Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen undergoes a brutal transformation as the Ghost Emperor’s black yin fire ravages his body, nearly killing him.
• The Ghost Emperor introduces white fire, which heals Li Yichen and restores his flesh and meridians. The two opposing flames merge within him.
• The Ghost Emperor channels spiritual power into Li Yichen’s dantian. The twin flames compress it into a black-and-white Golden Core, bringing Li Yichen into the Golden Core Stage.
• Li Yichen celebrates his new strength, but learns that powerful cultivators still exist in the mortal world. The Ghost Emperor urges him not to provoke trouble and offers to protect him.
• The Ghost Emperor gives Li Yichen a jade slip containing artifact- and pill-refining methods, then leaves after requesting a fine car and ten beautiful women.
• Black and White Impermanence arrive to escort Li Yichen home. White Impermanence gives him three mysterious white beads.

Character development and interactions

• Li Yichen endures extreme suffering and emerges with a stronger body and Golden Core. His excitement quickly turns to disappointment when he learns he is not invincible, though the Ghost Emperor’s promise of backup restores his confidence. He remains cheeky and embarrassed by his great-grandfather’s blunt comments.
• The Ghost Emperor acts as mentor and protector, guiding Li Yichen through his breakthrough, warning him about stronger cultivators, and equipping him with practical knowledge. Their affectionate relationship is mixed with teasing, scolding, and irreverent requests.
• Black and White Impermanence treat Li Yichen warmly; White Impermanence offers him a gift in appreciation of his earlier respect.

Significant themes

• Transformation through suffering: Li Yichen’s near-destruction leads to physical renewal and a major cultivation breakthrough.
• Power and humility: Reaching Golden Core makes him formidable, but not unbeatable.
• Family loyalty and mentorship: The Ghost Emperor supports Li Yichen while pushing him to keep cultivating.
• Humor amid danger: The chapter’s severe ordeal contrasts with the characters’ playful, crude banter.

Key plot points and events

• White and Black Impermanence give Li Yichen a Youth-Restoring Pearl, which can preserve youth when worn or restore someone’s appearance to age eighteen if consumed as powder.
• Li Yichen returns from the Underworld carrying several valuable items. He discovers he can fly, then uses a mysterious “hair” to travel at tremendous speed—overshooting the university before arriving late.
• At Jinling University, the students are preparing to continue their self-defense training, with Li Yichen again assigned to play the attacker.
• Suddenly, black clouds and lightning gather over the campus. The university orders students to evacuate, while Li Yichen suspects the disturbance is connected to him.
• Su Xiaoxiao contacts Elder Mo, who identifies the storm as Li Yichen’s golden-core tribulation. He warns that anyone within a thousand meters could be targeted, so Su and the others evacuate.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan returns to Li Yichen and tries to pull him away, despite the danger.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is increasingly powerful: he can now fly and move at extraordinary speed, though he has little control over his new abilities. His Underworld journey has also brought him a prized gift.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan’s affection for Li Yichen is clear. She is delighted by the rumor that he spent the night with her, worries when he is late, and returns to him when the storm threatens.
• Tang Ling’er is tired after apparently waiting outside Li Yichen’s dorm all night, but privately takes pride in having kissed him. She and Ouyang Xuanxuan each misread the other’s understanding of their relationship with him.
• Su Xiaoxiao responds responsibly to the crisis, evacuating the students and consulting Elder Mo. She wants to help Li Yichen but follows the warning to keep her distance.
• Hao Jun and Wang Meng assist Su Xiaoxiao by helping clear the area.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Li Yichen’s new abilities bring excitement but also attract a dangerous heavenly tribulation.
• Jealousy and romantic rivalry: Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er privately take satisfaction in their perceived closeness to Li Yichen.
• Limits of protection: Even those who care about Li Yichen must withdraw, leaving him to face the danger alone.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ling’er explains that Li Yichen is undergoing a lightning tribulation and that no one can help him escape it. She warns Ouyang Xuanxuan that staying nearby would make the tribulation more dangerous.
• Li Yichen apologizes for shouting at Ouyang, reassures her that he will survive, and persuades her to leave with Tang Ling’er. Tang gives him the Wooden Box containing the Yao Light Sword.
• After the women depart, Li Yichen taunts the thundercloud. Six bolts strike and hurl him into the ground, but his netherworld ghost body leaves him with only superficial injuries.
• He dodges the next attack with the Fur, but a bolt changes course and badly wounds him. He heals himself with his yin-yang twin flames.
• Before he can recover, twelve bolts attack from all sides. He summons the Yao Light Sword and forms an enormous blade of sword light, preparing to counter with his “Star River Cascading Skyward Sword.” The chapter ends before the result is shown.

Character developments

• Li Yichen shifts from joking bravado to genuine danger, but keeps his humor and determination even while injured. He relies on his unusual body, healing flames, Fur, and sword to endure the escalating trial.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is frightened for Li Yichen and reluctant to leave, but ultimately trusts his promise to survive.
• Tang Ling’er is direct and practical, insisting that the women withdraw for his safety. Despite her teasing and irritation, she shows concern by comforting Ouyang and giving Li the sword.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen and Ouyang share a tender exchange: he apologizes, comforts her, and promises to return; she asks to stay and later vows she will not forgive him if he dies.
• Tang Ling’er pulls Ouyang away, reassures her, and trades playful, teasing remarks with both her and Li Yichen.
• Once alone, Li Yichen addresses the thundercloud as though it were an opponent, provoking its increasingly forceful attacks.

Significant themes

• Love and loyalty: Ouyang and Tang’s concern for Li gives him motivation to survive.
• Humor amid danger: His flirtatious jokes and taunts contrast with the lethal stakes of the tribulation.
• Endurance and resourcefulness: Li survives by adapting and drawing on several abilities as the lightning grows stronger.
• Escalation and suspense: Each wave of lightning is more dangerous, leaving the climactic sword strike unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen withstands the final twelve bolts of his tribulation, using the Yao Light Sword as a massive blade. After taunting the shrinking cloud, he sees it form an apparent mocking finger.
• He pours his remaining spiritual energy and yin-yang twin flames into the sword, naming it the “Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Great Sword,” then attacks the cloud.
• The cloud counters with a giant lightning finger. Li Yichen’s eyes reveal a dark weak point, and he strikes it, shattering the lightning construct and dispersing the tribulation cloud.
• Exhausted and badly hurt, Li Yichen falls, but Su Xiaoxiao catches him. He soon recovers enough to run away after seeing the extensive damage his battle caused to the university plaza, nearby building, and buses.
• Su Xiaoxiao reports his successful tribulation to Elder Mo. Military Command will secure the damaged area, and the university’s military training will be changed to wilderness survival.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan arrive looking for Li Yichen. After learning he left, they suspect he may have gone to the bathhouse. The chapter ends with Li Yichen waiting outside it, wondering whether the women have finished bathing.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen survives through determination, improvisation, and his newly revealed ability to perceive the lightning finger’s weakness. Even after a near-fatal ordeal, he remains irreverent, jokes with the heavenly tribulation, and flees responsibility for the destruction.
• Su Xiaoxiao catches and scolds him, then takes charge of reporting the event and helping manage its consequences. Her remark that he has “won over” both campus beauties suggests she sees his growing romantic appeal.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan are worried enough to search for Li Yichen and compare theories about where he has gone.
• Li Yichen and Su Xiaoxiao trade teasing, exasperated remarks; Su Xiaoxiao also coordinates with Elder Mo, while Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan act together in their search.

Significant themes

• Courage and adaptability: Li Yichen survives an overwhelming challenge by spotting and exploiting a weakness.
• Comedy amid danger: His insults, the cloud’s apparent gesture, the sword’s ridiculous name, and his concern about repair costs undercut the dramatic battle.
• Power and collateral consequences: His personal breakthrough leaves serious damage, prompting military intervention and a change to university plans.
• Growing relationships: The women’s concern and Su Xiaoxiao’s teasing point to Li Yichen’s expanding social and romantic connections.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen’s leering thoughts about Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan are overheard. The two tease and scold him, then walk off together; he hurries after them, protesting his innocence.
• In the Student Union office, Zheng Liang hints at a sinister plan: a midnight blood sacrifice in Ghostface City will open the Heavenly Treasury. He uses an unknown incantation to animate chrysanthemum petals, then briefly appears to struggle against another presence. He soon regains control, revealing that a powerful “Great Yin-Yang Master” regards Zheng Liang as a vessel.
• Li Yichen joins the girls as they feed their rabbit, Mantou, an expensive piece of ginseng. Their joking turns flirtatious: Li claims that their kiss means they belong to him, and both girls blush and threaten to stop speaking to him.
• Mantou suddenly falls still, apparently on the verge of evolving. Black energy pours from its body; its white fur turns black, its eyes become blood-red, and it grows larger, aggressive, and strong enough to gouge the marble table.
• Tang Ling’er realizes her Spirit-Sealing Register is missing. She suspects Mantou released and swallowed the vengeful spirit sealed inside it. The spirit’s lingering resentment has become entangled with Mantou’s soul during its evolution, and Tang fears the rabbit is turning evil.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains boastful and flirtatious, but reacts protectively when Mantou changes. Ouyang Xuanxuan seeks comfort in his arms, which he enjoys, though he quickly puts aside his fantasies to deal with the danger.
• Tang Ling’er moves from teasing Li to alarm and grief over Mantou. Her knowledge of the sealed spirit helps explain what is happening, but she cannot see a way to stop it.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan joins Tang in playfully rebuffing Li, then becomes frightened by Mantou’s transformation and turns to him for reassurance.
• Zheng Liang is revealed as the apparent host—or “vessel”—of a powerful, sinister entity, though he briefly struggles against its control.
• Mantou changes from a cute, pampered rabbit into a frightening, corrupted creature as its evolution merges with the spirit’s resentment.

Significant themes

• Corruption and transformation: Mantou’s evolution is warped by the spirit’s resentment, while Zheng Liang’s body appears to be occupied by a darker force.
• Hidden danger beneath ordinary life: Romantic teasing and everyday pet care give way to supernatural threats and a looming ritual.
• Attachment and vulnerability: The girls’ affection for Mantou makes its transformation especially distressing, while Li’s protective response strengthens his bond with them.

Key plot points and events

• Mantou becomes aggressive and appears overtaken by dark energy. Tang Ling’er immobilizes it with a binding spell, but cannot bring herself to kill it.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan begs Li Yichen to save Mantou and promises to grant him one request if he succeeds. Though doubtful, Li Yichen discovers he can help.
• Li Yichen summons a white, life-giving flame. Its power causes a nearby magnolia tree to bloom out of season, astonishing both women.
• He applies the flame to Mantou, purifying the black energy and the gray negative energy entangled with its soul. Mantou’s soul energy doubles, but Li Yichen nearly burns it by mistake; the smell of roast meat alerts them to stop.
• Tang Ling’er releases the spell, and Xuanxuan catches Mantou. The creature is restored to normal, though much larger, and appears to have learned how to complain about Li Yichen and Tang Ling’er.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ling’er shows both formidable magical skill and deep affection for Mantou: she restrains it but tearfully asks Li Yichen to kill it because she cannot.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is compassionate and steadfast in her faith in Li Yichen, even when Tang Ling’er doubts him. Her bargain gives him extra motivation.
• Li Yichen surprises the others with his healing flame and successfully purifies Mantou, despite his injury and clumsy handling. His irreverent humor contrasts with the urgency of the situation.
• The women’s concern for Mantou drives the rescue, while Tang Ling’er’s increasingly impatient encouragement clashes humorously with Li Yichen’s exasperation. Mantou’s final tearful “tattling” turns the tense rescue into a comic ending.

Significant themes

• Compassion over destruction: The group seeks a way to save Mantou rather than kill it.
• Unexpected healing and transformation: Li Yichen’s flame purifies corruption and strengthens Mantou instead of harming its soul.
• Trust and faith: Xuanxuan’s confidence in Li Yichen persists despite uncertainty.
• Humor amid danger: The near-roasting mishap and Mantou’s apparent complaint provide comic relief after a frightening crisis.

• After Li Yichen saves the little creature Mantou, Ouyang Xuanxuan protects it from his teasing and reminds him that she only promised he could ask for a favor—not that she had to grant it. Tang Ling’er helps tease him, and the two women laugh off toward the dormitory. Li Yichen is mildly disappointed but accepts their joke without resentment.
• On the way back, Li Yichen receives a call from Zheng Liang: the next day’s military training has been changed to wilderness survival because Military Command has requisitioned the university square. The news makes Li Yichen uneasy, though he hides his interest. After the call, Zheng Liang watches Stone Mountain in a storm and wears a strange smile, suggesting he may know more than he says.
• From the dormitory window, Xuanxuan worries that Li Yichen will get soaked. Tang Ling’er explains that, as a Golden Core cultivator, he can keep the rain off—and says she can do the same. Xuanxuan eagerly asks about cultivation, prompting Tang Ling’er to tease her with a demand to call her “big sister.” Their playful argument turns into a comic challenge to compare their figures.
• Li Yichen visits Good Karma Hall, where the old man introduces himself as Elder Mo. He asks to order one hundred blonde beauties for Cui Jue, stunning Elder Mo with the request.
  Character developments and interactions: Xuanxuan’s affection and concern for Li Yichen show through despite her denials, while Tang Ling’er acts as a knowledgeable, mischievous mentor and rival. Li Yichen remains good-natured even when teased, but becomes alert when Zheng Liang’s call hints at hidden developments. Zheng Liang’s cryptic expression adds an undercurrent of suspicion.
  Themes: The chapter mixes lighthearted teasing and romantic embarrassment with foreshadowing and concealed motives. It also expands the cultivation world through references to Golden Core abilities, contrasting the characters’ playful everyday banter with the mystery surrounding the military-training change.

• Plot: Li Yichen negotiates with Elder Mo to order goods, agreeing to pay with the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness. Elder Mo first asks for one jin, then drops his price to half a jin; Li Yichen, who secretly has a thousand jin, finds the bargaining amusing. When Elder Mo says delivery will take half a month, Li Yichen offers another half-jin to have it ready in three days. Elder Mo eagerly accepts and asks for a deposit. He gives Li Yichen a jade bottle to hold the water in, explaining that the high-grade jade prevents its special energy from escaping. Li Yichen admires the bottle and accepts two pairs of jade bracelets as well. He then takes out Meng Po’s uncapped bottle and uses her instructions to release a walnut-sized sphere of water, revealing its soul-like energy to Elder Mo.
• Character developments and interactions: Li Yichen is confident and playful, using his abundant supply of the water to negotiate while teasing Elder Mo and exploiting his eagerness. Elder Mo shifts from suspicion and indignation to excitement and shameless accommodation once he realizes what Li Yichen will pay. Their exchange is comic and transactional: Elder Mo tries to secure the water, while Li Yichen walks away with valuable jade gifts.
• Themes: The scene contrasts apparent scarcity with hidden abundance, and highlights how greed and bargaining can reshape people’s behavior. Its humor comes from Elder Mo’s dramatic reversals and Li Yichen’s understated manipulation. The mysterious, soul-linked water also introduces the supernatural significance of the River of Forgetfulness.

Plot points and events

• Elder Mo explains that the rare Waters of the River of Forgetfulness make talismans exceptionally durable and powerful, and can also be used to brew a Love-Forgetting Potion.
• Li Yichen teases Elder Mo about needing the potion for a broken heart. Offended, Elder Mo kicks him out and tells him to return in three days for his belongings.
• Later, at Li Yichen’s shop, Ouyang Xuanxuan arrives in the rain and asks for instant noodles. When the shop’s hot-water dispenser fails, Li Yichen uses his black-and-white flame to boil the water.
• The two share a romantic moment and nearly kiss, but Tang Ling’er interrupts. She asks Li Yichen to help search Fengxiang Peak for the Spirit-Sealing Register, which she believes is still there.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan asks to come too. Tang Ling’er allows it, then flies off on the Yao Light Sword, leaving Li Yichen to hurry after her with Xuanxuan.

Character development and interactions

• Li Yichen remains mischievous and irreverent, but shows attentiveness toward Xuanxuan by making her dinner. His attraction to her becomes unmistakable.
• Elder Mo is protective of the rare water and easily provoked by Li Yichen’s teasing.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan appears comfortable with Li Yichen and reciprocates his growing affection, leaning toward him before the interruption. She also wants to accompany him and Tang Ling’er.
• Tang Ling’er is forceful and impatient. Her interruption sparks awkwardness and jealousy, though she keeps the group’s mission moving.

Significant themes

• Romance and comic interruption: Li Yichen and Xuanxuan’s near-kiss is cut short by Tang Ling’er.
• Rare spiritual resources and their power: The water’s unusual properties make it valuable for both talismans and love-forgetting magic.
• Humor and personality clashes: Li Yichen’s teasing, Elder Mo’s temper, and Tang Ling’er’s sharp reactions create a light, comic tone.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen carries Ouyang Xuanxuan through the sky as they follow Tang Ling’er.
• Xuanxuan admits she fears being left behind if Li Yichen and Ling’er fly away. Wanting to reassure her, Li Yichen gives her a dark-red feather called “Fur,” which can let her fly.
• He transfers the knowledge of how to use it, and Xuanxuan briefly hovers before losing control and dropping. Li Yichen dives to rescue her, but she quickly regains flight.
• After Li Yichen teaches her to steer, Xuanxuan soon learns to fly confidently. The two flirt and chase each other through the air, delaying their journey.
• Xuanxuan reminds Li Yichen that Ling’er is waiting. He hurries onward, joking that Ling’er might break his legs if they keep her waiting.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Xuanxuan moves from anxiety and dependence to excitement and confidence as she gains the ability to fly. Her gratitude toward Li Yichen deepens into playful, flirtatious affection.
• Li Yichen responds tenderly to Xuanxuan’s fear, giving her a meaningful gift and staying ready to protect her. His protectiveness is briefly tested when she falls, then gives way to mutual teasing.
• Their affectionate lesson becomes a playful chase, but Xuanxuan also keeps their attention on Tang Ling’er, while Li Yichen shows he is wary of her temper.

Significant themes

• Belonging and reassurance: Xuanxuan’s fear of separation is eased by a gift that gives her greater independence.
• Trust and care: Li Yichen supports her first attempts and rushes to catch her when she loses control.
• Romance and humor: Their flirtation and flying mishaps provide comedy and warmth, while the reminder of Ling’er brings them back to their shared obligations.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan reach Fengxiang Peak, where Tang Ling’er is stunned to discover that Ouyang can fly using a special feather Li gave her.
• Jealous that Ouyang received a gift, Tang Ling’er demands one too. Li offers her a Youth-Restoring Pearl, but she initially dismisses it as an ordinary pearl and throws it away. Li panics, retrieves it, and explains that wearing it against the skin preserves youth.
• Tang Ling’er eagerly accepts the pearl after making Li call himself “Brother Chen,” then claims he must show her any future treasures first.
• After Tang Ling’er flies on ahead, Ouyang offers her feather back and asks if she can exchange it for a Youth-Restoring Pearl.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is generous but easily pressured, especially by Tang Ling’er. He regrets displaying his treasures and jokingly blames his inability to resist beautiful women on heredity.
• Tang Ling’er reveals a jealous, possessive, and highly mercurial side: she shifts from demanding and tearful to delighted as soon as she hears the pearl’s benefit.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is initially shy about admitting Li gave her the feather, but her interest in preserving her youth ultimately outweighs her attachment to the gift that lets her fly.

Character interactions

• Tang Ling’er teases Ouyang over calling Li “Brother Chen,” then confronts Li for giving Ouyang a gift without giving her one.
• Li bargains with Tang Ling’er for a show of affection before handing over the pearl, but she quickly takes it and orders him to prioritize her when sharing future treasures.
• Ouyang quietly watches the exchange and afterward negotiates with Li for a pearl of her own.

Significant themes

• Beauty and youth: The promise of staying young proves more appealing to both women than the thrill of flight.
• Jealousy and favoritism: Tang Ling’er’s demand for equal treatment drives the chapter’s comic conflict.
• Treasure and temptation: The pearl’s worth is invisible until its purpose is revealed, while desire quickly reshapes the characters’ priorities.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen quietly gives Ouyang Xuanxuan a Youth-Restoring Pearl, telling her to hide it from Tang Ling’er. Xuanxuan is overjoyed.
• Tang Ling’er returns from the summit with the Spirit-Sealing Register, relieved she hasn’t lost it. A brief argument follows when Xuanxuan objects to Tang’s enthusiasm for eating rabbits.
• The next morning, Li arrives early for the university’s field training. Zheng Liang tells him the Journalism Department is headed to Stone Mountain, also known as Cool Breeze Mountain, and mentions a legend that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s treasure lies in a hidden cave there.
• Li senses a faint, sinister aura around Zheng Liang. Separately, Su Xiaoxiao and Hao Shuai notice Stone Mountain is the assigned destination and decide to stay alert rather than challenge the university’s arrangements.
• The students board their buses. Tang Ling’er calls Li over, and he ends up seated between her and Ouyang Xuanxuan.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen protects Xuanxuan’s secret, defuses the disagreement between the women, and remains wary of Zheng Liang.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is grateful for Li’s gift, but her closeness with him is complicated by Tang Ling’er’s presence.
• Tang Ling’er is exuberant and food-loving, teasing Li and claiming the seat beside her for him.
• Su Xiaoxiao and Hao Shuai respond cautiously to the Stone Mountain assignment, suggesting they suspect the trip may warrant extra vigilance.
• The chapter highlights Li’s growing closeness with both women, as his conspicuous seat between them draws the other students’ attention.

Significant themes

• Hidden affection and secrecy: Li’s gift to Xuanxuan is concealed from Tang Ling’er.
• Lighthearted rivalry and contrast: Xuanxuan’s fondness for rabbits clashes comically with Tang’s appetite for them.
• Foreboding beneath ordinary events: The treasure legend, the unusual destination, and Li’s sense of danger around Zheng Liang hint that the field trip may be more than routine.

Key plot points and events

• On the bus, Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan cling to Li Yichen and tease him by asking him to compare their figures. He is flustered and visibly uncomfortable, while their companions laugh at his embarrassment.
• After getting off, Ouyang Xuanxuan blushes and retreats to her roommates, but Tang Ling’er stays beside Li Yichen and chats. She has few companions in the Archaeology Department; her senior brother has already been sent back to Mount Qingcheng.
• During the wilderness training, Su Xiaoxiao and her companions teach the graduates practical survival skills. At the riverside campsite, she explains where not to camp and why, then assigns the boys to pitch tents and the girls to cook.
• The boys begin clearing rocks from the camp, while the girls struggle to start a fire with damp wood. Hungry and frustrated, Tang Ling’er goes to find Li Yichen. He assesses a large, awkward rock and prepares to move it.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is easily flustered by the women’s teasing, but takes charge during camp preparations, warning the boys to work carefully and helping clear the site.
• Tang Ling’er is bold and playful, deliberately teasing Li Yichen on the bus. At camp, she gravitates toward Ouyang Xuanxuan and her roommates, then seeks Li Yichen when the cooking effort falters.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan joins Tang Ling’er’s teasing in the moment but later feels embarrassed and withdraws to her roommates. At camp, her attempt to start a fire goes badly.
• Su Xiaoxiao demonstrates confidence and expertise as an instructor, mixing useful safety advice with humor.
• Hao Shuai, Su Xiaoxiao, and Wang Meng react differently to Li Yichen’s embarrassment: Hao Shuai gives him a knowing look, Su Xiaoxiao laughs, and Wang Meng remains stoic.

Significant themes

• Awkward attraction and embarrassment: Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan’s playful attention leaves Li Yichen mortified.
• Practical learning and teamwork: The training shifts from classroom instruction to shared wilderness tasks.
• Safety and self-reliance: Su Xiaoxiao’s camping advice emphasizes that preparation and sound judgment can protect lives.

Key plot points and events

• During military training, Li Yichen offers to move a massive, slippery rock. His classmates doubt he can lift it, and one bets he’ll eat a small stone if Li succeeds.
• Tang Ling’er confidently accepts the bet on Li’s behalf. Li lifts and carries the rock with ease, astonishing the boys and attracting a crowd.
• The defeated boy prepares to eat the stone, but Li kindly points out that the bet has no deadline and tells him Tang was joking. Tang’s teasing defense of Li makes the boy—and his classmates—even more enamored of her.
• Li and Tang go to check on Ouyang Xuanxuan, who has failed to start a fire with damp wood. Upset and ashamed, she worries that everyone will go hungry.
• Li reassures her that the wood is the problem, not her, and wipes soot from her face. He notices that she nearly says she is worried specifically about him, but spares her embarrassment.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen displays extraordinary strength without effort, but remains modest and considerate. He defuses the bet rather than letting the boy suffer, and gently comforts Xuanxuan.
• Tang Ling’er openly supports Li and is protective of him, though she also enjoys teasing the boys. She is physically affectionate with Li, who responds with gentle restraint.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan shows vulnerability and a growing concern for Li. Her modest, apologetic manner contrasts with her privileged background, and she accepts his comforting touch despite her initial hesitation.
• The boys and girls react to Li’s strength with disbelief and admiration; several girls become openly infatuated, while the boys compete for Tang’s attention.

Significant themes

• Strength and perception: Li’s effortless feat overturns the group’s assumptions about what is possible.
• Kindness and humility: He uses his strength without boasting and treats even a defeated skeptic generously.
• Affection and unspoken feelings: Tang’s protectiveness and Xuanxuan’s concern for Li emerge through teasing, gestures, and things left unsaid.

Plot points and events

• At the campsite, Li Yichen uses a tiny supernatural flame to relight the damp firewood. He pretends to be a magician, impressing Xiao Lu and the other students.
• As people borrow the fire, the campsite fills with the smell of instant noodles. Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan admit they cannot cook, while Mantou—now especially attached to Ouyang—eats from her bowl and falls asleep in her arms, annoying Tang Ling’er.
• When Tang Ling’er invites Li Yichen to sleep in the girls’ tent, the other girls enthusiastically agree. Alarmed, he retreats to the men’s tent. Tang jokes that she would have stripped him if he had accepted.
• After the students fall asleep, Zheng Liang gathers black-robed followers atop Ghostface City. The Ghostface Pool is filled with animal carcasses and blood. His agent Shadow reports that the students are asleep and the attack can begin.
• Zheng Liang and the others invoke Amaterasu and activate the Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array. Chrysanthemum petals turn into blood butterflies, which he sends toward the campsite.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows off his powers playfully, but is also flustered by the girls’ unexpectedly serious invitation.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er share a lighthearted moment over their lack of cooking skills. Mantou’s preference for Ouyang highlights its changed attachment after evolving and fuels Tang’s jealousy.
• Zheng Liang is revealed as the fanatical leader of the coming assault. Shadow’s renewed loyalty and report establish him as Zheng’s operative.

Significant themes

• The chapter shifts sharply from comic, intimate camp life to supernatural menace.
• The contrast between the students’ ordinary preparations and the blood-soaked ritual heightens the danger of their vulnerability.
• Deception and performance recur: Li Yichen jokingly poses as a magician, while Zheng Liang’s group conceals its lethal intentions until the attack is underway.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen notices Zheng Liang is missing just as the camp fills with the smell of blood. A blood-red moon appears, and a swarm of crimson butterflies descends on the camp, passing through the tents and attacking.
• Li Yichen, Hao Jun, and Wang Meng fight back. Li Yichen destroys butterflies with sharp sonic cracks; Hao Jun slices them apart with a dagger; Wang Meng uses powerful steel gauntlets, but begins to tire.
• A butterfly enters Wang Meng’s body and seems to take control of him. Hao Jun is similarly overcome when he tries to help.
• Tang Ling’er identifies the attack as the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect’s Dreamlike Blood Butterflies, a technique that lets the butterflies enter people and control their minds. She, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Su Xiaoxiao join the fight, using a sword, Mantou’s suction, and a steel needle respectively.
• Li Yichen gathers the survivors and unleashes a vast sea of black Yin Flame. The butterflies that touch it burn to ash, relieving the immediate threat.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen’s vigilance leads him to notice Zheng Liang’s disappearance and detect the danger. He reveals a powerful ability to Su Xiaoxiao, though he deliberately keeps his Yang Flame secret.
• Hao Jun and Wang Meng demonstrate their distinctive weapons and combat skills, but their stamina proves insufficient against the seemingly endless swarm. Both are incapacitated by the butterflies.
• Tang Ling’er recognizes the enemy technique and uses the Shaking Light sword her grandfather gave her. Ouyang Xuanxuan’s companion Mantou proves exceptionally effective, swallowing large numbers of butterflies.
• Su Xiaoxiao’s weapon is revealed to be a steel needle. She questions how much Li Yichen is hiding; he jokes that she has secrets of her own, while privately enjoying the surprise his concealed power creates.

Significant themes

• Hidden abilities and secrets: The crisis reveals unexpected weapons and powers, while Li Yichen chooses how much of his strength to disclose.
• Teamwork under pressure: The characters combine different skills to resist an attack that would overwhelm them individually.
• Endurance and vulnerability: Even formidable fighters can be worn down, and the butterflies turn small openings into opportunities for control.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen’s Otherworldly Flame destroys nearly all the blood butterflies attacking the group. The remaining butterflies vanish when their time limit expires.
• Hao Jun, Wang Meng, and the camp’s students awaken with glowing red eyes and begin walking toward Ghostface City under supernatural control. The group decides to follow them and uncover who is responsible rather than wait for military help.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan insists on joining Li Yichen, trusting Mantou to protect her. Li agrees and warns Mantou to keep her safe.
• At Ghostface City, an onmyoji’s ritual drains bloody vapor from a pool into a ghostly face on the wall. Zheng Liang identifies the site as the real entrance to the Heavenly Treasury and prepares to use the controlled students as blood sacrifices.
• Tang Ling’er recognizes the ritual as the Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array, inadvertently alerting Zheng Liang to the group’s presence.
• Zheng Liang reveals that he is only a shell inhabited by Blood Between · Jingzhen. Su Xiaoxiao recognizes the name as someone missing for thirty years. Jingzhen says Tang Ling’er is connected to his return, prompting her to suspect he is the Blood Demon her grandfather sealed in the Spirit-Sealing Register.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen takes charge of the pursuit and prioritizes finding a way to save the students. His teasing threat to roast Mantou shows his protective, playful side, while his concern for Ouyang Xuanxuan makes him reluctant to bring her into danger.
• Su Xiaoxiao struggles between her military duty to protect the students and the urgency of stopping the ritual, then agrees to pursue the threat. Her recognition of Jingzhen underscores the danger’s significance.
• Tang Ling’er is eager to fight and quickly identifies the sacrificial array, but her loud warning exposes the group. Jingzhen’s claim that she helped bring him back leaves her confused and alarmed.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan refuses to be left behind and persuades Li to let her accompany the group. Mantou proudly accepts the role of her protector, though Li’s flame promptly makes the assignment very persuasive.
• Jingzhen, speaking through Zheng Liang’s body, reveals himself as the chapter’s principal threat and openly intends to sacrifice the students.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and protection: The students are being treated as expendable ritual offerings, while the group risks itself to save them.
• Duty versus urgency: Su Xiaoxiao’s military instincts clash with the need to act before outside help can arrive.
• Hidden identities and buried history: Zheng Liang is exposed as a vessel, and the present crisis connects to an old sealing and decades-old disappearance.
• Courage mixed with humor: The group faces escalating danger alongside teasing, bravado, and comic exchanges, especially involving Mantou.

Key plot points and events

• Blood Between Jingzhen reveals his true, corpse-pale face by tearing off his human disguise, horrifying the group.
• He orders his elite ninja, Dark Shadow, to attack Li Yichen. Li Yichen dodges the ninja’s sword energy, then uses his own sword to counter. Dark Shadow escapes underground with a substitution technique, but Li locates him with soul energy and kills him with black yin flame.
• Blood Between is frightened by Li’s power and taunts but refuses to fight him directly. Instead, he uses an incantation to control the classmates, including Hao Jun and Wang Meng, and commands them to attack.
• The women hesitate to hurt their classmates. Li tries to incapacitate Wang Meng nonlethally, but the Blood Butterfly on Wang’s neck revives him, and Wang strikes Li, sending him flying.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains confident and inventive, defeating Dark Shadow and trying to protect the controlled students without killing them.
• Blood Between is exposed as a monstrous figure, but his bluster masks fear and cowardice; he relies on a subordinate and mind-controlled classmates to fight for him.
• Dark Shadow proves skilled and resourceful, but is ultimately overwhelmed by Li’s tracking ability and yin flame.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan, Su Xiaoxiao, and Tang Ling’er are shaken by the revelations and struggle with the prospect of fighting their classmates. Tang Ling’er helps Li by giving him a sword and warning him of danger.
• Wang Meng becomes an unwilling threat under Blood Between’s control, with the Blood Butterfly apparently counteracting Li’s attempt to knock him out.

Significant themes

• Cruelty and dehumanization: Blood Between treats both his followers and classmates as disposable weapons.
• Fear versus courage: Blood Between’s intimidation gives way to reluctance to face Li himself, while Li presses forward despite the danger.
• Restraint and loyalty: Li and the others try to stop their classmates without harming them, even when doing so puts them at risk.
• Power and secrecy: Li’s unusual abilities, especially his yin flame and soul sense, give him a decisive edge, though he keeps their nature secret.

Character interactions

• Blood Between mocks and challenges Li but repeatedly avoids direct combat.
• Tang Ling’er supports Li with Shaking Light and alerts him when Wang Meng moves again.
• The women turn to Li for a solution, while Ouyang Xuanxuan pleads with him not to injure their classmates.
• Li’s attempt to subdue Wang Meng turns against him when the Blood Butterfly restores Wang’s aggression.

Key plot points and events

• Blood Between mocks Li Yichen, arguing that he cannot stop the villain without killing the people whose lives are being used as leverage.
• Li Yichen checks that Ouyang Xuanxuan, Tang Ling’er, and Su Xiaoxiao can escape. Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er can fly, but Tang Ling’er’s sword cannot carry Xiaoxiao, so Li Yichen carries her.
• Blood Between threatens to kill more than a hundred people below unless Li Yichen submits, and tries to tempt him with wealth, women, and status. The women urge Li Yichen to leave rather than endanger himself.
• As Blood Between begins activating the blood-butterfly marks on his victims, Li Yichen declares that he will decide whether they live or die. He conjures immense white flames and unleashes “Blazing Flames Burn the Heavens.”
• Blood Between assumes the fire will kill the captives too. Instead, Li Yichen draws the flames back into his hands; the victims are unharmed, their marks have vanished, and they fall asleep.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains defiant under pressure and rejects Blood Between’s coercion. His confidence and power become clear as he uses his white flames to defeat the marks’ threat without harming the captives.
• Su Xiaoxiao is stunned to discover that both Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er can fly. Despite the danger, she trusts Li Yichen and clings to him when he tells her to hold on.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er reveal their flying abilities and show concern for both Li Yichen and the people below.
• Blood Between grows increasingly enraged as his threats fail; Li Yichen’s display of power leaves him shaken.

Significant themes

• Coercion versus moral resolve: Blood Between tries to make Li Yichen responsible for the captives’ deaths, but Li Yichen refuses to submit.
• Courage and trust: The women encourage Li Yichen to escape, while Xiaoxiao trusts him enough to let him carry her into danger.
• Power used to protect: Li Yichen’s decisive use of overwhelming force is framed not as destruction, but as a way to save those under threat.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen reassures the women after Blood Between strikes him, then coordinates an escape plan around their different abilities.
• Blood Between taunts and bargains with Li Yichen, using the captives as leverage; Li Yichen answers with contempt and refuses his offer.
• The women urge Li Yichen to save himself, while Xiaoxiao tries to bargain with Blood Between on his behalf.
• Li Yichen’s final exchange with Blood Between turns the villain’s threat back on him: the captives survive, and the blood marks disappear.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen and his allies arrive after the Blood Slaves are freed from Blood Between’s control, their Blood Butterfly Marks having been erased by the flames.
• Li assigns Su Xiaoxiao and Ouyang Xuanxuan to protect the others, then confronts Blood Between alongside Tang Ling’er.
• Blood Between refuses to surrender and performs a ritual to summon Amaterasu’s power. His Onmyoji followers sacrifice themselves, their blood feeding the ritual.
• Transformed by the divine power, Blood Between gains black-red flames and overwhelms Tang Ling’er’s thunder attack. She is injured and falls, but Li catches her.
• Li leaves Tang Ling’er in Ouyang Xuanxuan’s care and prepares to face Blood Between alone, his eyes beginning to display a spinning Yin-Yang symbol.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains resolute, determined to defend Chinese soil even against a foe empowered by a god. He shows tenderness and concern as he catches Tang Ling’er and entrusts her safety to his friends.
• Tang Ling’er eagerly joins the fight and bravely uses her trump-card thunder technique despite the danger. Though badly hurt, she expresses faith in Li Yichen and admits he is the man she loves.
• Su Xiaoxiao promises to protect Ouyang Xuanxuan, while Ouyang is frustrated at being unable to help directly.
• Blood Between shifts from confidence in his own strength to reliance on a horrifying sacrificial ritual, becoming arrogant after gaining divine power.
• Mantou rushes to Tang Ling’er’s side and appears eager to avenge her.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and fanaticism: Blood Between’s followers willingly give their lives to empower him.
• Courage against overwhelming odds: Tang Ling’er and Li Yichen continue fighting despite the gap in power.
• Love, loyalty, and protection: Tang Ling’er’s faith in Li strengthens Li’s resolve, while he prioritizes her safety.
• Power and corruption: The divine force grants Blood Between immense strength but makes him more sinister and cruel.