Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen accepts Blood Between’s challenge, encouraged by Ouyang Xuanxuan’s concern and his companions’ support.
• Their first clash causes a massive shock wave. Su Xiaoxiao protects the others by standing in its path, while Mantou conjures a barrier that shields them.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Li Yichen suffers cuts and burns. Blood Between transforms, gaining extra clawed arms and a shield, then overwhelms Li Yichen with speed and strength.
• Li Yichen turns invisible using his ghost-body ability and wounds Blood Between, severing an arm and one of his extra limbs. When Blood Between threatens Ouyang Xuanxuan, Li Yichen reveals himself and resumes fighting, taking serious injuries in the process.
• Both fighters can regenerate, but Blood Between’s combination of offense, defense, and healing gives him the advantage. Li Yichen decides he must use a more powerful move.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen’s confidence is strengthened by his companions’ presence, but he is forced to recognize that his current tactics won’t win. He risks exposing himself to save Ouyang Xuanxuan.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan’s affection for Li Yichen is clear: she prays for his survival, then feels guilty when Blood Between targets her.
• Tang Ling’er comforts Xuanxuan and declares that the women will follow Li Yichen even in death. Xuanxuan joins her resolve.
• Su Xiaoxiao protects the group and admires Mantou’s timely intervention, though she privately jokes about Li Yichen’s devoted admirers.
• Blood Between begins as a mocking opponent, then becomes enraged when Li Yichen attacks from invisibility. He exploits Li Yichen’s attachment to his companions to force him back into the open.

Significant themes

• Devotion and sacrifice: The women’s loyalty—and Li Yichen’s willingness to risk himself for Xuanxuan—shapes the fight.
• Courage against overwhelming odds: Li Yichen keeps fighting despite Blood Between’s superior strength and repeated injuries.
• Tactical limits and escalation: Invisibility briefly gives Li Yichen an edge, but Blood Between’s threats and regeneration shift the fight back in his favor.
• Companionship as protection: The group cannot defeat Blood Between directly, but their support and Mantou’s barrier help keep one another safe.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen uses Taoist magic to create a shadow clone and fights Blood Between with it, gaining the advantage.
• He reveals he can create two clones. One distracts Blood Between while the other attacks from behind with a sword of white flame, mortally wounding him.
• Blood Between warns that he is immortal and may return. Li Yichen destroys him with black-and-white flames, reducing him to ash.
• Li Yichen reunites with Tang Ling’er, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Su Xiaoxiao. They discuss the unconscious classmates; Su says she has already alerted the authorities.
• The group wonders why Blood Between stayed in China rather than returning to Japan. Su reveals that he was searching for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s fabled Heavenly Treasury, supposedly hidden near Stone Mountain.
• After hearing that only ghosts might know its location, Li Yichen realizes this could be a clue.

Character developments

• Li Yichen demonstrates greater mastery of his clone technique after reaching the Golden Core Stage, and uses strategy as well as force to defeat Blood Between. He is relieved but recognizes how dangerous the enemy was.
• Blood Between shifts from confidence to desperation, begging for his life before being destroyed.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan worry about Li Yichen’s safety, while also jokingly resolving to keep him from using his clone spell to flirt.
• Su Xiaoxiao remains practical, arranging help for the classmates and sharing intelligence about Blood Between’s search.

Significant themes

• Deception and strategy: Li Yichen wins through a concealed clone and invokes the principle that warfare depends on deception.
• Loyalty and belonging: He refuses Blood Between’s offer to become his servant, insisting that those outside their own kind cannot truly share their hearts.
• Power and mortality: Blood Between’s claim of immortality is overturned by Li Yichen’s flames.
• History and mystery: The battle leads into the unresolved legend of the Heavenly Treasury.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen trades insults with Blood Between, then defeats him through coordinated attacks by himself and his clones.
• The three women show concern for Li Yichen and tease him about misusing his cloning ability.
• Li Yichen jokes about leaving the unconscious men behind, prompting Tang Ling’er’s glare and the others’ rebukes.
• The group exchanges theories about Blood Between’s motives and the treasure, ending with Li Yichen excitedly connecting Su’s mention of ghosts to the search.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen proposes keeping his next move secret. Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan eagerly swear not to tell anyone, but Su Xiaoxiao declines because her Military Command duties require her to report what happened.
• Su Xiaoxiao leaves with a sense of loss, and Li Yichen watches her go, visibly affected.
• Li Yichen takes Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan to a secluded pavilion to find the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s treasure. He explains that they need to question Li Xiucheng, the Loyal King, who would know its location.
• Tang Ling’er points out that her Soul-Summoning Technique requires a personal item as a medium, which Li Yichen lacks. He instead proposes asking Black and White Impermanence to bring Li Xiucheng up from the Underworld.
• The two officials arrive unexpectedly. Their frightening appearances make Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan faint, while White Impermanence calls them his “sisters-in-law” and laments that he failed to bring welcome gifts.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Xiaoxiao chooses duty over joining the others, despite clear emotional pain. Li Yichen seems unsettled by her departure.
• Li Yichen takes charge of the treasure search and reassures the women, though he underestimates how frightening the Underworld officials will look.
• Tang Ling’er is curious and excitable, but also teasing and suspicious of Li Yichen’s motives. She understands the limits of her summoning technique.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is trusting and naïve, often taking jokes literally; she joins Tang Ling’er in playful banter.
• Black and White Impermanence are friendly and familiar with Li Yichen, but their intimidating looks overwhelm his companions. White Impermanence’s casual “sisters-in-law” remark adds comic awkwardness.

Significant themes and tone

• The scene contrasts duty and personal attachment, especially through Su Xiaoxiao’s choice and her unspoken feelings.
• Secrets, curiosity, and trust drive the group’s plans and playful exchanges.
• Humor through misunderstanding and contrast shapes the chapter: a serious supernatural plan quickly turns into teasing, then farce when the officials’ arrival causes the women to faint.

Key events

• Black Impermanence wakes Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan with a touch, and the girls discover that Black and White Impermanence are really there.
• Li Yichen explains that the two Underworld officials are his friends and call him their little brother. Once reassured, the girls move from fear to excited questioning.
• The group turns to their purpose: they suspect a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom treasure is hidden nearby and want to ask Li Xiucheng about it. White Impermanence agrees, and he and Black Impermanence go to retrieve him.
• While they are away, the girls ask Li Yichen why the Impermanences are so close to him. He promises to tell them more about himself later, but says he is not ready yet. They accept his boundary, though he teases them about having secrets of their own.
• The joking turns into mock pursuit, prompting the Impermanences to return ready to defend the girls. Once they learn it was only play-acting, they put away their weapons.
• White Impermanence reveals that Li Xiucheng serves under the two marshals, then brings him forth. Li Xiucheng agrees to answer Li Yichen’s questions.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan grow comfortable with the Impermanences, shifting quickly from alarm to curiosity. Their easy banter with Li Yichen also shows their playful closeness.
• Li Yichen remains teasing and affectionate, but his promise to share his past gradually shows that he trusts the girls while still needing privacy.
• Black and White Impermanence’s fondness for Li Yichen extends to the girls: they warmly call them “sisters-in-law,” indulge their questions, and spring protectively to their defense.
• Li Xiucheng’s respectful deference to the marshals—and readiness to cooperate with Li Yichen—sets up the coming inquiry.

Significant themes

• Trust and personal boundaries: The girls accept that Li Yichen has reasons to keep parts of himself private for now.
• Found-family loyalty: The Impermanences treat Li Yichen as a brother and extend their care to his companions.
• Humor amid supernatural events: Ghostly officials, threats of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and ordinary teasing coexist in a lighthearted scene.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen confirms that the man before him is Li Xiucheng, the historical “Loyal King.” Li Xiucheng recognizes that Yichen is trying to protect the treasure from foreign hands and agrees to lead him to it.
• They return to Ghostface City, now cleared of the students and the defeated Japanese Onmyoji. Li Xiucheng explains that the city’s ghost face is a living Stone Demon, subdued by the Heavenly King and the United Kings. After it drinks blood, a blow to its nostril makes it open its mouth.
• Yichen strikes the Stone Demon, which sneezes and opens a passage into its belly. The group follows Li Xiucheng through a faintly glowing tunnel to an inner chamber.
• The chamber is empty. Li Xiucheng is shocked: he had entrusted half the Sacred Treasury’s gold and silver to his subordinate Jiang Lüzi.
• A tomb reveals that Jiang Lüzi buried Li Xiucheng there and left an inscription explaining that, after the Heavenly Capital fell and Li Xiucheng died, he took the treasure to hide and eventually rebuild the Heavenly Dynasty. The treasure is gone, leaving the group disappointed.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen’s sense of national duty earns Li Xiucheng’s admiration and trust. Yichen responds modestly, then jokes about the ingenious Stone Demon security system.
• Li Xiucheng shifts from guarded reverence to eager cooperation, guiding the group and explaining the Stone Demon’s defenses. The empty chamber and tomb leave him stunned and silent.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan share the excitement of searching for treasure and stay close to Yichen during the descent. Tang discovers the writing on the tomb, while Ouyang voices the group’s disappointment when they learn the treasure is gone.

Significant themes

• Patriotism and responsibility: Yichen insists that the wealth should not fall into foreign hands.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Jiang Lüzi’s inscription presents his actions as a commitment to preserve the cause and honor Li Xiucheng.
• History and legacy: The treasure’s journey reflects the collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty and the effort to keep its ambitions alive.
• Irony and disappointment: A remarkable, supposedly secure treasure vault contains nothing but a tomb and the record of a plan made long ago.

Plot points and events

• The group gives up searching for the missing gold and jewels, but Li Xiucheng reveals that the monster’s stomach holds a far more valuable treasure: the Peace Essentials, a legendary Daoist text.
• Tang Ling’er explains that the book is said to contain supernatural techniques and is prized by cultivators. Li Yichen initially doubts its importance but quickly becomes eager to see it.
• Li Xiucheng performs a ritual that opens a hidden compartment in the wall. A massive stone case emerges, containing a white jade slip.
• Li Yichen learns that the slip stores information and requires divine sense to read. After he places a drop of blood essence on it, the slip binds to him and grants him control over the stone monster’s inner space—including the ability to view the outside and teleport into it.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains relaxed about losing the ordinary treasure, but his curiosity and excitement grow when he hears about the scripture. His blood binding unexpectedly makes him master of the monster’s space.
• Tang Ling’er shifts from disappointment to intense excitement over the legendary text, then despairs when she thinks she cannot read it for years.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan tries to help with the heavy case, fails to lift it, and covers her embarrassment by claiming she only wanted to inspect its patterns.
• Li Xiucheng acts as guide and reveals both the hidden treasure and its true function.

Significant themes

• Knowledge over wealth: The scripture and its powers are presented as more valuable than gold and jewels.
• Discovery and hidden potential: The jade slip proves to be more than a record; it is also the key to controlling the space.
• Unequal access to power: Li Yichen’s new ability excites the others, who wish they could share it.

Character interactions

• Tang Ling’er teases Li Yichen for his ignorance, while he questions her claims and remains skeptical until the treasure appears.
• Li Xiucheng patiently guides Li Yichen through uncovering and activating the jade slip.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan’s attempt to lift the case creates a light, teasing exchange with Li Yichen.
• After learning Li Yichen has gained control of the space, Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan tug at his arms and plead to receive the same advantage.

Summary

• Li Yichen and his companions leave the Underworld. Li Xiucheng warns that the Stone Demon is far too powerful for the two girls to earn his recognition yet. Before departing, Li Yichen discovers that the heavy stone box is actually a large piece of void stone, a valuable material he recognizes from the Ghost King. He promises Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan presents made from his unexpected haul, and the three return to camp at dawn.
• Military training ends. The freshmen celebrate the end of training by taking photographs. Li Yichen is surrounded by girls offering him chocolates and letters, while Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan grow jealous. He notices Su Xiaoxiao keeping her distance; she privately concludes that they belong to different worlds and wishes him well. After training concludes, Li Yichen discovers invitations from two other girls and boasts about his popularity—only to be confronted by the furious Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan, who each tell him to pursue someone else.
• A comic misunderstanding develops. Li Yichen says he will stay at his Courier Station to work, but neither girl visits that evening. Ouyang Xuanxuan checks the station and his dorm, mistakenly suspecting he has gone to meet one of the girls who wrote to him. In reality, Li Yichen has entered the Stone Demon’s Sumeru Space to refine Space Rings for himself and the two girls.
• Li Yichen prepares to refine the rings. Excited by the prospect, he consults the methods recorded in Ghost Emperor Haoran’s Jade Slip. He finds two options—the Void Artifact Refining Art and the Yin-Yang Artifact Refining Art—and ends the chapter unsure which to choose.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains impulsive, boastful, and flirtatious, but his plans also show affection for Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan: he intends to make them gifts and is working on rings for them. His enthusiasm for the void stone and crafting quickly overtakes his romantic distractions.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan show their jealousy openly, though their protests against Li Yichen’s embrace are half-hearted. Their later anger reflects their insecurity about his attention to other girls.
• Su Xiaoxiao withdraws from Li Yichen, believing they are destined for different worlds and choosing separation despite her feelings.
• Li Xiucheng acts as a cautious guide, emphasizing the Stone Demon’s immense power and the need to earn his recognition through strength.
• Xiao Lu remembers the night’s events only as a vague, forgotten dream, hinting that something unusual happened while she slept.

Significant themes

• Romance, jealousy, and miscommunication: The girls misread Li Yichen’s absence, while he is unaware of their suspicions.
• Parting and emotional distance: Su Xiaoxiao’s decision to let Li Yichen go contrasts with the playful jealousy of his other companions.
• Power and ambition: The warning about the Stone Demon underscores that extraordinary beings require exceptional strength.
• Discovery and possibility: The void stone opens a new path for Li Yichen, while the two refining methods leave him facing a fresh choice.

Plot points

• Li Yichen contacts his great-grandfather, Ghost Emperor Haoran, to ask how to refine a Space Ring. Their conversation begins with comic bickering: Haoran asks for a car and beautiful women, while Li threatens to slit his throat to make the older man stop throwing his weight around.
• Haoran explains the Sumeru Mustard Seed method. Ordinary-grade rings can hold only inanimate objects; spirit-grade rings can also contain living things, but require balanced yin and yang.
• Li realizes his yin-yang twin flames make the crucial harmonization step possible. He uses the Yin-Yang Artifact Refining Art to refine a void stone into a ring, binds it to himself with blood, and finds it can hold about 100 cubic meters.
• He tests the ring by storing and retrieving a stone box, then uses more void stone to make two smaller rings for Tang Ling’er and the others. After almost a full day of work, he leaves through the ghost face’s mouth and heads to meet them.

Character developments and interactions

• Li is resourceful and increasingly confident in applying his cultivation knowledge, successfully crafting a spirit-grade Space Ring on his first attempt.
• His relationship with Haoran is affectionate but combative: Li uses threats and bluntness to manage his great-grandfather’s antics, while Haoran quickly becomes apologetic and eager to help.
• Li’s delight in the rings turns into playful, romantic daydreaming about giving them to the women in his life.

Significant themes

• Yin-yang balance and creation: Harmonizing opposites is presented as the key to making a ring capable of holding life.
• Knowledge and practical skill: Li turns instruction into a powerful, useful artifact through study and careful work.
• Family humor and affection: The chapter’s banter shows closeness beneath the characters’ teasing and mock threats.
• Power and desire: The rings are valuable tools, but Li also imagines using them as romantic gifts.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen returns Elder Mo’s Mutton-Fat Jade Bottle filled with Waters of the River of Forgetfulness, then persuades Elder Mo to arrange an auction. They negotiate a 30% commission for Elder Mo.
• Elder Mo estimates the water could sell for several million per liang and promises to enter about one jin in an upcoming auction for Jinling’s wealthy, potentially earning at least a hundred million.
• Li Yichen collects his ordered goods from the storeroom—along with all the paper effigies of beautiful women—and stores everything in his Space Ring. Elder Mo later discovers the storeroom is empty and curses him.
• Li Yichen travels to the Underworld through a Spatial Gate and delivers goods to the Ghost King, Judge Cui, and others. They are pleased and ask for more.
• When Li Yichen asks about Meng Po, White Impermanence offers to take him to the Bridge of Helplessness. The chapter ends with Meng Po speaking to a man who has drunk eight bowls of the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness but still cannot forget someone.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is resourceful and commercially minded, turning his rare water into a lucrative auction opportunity. He remains cheeky and opportunistic, taking everything in the storeroom while avoiding Elder Mo’s reaction.
• Elder Mo shifts from irritation and suspicion to excitement over the auction’s profit, though his trust in Li Yichen remains limited. Their bargaining is playful but self-interested.
• Black and White Impermanence tease Li Yichen about his romantic life, then help him arrange his Underworld visit.
• The Underworld officials show enthusiasm for Li Yichen’s goods and confidence in future trades.
• Meng Po’s visitor is introduced as someone whose feelings persist despite repeatedly drinking the memory-erasing water.

Significant themes

• Commerce and negotiation: Rare supernatural goods become valuable commodities, and both sides bargain for profit.
• Comic opportunism and friendship: Li Yichen’s generosity in trade contrasts with his shamelessly taking Elder Mo’s entire stock.
• Memory and heartbreak: The closing scene suggests that even the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness cannot erase the man’s enduring attachment.

Key plot points and events

• At the Bridge of Helplessness, Meng Po tries to persuade a lovesick man to reincarnate, but he refuses because he still wants his former girlfriend.
• Li Yichen arrives with Black and White Impermanence. Meng Po warmly embraces him, and he gives her a phone and other modern gadgets, which fascinate the Underworld officials.
• Li Yichen also presents Meng Po with fashionable clothes. She eagerly changes into a blue Lolita dress and enjoys the others’ compliments.
• While Meng Po is distracted, Li Yichen promises gifts to Black and White Impermanence, who are pleased.
• The waiting man interrupts the celebration. Meng Po explains that he has returned for a year and has drunk eight bowls of her forgetfulness soup without being able to forget his ex-girlfriend.
• When he identifies himself as Zhou Yixuan, Li Yichen recognizes him as a former Jinling University student whose girlfriend was Zhou Tingting. Yixuan desperately asks whether Li Yichen has seen her.
• Moved by their devotion, Li Yichen asks Meng Po to let him handle Yixuan’s case.

Character developments

• Li Yichen uses gifts and flattery to strengthen his bonds with the Underworld officials. His playful manner gives way to genuine sympathy when he realizes who Yixuan is.
• Meng Po is delighted by Li Yichen’s attention and gifts, revealing a vain, playful side. Despite her irritation at Yixuan’s interruption, she respects his devotion.
• Zhou Yixuan is shown to be unable to let go of Zhou Tingting, even after repeated attempts to forget her. His distress makes his love and longing unmistakable.
• Black and White Impermanence tease Li Yichen about Meng Po and enjoy the gifts he promises them.

Significant themes

• Love and memory: Yixuan’s feelings survive repeated doses of forgetfulness soup, suggesting that deep attachment cannot easily be erased.
• Loyalty and devotion: Yixuan’s persistence prompts Meng Po’s admiration and Li Yichen’s compassion.
• Cross-world novelty and generosity: Modern products delight the Underworld residents, while Li Yichen’s gifts help maintain friendship and goodwill.

Character interactions

• Meng Po and Li Yichen share an affectionate, teasing reunion, though White Impermanence warns that Meng Po is taking advantage of him.
• Li Yichen charms the officials with gifts, while Black and White Impermanence jokingly suspect his motives toward Meng Po.
• Yixuan’s urgent plea to Li Yichen shifts the scene from playful gift-giving to a more serious concern, and Li Yichen steps forward to help.

Plot points and events

• Meng Po entrusts Zhou Yixuan to Li Yichen, who learns they both attended Jinling University. Zhou immediately asks about his former girlfriend, Zhou Tingting.
• Li tells him that Tingting still loves and misses him, then gives him her letter. Reading it overwhelms Zhou with grief and longing; he begs to see her again.
• Li asks Black and White Impermanence for permission to take Zhou to the human world. They readily agree. Before leaving, Li gives them gifts and asks them to deliver a sports car and model cars to the Ghost Emperor.
• After midnight, Li and Zhou return to campus. They find a dramatic rose-and-lights display outside the women’s dormitory, apparently set up for a romantic confession. Zhou recognizes the sharply dressed young man at its center and wonders what he is doing there.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yixuan shifts from anxious hope to deep sorrow after learning Tingting has remained devoted to him. His desperate request to see her again reveals the depth of his love and regret.
• Li Yichen shows compassion by delivering Tingting’s letter and arranging Zhou’s visit, while privately questioning his own approach to love. His humor and generosity also surface in his dealings with the Underworld Officials.
• Black and White Impermanence treat Li warmly and grant his request without difficulty; they accept his gifts and agree to pass along the items for the Ghost Emperor.
• Meng Po leaves Zhou in Li’s care, trusting him to help.

Significant themes

• Love and enduring attachment: Both Zhou and Tingting remain bound by their feelings despite separation and death.
• Regret and longing: Zhou’s reaction to the letter shows the pain of lost time and unfinished love.
• Compassion across worlds: Li helps reunite the living and the dead, even though the visit is outside his original task.
• Comic contrast: Li’s playful self-justification and appreciation of the dormitory spectacle undercut the chapter’s emotional intensity.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen learns that Zhou Yixuan recognized Duan Mingyu as the person who struck and killed him, despite Mingyu having been his best friend.
• Outside the women’s dorm, Duan makes an emotional proposal to Zhou Tingting, who still loves the late Zhou Yixuan. She cannot bring herself to accept him.
• As Mingyu tries to put a ring on Tingting’s finger, Yixuan rushes forward and warns her that Mingyu killed him. Tingting cannot see Yixuan, but feels his presence and suddenly pulls away from Mingyu.
• Tingting apologizes and rejects Mingyu, explaining that she cannot forget Yixuan. Mingyu hides his disappointment, remains gracious, and asks her to attend his birthday karaoke gathering the next night. She agrees.
• After the crowd disperses, Yixuan decides that seeing Tingting was enough. He then asks Li Yichen to help him attend the karaoke gathering.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yixuan moves from bitterly recalling his former friendship with Mingyu to urgently trying to protect Tingting. After she leaves, he becomes quiet and reflective, but his request to attend the gathering suggests he still wants to stay connected to her.
• Duan Mingyu presents himself as devoted and patient, but his face briefly reveals despair—and a hint of madness—when Tingting rejects him. His calm response and birthday invitation preserve his hopeful, considerate appearance.
• Zhou Tingting remains emotionally attached to Yixuan. Mingyu’s proposal stirs her feelings, but an inexplicable pain and sense of Yixuan’s presence reinforce that she is not ready to move on.
• Li Yichen observes the triangle and seems to grasp what is happening. He supports Yixuan, though he is exasperated when asked to accompany him to karaoke.
• The crowd enthusiastically encourages Mingyu’s proposal, then reacts with confusion when Tingting refuses.

Significant themes

• Love and grief: Tingting’s lingering love for Yixuan makes a new relationship impossible for now.
• Appearance versus truth: Mingyu’s romantic devotion contrasts sharply with Yixuan’s accusation that he was his killer.
• The supernatural and emotional connection: Though unseen, Yixuan’s presence affects Tingting and shapes the outcome of the proposal.
• Hope and persistence: Mingyu refuses to give up, while Yixuan seeks one more chance to remain near Tingting.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Yixuan offers Li Yichen his singing talent, along with some musical knowledge, so Li can perform an unfinished song for Zhou’s former girlfriend, Tingting.
• Li accepts enthusiastically, mainly because he hopes singing will help him attract women. Zhou is reluctant but agrees after Li suggests Tingting might end up with someone else.
• When Zhou tries to transfer the talent, Li’s yin-yang flames flare up automatically and burn a hole through Zhou’s trousers. Li pulls the flames away and suppresses them while the transfer proceeds.
• Zhou successfully passes on most of his ability—at least 80 percent of his peak talent. Li is delighted and imagines singing crude, suggestive songs.
• As they prepare to find a place to sleep, a drunk girl staggers toward Li. He steadies her, but she shoves him away and heads for the dormitory.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is opportunistic and irreverent: he treats Zhou’s gift as a way to impress women, though he also shows concern after accidentally burning him. He discovers his flames can protect him without conscious control.
• Zhou Yixuan gives up a valued part of himself so Li can sing his unfinished song for Tingting. He wrestles with his ideals about music, but his desperation to influence what happens to Tingting helps him overcome his hesitation.
• Their exchange is comic and unequal: Li pressures Zhou, while Zhou feels he must comply because he is in Li’s power. The accidental burn briefly turns the transfer into a dangerous ordeal, but they continue after Li gains control of the flames.

Significant themes

• Life, death, and inheritance: Zhou explains that the strongest abilities a person had in life can remain with them after death and be passed into another incarnation.
• Sacrifice and legacy: Zhou gives up music, a central talent, to preserve a connection to Tingting through Li.
• Power and responsibility: Li’s flames defend him automatically, but their uncontrolled force nearly harms Zhou, showing the danger of abilities beyond the user’s immediate control.
• Comic contrast: Zhou’s reverence for music clashes with Li’s shallow, flirtatious ambitions.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Yixuan persuades Li Yichen to check on a drunken young woman who has been locked out of her dorm late at night.
• The woman distrusts Li and lashes out, accusing men of being hypocritical and predatory. Li chooses to leave, but returns when she falls while trying to follow him.
• She apologizes, says she has nowhere to go, and asks him to accompany her to the Star Gathering karaoke venue. Li agrees, partly because the idea of singing appeals to him.
• At the upscale club, they overhear a bald thug known as “Deaf Brother” bullying staff and demanding a woman be brought to him. His group throws a bottle into the corridor, startling the woman.
• Li recognizes the club employee who is kicked into the hallway as Yellow Hair, someone Li beat up previously. Deaf Brother orders his men to seize the woman and make Li kneel and sing.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is reluctant to get involved, but his compassion overcomes his irritation. He remains cautious and tries to avoid trouble once they reach the club.
• Zhou Yixuan acts as Li’s moral prompt, insisting that the stranded woman should not be left alone.
• The young woman shifts from hostile and suspicious to vulnerable and apologetic after Li treats her gently. She trusts him enough to ask him to accompany her.
• Deaf Brother is introduced as a violent, entitled figure who threatens people and treats women as possessions.
• The encounter reconnects Li with Yellow Hair, setting up a confrontation involving people from his earlier conflict.

Significant themes

• Compassion versus self-preservation: Li wants to avoid trouble, yet repeatedly steps in to help.
• Distrust and vulnerability: The woman’s drunken hostility suggests painful experiences behind her suspicion of men.
• Abuse of power and misogyny: Deaf Brother’s behavior contrasts sharply with Li’s tentative efforts to help.
• Fate and coincidence: Li frames his involvement as fate, while the unexpected encounter with Yellow Hair links the night to his past.

Plot points and events

• A gang of thugs move to grab the frightened girl. Li Yichen reassures her and steps in when their leader’s henchman attacks Yellow Hair.
• Li Yichen catches the attacker’s punch, crushes his hand, and throws him into a wall. Yellow Hair recognizes Li Yichen as his boss and bows to him.
• The bald gang leader challenges Li Yichen, who orders him to kneel and sing “Conquered.” When the leader sends his men to attack, Li Yichen secretly interferes, making their limbs go numb so Yellow Hair can beat them.
• Li Yichen makes the bald man sing ten times, then punches a hole in the wall to demonstrate his strength. He lets the man leave after ordering him to pay for repairs.
• Li Yichen sends Yellow Hair to ensure the payment, then checks on the girl and suggests they return to singing. She says she is fine, but privately feels unworthy of him.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is protective, confident, and casually domineering. He uses both direct force and covert assistance, and treats the fight as an annoyance rather than a serious challenge.
• Yellow Hair initially tries to protect his customers, then eagerly seeks to prove his loyalty. His confidence grows after Li Yichen’s unseen help lets him defeat the thugs.
• The girl moves from fear to admiration of Li Yichen, but that admiration turns into painful self-doubt. She believes something about herself has made her “tainted” and unworthy of a romantic ideal.
• The bald leader shifts from arrogant threats to fearful submission once he sees Li Yichen’s strength.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Li Yichen’s overwhelming strength forces the gang to submit.
• Loyalty and status: Yellow Hair’s eagerness to serve Li Yichen reflects their boss-subordinate relationship.
• Protection and humiliation: Li Yichen defends the girl but humiliates the gang, making them sing and pay for the damage.
• Self-worth and shame: The girl’s private thoughts reveal emotional pain beneath her outward composure and admiration.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen comforts and protects the girl, then checks on her after the confrontation.
• Yellow Hair tries to shield his customers, recognizes Li Yichen, and follows his orders.
• Li Yichen taunts and punishes the bald leader, who eventually complies out of fear.
• The girl admires Li Yichen, but her admiration is complicated by a belief that she is no longer worthy of him.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen and the girl are upgraded to a luxury private room after Yellow Hair, now revealed as the venue’s manager, arranges it.
• Yellow Hair gives Li Yichen a card containing 100,000 in compensation from Baldy. Li Yichen then asks him to check whether Duan Mingyu has booked a room for the following night.
• Yellow Hair confirms Duan Mingyu has booked the luxury room next door. At Li Yichen’s request, he agrees to connect the rooms’ microphones and reserve Li Yichen’s room for tomorrow.
• The girl sings “Lilac,” whose mournful lyrics and delivery strike Zhou Yixuan as a sign of profound sadness.
• At Zhou Yixuan’s prompting, Li Yichen sings “Painting,” a song connected to Zhou and Tingting’s memories and their dream of growing old together. Li Yichen’s spiritually enhanced performance moves the girl, who leans against him and says she would sleep with him if he wanted.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains playful and irreverent, but also shows a practical side as he quietly prepares for something involving Duan Mingyu. His singing reveals an unexpectedly tender, evocative side.
• The girl appears cheerful and flirtatious, yet her choice of “Lilac” and her reaction to “Painting” hint at deep loneliness and despair. Her final offer suggests vulnerability and a willingness to be treated casually.
• Zhou Yixuan continues to guide Li Yichen from within, sharing a cherished song tied to his past with Tingting. He senses the girl may have lost her will to live, though he hopes he is mistaken.
• Yellow Hair is eager to please Li Yichen and repeatedly misreads his intentions, assuming first that he wants sexual favors and then that he wants Duan Mingyu attacked.

Significant themes

• Loneliness and hidden pain: The girl’s sorrowful singing and intimate confession suggest that her lively exterior conceals serious emotional distress.
• Memory and lost love: “Painting” evokes Zhou Yixuan and Tingting’s shared hopes, linking music to love, memory, and grief.
• The power of music: Li Yichen’s performance creates vivid images and gives the girl a brief sense of the life she longs for.
• Misunderstanding and comic contrast: Yellow Hair’s crude assumptions and Li Yichen’s teasing reactions offset the chapter’s melancholy mood.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen trades playful, familiar banter with Yellow Hair while giving him instructions about Duan Mingyu.
• Zhou Yixuan comments privately on the girl’s singing and asks Li Yichen to perform a meaningful song.
• The girl listens intently, is moved to tears by Li Yichen’s singing, and leans against him; their quiet closeness ends with her unsettling offer.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen spends the night with a distressed girl, comforting her rather than acting on the romantic opportunity he imagines. In the morning, she tells him her name is Xia and leaves; he realizes too late that he never gave her his own.
• Returning to campus after being away for two days, Li Yichen reunites with his roommates—only to discover they are eager to cash in on a reward for finding him.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er have announced a “Campus Beauties’ Bounty”: anyone who finds Li Yichen receives money and their autographed photos. His roommates help track him down, then alert the women.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan confront Li Yichen, angry that he vanished and suspecting he spent the time dating another woman because he is wearing a ring.
• As Tang Ling’er threatens him with the Yao Light Sword, Li Yichen produces two matching rings, claiming he had been preparing them as gifts for the women.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is playful and opportunistic, but he also shows compassion by comforting Xia. He is bewildered by the bounty and scrambles to defend himself when the women accuse him.
• Xia is vulnerable and self-doubting, interpreting Li Yichen’s restraint as rejection. She is shy when sharing her name, but later regrets not learning his.
• The roommates greet Li Yichen warmly, then immediately treat him as a way to earn cash and photos. Their teasing loyalty is undermined by their willingness to betray him for the reward.
• Tang Ling’er and Ouyang Xuanxuan reveal how worried and frustrated they were during Li Yichen’s absence. Their concern quickly turns into jealousy and anger when they notice his ring.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and missed connections: Xia misunderstands Li Yichen’s intentions, while the women interpret his disappearance and ring in the worst possible way.
• Friendship mixed with self-interest: Li Yichen’s roommates call him a brother but readily sell him out for a reward.
• Romantic rivalry and jealousy: The bounty and confrontation turn the women’s search for Li Yichen into a comic, competitive pursuit.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen gives Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er two ugly-looking rings, revealing they are Space Rings that can store objects. He demonstrates by making Ouyang’s sports car disappear and reappear.
• He helps each woman bind her ring with a drop of blood. The rings then fit their fingers and allow them to store their cars.
• The women celebrate: Ouyang kisses Li Yichen on the cheek, while Tang Ling’er kisses him on the lips—then jokes that she was only fixing his dry lips.
• Tang Ling’er notices perfume on Li Yichen’s clothes, and Ouyang confirms it, briefly suspecting infidelity. To explain the scent, Li Yichen tells them about his trip to the Underworld and meeting Zhou Yixuan.
• The women are moved by Zhou Yixuan’s enduring love for Zhou Tingting. When Li Yichen recounts Duan Mingyu’s declaration of love—and reveals that Duan Mingyu murdered Zhou Yixuan—Tang Ling’er grabs the Yao Light Sword and sets out to attack him. Ouyang joins her.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen enjoys showing off his gift and flirting, but quickly shifts into damage control when the women suspect him of cheating.
• Ouyang is initially skeptical, then delighted by the ring and openly affectionate toward Li Yichen.
• Tang Ling’er moves from teasing and flirtation to fierce anger when she learns of Zhou Yixuan’s murder.
• The three share playful, intimate banter, but their attention turns to vengeance as the chapter ends with both women ready to confront Duan Mingyu.

Significant themes

• Trust and jealousy: The perfume triggers suspicion, which Li Yichen defuses by explaining its connection to his Underworld journey.
• Love and remembrance: Zhou Yixuan’s inability to forget Zhou Tingting underscores love’s endurance beyond death.
• Affection and loyalty: The women’s playful closeness with Li Yichen gives way to solidarity and a desire to avenge Zhou Yixuan.

Key plot points

• Zhou Yixuan’s spirit emerges from Li Yichen’s ring and tells Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er about his past with Tingting and Duan Mingyu.
• Zhou and Duan were close friends who both loved Tingting. She chose Zhou, and Duan appeared to accept it—until he later drove an out-of-control car into Zhou, killing him.
• The story leaves the two women weeping for over an hour. Li Yichen finally gets them moving by reminding them that Duan and the others are waiting at the Star Gathering.
• Yellow Hair welcomes Li Yichen and leads the group to a private room equipped to listen in on the room next door. Li plans to investigate with Zhou, but the women insist on watching too.
• Li uses the supposedly lost Round Light Technique to make a circle in the wall transparent, letting everyone see into the adjoining room. Tang Ling’er recognizes the spell and asks him to teach her; he agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yixuan recounts his painful history with tenderness and grief, especially the loss of his friendship with Duan and his own life. His story moves the women deeply.
• Li Yichen is practical and wry, though easily swayed by the women’s pleading. He also displays an impressive magical ability by using the Round Light Technique.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Tang Ling’er show sympathy for Zhou and determination to witness what happens next. Their emotional reactions and teasing physical punishment leave Li struggling to manage them.
• Yellow Hair is eager to please Li, whom he respects as his boss, and mistakes the two women for Li’s new girlfriends.

Significant themes

• Friendship, love, and betrayal: Duan’s apparent acceptance of Tingting’s choice hides a devastating ending.
• Grief and remembrance: Zhou’s account preserves the story of his love and friendship, while the women respond with intense compassion.
• Humor amid tragedy: Li’s dry remarks and the group’s bickering undercut the emotional scene before the story shifts back to the investigation.
• Uncovering the past: The Round Light Technique gives the group a way to watch the people connected to Zhou’s story.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen, Tang Ling’er, Ouyang Xuanxuan, and Zhou Yixuan watch Duan Mingyu’s birthday gathering through a Round Mirror Technique.
• Duan sings a newly written love song for Zhou Tingting, confessing how painful it is to love her while she remains attached to Zhou Yixuan, whom she believes is dead. The song moves Tingting to tears.
• Tingting’s roommate urges her to give Duan a chance, but Tingting admits she still cannot forget Zhou Yixuan.
• After Duan finishes, Tingting is asked to sing. While the women choose a song, one of Duan’s roommates secretly slips a red pill into a drink.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan catches the attempted drugging and condemns it. Tang Ling’er is ready to intervene, and Zhou Yixuan and Li Yichen decide to act.
• Li Yichen starts a song through the mirror’s audio. Hearing it, Tingting immediately recognizes it and sings along, visibly overwhelmed.

Character developments

• Duan Mingyu appears devoted and emotionally vulnerable through his song, but the pill incident sharply undermines the sympathy his performance had earned.
• Zhou Tingting is torn between Duan’s sincere affection and her continuing love for Zhou Yixuan. The second song reveals how deeply her past relationship still affects her.
• Li Yichen moves from quietly observing to intervening through the song, while Tang Ling’er’s protective concern for him remains evident.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan responds quickly and indignantly to the suspected drugging; Tang Ling’er is prepared to use force.

Significant themes

• Love, grief, and letting go: Tingting struggles to move on from someone she believes she has lost.
• Memory and enduring bonds: The song Li Yichen plays suggests that love and shared history can persist despite separation.
• Deception beneath romantic gestures: Duan’s emotional confession is juxtaposed with the apparent attempt to drug the women, raising doubts about the gathering’s safety and sincerity.

Character interactions

• Duan’s friends and the women encourage him to sing, then turn to Tingting for a response.
• Tingting’s roommate pressures her to accept Duan, while Tingting confides that she cannot forget Zhou Yixuan.
• The observers’ admiration for Duan changes to anger after Ouyang Xuanxuan notices the pill.
• Li Yichen’s song reaches Tingting across the mirror, prompting her to join in and leaving Duan startled.