned.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang continues gaining the trust and gratitude of senior cultivators. He remains modest and confused by the extraordinary treatment he receives, especially the invitation to the Immortal Chef Banquet and the enormous phone-credit deposit.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen shows emotional resilience despite her injuries and the tragedy surrounding the Immortal Farmer Sect. Her trust in Su Clan’s Seven remains strong, and she comforts Song Shuhang when he is hurt.
• Su Clan’s Seven becomes more openly protective and grateful toward Song Shuhang and Sixteen. He accepts responsibility for helping the Immortal Farmer Sect and promises to cure Sixteen.
• Zheng De undergoes a decisive change, moving from shock and helplessness to accepting leadership of the ruined Immortal Farmer Sect.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain demonstrates his authority as group owner by muting Copper Trigram’s alternate account and threatening the other members with responsibility for receiving True Lord White.
• Drunk Moon Hermit displays unexpected generosity by volunteering to pay Song Shuhang’s phone bill.

Significant Themes

• Responsibility after catastrophe: Zheng De chooses to stand by the Immortal Farmer Sect when it has lost both its master and strongest support.
• Loyalty and protection: Su Clan’s Seven protects Sixteen, assists Zheng De, and acknowledges Song Shuhang’s role in saving Sixteen.
• The burden of gratitude: Song Shuhang’s actions have earned him increasing respect, gifts, and invitations, even though he does not fully understand their value.
• Humor amid danger: The group’s absurd jokes about True Lord White and Song Shuhang’s ten-million-yuan phone balance contrast with the serious destruction of the Immortal Farmer Sect.
• Growth through experience: Song Shuhang reflects on the Immortal Farmer Sect’s tragedy as an experience that will deepen his Dao Heart.

Character Interactions

• The chat-group members tease one another while discussing True Lord White, with Yellow Mountain acting as both participant and disciplinarian.
• Northern River’s Loose Cultivator and others mock Copper Trigram’s divination, prompting Yellow Mountain to mute him.
• Su Clan’s Seven encourages Zheng De and gives him the Su Clan token, while Zheng De accepts the duty of rebuilding the sect.
• Sixteen reassures Su Clan’s Seven of her faith in him and later helps Song Shuhang recover from his painful pat.
• Su Clan’s Seven expresses gratitude to Song Shuhang for repeatedly protecting Sixteen and rewards him with an invitation to Fairy Bie Xue’s Immortal Chef Banquet.
• The chapter ends with Song Shuhang confronting the bizarre consequence of the group’s concern for him: a phone balance of nearly ten million yuan.

Chapter Summary: “Nameless Immortal Lord in Nameless Temple”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang discovers that Drunk Moon Hermit has deposited ten million yuan in phone credit into his account so he will never again lose phone service. The extravagant gift leaves Shuhang overwhelmed by the seniors’ vastly different understanding of money and time.
• Shuhang discusses the rewards he gained from the

Blood God Evil Saber Formation

• A major increase in Blood Qi.
• Further physical strengthening.
• A valuable Blood God Diamond.
• He asks Manor Lord Seven Lives to exchange the diamond for items more useful to him. Seven Lives agrees to let Shuhang choose from his treasure vault, since he needs Blood God Diamonds to create advanced talisman treasures.
• Manor Lord Seven Lives reveals that he is preparing to break through both his Talisman Dao bottleneck and into the Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor Realm. He has delayed advancement to pursue a higher-quality Golden Core, ideally one with seven patterns, which would provide greater future cultivation potential.
• Northern River’s Loose Cultivator informs Shuhang that True Lord White will emerge from seclusion in about twenty days. Shuhang is assigned to pick him up once the location is known.
• On June 11, Shuhang and Tubo pay for driving lessons. Their ordinary student life continues peacefully, with their roommates occupied by romance, programming, and gaming.
• That evening, Shuhang cultivates at Medicine Master’s building. After completing nine rounds of Vajra Foundation Fist, his Blood Qi finally overflows and breaks through his Heart Aperture.
• Song Shuhang completes Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment, officially entering the ranks of cultivators and beginning a transformation of his essence, energy, and spirit.
• The chapter then shifts to the Nameless Daoist Temple in Nanhua Lake City. The temple’s naturally formed statue of the Nameless Immortal Lord is tied to an old drought legend: after villagers enshrined it, rain miraculously arrived.
• Worshippers now notice that the statue has become increasingly lifelike and handsome, seeming almost capable of awakening or ascending.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang continues adjusting to the supernatural world and the seniors’ extraordinary wealth and long lifespans. Despite feeling overwhelmed, he becomes more determined to grow strong enough to understand their perspective.
• His combat experience and Blood God formation rewards significantly strengthen his body and cultivation foundation.
• He reaches a major milestone by completing Foundation Establishment, officially transitioning from an ordinary mortal into a true cultivator.
• Manor Lord Seven Lives is shown to be deliberately suppressing his advancement in pursuit of a superior Golden Core, emphasizing his long-term ambition and careful cultivation strategy.
• True Lord White becomes an approaching plot point as his imminent emergence from seclusion is announced.
• The worshippers at the Nameless Temple begin sensing that the supposedly lifeless statue possesses an uncanny, possibly supernatural presence.

Significant Themes

• The gap between mortals and cultivators: Shuhang struggles to comprehend ten million yuan being treated as trivial and centuries being considered a short period.
• Cultivation and long-term potential: The quality of a Golden Core determines a cultivator’s future limits, highlighting the importance of patience, foundations, and delayed gratification.
• Transformation and advancement: Shuhang’s breakthrough marks his passage from ordinary student to genuine cultivator.
• The ordinary alongside the extraordinary: Driving lessons, dormitory life, and games continue alongside breakthroughs, ancient legends, and immortal beings.
• Faith and mystery: The Nameless Immortal Lord’s statue may embody the connection between belief, miracles, and hidden supernatural forces.

Character Interactions

• Drunk Moon Hermit generously supports Shuhang by paying his phone bill, though the excessive amount causes Shuhang considerable distress.
• Shuhang and Manor Lord Seven Lives negotiate an exchange for the Blood God Diamond, while Northern River’s Loose Cultivator discusses Seven Lives’s impending cultivation breakthrough.
• The group collectively pressures Shuhang to accept responsibility for picking up True Lord White, though Shuhang readily agrees.
• Shuhang spends the day with Tubo handling driving lessons, while his roommates pursue their separate activities.
• At the Nameless Temple, worshippers collectively comment on the statue’s increasingly vivid appearance, suggesting that its transformation is becoming noticeable to outsiders.

Chapter Summary: “An Unexpected Visitor in the Dormitory”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang’s Heart Aperture opens after being filled with Blood Qi, marking his successful completion of the Foundation Establishment realm.
• With the opened aperture, he gains direct control over his Blood Qi and discovers that his physical strength, perception, and bodily control have increased dramatically.
• He practices the Vajra Foundation Fist again and is finally able to reproduce the grandmaster’s fluid, powerful movements. His punches now possess tremendous force even without drawing on external spiritual energy.
• Rather than continuing to consume Blood Qi Pills, Song Shuhang chooses to stop cultivating so he can adapt to his newly strengthened body and avoid rushing his progress.
• He stores the Blood God Diamond and the ownerless treasured saber Overlord Shatter in Medicine Master’s protected residence. The saber’s former owner, Ba Qianjun, has lost all control over it after the Tribulation Fire burned away his spiritual imprint.
• Song Shuhang begins returning Master Profound Principle’s flying sword and contacts Sima Jiang to arrange another delivery of the dangerous “package.”
• Sima Jiang brings several bodyguards, still concerned that the package might be robbed again. He asks what should be done with the captured thief, and Song Shuhang tells him to imprison him if necessary.
• On his way back, Song Shuhang encounters Nan Haomeng threateningly “befriending” Lin Tao. Song Shuhang reinforces the threat by demonstrating his new strength, cracking a solid demolition-site wall with one controlled punch.
• After returning to his dormitory, Song Shuhang finds an enormous furry tail and then discovers that a giant Pekingese has mysteriously appeared inside.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Successfully enters the Foundation Establishment realm and gains greater confidence in his strength. He becomes more disciplined by choosing adaptation over reckless cultivation. He also shows increasing responsibility toward others, feeling guilty about the trouble caused to Sima Jiang.
• Sima Jiang: Remains loyal and professional despite repeated danger connected to Song Shuhang’s deliveries. His caution is evident in bringing four armed-looking companions and securing the package in a high-tech container.
• Lin Tao: Remains intimidated and physically traumatized after previous encounters. His desire for revenge is immediately crushed when Song Shuhang displays overwhelming power.
• Nan Haomeng: Reveals himself as both talkative and intimidating. He pressures Lin Tao not to report him while disguising the threat as friendly reconciliation.
• Ba Qianjun: Though absent, his former ownership of Overlord Shatter is formally erased, leaving the saber available for Song Shuhang to claim.
• The mysterious Pekingese: Introduced as the chapter’s unexpected visitor, setting up the next conflict or mystery.

Significant Themes

• Growth through discipline: True advancement involves not only gaining power but also learning to control and adapt to it.
• Power and intimidation: Song Shuhang’s new abilities alter his relationships with ordinary people, while Nan Haomeng uses physical dominance to control Lin Tao.
• Responsibility and consequences: Characters must deal with the results of their actions, including Lin Tao’s betrayal, the robber’s fate, and Sima Jiang’s repeated involvement in dangerous affairs.
• The supernatural entering everyday life: Cultivation treasures, flying swords, and immense Blood Qi exist alongside university dormitories, delivery services, and school life.
• Humor amid danger: Threatening encounters and powerful supernatural events are presented with comedic touches, especially Nan Haomeng’s forced “friendship” and the absurd discovery of a giant dog in the dormitory.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Sima Jiang maintain a cooperative business relationship, though Song Shuhang feels responsible for the danger Sima Jiang faces.
• Nan Haomeng intimidates Lin Tao while pretending their previous fight has made them friends.
• Song Shuhang confronts Lin Tao indirectly, encouraging him to train if he wants revenge, then proving the enormous gap between their abilities.
• Song Shuhang’s return to the dormitory ends with a mysterious encounter involving the oversized Pekingese, creating a new unanswered question.

Chapter 145 Summary: “Big Dog: Lend Me Your Chat Account!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang returns to his dormitory and discovers the enormous Pekingese Great Demon Hound that previously chased Anzhi Devil Lord.
• Although initially intimidating, the demon hound behaves playfully and reveals that it can understand and speak human language. It even responds to Song Shuhang’s joke with an insulting joke of its own.
• The hound explains that it was looking for Medicine Master because it wanted medicinal pills as snacks. It had followed Song Shuhang to the hospital but was accidentally affected by the Stench Pill, leaving it unable to eat for an entire day.
• Song Shuhang realizes that the hound is likely True Lord Yellow Mountain’s runaway pet, “Little Doudou,” which had previously gone missing.
• Since Medicine Master is away treating cultivators suffering from memory loss, Song Shuhang tells Little Doudou to look for him later.
• Little Doudou asks to borrow Song Shuhang’s Nine Provinces Number One Group account. Song Shuhang cautiously logs in through a separate, protected copy of the chat software.
• The demon hound shrinks to ordinary-dog size, skillfully operates the computer, uses the Wubi input method, and begins taunting True Lord Yellow Mountain in the group chat under Song Shuhang’s username.
• The group members quickly realize that Little Doudou is using Song Shuhang’s account. True Lord Yellow Mountain mutes the account for a day after repeated insults.
• Yellow Mountain apologizes to Song Shuhang and asks him to take care of Little Doudou temporarily, promising to retrieve it within two months.
• Song Shuhang doubts that he can control the powerful and troublesome demon hound, a concern Little Doudou immediately voices in an insulting manner.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Becomes more cautious about protecting his identity and computer accounts after previous incidents. Despite his fear of Little Doudou, he remains polite and helpful, though he grows increasingly frustrated at being dragged into the hound’s mischief.
• Little Doudou / Pekingese Great Demon Hound: Is revealed as intelligent, humorous, mischievous, highly skilled with technology, and capable of transforming into a smaller form. Its appetite for medicinal pills and antagonistic relationship with Yellow Mountain become clearer.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain: Is shown to be accustomed to managing Little Doudou’s repeated escapes and disruptive behavior. His use of the group’s “Grand Silencing Technique” reflects his exasperation.
• The Nine Provinces Number One Group members: Recognize the situation almost immediately and react with confusion, silence, and resignation.

Significant Themes

• Comedy through contrasts: Little Doudou’s gigantic, terrifying appearance contrasts sharply with its cute behavior, childish teasing, and familiarity with computers.
• The burdens of responsibility: Song Shuhang is unwillingly assigned responsibility for a creature far more powerful and unruly than himself.
• Trust and caution: Song Shuhang helps Little Doudou but takes precautions by using a separate account setup, showing that he has learned from earlier threats to his identity.
• Found family and chaotic relationships: The cultivators’ group functions like a dysfunctional family, with Yellow Mountain acting as an exhausted caretaker and the others observing the familiar chaos.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Little Doudou establish a humorous but uneasy rapport through jokes and cautious conversation.
• Little Doudou insults and provokes True Lord Yellow Mountain in the group chat, reviving their familiar runaway-pet and exasperated-owner dynamic.
• Northern River’s Loose Cultivator and the other members react to the strange messages, while Yellow Mountain ultimately mutes Little Doudou.
• Yellow Mountain formally asks Song Shuhang to care for the hound, while Little Doudou immediately undermines Song Shuhang’s credibility by calling him a rookie.

Chapter Summary: “Another Urgent Express Delivery!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang’s account is muted by True Lord Yellow Mountain, leaving him unable to participate in the Nine Provinces Number One Group’s conversations.
• Doudou, in the form of an energetic Pekingese, declares that he will protect Shuhang. He spends much of his time restlessly rolling around and later plays an old computer game with surprising skill.
• Shuhang learns that demon beasts can remain invisible to ordinary people if they choose, relieving him of concerns about his roommates discovering Doudou.
• Seven days pass, but Medicine Master still has not returned. The four cultivators suffering from amnesia after visiting the Mysterious Island cannot recover their memories despite having no physical brain damage.
• Medicine Master and several specialists suspect that a powerful cultivator sealed the four individuals’ memories. Determining the cause may take another two weeks, while finding a way to restore the memories could take at least six months.
• Medicine Master and Jiang Ziyan cannot return to Jiangnan University Town yet because True Lord White will soon emerge from seclusion, and Shuhang is expected to receive him.
• Shuhang continues cultivating his Eye Aperture after completing his Heart Aperture and Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment. His Blood Qi Pills greatly accelerate his training, but he has only one pill left.
• He eagerly anticipates True Lord White’s return, hoping to obtain more cultivation resources, learn advanced techniques, and receive guidance on forming a contract with a Spirit Ghost.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen has been taken back by Su Clan’s Seven for treatment. Shuhang worries about her because she previously suggested that she had only a few weeks left to live.
• Master Profound Principle’s flying sword is safely returned, and Three-Day Little Monk contacts Shuhang to express thanks.
• The chapter ends when Sima Jiang calls Shuhang about another mysterious urgent delivery—an item as tall as a person—which Shuhang agrees to receive at the university.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Becomes more disciplined and committed to cultivation, but remains dependent on Blood Qi Pills and anxious about his limited resources. His concern for Su Clan’s Sixteen also reveals his growing emotional attachment to his fellow cultivators.
• Doudou: Acts more freely and irresponsibly, disappearing to play and repeatedly provoking True Lord Yellow Mountain online. Despite his mischievous nature, he openly promises to protect Shuhang.
• Medicine Master: Shows humility and uncertainty regarding the amnesia case, admitting that he may not be able to restore the missing memories. He also remains cautious about returning to Shuhang’s side before True Lord White’s emergence.
• Jiang Ziyan: Wants to return to Jiangnan University Town and spend private time with Medicine Master, but accepts the need to remain with the investigation.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen: Remains absent while undergoing possible treatment, creating uncertainty about her survival and condition.
• Sima Jiang: Continues acting as the courier for dangerous or mysterious cultivator-related deliveries and contacts Shuhang about yet another oversized package.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and resource dependence: Shuhang’s progress depends heavily on Blood Qi Pills, emphasizing the difficulty of advancement and the importance of supplies and guidance.
• Mystery and hidden power: The unexplained memory loss suggests the involvement of an immensely powerful cultivator and expands the larger mystery surrounding the Mysterious Island.
• Friendship and concern: Shuhang’s worry for Sixteen and Doudou’s promise to protect him highlight the bonds forming between him and the cultivator community.
• Comic contrast: Doudou’s absurd behavior, the group’s pointless flooding, and his dog-like gaming antics provide humor alongside the more serious issues of illness, death, and dangerous cultivation.
• Anticipation and danger: True Lord White’s approaching emergence and the arrival of another mysterious delivery build suspense for future events.

Important Character Interactions

• Doudou formally offers Shuhang his protection, while teasing him about the nickname “Little Doudou.”
• Doudou reassures Shuhang that ordinary people cannot see him unless he allows it.
• Jiang Ziyan asks Medicine Master whether the amnesia can be cured and whether they can return home; Medicine Master explains the investigation and avoids returning because of True Lord White.
• Shuhang reflects on Su Clan’s Sixteen’s final conversation with Su Clan’s Seven, interpreting her cheerful smile as masking despair.
• Three-Day Little Monk thanks Shuhang on Master Profound Principle’s behalf.
• Sima Jiang calls Shuhang to arrange the reception of another unusually large and potentially significant express delivery.

Chapter Summary: “Accompany me shopping!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang checks the Nine Provinces Number One Group while heading to his dormitory, wondering whether Soft Feather has sent him the promised Spirit-Vein Jade Tea.
• Sima Jiang and four men in black deliver an enormous chest to the dormitory. Song Shuhang accidentally reveals his superhuman strength by lifting it effortlessly.
• Fearing the chest may contain a trap from Gongzi Hai, Song Shuhang asks Doudou to stay nearby while he opens it.
• The chest contains Su Clan’s Sixteen, who has secretly mailed herself out of the Su Clan Main House. She also brings a jar of one hundred Grain-Repelling Pills and a box of Spirit-Vein Jade Tea for Song Shuhang.
• Sixteen explains that she has a protective talisman and injury-suppressing pills, and that Senior A-Qi will be able to locate and retrieve her later that evening.
• She asks Song Shuhang to accompany her shopping before she is taken back. They plan to visit clothing stores, a food street, a cinema, and an arcade.
• Doudou refuses to join them, choosing to play games, but asks Song Shuhang to buy him beef-flavored dog food.
• While shopping, Sixteen happily tries on clothes. She chooses a floral dress that suits her, and Song Shuhang buys it for her. A salesclerk mistakes him for her older brother.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang continues adapting to his cultivation-related strength and responsibilities, though he still occasionally forgets to hide his abilities. He is cautious about danger but deeply concerned for Sixteen’s health and safety.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen shows her impulsive, playful, and determined personality by escaping the Main House again, yet she has also prepared protective measures for herself. Her gifts and request to spend time with Song Shuhang reveal her affection and desire for companionship.
• Doudou remains lazy, mischievous, and self-centered, preferring games to accompanying Song Shuhang, while casually reassuring him that he will prevent him from dying.
• Soft Feather is discussed as highly talented in cultivation but inept at formations and other supporting skills. Her repeated failures with the Five-Element Spirit-Binding Altar have made Song Shuhang wary of attempting the formation himself.

Significant Themes

• Friendship and companionship: Sixteen’s escape is motivated partly by her wish to deliver gifts and spend time with Song Shuhang.
• Concern beneath humor: The situation is treated comically, but Song Shuhang is genuinely worried because Sixteen’s injuries remain life-threatening.
• Cultivators in ordinary life: Shopping, clothing, food, games, and driving lessons contrast with the characters’ supernatural abilities and dangers.
• Trust and generosity: Sixteen keeps her promises by giving Song Shuhang pills and tea, while Song Shuhang accepts her gifts and agrees to accompany her.
• Hidden strength and identity: Song Shuhang’s effortless handling of the chest reminds him that he must conceal his extraordinary physical abilities around ordinary people.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Sima Jiang exchange the chest, with Song Shuhang unintentionally shocking the delivery team through his strength.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou discuss opening the suspicious chest; Doudou provides sarcastic reassurance but refuses to come shopping.
• Song Shuhang anxiously questions Sixteen about leaving the Main House, while she tries to comfort him and explain her precautions.
• Sixteen gives Song Shuhang the Grain-Repelling Pills and Spirit-Vein Jade Tea, then asks him to accompany her.
• During shopping, Sixteen seeks Song Shuhang’s approval of her clothes, and he warmly encourages her.

Chapter Summary

• Sixteen’s final outing: Song Shuhang spends the day accompanying Su Clan’s Sixteen around Jiangnan University Town, where she enthusiastically enjoys ordinary activities and buys various items. At night, she is picked up by Su Clan’s Seven—“A-Qi”—who arrives by sword flight. Their playful farewell turns somber when Sixteen privately admits that her severe injuries may be incurable, though she still intends to fight for the small chance of survival. Song Shuhang becomes deeply worried, sensing that the outing may have been Sixteen’s way of fulfilling a final wish.
• Return to the dormitory: Song Shuhang brings back dog food for the disguised demon dog Doudou and snacks for his roommates. He also considers what to do with the large wooden chest in which Sixteen had originally arrived. Doudou secretly eats the dog food while avoiding detection by the roommates.
• Roommates and Zhuge Zhongyang: Gao Moumou and the others discuss Zhuge Zhongyang’s disastrous blind date and plan to arrange another meeting with Lu Fei’s older sister, possibly at a distant or overseas location so the trip will not feel wasted if the date fails. Song Shuhang humorously agrees to help.
• Soft Feather’s cultivation progress: Song Shuhang checks the Nine Provinces Number One Group and congratulates Soft Feather for finally completing her Spirit Ghost contract after half a month of difficult work. She learns, however, that she must spend another half month synchronizing with the Spirit Ghost before they can share energy and use it to refine her cultivation. Frustrated but determined, she plans to meet Song Shuhang at the Mysterious Island once she is free. Their cheerful exchange helps ease Song Shuhang’s sadness over Sixteen.
• Yellow Mountain’s unusual request: True Lord Yellow Mountain asks whether Song Shuhang has obtained his driver’s license. He explains that, with True Lord White soon emerging from seclusion, Song Shuhang will need numerous cars—around twenty, in every possible style—for True Lord White to experiment with. Yellow Mountain’s cryptic insistence that he wants “all of them” leaves Song Shuhang confused and anxious.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Song Shuhang shifts from carefree companionship with Sixteen to anxiety over her possible death, then regains some composure through his interactions with his roommates and Soft Feather. He remains considerate, caring for his friends and quietly managing the supernatural beings around him.
• Sixteen displays a rare, childlike delight during her outing, but her private conversation with A-Qi reveals her fear and determination in the face of possible death.
• A-Qi/Su Clan’s Seven acts protectively toward Sixteen, teasing her casually while clearly carrying deep concern about her condition.
• Soft Feather has successfully contracted her Spirit Ghost but must continue cultivating in seclusion. Her energetic complaints and excitement contrast with Song Shuhang’s subdued mood.
• The roommates provide comic relief through their teasing of Zhuge Zhongyang and their ordinary college-life concerns.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain remains mysterious and authoritative, hinting at the impending return of True Lord White and the chaos his experiments may cause.

Significant Themes

• Mortality and hope: Sixteen’s illness and determination emphasize the uncertainty of life and the importance of cherishing meaningful moments.
• Friendship and emotional support: Song Shuhang’s companionship helps Sixteen, while Soft Feather’s lively conversation helps Song Shuhang recover emotionally.
• The contrast between ordinary and supernatural life: Dormitory banter, shopping, blind dates, and snacks exist alongside sword flight, demon dogs, Spirit Ghosts, and immortal cultivators.
• Humor amid danger: The chapter balances Sixteen’s potentially tragic fate with comic situations involving Doudou, Zhuge Zhongyang’s dates, and Yellow Mountain’s alarming plan to acquire “all” kinds of cars.

Chapter 149: “Anticipation!” — Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Nine Provinces Number One Group continues discussing the mysterious island and the unusual amnesia affecting several cultivators. Medicine Master asks everyone to wait until he can determine the cause, but Mad Saber Three Waves urges them not to miss the island if it appears.
• During the night, a mass of black spiritual energy emerges from Song Shuhang while he sleeps, angrily crying that it “hates” something. Doudou casually swallows it, implying this strange occurrence has happened repeatedly.
• Song Shuhang and Lin Tubo practice driving on the road. Song Shuhang performs exceptionally well despite being a beginner, while the instructor struggles with a nervous ponytailed student whose reckless driving terrifies him.
• Mad Saber Three Waves discovers the Mysterious Island. He, Northern River’s Loose Cultivator, and True Lord Ancient Lake Abbey enter it together after preparing mental defenses, magical artifacts, and needle-shaped cameras in case they lose their memories.
• Medicine Master warns the group that the island contains dangerous monster beasts, including creatures powerful enough to defeat two Golden Core Spirit Emperors. Song Shuhang worries about the three cultivators’ safety, as well as Su Clan’s Sixteen, who is undergoing a dangerous ordeal.
• Eight days later, Song Shuhang and Tubo pass their driving and theory exams and obtain their licenses. However, the three cultivators who entered the island still have not returned.
• At Medicine Master’s residence, Song Shuhang continues refining and consuming Body Tempering Liquid. Its effects are weakening as his body grows stronger, and each batch now only provides enough for one use.
• Doudou becomes bored while waiting for True Lord Yellow Mountain and resumes teasing him through the group chat. Yellow Mountain repeatedly mutes him, but later contacts Song Shuhang privately.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain reveals that True Lord White will finish his secluded cultivation the following night. Song Shuhang is instructed to travel to Lin Yao Village in Nanhua Lake City and use a Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission artifact to locate him.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang continues progressing rapidly in both cultivation and ordinary life. He improves physically through the Body Tempering Liquid, passes his driving exams, and prepares to meet True Lord White with a mixture of excitement and nervousness.
• Doudou remains mischievous, impatient, and dependent on entertainment. His routine of provoking and being muted by True Lord Yellow Mountain has become a source of daily amusement, while his effortless handling of Song Shuhang’s dark spiritual energy suggests unusual familiarity with the phenomenon.
• Northern River’s Loose Cultivator, Mad Saber Three Waves, and True Lord Ancient Lake Abbey demonstrate courage and preparedness by entering the Mysterious Island despite its danger and the threat of memory loss.
• Medicine Master is shown to be deeply involved in investigating the amnesia problem, though the case delays his return.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain appears outwardly annoyed by Doudou’s antics but remains attentive and responsible, ensuring Song Shuhang receives instructions about True Lord White’s return.
• True Lord White remains unseen, but his impending emergence from seclusion becomes the chapter’s major source of anticipation.

Significant Themes

• Anticipation and uncertainty: The characters wait anxiously for developments involving the Mysterious Island, the missing cultivators, and True Lord White’s return.
• Danger versus preparation: The group relies on magical artifacts, mental protection, and recording devices to confront the island’s unknown threats.
• Growth through ordinary experiences: Song Shuhang’s successful driving test contrasts with the supernatural events around him, emphasizing his increasing competence in both mundane and cultivation-related matters.
• Friendship and group dynamics: The group’s teasing, concern, and cooperation show a close-knit community despite their frequent comedic conflicts.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The recurring black spiritual energy, the unexplained amnesia, and the dangerous island remain unresolved, suggesting larger revelations ahead.

Character Interactions

• Stressed by a Mountain of Books repeatedly questions True Lord Yellow Mountain, who responds curtly by telling him to continue.
• Doudou teases and complains to Yellow Mountain, who mutes him but later uses him to summon Song Shuhang.
• Medicine Master and the group debate whether entering the Mysterious Island is wise before the amnesia is understood.
• The driving instructor praises Song Shuhang and Tubo while sharply criticizing the frightened ponytailed student.
• Song Shuhang worries about the cultivators entering the island and about Su Clan’s Sixteen.
• Doudou mocks Song Shuhang’s Body Tempering Liquid, while Song Shuhang jokes about offering it to him.
• Yellow Mountain entrusts Song Shuhang with retrieving True Lord White, setting up the next chapter’s main event.

Chapter Summary: “Blind-Eyed Series!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang begins the day by practicing twenty rounds of Vajra Foundation Fist and storing the resulting Blood Qi in his Eye Aperture, conserving his strength because he has no Blood Qi Pills.
• He receives a courier package from True Lord Yellow Mountain containing a jade-like emerald bamboo flute. The flute is a Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission artifact designed to contact True Lord White.
• Yellow Mountain’s note explains that thirty-six new cars are being prepared for Shuhang, apparently to serve as disposable vehicles for True Lord White, who has a habit of destroying cars. He also suggests that Shuhang use Doudou for transportation to Lin Yao Village.
• Shuhang discovers Doudou playing an online game while flirting with a young woman as her “husband.” Doudou uses an old photograph of Shuhang to deceive her about its identity.
• Doudou pressures Shuhang to participate in a future video chat with the girl. Shuhang reluctantly agrees after threatening Doudou into accompanying him to Nanhua Lake City.
• Doudou transforms into a gigantic Pekingese demon hound and carries Shuhang more than five hundred kilometers to Lin Yao Village in under half an hour, using mist to conceal and protect him.
• At the village, Shuhang blows the bamboo flute. A matching, inaudible transmission returns from somewhere nearby, confirming that the artifact has connected with True Lord White.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang remains disciplined and practical, prioritizing cultivation and carefully conserving his limited resources. He also shows increasing confidence in dealing with supernatural situations and in managing Doudou.
• Doudou is revealed to be mischievous, shameless, and highly skilled at manipulating humans. Despite its demonic identity, it enjoys online gaming and romantic roleplay, while also possessing extraordinary speed and the ability to conceal Shuhang during flight.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain continues supporting Shuhang by providing magical equipment, transportation options, and even a large supply of cars for the dangerous task of retrieving True Lord White.
• True Lord White remains absent and mysterious, but the returned flute signal indicates that he is nearby and reachable.

Significant Themes

• The collision of ordinary and supernatural life: Couriers, computers, online games, and car registrations coexist with cultivation, demon beasts, and magical communication artifacts.
• Trust and deception: Doudou deceives the girl into believing it is a handsome human, while the seniors casually trust mundane courier services with powerful magical objects.
• Responsibility amid chaos: Shuhang must handle the consequences of the seniors’ reckless arrangements, including retrieving White and dealing with Doudou’s antics.
• Comedic absurdity: The chapter contrasts Shuhang’s serious cultivation goals with Doudou’s ridiculous online romance and Yellow Mountain’s excessive preparation of thirty-six cars.

Character Interactions

• Shuhang and Doudou: Their relationship is marked by exasperation, threats, bargaining, and reluctant cooperation. Shuhang condemns Doudou’s deception, while Doudou manipulates him into appearing in the girl’s future video chat.
• Doudou and the online girl: Doudou presents itself as a powerful, handsome gamer and affectionately calls her its wife, while she enthusiastically reciprocates without knowing that her “husband” is a dog.
• Shuhang and True Lord Yellow Mountain: Although Yellow Mountain does not appear directly, his package and message establish his continued logistical and financial support for Shuhang.
• Shuhang and True Lord White: Their actual conversation has not yet begun, but the responding flute signal establishes the first successful contact and sets up the next stage of the rescue mission.

Chapter Summary: The Heart-Racing Nameless Immortal Lord Statue

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang contacts the secluded True Lord White using a green flute linked to a Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission artifact.
• He discovers that the response is an automated voice prompt created by True Lord White, announcing that five shichen and six ke—roughly eleven hours—remain before his seclusion ends.
• While waiting, Song Shuhang and Doudou go to an internet café. Doudou plans to play games with his “wife,” while Song Shuhang searches online for anything mysterious in Lin Yao Village.
• He learns about Nameless Temple and its Nameless Immortal Lord Statue, rumored to have become increasingly lifelike. Visitors reportedly become obsessed with it, including people who develop romantic feelings for the statue or wish to become Taoist priests.
• Song Shuhang leaves Doudou at the internet café and visits the temple.
• After observing worshippers—including several people openly expressing affection for the statue—Song Shuhang looks directly at it.
• He experiences an intense reaction: his heartbeat accelerates, and he sees an extraordinarily beautiful, immortal-like figure rather than merely a stone statue.
• Realizing he may have been affected by a mental spell or enchantment, Song Shuhang closes his eyes and uses the True Self Meditation Scripture to stabilize himself.
• Finding no obvious trace of magical interference, he leaves the temple and decides to have Doudou examine him later.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang remains curious and increasingly alert to supernatural phenomena. His earlier faith in science is challenged by the statue’s strange influence, but his cultivation experience allows him to recognize danger and use meditation to resist it.
• Doudou continues acting like a mischievous, outspoken pet, mocking Song Shuhang while eagerly anticipating online gaming. Despite his laziness and teasing, he remains someone Song Shuhang trusts to evaluate supernatural abnormalities.
• True Lord White is shown to be highly prepared and technologically—or cultivation-wise—advanced, having arranged automated voice messages to monitor the end of his seclusion.

Significant Themes

• The boundary between technology and cultivation: True Lord White’s automated message functions much like a modern phone reminder, suggesting that cultivators possessed comparable conveniences long ago.
• Curiosity versus caution: Song Shuhang’s fascination with unexplained phenomena leads him to the temple, but his instincts and meditation prevent him from becoming fully enthralled.
• Beauty as a form of power: The statue’s appearance is so overwhelming that it seems to exert a psychological or supernatural influence over everyone who sees it.
• Comedy amid supernatural danger: The chapter balances mystery with humor, especially through Doudou’s gaming obsession, Song Shuhang’s annoyance at being mocked by a dog, and the worshippers’ exaggerated reactions to the statue.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang communicates with True Lord White’s automated voice system and initially mistakes it for White himself.
• He exchanges teasing remarks with Doudou, who repeatedly looks down on him but also enthusiastically relies on him to provide an internet café booth.
• At Nameless Temple, Song Shuhang overhears worshippers asking the Immortal Lord for practical favors—or openly confessing love.
• His encounter with the statue becomes a personal confrontation between his rational skepticism and an unexplained force capable of affecting his emotions and perception.

Chapter 152 Summary: “True Lord White Had Been Stolen Away!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nameless Temple continues attracting large crowds because people believe its statue, the “Nameless Immortal Lord,” is extraordinarily powerful and mesmerizing.
• Several young students visit out of curiosity after hearing that people who gaze at the statue become strangely obsessed with it.
• Young Master Gu, who came to pray for his ill younger sister, looks at the statue and becomes completely entranced. He leaves convinced that he must obtain it, regardless of the cost.
• Back at the internet café, Song Shuhang tells Doudou about his racing heartbeat and strange reaction to the statue. Doudou examines him and finds no spell or magical residue, leaving Song Shuhang unsure whether the statue’s effect is supernatural or simply the result of its extraordinary appearance.
• Song Shuhang waits for True Lord White to emerge from seclusion. Using the Thousand-Mile Voice Flute, he follows a magical signal to Nameless Temple.
• True Lord White reveals that he is inside the “Nameless Immortal Lord” statue. He has apparently been sealed or encased within it throughout his lengthy seclusion.
• Because breaking out of the statue would cause a dramatic scene in front of the worshippers, Song Shuhang and True Lord White decide to wait until the temple empties. However, the crowd grows even larger as the night progresses.
• Song Shuhang leaves to seek Doudou’s help in dispersing the worshippers.
• At the same time, Young Master Gu arrives with approximately sixty men and orders them to dig up and take away the statue, believing it to be worth any price. The chapter ends as his men begin forcibly removing it.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Becomes increasingly suspicious of the Nameless Immortal Lord statue and is shocked to discover that it is actually True Lord White. He takes responsibility for helping True Lord White escape without exposing his identity to the public.
• True Lord White: Finally emerges from his long seclusion, but his condition is far stranger than expected: he is trapped inside a worshipped stone statue. His calm attitude shows his patience and detachment, even after more than 150 years of seclusion.
• Doudou: Remains relaxed and self-interested, spending his time gaming. He nevertheless assists Song Shuhang by examining him and may become important in solving the crowd problem.
• Young Master Gu: Changes from a worried older brother seeking help for his sister into an obsessive collector willing to use force. His fixation on the statue suggests that its influence is powerful and potentially dangerous.

Significant Themes

• Appearance and obsession: The statue’s beauty exerts an abnormal influence, causing ordinary people to become fascinated and irrationally possessive.
• Misunderstanding and hidden identity: The public worships True Lord White as a divine figure without realizing that a living cultivator is trapped inside the statue.
• The unpredictability of cultivation life: True Lord White’s supposedly secluded cultivation turns out to involve an absurd and unexpected predicament rather than a grand, protected retreat.
• Faith versus reality: Worshippers believe they are praying to an immortal deity, while the “deity” is actually a real person awaiting rescue.
• Escalating danger: What begins as harmless curiosity develops into a criminal attempt to steal the statue.

Character Interactions

• The students discuss the statue’s strange influence, establishing its growing reputation.
• Young Master Gu prays for his sister, then becomes captivated by the statue and decides to acquire it.
• Song Shuhang consults Doudou about the statue’s effect; Doudou confirms that Song Shuhang has not been magically cursed.
• Song Shuhang communicates with True Lord White through the Thousand-Mile Voice Flute and discovers his location.
• Song Shuhang and True Lord White cooperate to plan a discreet escape, but their plan is interrupted by Young Master Gu’s armed group attempting to remove the statue.

Chapter 153 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Young Master Yi Gu sends sixty men to Nameless Temple to steal the statue containing True Lord White. They cover the statue to avoid its overwhelming charm, attack the protesting pilgrims, dig the statue out, and transport it away.
• The pilgrims call the police and attempt to resist, but the thieves escape before help arrives.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou head toward Nameless Temple, only to learn through the Thousand-Mile Voice Flute that True Lord White has already been removed by unknown people.
• True Lord White is unconcerned and even praises the thieves for clearing the pilgrims away, advising Song Shuhang not to use excessively harsh methods against innocent people.
• Song Shuhang realizes that the statue’s supernatural attractiveness made its theft inevitable. He buys an Ultraman mask in preparation for recovering True Lord White.
• After Young Master Yi Gu’s group leaves, several other groups arrive independently to steal the statue:
  • Young Master Yu arrives with forty men.
  • A young woman arrives with fifty men in black.
  • Another woman arrives with more men and transport trucks.
• Each group discovers that the statue has already been taken, leading to an inevitable three-way confrontation over the missing treasure.
• Song Shuhang tracks True Lord White’s statue to a luxurious manor outside Nanhua Lake City. However, True Lord White has entered another period of closed-door cultivation and refuses to emerge for roughly two hours.
• Song Shuhang decides to retrieve the statue himself. Wearing the Ultraman mask and holding an Armor Talisman for protection, he prepares to break through the manor’s steel gate using the Vajra Foundation Fist.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang becomes increasingly responsible for True Lord White’s safety and reputation, worrying that losing the senior would embarrass him before the cultivation group. He also shows greater preparedness by obtaining protective equipment and planning his rescue carefully.
• True Lord White remains carefree, powerful, and utterly devoted to cultivation. Even after being stolen away inside a statue, he treats the situation casually and immediately resumes closed-door cultivation.
• Doudou continues to act as Song Shuhang’s irreverent companion, responding to the dangerous situation with boredom and humor.
• Young Master Yi Gu, Young Master Yu, and the other treasure seekers are portrayed as aggressive, opportunistic figures willing to mobilize large groups to seize the statue, though none understand its true nature.

Significant Themes

• The danger of True Lord White’s charm: The statue’s beauty and spiritual influence compel ordinary people to covet it, causing widespread violence and chaos.
• Cultivation obsession and discipline: True Lord White’s willingness to cultivate at every available moment highlights both his extraordinary dedication and the comedic extremity of his “Retreat Maniac” nature.
• Greed and competition: Multiple groups independently attempt to steal the statue, creating a chain reaction of escalating conflict.
• Contrast between cultivation and the mundane world: The supernatural statue is treated by ordinary people as a valuable object to steal, while cultivators view the situation with unusual calm and practicality.
• Comedic disruption of serious moments: Song Shuhang’s rescue preparations and martial-arts buildup are repeatedly undercut by absurd circumstances, especially Doudou’s lack of concern.

Character Interactions

• Young Master Yi Gu commands his men harshly and responds to their distraction with violence.
• The thieves clash with the pilgrims, who curse them, throw objects, call the police, and attempt to stop the theft.
• Song Shuhang and True Lord White communicate through the Thousand-Mile Voice Flute. Song worries about rescuing him, while True Lord White remains relaxed and encourages restraint.
• Song Shuhang explains the situation to Doudou, who reacts with disbelief before casually accompanying him.
• The successive treasure-seeking groups arrive too late and discover that others have already taken the statue, setting up a chaotic three-way conflict.
• At the end, Song Shuhang prepares to break into the manor while Doudou humorously ruins the dramatic atmosphere.

Chapter Summary: “The Importance of Having a Good Teammate”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang arrives at a luxury estate wearing an Ultraman mask to retrieve the Nameless Immortal Lord Statue, which contains the secluded True Lord White.
• He tries and fails to break open the estate’s reinforced gate with his fist.
• Doudou transforms into his enormous Great Pekingese Demon Hound form and destroys the gate with a single paw strike, creating confusion and making Song Shuhang appear responsible.
• Song attempts to peacefully negotiate with the security guards, explaining that the “statue” is his friend. The guards misunderstand and assume he is a dangerous lunatic.
• Song secretly builds up mental power and unleashes Mental Pressure, frightening and weakening the guards but failing to incapacitate them.
• When the security team attacks, Song defeats them physically, realizing his fists are more effective than his Mental Pressure.
• Inside the estate, Young Master Yi Gu lovingly admires the divine statue, having become completely obsessed with it after being influenced by its power.
• Song locates Yi Gu and tells him he is taking the statue away. Yi Gu refuses, insisting that the statue belongs to him.
• Song prepares to knock Yi Gu unconscious and recover the statue, but the scene ends when Yi Gu’s sister angrily confronts him for stealing it.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates increased strength and mental power after Foundation Establishment and opening his Heart Aperture. However, he remains inexperienced in using his abilities efficiently and often relies on improvised plans.
• He tries to act diplomatically before resorting to force, but becomes frustrated when his strategies—especially Mental Pressure—prove less effective than expected.
• Doudou continues to act as a powerful but mischievous teammate. He solves problems through overwhelming strength but frequently disrupts Song’s plans and mocks his cautious approach.
• Young Master Yi Gu has become irrationally infatuated with the divine statue. The statue’s influence has made him willing to abandon ordinary romantic interests and devote himself entirely to worshipping it.
• The security personnel initially treat Song as a harmless lunatic but quickly recognize that he possesses frightening and abnormal abilities.

Significant Themes

• The value—and difficulty—of teamwork: Doudou’s immense power is useful, but his impulsiveness clashes with Song’s more deliberate methods. Their partnership is effective yet chaotic.
• Power versus strategy: Song’s carefully prepared Mental Pressure is less useful than straightforward physical combat, emphasizing the gap between theoretical ability and practical effectiveness.
• Misunderstanding and appearances: Song’s mask, strange behavior, and claim that a statue is his “friend” cause everyone to misinterpret his intentions.
• Obsession and supernatural influence: Yi Gu’s extreme devotion suggests that the statue emits a power capable of distorting emotions and judgment.
• Comedic contrast: Serious supernatural abilities and dangerous confrontations are presented alongside absurd details, such as Song’s Ultraman mask and Doudou’s dog-like behavior.

Character Interactions

• Song and Doudou bicker throughout the rescue attempt, with Doudou urging direct action while Song tries to stall and prepare Mental Pressure.
• Song confronts the security captain, attempting to negotiate but accidentally reinforcing their belief that he is insane.
• Doudou mocks Song’s ineffective tactics and reminds him to focus on rescuing True Lord White.
• Song confronts Yi Gu over the statue, while Yi Gu refuses to surrender what he now considers his beloved divine companion.
• Yi Gu’s sister arrives at the end, criticizing him for stealing the statue and setting up the next confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “Doudou + True Lord White!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yi Gu’s younger sister arrives at his courtyard in a wheelchair and angrily orders him to return True Lord White’s statue to Nameless Temple.
• Yi Gu refuses, wanting to keep the statue or replace it with a copy, but his sister insists that he immediately correct his mistake.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou prepare to retrieve the statue. When Yi Gu tries to stop them and calls for security, Doudou silently knocks him unconscious, followed by Yi Gu’s bodyguard.
• Song Shuhang carries away the extremely heavy statue with ease.
• Following Doudou’s advice, Song Shuhang gives Yi Gu’s sister a drop of Body Tempering Liquid as a “good karmic bond.” She initially fears it is poison, but the medicine cures her mysterious illness and restores her physical strength.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou escape the mansion and hide the statue in a deserted mountainous area outside Nanhua Lake City, where True Lord White can safely complete his secluded cultivation.
• Song Shuhang photographs himself, Doudou, and the statue and posts the image in the Nine Provinces Number One Group. The seniors initially cannot recognize True Lord White, leading to the humorous phrase “Doudou + True Lord White.”
• As the chapter ends, True Lord White’s cultivation period finally concludes, suggesting he is about to emerge from the stone statue.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang becomes more confident and proactive. He boldly retrieves the statue, confronts Yi Gu’s family, and uses his strength and cultivation abilities without hesitation.
• Doudou continues acting mischievously and independently. He protects Song Shuhang, handles the human guards effortlessly, recommends helping Yi Gu’s sister, and cleans up evidence of their intrusion.
• Yi Gu is portrayed as childish and easily intimidated by his younger sister despite being the nominal elder brother. His obsession with the statue has made him lose sight of his original purpose.
• Yi Gu’s younger sister is introduced as physically fragile but commanding and strong-willed. After receiving the Body Tempering Liquid, she is cured and gains a new sense of freedom and vitality.
• True Lord White remains transformed into a statue throughout the chapter, but his impending emergence builds anticipation.

Significant Themes

• Karma and kindness: Song Shuhang’s seemingly reckless gift creates a life-changing benefit for Yi Gu’s sister, reinforcing the idea that good deeds can produce unexpected rewards.
• Appearances versus reality: Yi Gu’s sister looks weak and helpless but possesses a commanding personality, while the harmless-looking statue is actually a powerful cultivator.
• Friendship and cooperation: Song Shuhang and Doudou work together to complete their mission, even though Doudou’s methods and Song Shuhang’s plans do not always align.
• Comedy amid danger: The tense rescue is undercut by slapstick moments, such as Doudou ignoring Song Shuhang’s dramatic leap and the group’s confusion over the statue’s identity.
• Freedom from illness and limitation: The Body Tempering Liquid gives Yi Gu’s sister the ordinary physical freedom she has never been able to enjoy.

Important Character Interactions

• Yi Gu and his younger sister argue over whether the statue should be returned, with her dominating the exchange despite her weakness.
• Doudou advises Song Shuhang to help the girl, and Song Shuhang trusts him despite initially worrying that the medicine might harm her.
• Song Shuhang confronts Yi Gu but avoids seriously injuring anyone; Doudou handles the resistance by knocking the humans unconscious.
• The girl instinctively obeys Song Shuhang when he tells her to open her mouth, allowing him to administer the medicine.
• The seniors in the Nine Provinces Number One Group teasefully identify the statue as True Lord White and repeatedly pair his name with Doudou’s, much to Doudou’s annoyance.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• True Lord White contacts Song Shuhang through the Thousand-Mile Voice Flute after being transported inside a statue. Song discovers that White is already nearby and retreats while White prepares to break out.
• True Lord White explodes out of the statue’s protective shell. Although the blast is enormous, he controls the fragments so they remain within ten meters.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou reunite with him and discuss taking him to Jiangnan University Town, where Song will help him understand the modern world after 150 years of seclusion.
• While walking, True Lord White spaces out while thinking and triggers a devastating “Flat-Ground Fall,” creating a huge crater despite tripping over nothing.
• White casually climbs out and uses an Earth-Leveling Spell to fill the crater, revealing that this has happened often enough for him to be practiced at repairing the damage.
• Since his life-bound flying sword was stolen during his seclusion, White cannot fly by sword and instead rides on Doudou’s enlarged body alongside Song.
• During the journey, White explains that his original seclusion site was destroyed by a Heavenly Tribulation. He unexpectedly advanced after fifty years of seclusion, and the tribulation shattered more than three hundred defensive barriers.

Character Developments

• True Lord White is introduced as extraordinarily powerful, handsome, calm, and courteous, but also absent-minded and dangerously accident-prone. His ability to cause massive destruction simply by falling makes him both impressive and comedic.
• Song Shuhang becomes responsible for guiding White through the modern world. He quickly realizes that he must constantly monitor White to prevent further disasters.
• Doudou demonstrates his familiarity with White’s habits by retreating far from the statue and the impending accident. He acts as the more cautious and experienced companion, while also negotiating a Millennium Vermilion Fruit as payment for carrying them.
• True Lord Yellow Mountain, though absent, is mentioned as preparing to break through to the Seventh-Grade Venerable Realm, showing that major developments have occurred during White’s seclusion.

Significant Themes

• The clash between ancient cultivation and the modern world: White is amazed by modern vehicles, buildings, clothing, and social changes after being isolated for 150 years.
• Power paired with absurdity: White possesses immense strength and refined control, yet an ordinary action like tripping causes catastrophic damage.
• The dangers of absent-mindedness: The chapter humorously presents distraction as more terrifying than either great power or a powerful technique when combined with White’s destructive strength.
• Change and adaptation: White must rely on Song Shuhang to reorient himself in a world that has transformed dramatically during his seclusion.
• Comedic contrast: White’s elegant, immortal appearance contrasts with his clumsiness, stolen flying sword, and need to ride a dog.

Character Interactions

• Song and White exchange formal greetings, with Song imitating White’s unfamiliar Daoist salute.
• Song proposes housing White at Medicine Master’s building and helping him learn about modern life; White readily accepts Song’s guidance.
• White and Doudou warmly discuss Yellow Mountain, though Doudou’s resentment toward his master remains evident.
• Doudou teases Song about White’s dangerous habits and keeps the true frequency of White’s accidents secret.
• White asks to ride Doudou, promising him food from his treasure vault; Doudou immediately requests a Millennium Vermilion Fruit, which White agrees to provide.
• Song’s initial awe of White shifts into anxious concern as he realizes that the elegant senior may function like a “human-shaped, self-propelled cannon” whenever he spaces out.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• True Lord White reveals that he successfully advanced to the Venerable realm during his 150-year seclusion. His Heavenly Tribulation destroyed his cultivation site, but a secret technique formed a protective statue shell around him.
• A cultivator from the Empty Thieves’ Sect discovered the ruins, mistook White’s life-bound flying sword—later referred to as the Immortal-Staying Sword—for an ownerless treasure, and took it. White allowed him to keep it temporarily and plans to reclaim it.
• The same cultivator later removed White’s statue, stared at it for days, and inexplicably buried it. White remained unaware of subsequent events while continuing his seclusion.
• Villagers eventually excavated the buried statue and enshrined it in Nameless Temple, creating the legend that a divine statue had been discovered underground.
• A news report reveals that a massive fight broke out at the temple among competing groups, and the statue was stolen during the chaos. Police arrested many participants and vowed to recover it.
• Doudou brings White and Song Shuhang back to the Medicine Master Building. White is shocked and saddened by how dramatically the modern world has changed, especially the transformation of the former wilderness into a city.
• Song Shuhang begins helping White adapt to modern life by teaching him about electrical appliances, computers, mobile phones, traffic laws, and social customs.
• Song contacts the Nine Provinces Number One Group to arrange White’s legal identity documents. Snow Wolf Cave Master confirms that True Lord Yellow Mountain had prepared them in advance.

Character Development

• True Lord White is confirmed to be a Venerable, but his eccentric personality remains unchanged: he treats centuries of seclusion, being turned into a statue, and having his flying sword stolen with remarkable calmness.
• White shows strong curiosity and enthusiasm toward modern technology, especially devices resembling magical artifacts, such as computers, refrigerators, and mobile phones.
• He also displays a wistful side when confronted with the transformed modern landscape, feeling that every emergence from seclusion leaves him disconnected from the current era.
• Song Shuhang acts as White’s guide and caretaker. He prepares practical instructional materials, protects White’s dignity when discussing his embarrassing incidents, and takes responsibility for integrating him into modern society.
• Doudou remains both amused and exasperated by White’s bizarre experiences. He also falls victim to White’s supernatural attractiveness, nearly becoming distracted while flying.
• Snow Wolf Cave Master and True Lord Yellow Mountain demonstrate the cultivation community’s organized support for long-secluded cultivators returning to the modern world.

Significant Themes

• Disconnection from changing eras: White’s reaction to the modern city illustrates the alienation experienced by cultivators who spend centuries in seclusion.
• The unreliability of legends: Ordinary events surrounding White’s seclusion are gradually transformed into exaggerated religious myths.
• Tradition versus modernity: White must learn to use technology and navigate legal and social systems that did not exist when he entered seclusion.
• White’s extraordinary charm: His appearance or aura repeatedly attracts others involuntarily, creating humorous and sometimes dangerous situations.
• Community and preparation: The cultivation group quietly supports returning seniors by arranging identities, technology, and practical assistance.

Character Interactions

• White explains his past to Song Shuhang and Doudou, including the theft of his flying sword and his accidental transformation into a temple deity.
• Song and Doudou silently recognize that White’s unusual charm caused the thief’s obsessive attention.
• Song stops Doudou from becoming distracted by White’s appearance while flying.
• Song introduces White to modern appliances and prepares him to join the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
• Snow Wolf Cave Master reassures Song that White’s legal documents have already been arranged and teasingly praises Song’s description of White as exceptionally handsome.

Key plot points

• The Nine Provinces Number One Group is unusually quiet, so Song Shuhang chats with True Lord Yellow Mountain.
• Yellow Mountain shares a diary post from Daoist Cloudmist, who boasts that he is close to escaping a seal imposed more than two centuries ago.
• Yellow Mountain explains that Cloudmist, an elder of the Empty Thieves’ Sect, once stole from his cave and publicly mocked his Sealing Art. Yellow Mountain imprisoned him beneath a meteorite using the Five-Finger Mountain Sealing Art.
• Curious about Cloudmist’s efforts to escape, Yellow Mountain arranged for him to receive a restricted tablet and created an entire chat network of more than 300 alternate accounts. For a month, the accounts kept Cloudmist company, encouraging, mocking, and flattering him. Yellow Mountain’s accounts then supplied over a hundred likes and comments on Cloudmist’s post.
• Snow Wolf Cave Master suggests Cloudmist may have realized the deception. Yellow Mountain says it does not matter: they were both amusing themselves, and he intended to release Cloudmist anyway.
• True Lord White unexpectedly uses Song Shuhang’s still-open account to message the group. He asks after Snow Wolf’s cubs, then asks about Sword Monarch Six Ears, learning that Six Ears died in tribulation thirty years earlier.
• White falls into thought, prompting Shuhang to stay alert in case one of White’s dangerous accidents occurs.
• The chapter ends by introducing Zhao Bulu, a broken-legged Moon Saber Sect disciple, arriving in the Southern River Grand Prison and facing a burly, shaved-headed monk as his cellmate.

Character developments and interactions

• Yellow Mountain is revealed as mischievous and patient, turning Cloudmist’s long imprisonment into an elaborate social experiment and source of entertainment.
• Cloudmist appears boastful and eager to escape, though Snow Wolf raises the possibility that he may have understood Yellow Mountain’s game.
• Song Shuhang reacts with disbelief and amusement, then becomes wary when True Lord White begins using his account.
• True Lord White demonstrates a surprisingly quick grasp of computers and chat software. News of Six Ears’s death visibly makes him reflective.
• Snow Wolf Cave Master playfully questions Yellow Mountain’s story, then offers a deferential reaction to his “high realm.”

Significant themes

• Deception and mutual play: Yellow Mountain manipulates Cloudmist, but frames their exchange as a game both may have enjoyed.
• Boasting and consequences: Cloudmist’s earlier arrogance led to centuries of imprisonment.
• Loneliness and connection: Even an artificial online community provided the isolated Cloudmist with company.
• Mortality and reflection: Six Ears’s failed tribulation prompts White to contemplate loss and the dangers of cultivation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In prison, Zhao Bulu discovers that the Foreign Monk is no ordinary prisoner. He is a peak First-Grade cultivator surrounded by immense Merit Golden Light, indicating that he is a highly virtuous monk nearing a breakthrough to the Second-Grade realm.
• The Foreign Monk has remained in prison for a month, teaching Buddhist scriptures to prisoners and guiding resentful spirits and dead souls toward enlightenment. His accumulated merit is nearly sufficient for him to achieve the “Dragon Gate Leap” and transform his Blood Qi into true qi.
• Zhao Bulu is brought into the Foreign Monk’s cell. The monk announces that Zhao will be the final prisoner he guides to enlightenment and casually reveals that he intends to make Zhao a monk—even offering him six ordination scars.
• Zhao, who already belongs to his own sect, is horrified at the prospect of becoming bald and receiving ordination scars. His despair deepens because his legs have been severed, leaving him unable to escape.
• Meanwhile, on Monday, July 1, Song Shuhang cultivates the Vajra Foundation Fist and prepares to take Venerable White shopping for modern necessities.
• A snow-white wolf arrives with identification documents for Venerable White, including a household register, passport, driver’s license, and other legal papers. The wolf invites Song Shuhang to visit Snow Wolf Cave before hurriedly leaving, apparently eager to avoid someone—possibly Doudou.
• Song Shuhang finds Venerable White dismantling the refrigerator to study its construction. Venerable White reassembles it incorrectly, causing it to burn out when plugged in.
• Rather than replacing it, Venerable White repairs the refrigerator by engraving two formations inside it: a Spirit-Gathering Formation and a Frost Formation. The modified refrigerator successfully produces cold air and becomes a magical refrigeration artifact.
• Song Shuhang humorously names it the “Frost Immortal Chest.”

Character Developments

• The Foreign Monk is revealed as both an advanced cultivator and an eccentric, highly effective Buddhist guide. His compassion and accumulation of merit contrast sharply with his playful enthusiasm for forcibly ordaining Zhao Bulu.
• Zhao Bulu appears increasingly defeated and emotionally broken. Although he is a cultivator with an established sect, his physical injuries and imprisonment leave him powerless against the Foreign Monk’s plans.
• Song Shuhang continues adapting to the supernatural world while maintaining ordinary concerns, such as shopping, attendance at school, ice pops, and keeping a refrigerator. He also becomes more accustomed to treating Venerable White’s absurd behavior as a normal part of daily life.
• Venerable White displays intense curiosity about modern technology. His confidence, lack of practical understanding, and ability to solve technological problems through cultivation create a humorous contrast.

Significant Themes

• Merit and spiritual advancement: The Foreign Monk’s good deeds directly contribute to his cultivation breakthrough, presenting virtue as a tangible spiritual force.
• Absurdity within cultivation life: Prison enlightenment, forced monkhood, magical appliances, and a cultivator’s driver’s license all blend the extraordinary with the mundane.
• Technology and cultivation: Venerable White replaces scientific refrigeration with magical formations, suggesting that modern technology and ancient cultivation principles can imitate or improve upon one another.
• Powerlessness and fate: Zhao Bulu’s ruined condition contrasts with the Foreign Monk’s growing power, emphasizing how circumstances can strip even cultivators of control over their lives.
• Curiosity and experimentation: Venerable White’s destructive but enthusiastic investigation of the refrigerator reflects his childlike fascination with unfamiliar human inventions.

Character Interactions

• The prison guard flatters and defers to the Foreign Monk, reflecting the monk’s unusual authority within the prison.
• The Foreign Monk treats Zhao Bulu as both a fellow cultivator and a prospective convert, calmly reassuring him while simultaneously threatening him with an unwanted ordination.
• The snow-white wolf respectfully delivers Venerable White’s documents to Song Shuhang and invites him to visit Snow Wolf Cave before fleeing.
• Song Shuhang attempts to manage and encourage Venerable White during the refrigerator disaster, while Venerable White confidently ignores practical concerns and ultimately turns the broken appliance into a cultivation-based magical device.

Chapter Summary: “Unable to Refuse”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang tries to keep Senior White occupied and prevent him from damaging or transforming household appliances. He suggests buying a computer and phone so Senior White can communicate with the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
• Senior White chooses modern clothing online and uses a powerful transformation technique to instantly change into the selected outfit. Song Shuhang is amazed by the convenience and lack of the usual embarrassing side effects associated with transformation spells.
• Song Shuhang and Senior White prepare to visit an electronics mall. Doudou refuses to accompany them, preferring to use Song Shuhang’s computer to play games. Song Shuhang remains worried that Senior White may accidentally injure himself through one of his infamous “flat-ground falls.”
• The narrative shifts to the Limitless Demon Sect, where Gongzi Hai meets with Zheng Neng and Anzhi Devil Lord. All three are preparing special treasures to strengthen their future Golden Cores:
  • Gongzi Hai has processed the Blood God Diamond.
  • Zheng Neng is refining the Seven Radiant Wonderfruit.
  • Anzhi Devil Lord is purifying the Three Evil Demon Qi.
• Their goal is to form exceptionally high-grade Golden Cores—preferably with five to seven dragon patterns—rather than settle for ordinary advancement.
• The three discuss the coming grand plan of the Demon Sect and the need to increase their strength and influence before it begins.
• Helm Master Jing Mo arrives to provoke Gongzi Hai. He mocks Gongzi Hai for losing the Blood God Diamond to the seemingly weak cultivator Stressed by a Mountain of Books.
• Gongzi Hai calmly permits Jing Mo to pursue and reclaim the Blood God Diamond. After Jing Mo leaves, Gongzi Hai reveals that he is deliberately using Jing Mo to test whether Stressed by a Mountain of Books is truly weak or is concealing powerful abilities or expert guidance.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: Continues acting as Senior White’s practical caretaker. He remains outwardly composed but internally anxious, especially about Senior White’s dangerous curiosity and tendency to cause accidents.
• Senior White: Quickly adapts to modern technology, learning to use a computer with remarkable ease. His casual interest in clothing and his effortless transformation technique emphasize both his power and his innocent, unconventional personality.
• Doudou: Shows his selfish and playful side by refusing to go out and instead claiming Song Shuhang’s computer for gaming.
• Gongzi Hai: Demonstrates exceptional composure, strategic thinking, and manipulation. Rather than react defensively to Jing Mo’s insults, he uses Jing Mo’s impulsiveness to gather information about his mysterious opponent.
• Zheng Neng and Anzhi Devil Lord: Remain cautious, ambitious collaborators who recognize Gongzi Hai’s schemes and agree to monitor the situation.
• Helm Master Jing Mo: Is established as hot-tempered, violent, prideful, and easy to provoke. His inability to tolerate mockery or opposition makes him useful to Gongzi Hai as an unwitting pawn.

Significant Themes

• Power and preparation: The major figures are gathering rare resources to strengthen their Golden Cores, emphasizing that advancement requires planning, sacrifice, and competition.
• Hidden strength and deception: Stressed by a Mountain of Books’ apparent weakness contrasts with his ability to exploit a flaw in the Blood God Evil Saber Formation. Gongzi Hai suspects that appearances are misleading.
• Manipulation and strategy: Gongzi Hai turns Jing Mo’s arrogance and anger into a tool, allowing him to investigate his enemy without exposing himself directly.
• Adaptation to the modern world: Senior White’s rapid mastery of computers and clothing technology contrasts ancient cultivation methods with modern conveniences.
• Composure versus impulsiveness: Gongzi Hai’s calm restraint is repeatedly contrasted with Jing Mo’s explosive temper, showing how emotional control provides a strategic advantage.

Important Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Senior White: Song Shuhang redirects Senior White away from the air conditioner and toward shopping, while Senior White demonstrates his transformation ability and eagerness to explore modern life.
• Song Shuhang and Doudou: Doudou dismisses Song Shuhang’s invitation and treats him more like a servant than a master, reinforcing their humorous dynamic.
• Gongzi Hai, Zheng Neng, and Anzhi Devil Lord: They discuss their Golden Core preparations and the Demon Sect’s future plan, revealing their shared ambition and mutual dependence.
• Gongzi Hai and Jing Mo: Jing Mo attempts to humiliate Gongzi Hai, but Gongzi Hai responds calmly and subtly mocks him. By agreeing to Jing Mo’s proposed attack, Gongzi Hai turns the confrontation to his own advantage.
• Gongzi Hai and his allies after Jing Mo’s departure: Gongzi Hai explains his true intention: Jing Mo will serve as a test of Stressed by a Mountain of Books’ abilities and may expose whether the young cultivator has hidden strength or powerful assistance.