Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• Luo Qian visits Director Wolslo and offers to finance his films. By presenting an enormous check and promising lavish support, he convinces Wolslo to accept a partnership.
• When Pei Sefei arrives with police and her uncle, she sees Luo Qian warmly talking with Wolslo—the director who had mistreated her. She thinks Luo has sided with him and leaves in tears.
• Wolslo assumes Luo is investing to promote Pei, but Luo firmly forbids Chinese actors from appearing in their films. Wolslo agrees, since the condition suits his own preferences.
• At the next day’s shoot, Pei cooperates professionally but ignores Luo when he tries to invite her to dinner.
• The narrative reveals how Luo secured the promised funds: he used three pieces of Immortal Jade to persuade the country’s leading jewelry businesses to pool two billion yuan to buy them and form a major company.
• After the commercial is completed, Luo signs a contract with Wolslo and transfers $300 million to him.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian presents himself as a wealthy, shrewd investor, using money and calculated appearances to gain Wolslo’s trust. His refusal to cast Chinese actors, despite Pei’s apparent connection to him, leaves his motives unclear.
• Wolslo shifts from suspicion and condescension to enthusiastic respect once Luo demonstrates his wealth. He assumes Luo’s investment is tied to Pei, then readily accepts Luo’s casting condition.
• Pei Sefei feels betrayed by Luo’s friendly manner toward Wolslo. Hurt and angry, she withdraws from him and maintains that distance at the film set.
• The jewelry-shop owner and two other industry leaders respond to the Immortal Jade by joining forces to fund its purchase and pursue a larger business venture.
• Pei’s uncle arrives with her, but she cuts off his concern and leaves before he can explain further.

Significant themes

• Money as power: Wealth buys respect, access, and influence, while Luo uses displays of affluence to control negotiations.
• Appearance and misjudgment: Wolslo assumes Luo’s motives, while Pei interprets Luo’s partnership as a betrayal; Luo’s true intentions remain ambiguous.
• Ambition and exploitation: Wolslo’s artistic prestige is bound up with commercial gain, and the investors see Immortal Jade as a route to market dominance.
• Cross-cultural hierarchy: Wolslo’s prejudice against China coexists with his eagerness to profit from Chinese capital, highlighting the gap between his attitudes and his interests.

Plot points and events

• Pei Sefei breaks down in her grandfather’s arms after being hurt by someone she believed was different. She suspects he, too, approached her for ulterior motives.
• Her grandfather worries that her chosen career will expose her to exploitation and painful scrutiny, but respects her decision to continue.
• Xiao Ying, a junior editor at Star World, rescues an unusual invitation to a press conference from the shredder. It announces a deal between Luo’s newly formed company and acclaimed director Wolslo.
• At the conference, Luo Qian announces a huge contract and hands reporters copies. Xiao Ying spots a clause requiring Wolslo to make pornography.
• Luo confirms the plan and reveals that Wolslo will write, direct, and star in a film based on alleged true stories involving himself and actresses. Reporters rush to break the scandal.
• In Africa, Wolslo discovers the contract and protests. Luo admits he used “immortal magic” to alter it.

Character developments and interactions

• Pei Sefei shows both vulnerability and resolve: she seeks comfort from her grandfather but remains committed to her career despite its risks.
• Her grandfather is protective and regretful about the burdens his position may place on her, yet ultimately lets her choose her own path.
• Xiao Ying demonstrates sharp instincts and professional courage, turning an obscure invitation into a major scoop by carefully examining the contract.
• Luo Qian is confident, persistent, and mischievous. Though hurt by Pei’s distrust, he completes his scheme and uses the press conference to publicize it.
• Wolslo is blindsided and outraged to learn that his contract has been changed.

Significant themes

• Fame and exploitation: Pei’s experience reflects the suspicion and manipulation that can accompany public life.
• Choice and resilience: Pei refuses to abandon her chosen career despite the emotional cost.
• Media ambition and scandal: Xiao Ying’s opportunity comes from questioning what others overlook, while the press eagerly seizes sensational news.
• Deception and consequences: Luo’s supernatural tampering creates a public scandal and leaves Wolslo facing a contract he never agreed to.

Plot points and events

• Wolslo learns that the European company has withdrawn its investment and that his contract with Luo Qian prevents him from accessing the $300 million in escrow unless he makes a film within three years—one he must write, direct, and star in. His lawyer confirms there is no way around the contract.
• Already devastated, Wolslo is told that one of the sex workers he was with the previous night is HIV-positive. He collapses in shock.
• The European company decides to reshoot its advertisement, blaming Wolslo’s scandal for damaging its image. It agrees to recover its investment and pay compensation.
• Pei Sefei learns that Luo Qian was behind the scheme that ruined Wolslo’s reputation and career. Her sadness gives way to admiration and excitement, and she rushes to find Luo.
• She arrives too late: Luo has left. Uncle Xiao Liu teases her by saying he spotted Luo on a traffic camera; she insists she is not looking for him, then demands to know where he is.
• Luo, delayed in the Mortal Realm by remembering to order rice cookers, finally meets Pei outside his building. She shyly asks why he did not tell her what he had done. He explains that he wanted to avoid appearing foolish for spending two billion yuan.

Character developments and interactions

• Wolslo goes from hoping to salvage his fortune to facing professional ruin, inaccessible funds, and a frightening health scare.
• Pei Sefei moves from grief and uncertainty to renewed trust and admiration for Luo. Her eagerness to see him—and embarrassment when teased—reveals her growing affection.
• Luo Qian remains unconcerned by enormous sums of money and matter-of-fact about his actions. His casual explanation contrasts with Pei’s emotional reaction.
• The agent tries to keep Pei from leaving because her lucrative contract is vital to the agency. Pei reassures him she will not defect to Luo’s company.
• Uncle Xiao Liu playfully needles Pei about seeking Luo, prompting her to drop her denial.

Significant themes

• Consequences and comeuppance: Wolslo’s greed and misconduct leave him with no access to the promised money and a ruined career.
• Money’s changing meaning: Luo’s casual attitude toward two billion yuan contrasts sharply with Wolslo’s dependence on wealth.
• Trust and miscommunication: Pei suffers needlessly because Luo did not explain his plan, then rushes to confront him once she learns the truth.
• Growing affection: Pei’s disappointment at missing Luo and her shy question when they meet suggest her feelings are deepening.

Plot points and events

• Luo Qian confirms he paid two billion to settle the matter involving Pei Sefei, insisting that anyone who harms “one of his people” will face consequences. Pei mistakes his protectiveness for romantic devotion and embraces him.
• Pei’s grandfather arrives and seems pleased to meet Luo Qian. As they prepare to leave together, a sniper shoots at the grandfather, then redirects his fire toward Pei.
• Luo Qian steps in front of Pei and takes the bullet in the chest. His Immortal body is unharmed. He sends Pei and her grandfather away, then pursues the assassin.
• He immobilizes the assassin’s car and uses an illusion of his own gruesome disembowelment to terrify the man to death. Luo Qian takes the sniper rifle as payment and leaves the lower realm after a seven-day visit.
• The narrative shifts to Ningyao Mountain in the Immortal Realm, where the displaced Zuo Household has taken temporary refuge in a cavern lent by Du Zhongping. Zuo Lingchuan is searching for a permanent home for his diminished family.
• Zuo Lingchuan meets Zheng Daoguang, who has arrived to negotiate on behalf of the Imperial Constabulary. The chapter ends as their discussion is about to begin.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian shows fierce loyalty to Pei, but his protectiveness is not necessarily romantic; he is embarrassed by her embrace and worries about the risks of becoming involved with someone from the lower realm. He protects her from the bullet, then deals with the assassin through supernatural force and deception.
• Pei Sefei interprets Luo Qian’s generosity and protection as proof of love, growing emotionally attached to him. Her grandfather’s apparent approval adds to the impression that Luo Qian is being welcomed as a potential partner.
• Pei’s grandfather appears to approve of Luo Qian and invites him home, but the assassination attempt interrupts their departure.
• Xiao Liu responds quickly to the shooting, drawing a pistol and shielding the grandfather, while the driver helps get him into the bulletproof car.
• Zuo Lingchuan continues shouldering responsibility for his scattered, greatly reduced household. His meeting with Zheng Daoguang suggests the family’s situation may become entangled with the Imperial Constabulary.
• Zheng Daoguang appears to have risen significantly in status since earlier events, arriving as the Constabulary’s representative.

Significant themes

• Protection and loyalty: Luo Qian’s willingness to take a bullet for Pei demonstrates his commitment to those he considers his own.
• Misunderstood affection: Pei reads Luo Qian’s protective actions romantically, while he remains wary of the implications.
• Power and concealment: Luo Qian’s supernatural abilities let him survive a lethal shot and defeat the assassin, but he avoids revealing them to Pei and the others.
• Displacement and responsibility: The Zuo Household’s loss of its home leaves Zuo Lingchuan burdened with finding a stable future for the family.

Plot points and events

• Zheng Daoguang investigates the Demon Beast calamity at Tianxia Source. Zuo Lingchuan tells him that Luo Qian was the only person to make direct contact with the beast, so Zheng seeks him out despite learning that Luo is only a Tribulation Immortal.
• At Xiao Xiangzi’s shop, Luo proposes a business partnership: Xiao will manufacture Power Generators, while Luo handles sales; they agree to split the proceeds 30/70 in Luo’s favor. Luo also asks Xiao to study a lower-realm sniper rifle and try to recreate its power using Immortal Realm materials. Xiao demonstrates that the original weapon is nearly harmless against an Immortal, though he may be able to adapt it.
• Luo learns that Zheng has gone to Toad Mountain and hurries there. Zheng inspects Luo’s cave residence, then asks him about his experience with the Demon Beast. Luo says it nearly killed him but offers little else.
• Suspecting Luo knows more than he is willing to say, Zheng dismisses his companions and asks to speak with him privately. Luo recognizes that something about the calamity was wrong but has not decided whether to reveal his suspicions.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian continues to mix business with opportunism, though he frames the partnership as a way to repay Xiao. He is also cautious about discussing the calamity, aware that speaking openly could be risky.
• Xiao Xiangzi is wary of Luo’s schemes but accepts the Power Generator deal after weighing its practical benefits. His expertise as an artifact craftsman is highlighted as he analyzes the rifle and considers how to improve it.
• Zheng Daoguang is courteous but perceptive, taking a personal interest in Luo and probing beyond his public account. His authority makes Du Lengning and Li Feier uneasy, while Luo treats him respectfully.
• Li Feier struggles to contain her anger as Zheng freely inspects the cave residence. Du Lengning is nervous around the powerful official and defers to Luo before withdrawing from their private conversation.

Significant themes

• Power and status: Zheng’s position commands deference, while Luo’s low formal rank contrasts with his growing business influence and accomplishments.
• Commerce and ingenuity: Luo builds partnerships and adapts lower-realm technology to Immortal Realm conditions; Xiao’s craft depends on costly materials and careful experimentation.
• Secrecy and caution: The Demon Beast incident remains unexplained, and both Luo’s hesitation and Zheng’s private questioning suggest that the truth may be dangerous.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Qian tells Imperial Constabulary Director Zheng Daoguang that the Demon Beast incident at Zuo Family Manor does not add up: the beast’s emergence from Treasure Chamber Cave, its destruction of its apparent birthplace, its choice of target, and its precise discovery of the formation’s weakness all suggest hidden manipulation.
• Zheng recognizes the value of Luo Qian’s observations and leaves at once to investigate. Luo Qian is relieved but uneasy, knowing that speaking up may expose him to danger.
• Luo Qian returns after being missing for seven days. Du Lengning explains that Constabulary investigators had been looking for him and that concealing his absence was becoming difficult. Luo Qian blames the delay on rescuing a woman from the lower realm, though he insists to himself that his actions were only a moment of impulsiveness.
• Li Feier teases Luo Qian about possibly having feelings for the woman. He denies it, reasoning that a relationship between an Immortal and a Mortal is impossible, and turns back to his plans for making money and gaining influence.
• At the ruined Treasure Chamber Cave, Zheng recruits Chen Chong, a powerful but politically sidelined Constabulary Immortal. Chen clears a path through the rubble along the old ore vein. The investigators find a small Exquisite Crystal casket buried near the end of the vein, an important clue in the case.
• Back at the office, Li Feier is distracted by the Xbox Luo Qian bought her. When a spirit talisman arrives, she rushes off without explaining why, leaving Luo Qian to manage on his own.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian shows perceptiveness and courage by sharing his suspicions with Zheng, despite the danger. Yet he remains driven by practical ambition: he wants wealth, influential allies, and protection from the Qian Household. His rescue of the lower-realm woman unsettles him, though he refuses to call it affection.
• Zheng Daoguang takes Luo Qian seriously and acts decisively on his clues, suggesting growing respect for the young merchant’s judgment.
• Chen Chong is introduced as an upright, capable Immortal whose bluntness has stalled his career. Zheng offers him a possible transfer, and Chen eagerly accepts the chance to prove himself.
• Du Lengning is relieved and frightened by Luo Qian’s disappearance, while Luo’s explanation leaves him moved and astonished.
• Li Feier playfully probes Luo Qian’s feelings, then becomes absorbed in her new game console. Her sudden departure hints at an urgent matter beyond the office.

Significant themes

• Risk and ambition: Luo Qian weighs personal danger against the chance to build powerful connections.
• Suspicion and hidden schemes: The Demon Beast’s behavior and the buried casket suggest that the apparent disaster may have been orchestrated.
• Duty and integrity: Chen Chong’s honesty has hurt his career, contrasting with the politics of the Constabulary.
• Emotion versus self-interest: Luo Qian dismisses the possibility of love while continuing to prioritize wealth and status.
• Everyday humor amid danger: The Xbox, Li Feier’s teasing, and Luo Qian’s complaints about fetching his own water provide a comic counterpoint to the investigation.

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Xiangzi shows Luo Qian the transformed sniper rifle. Though now a Treasure Artifact, it has lost most of its force: it can pierce two barriers of a Second-Tier Immortal Formation but not a third. Restoring its lower-realm power would require ammunition made with extremely costly top-grade Immortal Jades, so Luo gives up on the idea.
• Luo collects thirty power-generating boxes from Xiao Xiangzi to sell.
• Li Feier reports that five of her cousins tried her game console and now want consoles of their own. Luo agrees to trade five for a valuable piece of Purple-Qi Jadeite, delighted by the profit.
• Li asks whether Luo can obtain attractive clothing from the lower realm—not for herself, she explains, but because her third aunt wants sexy lingerie. Once Luo understands, he recognizes an untapped business opportunity and plans to enter the Immortal Realm’s lingerie market.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian remains a resourceful, profit-minded entrepreneur. He abandons the impractical rifle project but quickly spots commercial potential in both the game consoles and lingerie. His teasing and leering make Li uncomfortable, while his exaggerated boasts and misread assumptions provide comic tension.
• Xiao Xiangzi demonstrates his skill as a craftsman but candidly explains the rifle’s limitations and the prohibitive cost of improving it.
• Li Feier is embarrassed and anxious about revealing that her cousins discovered the console and that her aunt requested lingerie. She tries to help her family while defending herself against Luo’s teasing. Their banter ends with her frustrated by his obtuseness—and embarrassed when his enthusiasm suggests he may misunderstand her motives.
• The conversation also hints that Luo’s lower-realm goods are spreading through Li’s family, with Ling Xiaose suspected of having shared knowledge of his business.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and limits: Technology from the lower realm does not automatically retain its effectiveness in the Immortal Realm; materials and local conditions impose new constraints.
• Commerce and opportunity: Luo turns nearly every problem or revelation into a potential market, especially where demand is new and competition absent.
• Comic misunderstanding and embarrassment: Luo’s crude teasing, Li’s bashfulness, and their mismatched interpretations drive much of the chapter’s humor.

Plot points and events

• Luo Qian spots a business opportunity in sexy lingerie for Immortal couples, whose long marriages and cultivation needs make rekindling desire valuable. He offers Li Feier’s third aunt a free set in exchange for her measurements.
• His teasing turns into an awkward measuring lesson: Li Feier does not know lingerie comes in sizes, and Luo Qian shows her how to use a string to measure. She blushes and briefly thinks he is taking advantage of her, though he is focused on getting the measurement right.
• Meanwhile, Zheng Daoguang investigates the old battlefield where the demons’ final clash took place. Chen Chong saves him from a hidden thunder trap, which detonates with enough force to leave a deep crater.
• Zheng notices unusually light footprints at a position meant for an ordinary disciple, suggesting that someone of extraordinary cultivation stood there. He suspects something is amiss and directs the investigation toward the Blade Soldier Sect.
• Du Lengning visits Luo Qian about a sick immortal beast: a Jadewater Qilin belonging to Zhao Xihe, a powerful Beast Cultivator and elder of the Vertical and Horizontal Sect. Ordinary physicians cannot treat it, and its death could weaken Zhao substantially.
• Luo Qian proposes using an injection. Though Du Lengning doubts a needle could pierce the Qilin’s tough hide, Luo Qian remembers his exceptionally durable syringe and sees a chance to help—and to gain a powerful ally. He insists on going to see Zhao Xihe.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian remains opportunistic and irreverent, turning Li Feier’s idea into a potential business venture. He also recognizes the political and commercial value of helping Zhao Xihe.
• Li Feier is embarrassed by Luo Qian’s teasing and physical familiarity, but remains flustered and somewhat trusting; her inexperience with lingerie gives the scene its comic tension.
• Chen Chong proves observant and loyal by protecting Zheng Daoguang despite the breach of etiquette. Zheng rewards him and acknowledges his merit.
• Zheng Daoguang demonstrates careful investigative skill, using the battlefield evidence to infer that a powerful person may have been concealed among ordinary disciples.
• Du Lengning serves as Luo Qian’s skeptical friend and intermediary, while misunderstanding Luo Qian’s interaction with Li Feier as romantic.

Significant themes

• Commerce and opportunity: Luo Qian instinctively turns both new ideas and potential crises into business or influence.
• Power concealed beneath appearances: The suspicious footprints imply that someone exceptional may have occupied an unremarkable position.
• Loyalty and merit: Chen Chong risks offending his superior to save his life, and Zheng recognizes the action.
• Innovation confronting convention: Luo Qian’s unfamiliar idea of injections may offer a solution where established Immortal physicians have failed.

Plot and events

• Zhao Xihe, a powerful Heaven Ranking Beast Cultivator, brings his gravely ill Jadewater Qilin, Bi’er, to Ningyao Mountain after the top alchemists repeatedly delay treatment. The beast can no longer keep food or medicine down.
• Du Bo’an diagnoses a treatable illness but cannot find a way to administer the medicine: the Qilin’s hide is too thick for a medicinal bath, and its condition is too weak for many more failed attempts.
• Luo Qian proposes injecting the medicine directly into the Qilin. Du Bo’an accepts the idea, provided he can refine a suitable injectable medicine, while Luo promises to devise a way through the beast’s hide.
• Luo plans to use specially made bullets of Water Exquisite Jade and Heaven-Burning Fire Jade as oversized injection tools. He intends for Zhao—not himself—to cover the considerable cost.
• To raise funds, Luo asks Xiao Xiangzi to appraise a Purple-Qi Jadeite pendant. Xiao Xiangzi values it at 600 pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade because it contains a powerful, three-layer Heavenly Guardian Formation. Though tempted by the money, Luo decides to keep the protective artifact.
• Xiao estimates that making ten bullets will cost 250 pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade, including materials and his own labor.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhao Xihe reveals his deep affection for Bi’er, treating the Qilin as a brother and humbling himself before Du Bo’an. His concern contrasts with the earlier alchemists’ reluctance to help.
• Du Bo’an is cautious but compassionate. Although unfamiliar with treating immortal beasts, he commits to doing everything possible and is open to Luo’s unconventional medical suggestion.
• Luo Qian proves inventive and opportunistic: he supplies the injection idea, devises the specialized-bullet solution, and expects a substantial reward rather than paying for it himself. His habit of bargaining and scheming also shapes his exchanges with Xiao Xiangzi.
• Du Lengning and Luo quietly approach Du Bo’an despite restrictions on visiting Water Peak, helping connect the healer with Luo’s practical idea.
• Xiao Xiangzi acts as both appraiser and craftsperson. He warns Luo not to sell the pendant, then insists that his materials and labor must be properly paid.

Significant themes

• Compassion versus status: The highest-ranking alchemists neglect an animal patient, while Du Bo’an’s lower rank does not prevent him from treating the Qilin with care.
• Innovation across disciplines: Luo combines Western-style injection with Immortal Realm alchemy and artifact crafting to overcome a problem conventional healing cannot solve.
• Practical idealism and self-interest: The characters want to save Bi’er, but the plan also involves costly materials, professional fees, and expectations of reward.
• Value and security: The pendant’s worth lies not only in its rare material but in its life-saving formation, prompting Luo to choose protection over immediate profit.

Plot points and events

• Luo Qian discovers that he and Du Lengning have only 160 pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade, 90 short of the 250 needed for the next step in treating the Jadewater Qilin.
• Li Feier tosses him a rope. After joking that it signals a romantic crisis, Luo Qian realizes it is meant to let him descend to the Mortal Realm. He sells it for lingerie, which Li Feier buys for 200 pieces of jade using her Sun and Moon in the Palm.
• Luo Qian gives the money to Du Bo’an for the medicinal pills and returns to Xiao Xiangzi for the Sniper Rifle and ten bullets. Xiao Xiangzi has built poison into the bullet tips, misunderstanding Luo Qian’s pills as poison.
• The group reaches the ailing Jadewater Qilin. Luo Qian persuades its owner, Zhao Xihe, to trust his “syringe” by claiming to have been a veterinarian before ascending.
• Du Lengning identifies a suitable blood vessel. Luo Qian fires a bullet containing a pill into the Qilin. The beast convulses in pain, and Zhao Xihe—feeling that pain through their bond—attacks Luo Qian and kills him.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian remains resourceful and opportunistic, scrambling to fund the treatment and relying on bluff and improvised technology. His confidence in the plan proves misplaced.
• Du Lengning helps with the finances and later uses his Immortal Essence to locate a blood vessel, though he cannot protect Luo Qian from Zhao Xihe.
• Li Feier helps solve the money shortage, apparently trusting Luo Qian enough to pay his inflated price without bargaining. Their exchange is teasing and flirtatious, though Luo Qian’s attention is largely self-interested.
• Xiao Xiangzi supplies the weapon but assumes Luo Qian is plotting something underhanded; his misunderstanding leaves the bullet design potentially dangerous.
• Du Bo’an is anxious about Luo Qian’s method and distances himself from responsibility. Zhao Xihe, desperate to save his beast, shifts rapidly from suspicion to trust, then to rage when the injection hurts it.

Significant themes

• Improvisation and cultural crossover: Luo Qian adapts Mortal Realm goods and veterinary concepts to Immortal Realm problems.
• Miscommunication and unintended consequences: Xiao Xiangzi misunderstands the medicine, while Zhao Xihe mistakes the treatment’s painful first effect for an attack.
• Comedy amid danger: Money troubles, flirtatious banter, and the absurd “syringe” contrast with the life-or-death stakes.
• Risk and overconfidence: Luo Qian’s improvisation gets him close to treating the Qilin, but his plan ends catastrophically before its success can be confirmed.

Plot points and events

• Zhao Xihe’s strike sends Luo Qian flying, and Du Lengning assumes he has been killed. Furious, Du threatens Zhao and rushes after Luo with the syringe.
• Luo reappears after a burst of white light—the second time he has apparently survived a fatal attack. He suspects the black hole inside him, which absorbs Immortal Spirit Energy, is connected to his rebirth, but cannot explain how.
• Li Feier returns with ten High-Grade Immortal Jades as thanks for the lingerie Luo sold her aunt. She asks him to deliver game consoles and then reveals that her aunt’s friends want twenty-seven more garments. Luo raises the price to 120 jades each, delighted by the enormous potential profit.
• Zhao learns that the medicine Luo injected has begun improving the Jadewater Qilin. Realizing Luo was trying to help the beast, he is overcome with guilt.
• Du Bo’an explains Luo’s earlier survival at Tianxia Source and suggests the white light may keep him from dying. Du Lengning brings Luo back, and the two affirm their brotherly trust.
• Seeing Luo alive, Zhao vows to protect him for five hundred years and guide him safely through his immortal tribulation.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian remains commercially shrewd and playful, but his mysterious resilience becomes a growing concern. He and Du Lengning share a sincere moment of trust.
• Du Lengning reacts to Luo’s apparent death with fierce loyalty and threatens even a powerful Heaven Ranking expert on his behalf.
• Zhao Xihe moves from impulsive violence to remorse and a determined effort to make amends, becoming a formidable potential protector for Luo.
• Li Feier is shy about the lingerie business but helps expand it through her aunt’s social circle. Luo treats her like an employee, jokingly withholding a sales bonus while eagerly pursuing the larger order.
• Du Bo’an recognizes the significance of Luo’s survival and helps Zhao understand both the incident and the chance to repair his mistake.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and trust: Du Lengning’s devotion to Luo contrasts with Zhao’s initial rashness and later attempt at atonement.
• Mystery and survival: Luo’s repeated resurrection and energy-draining black hole suggest an unexplained power or condition.
• Consequences and redemption: Zhao must confront the harm caused by acting without understanding the situation, then seeks to make things right.
• Commerce and humor: Luo’s risky, lucrative lingerie trade provides comic relief amid the danger and emotional tension.

Plot points and events

• Zhao Xihe apologizes to Luo Qian for striking him, and Luo accepts after making clear that he remembers both favors and wrongs. Their conflict is set aside.
• The Jadewater Qilin is still weak, so Luo gives it five Jade Water Pills. The medicine, aided by Immortal Spirit Energy, speeds its recovery. Though tempted to ask Zhao for a Divine Artifact, Luo decides that a favor owed by a powerful expert may be worth more in the long run.
• Luo leaves the Qilin in Du Lengning’s care, handing him the Sniper Rifle and its remaining ammunition, then returns to Toad Mountain.
• After three days of hard cultivation in the Underground Palace, Luo fills the mysterious black hole within him. His unusual method then triggers a powerful surge of energy, and he disappears—returning to the Mortal Realm.
• Wanting help buying lingerie for his business plans, Luo calls Pei Sefei. Overcome with relief, she rushes to see him and admits she wants only to spend time with him, without demanding explanations or promises.
• They spend the afternoon together and have dinner. When Luo asks her to buy twenty-seven pieces of lingerie, Pei misunderstands and thinks he is proposing they become intimate; she asks him to give her two weeks to prepare.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian shows restraint and strategic thinking: he accepts Zhao’s apology without holding a grudge, but declines to press for immediate compensation. His return to cultivation also reflects growing determination to understand his strange rebirth-linked condition.
• Zhao Xihe acknowledges his mistake and treats Luo with humility, becoming grateful as the Qilin improves. Du Bo’an helps diagnose the animal’s slow recovery, while Du Lengning is entrusted with Luo’s weapon.
• Pei Sefei has stopped trying to suppress her feelings. Her fear that Luo might vanish again makes her cherish his presence, while Luo—moved by memories of another woman—cannot bring himself to reject her. Their closeness grows, though they avoid defining the relationship.
• The final misunderstanding adds romantic comedy: Luo’s practical request sounds to Pei like an invitation to intimacy.

Significant themes

• Favors, grudges, and reciprocity: Luo accepts an apology but chooses a future debt over immediate reward.
• Power and vulnerability: Even formidable figures like Zhao can act rashly out of concern, while Luo’s cultivation and disappearances leave him difficult for others to reach.
• Love amid uncertainty: Pei chooses to love Luo despite not knowing when he may disappear; Luo’s unresolved memories complicate his response.
• Cross-world ambition: Luo’s plans to bring products into the Immortal Realm reflect his effort to think beyond the scale of a small business.

Plot and events

• Luo Qian brings Pei Sefei twenty-seven Measuring Cords, leading her to assume he is buying lingerie for numerous lovers. He explains that he is fulfilling a profitable order for customers in the Immortal Realm. Once she believes him, Pei Sefei buys twenty-seven pieces of fashionable lingerie for him.
• Luo Qian transports the lingerie and five X-Boxes to the Immortal Realm. Li Feier distributes the lingerie to her contacts, who pay promptly. The garments prove wildly popular: demand multiplies over the following days, and Luo Qian sells more than a thousand pieces in a week, earning nearly 130,000 pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade.
• The lingerie sparks a surge of passion among Immortal couples. Word spreads rapidly among noblewomen, whose powerful connections help protect the secret business from exposure.
• With his profits piling up in the Underground Palace, Luo Qian worries about theft and scrutiny from the Imperial Constabulary. Li Feier introduces him to the clandestine “Three Black Banks.” He plans to divide his funds among the Five Great Banks and the three underground banks.
• Du Lengning returns Luo Qian’s Sniper Rifle and reports that Zhao Xihe and the recovering Jadewater Qilin are ready for a visit. Luo Qian agrees to go to Ningyao Mountain and asks Li Feier to arrange the deposits.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian remains shrewd and commercially minded, but his success brings practical concerns about hiding and safeguarding his wealth. He is also briefly stung by Pei Sefei’s suspicion, recalling earlier broken promises.
• Pei Sefei shows jealousy and insecurity, then regrets her mistrust and eagerly helps Luo Qian. Her industry experience lets her choose the lingerie, though she fails to consider that security cameras may record her.
• Li Feier proves an effective intermediary and adviser, managing sales and proposing a way to protect Luo Qian’s money. Her teasing clashes with Du Lengning’s boisterous excitement.
• Du Lengning celebrates the fortune extravagantly and wants to sleep on the jade, but also updates Luo Qian on Zhao Xihe.

Significant themes

• Commerce and ingenuity: Luo Qian turns access between worlds into a lucrative business.
• Desire and social influence: A private fashion novelty becomes a trend across the Immortal Realm, spread through elite women’s networks.
• Wealth and risk: Sudden riches bring both comic indulgence and the need for secrecy, security, and careful financial planning.
• Trust and jealousy: Pei Sefei’s misunderstanding is resolved through explanation and renewed cooperation.

Key plot points and events

• The Jadewater Qilin has recovered enough to regain its territory, though it still has less than forty percent of its full strength. It greets Luo Qian affectionately—by soaking him with a lick—and Zhao Xihe prepares to leave.
• Zhao offers Luo Qian protection and a place in the Vertical and Horizontal Sect for five hundred years, promising to help him through his future tribulation. Luo declines because he values independence, but accepts Zhao’s Communication Jade Talisman for emergencies. Zhao thanks the Du brothers for their help and departs with the Qilin.
• Li Feier explains how Immortal Realm banks use jade seals, authenticated by each depositor’s unique Immortal Spirit Energy. Luo registers his energy on five seals and goes with her to handle the underground-bank deposits personally.
• At the Black Jade Casino, which conceals the Black Jade Bank, Li guides Luo through a guarded, confusing network of courtyards and pavilions. They meet the bank’s chief manager, Qi Ren, who already knows about Luo’s fashionable garments and their growing popularity.
• Qi offers to waive storage fees in exchange for lingerie for his thirteen concubines. Luo bargains him down to one set per concubine, then cleverly provides only five as an initial gift, expecting jealousy to persuade Qi to buy the remaining eight. He ultimately deposits all 120,000 pieces of High-Grade Immortal Jade at the bank and receives a black jade seal.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian demonstrates his independent streak by refusing Zhao’s generous protection, while still accepting practical help. At the bank, his commercial instincts emerge: he bargains shrewdly and uses the concubines’ likely rivalry to generate future sales.
• Zhao Xihe shows gratitude and respect for Luo, offering substantial support without pressuring him after his refusal. He also acknowledges the Du brothers’ assistance.
• Li Feier acts as Luo’s guide to banking and warns him about the underground bank’s security. Luo briefly suspects she revealed his secret, but Qi clears her; Li is offended by the suspicion.
• Qi Ren is a blunt, powerful-seeming bank manager who combines business with personal interest in Luo’s garments. His deal with Luo becomes an opportunity for Luo to cultivate a future customer.

Significant themes

• Independence versus security: Luo prefers uncertain freedom to guaranteed protection under another’s authority.
• Gratitude and mutual obligation: Zhao repays Luo’s help with a talisman and an open offer of future aid.
• Commerce and clever opportunism: Luo turns fashion, bargaining, and even domestic rivalry into business advantages.
• Trust and secrecy: The underground bank’s hidden, elaborate security reflects the need for caution in a world where valuable dealings and personal secrets circulate.

Plot points

• Luo Qian teases Li Feier at the Black Jade Casino about marriage and her appearance. She gets angry, gathers a magical attack, then runs off in tears rather than use it.
• Head Shopkeeper Qi Ren invites Luo Qian to gamble and offers him a large stack of valuable jade chips. Luo Qian refuses, suspecting Qi has a favor to ask.
• In a private room, Qi asks Luo Qian to obtain aphrodisiac medicine from the lower world, explaining that Immortal Realm remedies have lost their effect. They agree on a price of five High-Grade Immortal Jades per pill, and Qi gives Luo Qian a deposit of two hundred.
• Back at Toad Mountain, Luo Qian finds Li Feier has sealed him out of his cave. He talks her into lifting the seal by suggesting their quarrel resembles a husband-and-wife dispute. She retreats to sulk, and he returns to work.
• Luo Qian finds a stack of customer orders on his desk, showing that Li Feier has continued to handle her work diligently despite their argument.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian uses humor, flattery, and bargaining to get his way. He refuses Qi Ren’s extravagant gambling offer but readily accepts a profitable business arrangement. He also provokes Li Feier, then talks her into ending the standoff.
• Li Feier is quick-tempered and easily embarrassed, but not genuinely threatening toward Luo Qian; she ultimately withdraws rather than escalate. Her careful record-keeping shows a responsible, hardworking side.
• Qi Ren is wealthy and experienced in business. He treats Luo Qian warmly, but insists on paying fairly and keeping their arrangement discreet.
• Luo Qian and Qi Ren establish a friendly commercial partnership, while Luo Qian and Li Feier continue their teasing, quarrelsome dynamic.

Significant themes

• Business and friendship: Luo Qian and Qi Ren distinguish personal goodwill from fair payment.
• Humor and social embarrassment: Much of the chapter’s comedy comes from Luo Qian’s teasing and Li Feier’s flustered reactions.
• Work beneath the banter: Despite their squabble, Li Feier remains dedicated to her responsibilities.
• Commerce across worlds: Luo Qian’s access to lower-world goods creates opportunities in the Immortal Realm.

Plot and events

• Luo Qian decides to open a second Luo Family Medicine Shop in the Inner Thirty-Six Mountains, where land is expensive but better suited to trade than the sparsely populated Overseas Twelve Isles. His income from sexy underwear has stabilized, but funds remain tight.
• He approaches Qi Ren of the Black-Sky Bank, bringing aphrodisiac pills. Qi Ren reveals the medicine has become popular among his friends and orders two hundred more. In exchange for Luo Qian’s help, he agrees to find a shop site.
• Meanwhile, Zheng Daoguang’s investigation into the Demon Beast incident traces suspicious activity to the Blade Soldier Sect. After Zheng presents evidence found in Treasure Chamber Cave, the deputy hall commissioner abruptly orders him to stop investigating, promotes him, and sends him to the Secret Investigation Bureau. Zheng suspects the affair is far more complicated than he knew and recognizes Luo Qian’s potential.
• Qi Ren finds adjoining plots on Phoenix Paulownia Mountain, a prestigious site controlled by the Vertical and Horizontal Sect. He has forcibly cleared the land from indebted merchants. Luo Qian accepts the plot but refuses Qi Ren’s unusually generous price, offering more than the debt value to avoid owing his friend too much. He nevertheless ends up indebted to Qi Ren and agrees to repay through medicine.
• Construction begins with Li Feier supervising. Du Lengning secures the necessary permit by using his social connections, gifts, and friendship with Qi Rongwei’s son. Luo Qian prepares to finance the business by producing Spirit-Accumulating Pills.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian is ambitious and resourceful, but wary of favors and debt. His visit to Qi Ren gives him his first close look at the extravagant wealth of the Immortal Realm’s elite—and reinforces his resolve to be cautious around powerful “big fish.”
• Qi Ren is generous toward Luo Qian but also formidable and calculating. His influence secures a prime site, while his ruthless methods—such as clearing the land by force—show the danger behind his friendliness.
• Du Lengning eagerly embraces independence and exploits his charm and connections to get the permit. His friendship with Qi Hengduan, and his rapport with Qi Residence’s household, help persuade Qi Rongwei.
• Li Xuexiao affectionately disciplines Du Lengning when he jokes about going out to “live it up,” revealing their playful, devoted relationship.
• Li Feier takes charge of construction and keeps the workers in line through sheer authority.
• Zheng Daoguang advances in rank but is frustrated by being ordered to abandon the investigation.

Significant themes

• Wealth and power: The chapter contrasts Luo Qian’s hard-won, carefully managed resources with Qi Ren’s effortless luxury. True wealth, Luo realizes, means no longer caring about the cost.
• Debt, favors, and trust: Luo Qian recognizes that generosity among powerful people may carry hidden expectations, so he tries to limit what he owes even while accepting help.
• Commerce and ambition: The new shop marks a step in Luo Qian’s expansion, driven by careful planning, relationships, and opportunistic trading.
• Corruption beneath prosperity: The popularity of aphrodisiacs and sexy underwear leaves Luo Qian uneasy about the Immortal Realm’s apparent decadence, while Zheng’s blocked investigation suggests deeper corruption and secrets behind its orderly surface.

Plot points and events

• Luo Qian plays a pill-catching game with Bi’er, the Jadewater Qilin. By using tricks to make it miss, he wins rides around the valley, though Bi’er is appeased with more Spirit-Accumulating Pills.
• Zhao Xihe returns and discusses Luo Qian’s new shop on Phoenix Paulownia Mountain. He agrees to find skilled experts to improve its security and leaves immediately to recruit help.
• While preparing for the shop’s opening, Luo Qian realizes he has forgotten to arrange drinks for the guests and heads back to his cave.
• He finds Imperial Constabulary officials waiting outside. Chen Chong mistakes his approach for sneaking and attacks, but Luo Qian’s defensive jade protects him. Zheng Daoguang stops Chen Chong before a second strike can land.
• Inside, Zheng praises Luo Qian’s taste in tea and porcelain, then offers him a post as a First-Rank Secret Assassin in the Secret Investigation Bureau.

Character developments

• Luo Qian remains resourceful and playful, manipulating Bi’er with clever tricks and thinking tactically when Chen Chong insults him. His growing business and connections also show his increasing influence.
• Zhao Xihe demonstrates genuine affection and loyalty toward Luo Qian, using his status to help protect the new shop.
• Zheng Daoguang reveals that he sees promise in Luo Qian and wants to bring his talents into the Immortal Court.
• Chen Chong is introduced as forceful and contemptuous of Luo Qian, creating a likely source of future friction.
• Bi’er remains proud and stubborn but has developed a cooperative, if transactional, relationship with Luo Qian.

Significant themes

• Cunning versus strength: Luo Qian succeeds through ingenuity, whether tricking a powerful beast or avoiding an unnecessary confrontation.
• Influence and social standing: Luo Qian’s business needs expert protection, while Zhao Xihe’s authority and Zheng Daoguang’s recruitment offer show how relationships shape opportunity.
• Official power and personal ambition: The Immortal Court seeks to enlist Luo Qian, suggesting his commercial skills may have uses beyond business.
• Appearance and misjudgment: Chen Chong dismisses Luo Qian as weak, while Zheng recognizes his potential.

Character interactions

• Luo Qian and Bi’er trade playful challenges, with pills serving as both rewards and leverage.
• Luo Qian and Zhao Xihe share a warm, trusting relationship; Zhao treats Luo Qian’s concerns as his own.
• Luo Qian and Chen Chong have an antagonistic first encounter, but Luo chooses restraint and watches for a better way to handle him.
• Zheng Daoguang speaks to Luo Qian with respect and offers him a significant official position, ending the chapter on a major choice.

• Luo Qian becomes a Secret Stinger: Zheng Daoguang persuades Luo Qian to join the Secret Investigation Bureau as its first Secret Stinger. The low-ranking post lets him keep running his business while gaining official status and protection from the Immortal Apprehension Office. Luo accepts and receives the identifying token.
• The medicine shop prepares to open: Luo Qian’s main branch on Phoenix Paulownia Mountain is nearly ready. Du Lengning arranges supplies and invites wealthy young men, while Li Feier recruits young women; the invitations promise a banquet afterward at the notorious Hanging Flight Tower, helping attract a crowd.
• Zhao Xihe brings three renowned masters: Answering Luo’s request, Zhao arrives with Xin Yezi, Old Roughworker, and Tong Dong, all among the Immortal Realm’s top artifact makers. They agree to build a powerful protective formation, partly persuaded by Zhao’s threat to withhold his coveted Spirit Monkey Wine.
• A mishap leads to a better design: The first formation attempt fails, wasting materials. Luo reassures the masters, and they rethink the plan, ultimately creating a more sophisticated formation called Realm Within a Realm. With sufficient Immortal Jade, it can keep even a Ninth-Rank Immortal from entering.
• Luo gains security and strengthens relationships: The new formation eases Luo’s longstanding fears about his safety and gives him a place to hide or escape to the lower world. He thanks the three masters and hosts a banquet. Meanwhile, he protects the Jadewater Qilin when Zhao scolds her for drinking half the Spirit Monkey Wine; she remains especially affectionate toward Luo.
  Character developments and interactions: Luo shows practical ambition, accepting official protection while continuing his business, and treats the masters with humility and reassurance. Zheng Daoguang expresses confidence in Luo’s future. Zhao’s friendship with the three craftsmen is affectionate but teasing, rooted in shared history and wine. Luo’s indulgence of the mischievous Qilin contrasts with Zhao’s exasperated discipline.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes the value of alliances and reputation, the risks and uncertainty of skilled work, and the importance of security in a dangerous world. It also uses comic episodes—especially the wine dispute and the Qilin’s antics—to balance the business and political plotting.

Plot points and events

• As the medicine shop’s opening approaches, Luo Qian returns with crates of equipment he calls the shop’s “secret weapon.” He and Li Feier continue their teasing banter, while Du Lengning helps prepare for the event.
• At the opening, Du Lengning welcomes a large crowd. Luo Qian’s assistants serve guests an unfamiliar red drink: Spirit Fruit Juice, made with juicers in the Toad Mountain Underground Palace.
• Guests initially drink it all at once, then become captivated by its taste. When the supply runs short, they use Immortal Arts to compete for more, turning the ceremony into a chaotic spectacle.
• The opening attracts attention, but the juice—not the shop’s cheap pills—becomes the real sensation. The medicine-shop guild dismisses Luo Qian as a competitor, while the teahouse guild grows alarmed and tries to uncover the drink’s recipe.
• Watching customers queue for the juice, Luo Qian decides to enter the leisure-drink business and challenge the teahouses.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian shows his preference for clever commerce over physical strength. He treats the chaotic opening as an unexpected success and quickly recognizes the drink’s commercial potential.
• Li Feier continues to mock Luo Qian’s weakness, but also helps organize the opening. She reveals her ideal partner is a peerless Immortal who is also accomplished, cultured, and virtuous; Luo Qian’s argument that business sense matters more than strength briefly makes her reconsider her standards.
• Du Lengning serves as the dignified public face of the event, though his impulsive decision to drain his first cup helps set the guests’ drinking—and later their scramble for more—in motion.
• Luo Qian and Li Feier’s teasing contrasts with the crowd’s escalating disorder, while the guests’ shared enthusiasm for the juice turns a formal opening into a free-for-all.

Significant themes

• Ingenuity over force: Luo Qian succeeds through marketing and invention rather than combat ability.
• Commerce and opportunity: An accidental hit reveals a new market and prompts Luo Qian to expand his ambitions.
• Novelty and consumer desire: The unfamiliar drink overwhelms the shop’s intended medicinal focus and sparks intense competition.
• Status versus practicality: The ceremony’s polished image collapses, but its disorder brings the shop greater fame.

Plot points and events

• Phoenix Paulownia Mountain’s teahouses panic as Luo Qian’s Immortal Water becomes popular. Their attempts to imitate it fail: their version is cloudy, labor-intensive, and tastes wrong. They learn that Luo Qian may eventually enter the teahouse business and that his drink uses a blend of spirit fruits.
• The teahouse guild tries to distract Luo Qian by paying people to buy medicine from his shop, hoping its apparent success will keep him focused on the pharmacy. In reality, Luo Qian lacks the capital to expand: his existing ventures bring in too little, and his debts constrain him.
• Luo Qian sells Immortal Water through a street-facing window, using the makeshift sign “Street Takeout.” His awkward wording becomes a running joke across the Immortal Realm, earning him a reputation for typos despite his frustrated explanations.
• Qi Ren visits with Yin Quanyin, a wealthy young swordsman and one of the Immortal Realm’s celebrated handsome men. Yin offers Luo Qian 50,000 High-Grade Immortal Jade to create a unique Immortal Water for Yun Xi, a woman he hopes to impress, and to reserve the special blend exclusively for him. Luo Qian agrees to try, without guaranteeing success.
• To develop the custom drink, Luo Qian travels to the Mortal Realm in search of an advanced juicer. Unable to find the machine, he turns to Pei Sefei for help. His visit also brings up his reluctance to see her, since he doubts their relationship has a future.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Qian is resourceful but financially stretched. He recognizes the commercial potential of Immortal Water, yet production and packaging limitations prevent him from scaling up. He is willing to exploit a lucrative opportunity, while remaining cautious about promising results.
• Qi Ren acts as a broker, connecting Luo Qian with Yin and bringing another powerful client to his shop.
• Yin Quanyin uses his wealth and a private drink blend as a strategy to gain access to Yun Xi, revealing both his determination and his calculating side.
• Pei Sefei is not present, but Luo Qian’s decision to contact her exposes his unresolved feelings and avoidance.
• The teahouse owners and attendants scramble to copy Luo Qian’s product, while the attendant’s discreetly obtained sample creates a comic, somewhat unsanitary episode.

Significant themes

• Competition and imitation: Established businesses fear a new rival but cannot reproduce the appeal of his product.
• Innovation and practical constraints: A successful idea still depends on ingredients, equipment, packaging, and capital.
• Commerce and opportunism: Immortal Water is simultaneously a healthful drink, a brand, and a means of attracting customers or pursuing romance.
• Humor and cultural misunderstanding: Luo Qian’s “Street Takeout” sign becomes a persistent joke that he cannot explain away.
• Emotional avoidance: Luo Qian’s business journey contrasts with his hesitation to confront his personal relationship with Pei Sefei.