Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Madman Liu and Yellow Hair break into Li Yichen’s parcel pickup shop to wreck it in revenge. Liu picks the lock, while Li Yichen secretly follows and frightens them with cold drafts.
• Inside, the shop grows unnaturally cold, the glass door fogs over, and the words “Trespassers die!” appear on it. The two men panic and beg for their lives.
• Li Yichen, using his unseen presence, demands payment. When they produce only two coins, he attacks Liu with Yellow Hair’s abandoned stick.
• Liu offers his gold necklace and tooth; Li Yichen accepts the necklace, orders them out, and warns them never to return. Liu and Yellow Hair flee, and Liu vows to leave Jinling.
• Li Yichen becomes visible, pockets the necklace, and rushes back to the dormitory because it is nearly midnight. As he runs, a scroll above the distant White Temple unfurls and shines with golden light.

Character developments

• Li Yichen uses his supernatural abilities confidently and playfully, turning the intruders’ break-in into a chance to scare and punish them. He shows restraint by choosing not to kill them, but takes payment and enforces a firm warning.
• Madman Liu begins as a swaggering bully, but his courage collapses when confronted with the apparently supernatural. He tries to bargain his way out and ultimately retreats in humiliation.
• Yellow Hair is easily frightened from the start. His terror escalates until he breaks down and clings to Liu for protection.

Significant themes

• Bully meets consequences: Liu’s plan to retaliate ends with him being punished and driven away.
• Fear and the supernatural: Ordinary confidence gives way to panic as Li Yichen manipulates the shop’s environment.
• Power and restraint: Li Yichen has control over the intruders but avoids killing them, instead demanding compensation and setting a boundary.

Character interactions

• Liu bosses Yellow Hair around and mocks his fear, but Yellow Hair depends on him when danger becomes real.
• Li Yichen manipulates both men without being seen, then confronts them through frightening signs, an eerie voice, and physical punishment.
• Liu’s pleas and offer of valuables turn the encounter into a bargain: the men get their lives, while Li Yichen gets the necklace and their promise to stay away.

Key plot points and events

• On Mount Qingcheng, Tang Ling’er uses a Spirit-Sealing Register to capture fleeing ghosts. She tells her grandfather she wants a change of scenery by attending Jinling University. To escape his objections, she falsely claims her senior disciples spy on her while bathing; he rushes off to punish them, leaving her free to head to campus.
• Li Yichen reaches his dorm after hours. The attendant locks him out, so Li uses his supernatural ability to pass through a wall. Inside, he finds his three roommates preparing obsessively for the freshman welcome event.
• The next morning, Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng, and Zhang Yong dress up and head out hoping to meet attractive freshmen. Li Yichen goes along in plain clothes and mocks their behavior.
• At the welcome gathering, student council president Han Wenqi gives a polished speech. Li’s roommates criticize him as a serial flirt, then hurry off to seek out pretty freshmen. They complain when others get to a girl first, yet immediately abandon their claims of “pure intentions” when another attractive girl appears.
• As the group wilts in the heat, a new red sports car pulls up at the university gates, setting up the chapter’s next development.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ling’er comes across as playful, confident, and mischievous. She can capture ghosts, but also manipulates her protective grandfather with a fabricated complaint.
• Li Yichen remains dryly observant and irreverent. He criticizes his roommates’ vanity and flirtatiousness, while casually using his ability to bypass the locked dorm door.
• Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng, and Zhang Yong are shown as eager, competitive womanizers who insist their motives are respectable despite their obvious enthusiasm.
• Tang Ling’er and her grandfather have an affectionate but comic exchange: his concern is sincere, while she exploits it to get her way.
• Han Wenqi is presented as a charismatic but distrusted student leader; Li’s roommates accuse him of abusing his status to pursue women.

Significant themes

• Deception and mischief: Tang Ling’er’s invented story lets her evade her grandfather, while the roommates’ self-justifications contrast with their actions.
• Appearance and attraction: The roommates spend considerable effort on grooming and clothing, treating freshman arrival as a chance to impress women.
• Supernatural life alongside ordinary campus comedy: Ghost-sealing magic and wall-passing coexist with dorm antics and university social rituals.

Key plot points

• Ouyang Xuanxuan and her cousin Jiang Ruoyi arrive at Jinling University. Ruoyi warns the sheltered Xuanxuan to avoid handsome, polished men, whom she believes are especially likely to be predators.
• At the crowded, sweltering registration area, Li Yichen remains inexplicably cool, apparently because of his Netherworld Ghost Body and cultivation. His friends discover they can escape the heat by touching him, prompting him to flee as they chase after him.
• Student council president Han Wenqi spots Xuanxuan and Ruoyi and thinks of them as “lovely catches.” The crowd gathers around the two women, arguing over who will help them register.
• Han arrives and offers to escort them. Ruoyi distrusts him, and Xuanxuan asks whether he is the sort of scoundrel her cousin warned her about. Just as Ruoyi is about to refuse, Xuanxuan points someone out and says she has spotted that person.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ruoyi is protective and wary, drawing on her police instincts to judge Han as dangerous despite his pleasant appearance.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is youthful and easily entertained by the commotion, but she remembers Ruoyi’s warning and checks her judgment of Han. Her sudden recognition of someone interrupts the encounter.
• Li Yichen conceals his unusual resistance to heat, but his friends discover his body feels cold and treat him as a human air conditioner.
• Han Wenqi presents himself as a courteous student leader, while his private thoughts reveal a predatory, possessive attitude toward the two women.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus character: Han’s charming exterior conceals his intentions, echoing Ruoyi’s warning.
• Supernatural abilities and secrecy: Li Yichen’s cultivation gives him an unexplained physical trait that attracts his friends’ attention.
• Protection and vulnerability: Ruoyi’s protectiveness contrasts with Xuanxuan’s innocence and curiosity.
• Objectification and rivalry: The men’s competition over who gets to escort the women treats them as prizes rather than people.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuanxuan spots Li Yichen, the man who accidentally took her first kiss, and identifies him to her cousin, Jiang Ruoyi.
• Jiang and Xuanxuan chase after Li, who is already fleeing his three roommates’ teasing. After losing ground, his roommates pursue him again.
• Li nearly collides with the two women but manages to twist aside at the last moment. He recognizes Xuanxuan and is annoyed to see her again.
• Xuanxuan complains that Li yelled at her and asks her cousin to beat him up. Jiang tests Li with a shoulder throw, but his strength unexpectedly overwhelms her.
• Jiang launches a more serious attack. Li has no fighting experience and mostly dodges or absorbs her blows. When he punches toward her chest, she calls him a “pervert,” and he realizes how the move looked.
• Jiang exploits his embarrassment, throws him to the ground, and leaves with Xuanxuan. Li’s roommates abandon him to chase after the women, prompting him to swear he’ll learn kung fu.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is physically powerful despite having no formal fighting skills, but he is awkward, easily flustered, and repeatedly becomes the target of other people’s aggression and misunderstandings.
• Jiang Ruoyi, a national sanda champion and police officer, is confident and competitive. Li’s unexpected strength unsettles her, but she eagerly escalates the encounter into a fight.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan remains spoiled and dramatic, turning her fright and resentment into a demand that Jiang punish Li.
• Li’s three roommates prove readily distracted by pretty women, leaving him alone after he is thrown down.

Significant themes

• Misunderstanding and comic escalation: A chance encounter turns into a fight because of old resentment, bruised pride, and a badly timed punch.
• Appearance versus ability: Li looks like an ordinary student, but his strength surprises the trained Jiang.
• Gender expectations and rivalry: Jiang’s competitive reaction reflects her determination to prove herself against a strong man.
• Friendship and distraction: Li’s roommates’ eagerness to pursue the women contrasts with their concern for him.

Character interactions

• Xuanxuan identifies Li to Jiang, and the cousins approach him together.
• Xuanxuan and Li trade sharp, childish accusations; she then asks Jiang to intervene.
• Jiang and Li clash physically, with Li’s strength surprising her and his awkward defense provoking her.
• After Jiang defeats Li, his roommates briefly check on him, then run after the women, leaving him to pick himself up alone.

Plot points and events

• After leaving Li Yichen, Jiang Ruoyi’s earlier injuries catch up with her: her elbow is swollen, and she has strained her back. She explains that she hurt herself striking and throwing him, and concludes that he must be highly skilled—especially since he didn’t fight back.
• Three freshmen orientation volunteers—Yang Weifeng, Sun Kai, and Zhang Yong—approach Jiang Ruoyi and Ouyang Xuanxuan to offer help and flirt. Jiang asks whether they know the man from earlier; they identify him as their dormmate, Li Yichen, a mechanical-design major.
• Jiang declines their help and reveals that she is a police officer by showing her ID. The volunteers back off.
• Yang later melodramatically claims he has been “dumped” by the two women, despite never having dated them. His mood improves after he gets another female student’s contact information, and he invites his dormmates out for skewers and beer.
• At a student-council dinner, vice president Song Yi praises President Han Wenqi for the successful freshman welcome event. Han admits he is unhappy because two attractive women left with “a pig”—apparently referring to Li Yichen. Song encourages him, implying he can pursue them later, and Han’s mood lifts.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ruoyi is physically hurt but composed and perceptive. She recognizes Li Yichen’s strength and deliberately learns his name and major.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is worried about her cousin’s injuries and quietly develops an interest in Li Yichen, thinking his name sounds nice.
• Li Yichen remains absent from much of the scene, but his unusual strength and restraint leave a strong impression on Jiang.
• Yang Weifeng is comically dramatic and easily distracted, shifting from heartbreak over strangers to enthusiasm about a new romantic prospect.
• Han Wenqi appears possessive and entitled toward the women; Song Yi reinforces his confidence that he can pursue them.

Significant themes

• Misread romance and comic exaggeration: Yang calls a brief encounter a breakup, while Han treats the women’s departure as a temporary setback.
• Strength and restraint: Li Yichen’s ability is emphasized not only by his toughness but by his choice not to fight back.
• Status and power: Jiang’s police ID immediately ends the volunteers’ advances, while Han’s student-council position fuels his sense of influence.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen ends a late-night drinking session with his three roommates, who are too drunk to stand and argue over who will pay. He pays the bill, clears his head with a strange dark glow, and carries all three back toward the dorm.
• When he realizes the dorm is about to lock, Li Yichen runs with one roommate on his back and the other two in his arms. Onlookers are amazed by his strength and jokingly mistake the limp men for inflatable dolls.
• Meanwhile, Han Wenqi leaves a restaurant with a group of students, appearing drunk and leaning on a girl named Xia. Shen Yi arranges for Xia to take him to a hotel, promising to follow.
• At the hotel, Han claims he can manage alone, but deliberately collapses when Xia starts to leave. She helps him to his room. He takes her hand, traps her at the doorway, declares that he likes her, and moves to kiss her despite her saying she has a boyfriend.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is responsible and considerate toward his roommates, and his supernatural ability gives him unusual strength and control over his physical state. His urgent, comical dash contrasts with the roommates’ helpless drunkenness.
• The roommates are so intoxicated that their friendly insistence on paying turns into a tangled heap. Their loyalty to Li Yichen is clear even through their drunken behavior.
• Han Wenqi presents himself as a gentlemanly, helpless drunk, but his staged collapse and persistence suggest deliberate manipulation of Xia.
• Xia is cautious at first, then becomes flustered by Han’s attention and continues helping him. She states that she has a boyfriend, but Han ignores her boundary.
• Shen Yi arranges the hotel ride and reassures Xia that he will follow, though he is absent when she reaches the hotel.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and care: Li Yichen’s roommates look out for him, and he reciprocates by getting them home safely.
• Supernatural strength and comic misunderstanding: Li’s abilities amaze bystanders, whose speculation turns his rescue into a joke about inflatable dolls.
• Appearance versus intent: Han’s courteous, vulnerable image contrasts with his calculated actions.
• Consent and boundaries: Xia’s stated relationship and hesitation are disregarded when Han corners and attempts to kiss her.

Plot points and events

• Unable to sleep because his roommates are snoring, Li Yichen leaves the dorm and runs to the White Temple, delighted by his newly enhanced speed.
• He contacts Black and White Impermanence and asks them to bring Huo Yuanjia, Ip Man, and Wong Fei-hung from the underworld to teach him kung fu.
• The two agree readily, then return with the three martial artists. White Impermanence first presents them as tiny figures in his palm, then enlarges them to normal size.
• As the chapter ends, the martial artists bow to Black and White Impermanence and Young Master Yichen.

Character development

• Li Yichen is eager to become stronger, partly because he resents being pushed around. His excitement and irreverent humor remain prominent, and he also notices his memory has become unusually sharp, prompting him to declare himself a genius.
• Black and White Impermanence show special fondness for Li Yichen and are willing to grant his request. They privately speculate that his distracted grin is about women.
• The three legendary martial artists appear formally respectful toward the underworld officials and Li Yichen.

Themes

• New power and its consequences: Li Yichen’s transformed body gives him remarkable speed and sharper memory, though he thinks about it in decidedly practical and comic ways.
• Ambition and self-improvement: He seeks martial-arts training so he can defend himself.
• Comedy amid the supernatural: The chapter mixes underworld magic and famous martial artists with Li Yichen’s crude jokes and everyday concerns.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen makes a direct, somewhat nervous request of Black and White Impermanence, who eagerly accept because they value his favor.
• White Impermanence reassures him, demonstrates his magic, and promises to teach him the trick later.
• The martial artists arrive and formally pay their respects, setting the stage for Li Yichen’s training.

Plot points and events

• Black and White Impermanence meet Li Yichen and approve of his humility and respect, despite his status as the Ghost Emperor’s successor.
• Li explains that he asked them to bring Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, and Ip Man so they could teach him martial arts. The three masters agree to share everything they know.
• Huo Yuanjia demonstrates his Lost-Track Fist. Li reproduces the technique perfectly after watching it once, then rapidly improves as the Great Netherworld Scripture channels power through his body.
• Li advances so quickly that the masters can barely follow his movements. Huo concedes he has little left to teach him and sends him on to the others.
• Wong Fei-hung demonstrates his Shadowless Kick, breaking through a wall with a flurry of swift, unpredictable kicks. Li eagerly takes his turn and launches himself into the air, astonishing Wong.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is courteous and eager to learn, but also displays extraordinary natural talent. His rapid mastery surprises even the legendary instructors.
• Black and White Impermanence show that they value Li’s character as much as his status, and leave him in the teachers’ care.
• Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, and Ip Man begin as respected instructors but soon become astonished spectators as Li surpasses their expectations. Huo openly admits he is outmatched.

Significant themes

• Humility and respect: Li’s sincere regard for his teachers wins their trust and admiration.
• Talent and rapid growth: Li’s near-instant mastery suggests that his abilities—and the supernatural power behind them—defy ordinary limits.
• Teaching and admiration: The masters willingly share their skills, while Li’s enthusiasm makes learning an exchange of mutual respect.

Character interactions

Li greets the masters warmly and asks them to call him by his name rather than a grand title. The instructors coordinate their lessons, with Wong asking Huo to let Li continue practicing before moving on. After Huo steps aside, Wong takes over and demonstrates his kicks; Li responds with intense excitement and immediately tries the technique.

• Key events: Li Yichen demonstrates the Shadowless Kick so powerfully that he demolishes a house. Ip Man then teaches and demonstrates Wing Chun; Yichen quickly reproduces its precise, economical movements. His display inspires Huo Yuanjia to spar with him, followed by Wong Fei-hung and Ip Man. Outnumbered, Yichen instinctively uses Wing Chun with one hand and the Lost-Track Fist with the other. Under pressure, he combines all three arts—Wing Chun, the Lost-Track Fist, and the Shadowless Kick—into a rapidly evolving fighting style. His breakthrough unleashes tremendous power, wrecking the remaining houses and launching him high into the sky before he crashes back down.
• Character developments: Yichen progresses from copying individual techniques to intuitively blending them, entering a state of self-forgetful focus and revealing extraordinary martial talent. The three masters go from teaching and sparring with him to marveling at his potential. Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, and Ip Man are also shown as spirited and competitive, eagerly joining the fight.
• Character interactions: The masters instruct and test Yichen, then join forces against him in a lively, chaotic spar. Afterward, Yichen asks Black and White Impermanence to look after the three masters in the Underworld; they agree, and the masters leave with them. Black and White Impermanence congratulate Yichen on his breakthrough.
• Significant themes: The chapter celebrates disciplined learning, exceptional talent, and innovation: Yichen does not merely imitate the arts but discovers how to combine them under pressure. It also balances awe at his growing power with comic destruction and camaraderie. The closing scene introduces a mysterious green-clad woman who senses the unusual energy at the White Temple, then hurries toward Jinling University.

Key plot points and events

• Back in the dorm, Li Yichen mentally processes what he learned and creates a new fist technique, the Three Mysteries Phantom Fist. The Haoran Ghost Emperor recognizes that Li Yichen has reached the Ghost Core Realm unusually quickly and privately marvels at his talent—and his own bloodline.
• The chapter shifts to the second and final day of freshman welcome activities. Student Union president Han Wenqi and Song Yi boast crudely about Han’s encounter with a female freshman, whom they discuss as someone to exploit and share with their friends.
• Li Yichen’s roommates decide to split up across campus to improve their chances of meeting girls. Li stays at his previous post while the others head off. He spends the day casually helping people, mostly male students.
• When light rain empties the square, Li notices that a falling raindrop appears to move in slow motion. A faint aura around him deflects it, revealing another sign of his unusual abilities.
• Through the rain, Li spots Tang Ling’er, who is scolding a small white creature named Mantou. Mantou suddenly darts away, and Tang calls after it.

Character developments

• Li Yichen turns his recent experiences into a new martial technique and displays increasingly refined perception and defensive power. Despite his abilities, he remains idle and playful.
• Haoran Ghost Emperor confirms Li’s rapid spiritual growth and shows pride in their shared bloodline.
• Han Wenqi and Song Yi are portrayed as predatory and openly contemptuous of women.
• Tang Ling’er appears caring but exasperated as she tries to keep Mantou under control.

Significant themes

• Li Yichen’s supernatural growth contrasts with his ordinary, humorous campus life.
• The novel’s comedy comes from Li’s irreverent thoughts and the roommates’ scheming for romantic attention.
• The scene with Han and Song introduces a darker theme of exploitation and hypocrisy, especially as Song publicly presents Han’s behavior as respectable student-service work.

Character interactions

• Haoran observes Li’s memories and reacts to his progress, though Li is unaware of the ghostly commentary.
• Han and Song privately encourage each other’s degrading behavior, then Song publicly disguises Han’s activities to improve his image.
• Li’s roommates negotiate a fair split of campus territory; Li lets them go while keeping his own spot.
• Tang Ling’er scolds Mantou, but the creature bolts before she can stop it, drawing Li’s attention.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ling’er chases after Mantou, a small white spirit beast, and inadvertently sends a pack of wolves swarming toward the group.
• Mantou leaps into Li Yichen’s arms. He admires the creature’s unusual fox-and-rabbit appearance, while Tang Ling’er demands it back.
• Student Union president Han Wenqi intervenes, pretending to help but using the dispute to accuse Li Yichen of stealing and rally the crowd against him.
• Mantou suddenly scratches Han’s cheek. Enraged, Han orders his members to catch it.
• Tang Ling’er blocks them by swinging her heavy wooden case, making the Student Union members hesitate. She warns Han to back off and begins counting to three.

Character developments

• Tang Ling’er is sharp-tongued, confident, and physically powerful despite her petite appearance. She is fiercely protective of Mantou, though frustrated by its mischief.
• Li Yichen is initially amused by Mantou and attracted to Tang Ling’er, but turns cold when Han tries to intimidate him.
• Han Wenqi reveals himself as vain, manipulative, and quick to lose his composure when challenged—especially after Mantou scratches his prized face.
• Mantou is mischievous and affectionate with Li Yichen, but also unexpectedly aggressive when Han threatens him.

Significant themes

• Appearances can mislead: Tang Ling’er’s size hides her strength; Han’s welcoming smile conceals self-interest; Mantou’s adorable appearance masks its claws.
• Abuse of status and group pressure: Han invokes his title and recruits the crowd to bully Li Yichen.
• Loyalty and protection: Tang Ling’er stands up for Mantou, while the creature responds fiercely to danger.

Character interactions

• Tang Ling’er and Li Yichen clash over Mantou, with Li misunderstanding her demand for the creature as a reference to food.
• Han attempts to dominate the situation and turn the crowd against Li, but Tang Ling’er dismisses his authority.
• Mantou’s attack shifts the confrontation, and Tang Ling’er’s show of force stops Han’s members from advancing. The chapter ends on her ultimatum to Han.

Key events

• Li Yichen secretly strikes Han Wenqi’s knees with two drops of rain, making him collapse and scream. When Song Yi accuses Tang Ling’er and then Li, both deny having done anything; Li warns Song that he could suffer the same fate.
• Song Yi backs down and has Han Wenqi taken to the infirmary. The crowd disperses, leaving the Student Union humiliated.
• Tang Ling’er recognizes that Li caused Han’s injury, though he refuses to admit it without proof.
• Her missing spirit beast, a white “Snow Fox Rabbit” named Mantou, returns to Li and nuzzles him. Tang retrieves it and explains that it is attracted to the spiritual-energy-like scent on him.
• Tang prepares to leave for registration. Li offers to take her there, but she assumes he is flirting with her. After he calls her a “skinny twig,” she angrily chases him.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows controlled, covert force against Han and uses teasing threats to intimidate Song. He and Tang trade jokes and insults, revealing an increasingly playful rapport.
• Tang Ling’er remains confident and fiery, quickly confronting anyone who speaks to her disrespectfully. She is delighted to recover Mantou but jealous when it favors Li.
• Song Yi shifts from aggressive accusation to fearful retreat once Li threatens him.
• Mantou displays an immediate attachment to Li, while Tang treats it like a mischievous pet.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and plausible deniability: Li can harm opponents without witnesses seeing how, leaving accusations unprovable.
• Pride and public humiliation: Han’s collapse and the Student Union’s retreat undermine their authority.
• Comic rivalry and miscommunication: Tang mistakes Li’s practical offer for romantic interest, and their teasing escalates into a quarrel.
• Unusual affinity: Mantou’s attraction to Li hints at a connection between him and spiritual energy.

Plot points

• Li Yichen escorts Tang Ling’er to the girls’ dorm and returns her wooden case. She briefly asks his name and gives him hers, leaving him delighted.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan watches their exchange from a dorm window, jealous and calling Li a “pervert,” but quickly gets distracted when her roommate Xiao Lu mentions buying sun protection for military training.
• In the infirmary, Han Wenqi—injured and confined to a wheelchair—asks Song Yi for information about the people involved in the earlier confrontation.
• Song Yi reports that Tang Ling’er’s background is difficult to uncover, while Ouyang Xuanxuan belongs to the powerful Ouyang family. Han concludes they are too risky to target.
• Learning that Li Yichen is a second-year student from a rural background with no influential connections, Han chooses him as the target of revenge. He and Song Yi decide to hire outsiders to break Li’s leg.
• Song Yi meets a local thug, “Little Yellow Hair,” pays him, and asks him to arrange the attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is pleased by Tang Ling’er’s friendly introduction, though he does not notice Xuanxuan watching.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan shows jealousy toward Li and Tang, then shifts her attention to preparing for military training. Xiao Lu gently refuses to go shopping immediately, promising to go with the roommates later.
• Han Wenqi reveals himself as vindictive and calculating: he weighs people’s social power before deciding whom to punish. His injury leaves him frustrated and dependent on Song Yi.
• Song Yi acts as Han’s investigator and fixer, flattering the thug and arranging violence while seeking funds through questionable university dealings.
• Little Yellow Hair is easily won over by Song Yi’s praise and accepts the payment.

Significant themes

• Power and social status: Han backs away from targets with influential families and focuses on Li because he assumes Li lacks protection.
• Corruption and abuse of authority: Han and Song exploit university resources and positions for personal schemes.
• Jealousy and mistaken impressions: Xuanxuan’s private reaction contrasts with Li’s cheerful interpretation of his brief exchange with Tang.
• Escalating retaliation: A campus confrontation turns into a planned, paid assault.

Key events

• Li Yichen declines a dorm-room drinking party because he needs to work at the Courier Post. His roommates tell him they heard he’d been targeted, and promise to back him up if trouble starts.
• He works late, considers fixing up the Courier Post’s small storage room so he can rest there, and otherwise settles back into his routine.
• Meanwhile, Song Yi and Little Yellow Hair assemble a group of tattooed youths to ambush Li Yichen. Their preparations are unimpressive: the men are broke, share a cheap drink, and accept promises of cigarettes and entertainment.
• Li Yichen senses hostile attention as he leaves campus. Recognizing Song Yi and Little Yellow Hair, he deliberately heads toward an old residential complex, intending to draw the group somewhere he can deal with them all at once. Song Yi and Little Yellow Hair follow.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen appreciates his roommates’ concern and loyalty, though he remains confident he can handle the threat himself.
• Zhang Yong warns that Han Wenqi may use underhanded tactics; the roommates enthusiastically offer to join Li Yichen if a fight breaks out.
• Song Yi’s confidence in Little Yellow Hair’s plan falters when he sees the shabby, seemingly unreliable men Yellow Hair has recruited. Yellow Hair, however, remains boastful and dismisses the risk.
• Li Yichen quickly recognizes the ambush and turns the pursuit to his advantage.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and brotherhood: Li Yichen’s roommates show genuine concern and offer practical support.
• Underestimating opponents: Yellow Hair’s careless confidence contrasts with Li Yichen’s heightened perception and deliberate planning.
• Deception and retaliation: The threat of “playing dirty” becomes a planned ambush, while Li Yichen responds by luring his attackers into a trap.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen realizes that Little Yellow Hair and his gang are following him. Amused, he leads them on and draws a wall insult: a middle finger flanked by “SB.”
• After the gang figures out the message is aimed at them, they chase Li Yichen into a dead-end alley—but he vanishes, then reappears behind them.
• Little Yellow Hair reveals that someone hired the gang to break one of Li Yichen’s legs. He threatens him with a telescopic baton and orders his men to attack.
• Li Yichen casually sweeps his hand, sending the attackers crashing into a wall and leaving them unable to get up. Surprised by the force himself, he then turns on Little Yellow Hair.
• Little Yellow Hair panics, falls to his knees, and wets himself. Li Yichen takes his baton, strikes him across the face, and orders him to kneel with his backside raised. The chapter ends with Little Yellow Hair obeying.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is playful, confident, and contemptuous of the gang. His effortless show of strength surprises even him, suggesting he may not yet understand his own power.
• Little Yellow Hair shifts from swaggering bully to terrified, submissive victim as soon as Li Yichen proves stronger. His quick surrender underscores his cowardice.
• The gang members are aggressive when they believe they have the advantage, but their confidence collapses after Li Yichen easily defeats them.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen taunts the gang with the wall drawing and insults them directly when they surround him.
• Little Yellow Hair threatens Li Yichen and commands his men to attack; the gang follows his lead until the fight turns against them.
• After overpowering everyone, Li Yichen humiliates Little Yellow Hair, who complies out of fear.

Significant themes

• Arrogance and reversal: The gang’s bullying confidence disappears when power shifts to Li Yichen.
• Power and control: Li Yichen’s inexplicable strength transforms a planned assault into a one-sided confrontation.
• Mockery and humiliation: Insults, the crude wall drawing, and Little Yellow Hair’s final forced posture give the scene a comic, deliberately degrading tone.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen punishes Little Yellow Hair and his gang for targeting him, beating them with a baton and warning them not to bully university students.
• He tells Yellow Hair that Song Yi likely sent the gang to provoke Li and get Yellow Hair hurt. Yellow Hair accepts this explanation and resolves to take revenge on Song.
• To reinforce his warning, Li punches through a wall—but accidentally damages a restaurant kitchen. When the restaurant’s men arrive, he pretends to be an innocent bystander and slips away, leaving Yellow Hair and the gang behind.
• Yellow Hair leads his battered men to meet Song Yi. Song initially welcomes them, then realizes they have been badly beaten. Yellow Hair kicks him, orders his men to restrain him, and prepares to break his legs.

Character developments

• Li Yichen acts as a stern, powerful protector, but his intimidating display is undercut by his embarrassment over damaging the wall and his quick escape.
• Little Yellow Hair shifts from frightened bully to devoted admirer of Li, convinced he is a hidden underworld boss. He becomes furious at Song Yi after believing Song deliberately set him up.
• Song Yi goes from smugly expecting an easy victory to being caught off guard and physically overpowered.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Li’s strength makes the gang abandon their bravado, while his warning establishes consequences for bullying.
• Manipulation and misplaced trust: Yellow Hair is persuaded that Song used him as a pawn, prompting his retaliation.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: Yellow Hair mistakes Li’s student identity for an elaborate gangster disguise, and Li’s serious show of strength ends in an accidental kitchen disaster.

Character interactions

• Li disciplines the gang, then privately advises Yellow Hair not to let others use him.
• Yellow Hair responds with exaggerated admiration and treats Li as a mentor.
• Li escapes the restaurant workers by acting harmless, while Yellow Hair and his men face the consequences.
• Yellow Hair turns his anger on Song, transforming the chapter’s intended attack on Li into a confrontation between the conspirators.

Plot points

• In the infirmary, Han Wenqi and Song Yi—both in wheelchairs—discuss revenge after Song’s failed attempt to deal with Li Yichen left Song with a broken leg.
• Han devises a scheme: use the Academic Affairs Office’s name to award Li and several Student Union allies three credits as “outstanding volunteers,” then assign them to help supervise freshman military training.
• Han plans to provoke a confrontation between Li and the training instructors, who include Special Forces soldiers, so they can harm Li while avoiding direct blame.
• The commendation list is posted that afternoon, with Li’s name at the top. His roommates suspect a trap and advise him to refuse, but Li decides to accept and face whatever comes.
• The dorm’s teasing turns into playful roughhousing, easing the tension. Li ends the chapter ready for the challenge.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Wenqi is calculating and vindictive. He treats Song as a useful but dim subordinate, scolding him while laying out the scheme.
• Song Yi is injured, eager for revenge, and dependent on Han’s direction. His excitement returns when he learns the plan.
• Li Yichen is wary but confident; rather than avoid the apparent trap, he welcomes the chance to see what his enemies intend.
• Li’s roommates look out for him and share his suspicions. Their banter—especially Yang Weifeng’s boastful encouragement and scuffle with Zhang Yong—shows their close, easygoing camaraderie.

Themes

• Indirect revenge and manipulation: Han intends to make others carry out the violence while concealing his own role.
• Risk and agency: Li recognizes the likely danger but chooses to meet it on his own terms.
• Loyalty and camaraderie: The roommates’ concern and humor offer Li support amid the brewing conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Two days after the previous events, more than fifty young trainees prepare to serve as instructors at Jinling University for two weeks. Tang Shaojie singles out Hao Jun, Wang Meng, and Su Xiaoxiao for a warning, then watches the bus leave with relief.
• Li Yichen, who has been made acting student advisor for the Journalism Department, heads to the freshmen’s training ground. He learns that Archaeology students have been combined with Journalism students, putting him among two women listed among the campus’s top beauties.
• The freshmen initially ignore Li Yichen because he looks like a student. He uses spiritual energy to amplify his voice, startling everyone into gathering around him.
• His dramatic entrance draws admiring remarks from several girls. A new voice then addresses him, asking whether this is the Journalism Department.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is reluctant about his new responsibilities but takes charge forcefully when students disregard him. His display of power wins immediate attention and admiration.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan reacts coolly when she sees Li Yichen, though her embarrassment and jealousy reveal that she is more attached to him than she admits. Since he took her first kiss, she privately feels he should be hers—even though they have met only twice.
• Xuanxuan’s roommate teases her about having a crush and openly admits she finds Li Yichen attractive, intensifying Xuanxuan’s jealousy.
• Tang Shaojie distrusts the three troublesome trainees and is relieved to send them away; the political instructor shares his reluctance to supervise them.
• Li Yichen’s roommates tease him about his luck in being assigned to a department with attractive students.

Significant themes

• Authority and recognition: Li Yichen must prove himself before the freshmen will accept his role.
• Jealousy and possessiveness: Xuanxuan’s feelings emerge through her resentment of the attention Li Yichen receives.
• Humor and youthful rivalry: Banter among the trainees, roommates, and freshmen keeps the chapter’s tone light.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ling’er arrives at the university with a huge black case, accompanied by Senior Brother Huang, whom her grandfather has assigned to protect her. She admits that a fabricated claim about her senior brothers spying on her while she bathed led her grandfather to break their legs; Huang avoided punishment only because he was away.
• Tang Ling’er orders Huang to keep out of her sight, threatening to accuse him of assault if he disobeys. Though he is supposed to guard her, he reluctantly agrees.
• At the Journalism Department’s military-training lineup, Tang Ling’er reunites with Li Yichen. She explains that she studies archaeology and will train alongside his department; he helps her find a place in the front row.
• Huang tries to stand beside Tang Ling’er, but when he knocks another student out of line, Li Yichen intervenes. Huang’s attempt to overpower him fails, and Li Yichen sends him to the back.
• Tang Ling’er privately hints that Li Yichen was responsible for an earlier incident and says Huang is stronger than he appears. Their close exchange makes Ouyang Xuanxuan jealous.
• Zheng Liang, Li Yichen’s Student Union-assigned “assistant,” introduces himself. Li Yichen suspects he has been placed there to monitor him, but accepts the handshake. The scene ends with news that the instructor has arrived.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ling’er is playful, impulsive, and adept at manipulating Huang, but her earlier deception has had serious consequences for her senior brothers.
• Senior Brother Huang is intimidating and capable, yet easily cowed by Tang Ling’er. His confidence returns around others, but Li Yichen proves stronger and more composed.
• Li Yichen shows authority and physical strength by handling Huang without fuss. He remains polite to Zheng Liang despite suspecting the Student Union’s motives.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan becomes jealous when she sees Li Yichen and Tang Ling’er speaking intimately; her roommate teases her about having a rival.
• The chapter establishes friction between Li Yichen and Huang, while Tang Ling’er’s familiarity with Li Yichen unsettles Ouyang Xuanxuan.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Tang Ling’er controls Huang through threats, while Li Yichen asserts authority through calm strength.
• Rivalry and jealousy: Ouyang Xuanxuan views Tang Ling’er as a romantic competitor.
• Suspicion and hidden agendas: Li Yichen questions whether the Student Union’s “assistant” is really a spy.
• Comedy through exaggeration: Tang Ling’er’s reckless lie, Huang’s fearful obedience, and the students’ reactions create a light, teasing tone.

Key plot points and events

• Three unconventional military instructors—Hao Jun (“White Ape”), Su Xiaoxiao (“Scorpion”), and Wang Meng (“Savage Bear”)—are assigned to train the Journalism Department. Their commander appears to have sent them there simply to keep them out of his way.
• Unsure how to train college students, the trio decide they will copy the other instructors.
• Their arrival causes a stir among the students, especially the women, who are drawn to White Ape’s looks and compare him with the handsome “acting counselor,” Li Yichen.
• Li Yichen introduces himself and the student-union assistant Zheng Liang, then introduces the three instructors to the formation.
• When the students expect instructions, the new instructors are at a loss. Scorpion asks Li Yichen what to do, so he tells them to begin with formation and standing at attention. Scorpion then proposes that he take charge while she assists him, provoking Zheng Liang’s jealousy.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains composed and helpful, but recognizes that the instructors carry an alarming aura of violence. He is also exasperated by their lack of preparation.
• Hao Jun / White Ape is charming, flirtatious, and confident, but inexperienced as an instructor.
• Su Xiaoxiao / Scorpion is clever, teasing, and self-assured. She enjoys provoking others and quickly takes an interest in Li Yichen.
• Wang Meng / Savage Bear is an imposing, emotionally restrained man who becomes childlike and obedient around Scorpion. His forced attempt to smile only makes him look worse.
• Zheng Liang eagerly seeks to ingratiate himself with the instructors, but grows jealous when Scorpion shows Li Yichen attention.

Significant themes

• Contrasts between appearances and reality: The instructors look and behave casually, yet Li Yichen senses their lethal pasts; Savage Bear’s frightening appearance contrasts with his meekness around Scorpion.
• Charm, attraction, and jealousy: The students’ fascination with the handsome newcomers and Scorpion’s flirtatious attention create comic tension.
• Incompetence and improvisation: The supposedly responsible instructors arrive without a plan and rely on Li Yichen’s experience to get training started.

Character interactions

• White Ape and Scorpion trade teasing remarks, while Savage Bear treats Scorpion as an admired “big sister.”
• Students gossip excitedly over White Ape and Li Yichen, with Ouyang Xuanxuan trying to rein in her roommate’s enthusiasm.
• Scorpion’s warm, familiar “little brother Yichen” manner surprises Li Yichen and frustrates Zheng Liang, whose jealousy surfaces at the end.