Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• Xia’s hair turns blood-red as she begins transforming into a vengeful ghost. Tang Ling’er attacks to stop her, but Li Yichen blocks Tang’s sword and protects Xia from the Spirit-Sealing Register’s golden light.
• Li persuades Xia to leave, warning her not to harm innocent people. She escapes into the night, and Tang Ling’er storms off, upset with Li. He later discovers she has vanished but assumes she can look after herself.
• Bureau 9’s Elder Mo suppresses news of the incident, while Bureau 7’s Elder Wang insists his bureau should share credit. Their competing claims lead Principal Cao to interrogate witnesses and order them to keep silent.
• Elder Mo tells Li that an auction will take place on October 2, where Li’s “Waters of the River of Forgetfulness” will be sold. Li eagerly accepts an invitation.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan asks Li to meet her parents the next day. He agrees enthusiastically and jokes about winning their blessing.
• A black-clad girl suddenly appears behind Li. He pulls her out of thin air, accidentally grabs her inappropriately, and she calls him a pervert.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows unwavering trust in Xia and prioritizes giving her a chance to escape over stopping her. He remains playful and confident with Elder Mo and Ouyang Xuanxuan, but his careless physical reaction to the mysterious girl creates an awkward confrontation.
• Tang Ling’er is forceful and determined, using both her flying sword and the Spirit-Sealing Register against Xia. Frustrated by Li’s interference, she leaves in anger and apparently disappears.
• Xia is overwhelmed by her transformation but still responds to Li’s warning and leaves without attacking anyone.
• Elder Mo and Elder Wang turn the incident into a bureaucratic rivalry over credit; Principal Cao is caught between their agencies and enforces secrecy.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan invites Li to meet her parents, suggesting growing closeness between them. Their teasing exchange ends on a romantic, hopeful note.

Significant themes

• Compassion versus control: Li chooses trust and restraint, while Tang tries to contain Xia through force.
• Power and responsibility: Xia’s dangerous transformation is paired with Li’s insistence that she spare innocents.
• Secrecy and institutional rivalry: Officials manage the incident to protect their interests, not just public safety.
• Romance and comic disruption: Li’s affectionate banter with Xuanxuan is abruptly interrupted by the mysterious girl’s arrival.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen accidentally grabs Mo Yurou’s chest, then apologizes. She identifies herself as Elder Mo’s granddaughter and delivers an invitation, which he stores without looking using his Space Ring.
• Mo Yurou is amazed that Li Yichen owns a Space Ring—and even more surprised when he says he made it himself. She asks him to make one for her.
• When Li Yichen refuses, Mo Yurou pretends to be devastated about his accidental touch, drawing a crowd that assumes he has mistreated her. She uses the scene to pressure him into agreeing to craft a ring.
• Li Yichen says she must supply the rare void stone. Mo Yurou resolves to ask her grandfather to find some, while Li Yichen leaves by teleporting away.
• Back at the dorm, Li Yichen learns that Yang Weifeng is looking for work because his girlfriend, Yuanyuan, keeps borrowing money from him.
• Li Yichen asks Sun Kai for some Liuwei Dihuang Pills, prompting Sun Kai to admit—embarrassed—that his condition is hereditary.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is casual about his rare abilities and possessions, but refuses to give Mo Yurou a ring for free. He is annoyed by her manipulative theatrics, yet ultimately agrees to help if she provides the materials.
• Mo Yurou proves clever, dramatic, and opportunistic. She quickly turns an accidental embarrassment into leverage, then willingly pursues the difficult materials needed for her ring.
• Sun Kai is shown to be self-conscious about his hereditary condition but comfortable enough with Li Yichen to discuss it.
• Yang Weifeng appears financially strained and devoted, perhaps excessively so, to a girlfriend who repeatedly asks him for money.

Significant themes

• Resourcefulness and bargaining: Li Yichen’s craftsmanship is valuable, and he sets clear terms for using it.
• Deception and social pressure: Mo Yurou manipulates public sympathy to get what she wants, while the crowd makes assumptions based on appearances.
• Loyalty and exploitation: Yang Weifeng’s willingness to support Yuanyuan raises questions about the costs of romantic devotion.
• Embarrassment and trust: Sun Kai’s reaction highlights the awkwardness surrounding private weaknesses, even among friends.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen and Mo Yurou begin with an awkward accidental touch, then negotiate over a Space Ring through teasing, accusation, and bargaining.
• Mo Yurou’s staged distress turns bystanders against Li Yichen until she claims they were rehearsing, clearing the crowd and securing his promise.
• Li Yichen and Sun Kai discuss their absent roommates, Yang Weifeng’s relationship, and Sun Kai’s pills, ending on Sun Kai’s teasing question about why Li Yichen wants them.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen prepares gifts to impress Ouyang Xuanxuan’s parents. He uses a little powder from his rare Youth-Restoring Pearl and yin-yang flames to refine three Liuwei Dihuang Pills, disguising them as attractive white pills. He also makes a ten-cubic-meter Space Ring for her father.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan picks him up and takes him to meet her parents at the Jinling Grand Hotel. She has told her mother about their relationship but is afraid to tell her father.
• While waiting, Xuanxuan’s father, Ouyang Hai, learns that she has a boyfriend. The news nearly gives him a heart attack, and his wife gives him one of his Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pills.
• Ouyang Hai says he will judge the young man and break them up if he believes the boyfriend cannot make Xuanxuan happy. His wife points out that their daughter is stubborn once she has made up her mind.
• The chapter ends with the mother proposing that the boyfriend marry into the Ouyang family, hoping their wealth and Xuanxuan’s charms will persuade him.

Character developments

• Li Yichen shows resourcefulness and confidence, going to unusual lengths to make thoughtful, impressive gifts for his future in-laws. He is also unconcerned about facing Xuanxuan’s father.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is serious enough about Li Yichen to introduce him to her parents, though she remains nervous about her father’s reaction.
• Ouyang Hai is revealed as an intensely protective, doting father who struggles to accept that his daughter is dating. Despite his bluster, he says his main concern is her happiness.
• Xuanxuan’s mother is practical and playful. She anticipates her husband’s reaction, prepares medicine, and quickly devises a scheme to test or entice Li Yichen.

Significant themes

• Parental protectiveness and letting go: Ouyang Hai wants to guard his daughter but must face her growing independence.
• Family approval and courtship: Li Yichen’s gifts and the parents’ plans frame the meeting as a test of whether he belongs in the family.
• Humor through exaggeration: The chapter treats the father’s distress over his daughter’s boyfriend—and Li Yichen’s preparations—with comic overstatement.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen banters with his second brother, who misunderstands why he needs the pills and teases him about sexual excess.
• Xuanxuan cautiously brings Li Yichen to meet her parents; he asks whether they know about him and reassures her about facing her father.
• The parents discuss their daughter’s relationship: the mother tempers Ouyang Hai’s possessiveness, while he insists the boyfriend must prove himself. Their exchange ends with her suggestion that Li Yichen marry into the family.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan arrive to meet her parents. Ouyang Hai is initially stern, but softens as Xuanxuan affectionately sits beside him.
• Ouyang Hai privately disapproves of Li Yichen and notices that he has brought no gift. At Xuanxuan’s prompting, Li presents Jiang Peiyan with a bottle of three Beauty Pills, which he says he made from a Li Family recipe.
• Jiang Peiyan eagerly examines the pills and asks whether they work. Xuanxuan confidently claims they can make her mother look eighteen again, citing Li’s other remarkable creations as proof.
• Ouyang Hai dismisses the claim and insults his wife’s age and appearance. Jiang Peiyan angrily reminds him of her past beauty and their early years together, and accuses him of wanting younger women.
• Li tactfully defuses the argument by saying Ouyang’s skepticism is understandable. Jiang Peiyan accepts his explanation and asks how to use the pills.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Xuanxuan is affectionate toward her father and firmly trusts Li, defending his abilities even against her parents’ doubts. She discreetly prompts him to present a gift.
• Li Yichen behaves politely and thoughtfully, using humor and tact to navigate the family’s teasing and tension. His Beauty Pills further establish his extraordinary abilities.
• Ouyang Hai begins suspicious and protective, but his sternness melts around his daughter. His careless remark sparks a domestic quarrel; Li’s diplomacy earns him some appreciation.
• Jiang Peiyan is warm toward Li and thrilled by the promise of the pills, but quick to confront her husband when he insults her. She readily praises Li’s manners.

Significant themes

• Family affection and approval: Xuanxuan’s warmth softens her father, while Li’s first meeting with her parents tests his place in the family.
• Aging and insecurity: Jiang Peiyan’s eagerness for the pills reflects anxiety about growing older and competing with younger women.
• Trust and extraordinary claims: Xuanxuan’s faith in Li contrasts with Ouyang Hai’s skepticism.
• Marital teasing and jealousy: A careless insult brings longstanding fears about beauty, fidelity, and age to the surface.

Key plot points

• Li Yichen tells Jiang Peiyan that the “Beauty Pill” must be taken at noon with “Rootless Water,” pretending the ritual is necessary. He supplies mineral water and encourages her to try it.
• Ouyang Hai privately doubts the pill will work, while Li Yichen admits he is uncertain too.
• Jiang Peiyan takes the pill. Her face quickly feels cool, wrinkles vanish, and foul-smelling black residue seeps from her skin.
• After washing, she emerges looking dramatically younger—nearly as young as her daughter. Ouyang Hai is astonished, and the couple share a shy, affectionate moment.
• Ouyang Hai asks whether the pills can be mass-produced, but Li Yichen says the ingredients are too rare.
• Delighted with her new appearance, Jiang Peiyan playfully asks Li Yichen to call her “sis” instead of “Auntie,” prompting embarrassment from both Ouyang Hai and Ouyang Xuanxuan.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen improvises the elaborate instructions to make the treatment seem credible. Though initially unsure of the result, he delivers a genuine transformation.
• Jiang Peiyan goes from eager anticipation and alarm over the black residue to exhilaration and renewed confidence. Her approval of Li Yichen grows, and she jokes warmly with him.
• Ouyang Hai shifts from anxious skepticism to amazement, then immediately considers the pill’s commercial potential. His affectionate response to his rejuvenated wife reveals their lasting romance.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan supports her mother through the treatment and celebrates its success, but objects when her mother suggests Li Yichen call her “sis.”

Significant themes

• Appearance and aging: Jiang Peiyan’s concern for her looks drives her eagerness, while the pill’s effects make youth feel instantly attainable.
• Faith, skepticism, and spectacle: The mysterious instructions encourage belief, but the dramatic transformation far exceeds Li Yichen’s own expectations.
• Family affection and humor: The couple’s renewed flirtation and the playful “sis” exchange bring comedy and warmth to the scene.
• Wealth and opportunity: Ouyang Hai’s interest in mass production highlights how an extraordinary remedy could become immensely profitable.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Peiyan tries to take Li Yichen’s Beauty Pill, but Ouyang Hai stops her; she insists on keeping it.
• The Ouyang parents ask about Li’s background and future, then propose that he marry Ouyang Xuanxuan and join their family, inheriting the family business.
• Li politely refuses, saying he wants to build his own life and is not with Xuanxuan for money. Ouyang Hai makes acceptance of the marriage conditional on Li marrying into the Ouyang family.
• Xuanxuan firmly says she wants to be with Li. Li hints that his family has status and shows Ouyang Hai an unusual ring, challenging him to assess its value.
• The couple flirt while Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan examine the ring. They find its material unrecognizable and notice that it seems almost unreal and may change size.
• Xuanxuan identifies the ring as a “Space Ring,” leaving both parents incredulous.

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains calm and self-assured under pressure, rejecting financial dependence and asserting his family’s dignity. He also reveals that he and Xuanxuan possess extraordinary rings.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan moves from embarrassment to openly defending her relationship, showing resolve despite her father’s ultimatum.
• Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan begin by trying to secure Li as a son-in-law and successor, but their confidence is shaken by the mysterious ring.

Significant themes

• Love versus wealth and status: Li insists that his relationship with Xuanxuan is not motivated by her family’s fortune.
• Family control versus personal choice: The parents try to shape the couple’s future, while Xuanxuan and Li assert their own wishes.
• Hidden heritage and the extraordinary: Li’s ring suggests his rural family has a remarkable legacy beyond what the Ouyangs assume.

Character interactions

• The Ouyang parents pressure Li with an offer of marriage, wealth, and a future in their business; Li refuses without hostility.
• Xuanxuan supports Li and apologizes privately for her parents’ behavior, while he reassures her and teases her affectionately.
• Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan jointly investigate the ring, but Xuanxuan’s confident explanation turns their curiosity into disbelief.

• Key plot points and events: Ouyang Xuanxuan proves she received a Space Ring by making her mother’s handbag disappear and reappear. Li Yichen gives a ring to her father, Ouyang Hai, who accepts it eagerly and learns how to use it. The family spends the day together in Jinling, and Ouyang Hai invites Li Yichen to a high-end auction the following evening. Later, Xuanxuan claims she has forgotten her dorm key, and she and Li Yichen spend the night together at a hotel. Their flirtation turns awkwardly comic when her curiosity about his body leads to the chapter’s punchline.
• Character developments: Ouyang Hai moves from disbelief to astonished delight, then accepts Li Yichen’s lavish gift. Jiang Peiyan is impressed but does not press for more, feeling content with the Beauty Pill she already has. Xuanxuan’s affection for Li Yichen becomes more openly romantic, and she shows a mixture of anticipation, nervousness, and naïveté about intimacy. Li Yichen remains generous and playful, while clearly eager to be alone with her.
• Character interactions: Li Yichen’s gift transforms the family’s view of him: they drop the idea of having him marry into their family, recognizing that his resources far exceed their own. Jiang Peiyan jokes that she will scold Xuanxuan if she mistreats him, prompting Xuanxuan’s mock protest. Xuanxuan and Li Yichen’s private teasing escalates into an innocent, comedic moment.
• Significant themes: The chapter contrasts wealth with extraordinary power and generosity, showing how the Space Ring changes the family’s sense of Li Yichen’s status. It also emphasizes family acceptance and romantic intimacy, while using Xuanxuan’s innocence and the couple’s awkwardness for humor.

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Plot points and events

• Li Yichen shatters the old Daoist’s opening attack and returns the boulder he threw. When the old man leaps into the air to continue fighting, Yichen launches after him and stomps him back to the ground.
• The old man survives and uses a Heaven-Sealing Formation to force Yichen down, then scatters black beans that transform into netherworld soldiers and orders them to attack.
• Yichen commands the soldiers to stop—and they obey him instead of the old man. He then sends them after their summoner. The old man can’t regain control, explaining awkwardly that the Five Direction Ghost Kings are away.
• The old man uses a talisman to summon dark flames, which burn the soldiers away, leaving only black beans. He then announces that one final move will decide the fight.
• As Tang Ling’er watches anxiously from behind a tree, the old man unleashes purple talismans that form a vast net of golden lightning and sweep down toward Yichen. The chapter ends before its effect is revealed.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is confident, playful, and increasingly in control. He treats the old man’s attacks with humor and reveals a natural authority over netherworld soldiers. He also recognizes that the old man is not truly trying to kill him.
• The old Daoist is skilled and resourceful, moving from aerial techniques to formations, summoned soldiers, fire talismans, and finally divine thunder. His frustration grows as Yichen repeatedly frustrates his attacks, though his concern that Tang Ling’er might blame him for harming Yichen suggests he is holding back.
• Tang Ling’er watches from concealment, amused by the fight’s reversals but worried when her grandfather is threatened.
• Their exchange is a playful contest: Yichen taunts the old man, while the old man’s pride pushes him to keep escalating.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: Yichen’s control over the netherworld soldiers overturns the old man’s apparent advantage.
• Confidence versus pride: Yichen remains relaxed, while the old man’s wounded pride drives him to attempt increasingly powerful techniques.
• Humor amid danger: Comic reactions and teasing undercut the escalating magical duel, even as the final lightning attack raises the stakes.

Key events

• Li Yichen defeats Tang Ling’er’s grandfather, Old Man Tang, by using his Yin-Yang Twin Flames to dissolve his lightning attack and burn him badly—though he carefully avoids killing him.
• Tang Ling’er rushes to protect her grandfather. Li Yichen revives him with a flame, but Old Man Tang first runs off, then returns furious about having been burned bald.
• Li Yichen offers Old Man Tang a written copy of the Round Light Technique. The old man eagerly grabs it, confirms it is genuine, and abandons his talk of suicide.
• Tang Ling’er explains that she and her grandfather have been searching for the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness. Elder Mo refused to give them any and has been avoiding them.
• Old Man Tang reveals why he needs the water: he hopes to help Ling’er’s mother, who has been unconscious for ten years since her husband disappeared. He has found a possible treatment but still lacks two ingredients.
• When Li Yichen asks what he plans to do next, Old Man Tang declares that they will rob the auction house the following day—and orders Li Yichen to join him.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen proves both powerful and controlled in battle, then shows compassion by reviving Old Man Tang. His gift of the technique helps defuse the conflict, though he is bemused by the old man’s behavior.
• Old Man Tang shifts from furious opponent to delighted recipient of the technique, then reveals the grief and determination behind his search for a cure. His impulsive, bandit-like plan contrasts with his devotion to his family.
• Tang Ling’er is protective of her grandfather and apologizes to Li Yichen for disappearing. Her sadness over her mother’s condition adds emotional weight to the conversation.
• The exchange between the three moves from comic confrontation to a more intimate discussion of Ling’er’s family. Li Yichen’s final reaction—he owns the auction house they plan to rob—sets up the next conflict.

Significant themes

• Family devotion and loss: Old Man Tang’s long search is driven by the hope of waking Ling’er’s mother.
• Power tempered by restraint: Li Yichen overwhelms his opponent but avoids killing him and restores him afterward.
• Comedy amid serious stakes: The burned-hair dispute and Old Man Tang’s reaction to the gifted technique lighten an otherwise painful family story.
• Reckless determination: Old Man Tang’s willingness to rob the auction house shows how far he will go to obtain the ingredients.

Key plot points and events

• Old Tang asks Li Yichen to obtain Waters of the River of Forgetfulness for his plan to save Tang Ling’er’s mother. He initially assumes Li Yichen must steal it, but Li reveals that he already has some.
• Li produces a large quantity and gives Old Tang ten jin—far more than the half jin Old Tang had hoped for. Old Tang stores it in his wine gourd and is delighted.
• Li asks about the other item Old Tang needs. Old Tang describes the legendary Youth-Restoring Pearl, a longan-sized white pearl said to preserve youth. He has searched for it for ten years without success.
• Tang Ling’er realizes that the pearl she wears as a necklace matches the description. She shows it to Old Tang and explains that Li gave it to her as a token of love.
• Old Tang is thrilled by the apparent coincidence and decides the two are meant to be together. He prepares to return to Mount Qingcheng to save Ling’er’s mother and asks whether Ling’er will stay or go with him.
• Ling’er chooses to leave with her grandfather. Before going, she embraces Li and says she will miss him—then accuses him of carrying Ouyang Xuanxuan’s scent and asks whether he is sleeping with her.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen proves generous and resourceful, supplying Old Tang with the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness. He is also embarrassed when Ling’er calls the pearl a love token, but confirms it rather than contradicting her.
• Old Tang shifts from jokingly urging Li to steal what he needs to warmly approving him as Ling’er’s match. His excitement over the two rare items gives way to urgency about rescuing Ling’er’s mother.
• Tang Ling’er supports Li when her grandfather pressures him, then reveals her pearl and openly shows affection by embracing him. Her final question exposes jealousy or suspicion about Ouyang Xuanxuan.
• Old Tang’s teasing, Li’s awkwardness, and Ling’er’s affectionate but pointed accusation create a playful romantic dynamic.

Significant themes

• Destiny and coincidence: Li happens to possess both items Old Tang needs, reinforcing Old Tang’s belief that Li and Ling’er are meant for each other.
• Love and commitment: The pearl becomes a symbol of Li’s affection, though the pair’s relationship remains unresolved.
• Family duty: Ling’er leaves with Old Tang despite wanting to stay, prioritizing her mother’s rescue.
• Comedy and romantic tension: Old Tang’s eagerness to resort to robbery contrasts with the lucky, effortless way the needed treasures appear, while the chapter ends on a teasingly confrontational note.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ling’er correctly guesses that Li Yichen has been involved with another woman. He admits it, and she says she fears being lied to more than she fears his other relationships. She leaves with her grandfather, Old Man Tang, who promises to look after her.
• At the hotel, Li Yichen finds Ouyang Xuanxuan waiting anxiously for him. Reassured that he and Tang Ling’er are safe, she falls asleep from exhaustion. He restrains his desire and gently tucks her into bed.
• The next day, Xuanxuan’s mother, Jiang Peiyan, calls and invites the couple to lunch and to visit the family’s retail counter. Her teasing assumption that Xuanxuan and Li Yichen spent the night together embarrasses Xuanxuan.
• Jiang Peiyan and her husband, Ouyang Hai, bicker about sexual stamina. After Jiang insults him, Ouyang Hai tries to prove himself, and he is exhausted by the time he meets Li Yichen.
• At lunch, Li Yichen offers to relieve Ouyang Hai’s fatigue with a massage. He secretly uses a white flame, leaving Ouyang Hai feeling intensely hot and shouting that he is “cooked.”

Character developments

• Li Yichen remains self-assured and flirtatious, but shows restraint with the sleeping Xuanxuan. He also uses his supernatural ability to try to help Ouyang Hai.
• Tang Ling’er appears accepting of Li Yichen’s other relationships, while making honesty a condition of their bond. She departs for Mount Qingcheng with her grandfather.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan reveals how deeply she cares for Li Yichen by staying awake in worry, then collapses from exhaustion.
• Jiang Peiyan and Ouyang Hai are portrayed as a teasing, sexually competitive couple: she is energetic and provocative, while he is left visibly depleted.

Significant themes

• Honesty and trust: Tang Ling’er distinguishes between accepting Li Yichen’s other partners and tolerating deception.
• Desire versus restraint: Li Yichen acknowledges his desire for Xuanxuan but chooses not to act on it while she is asleep.
• Comic romantic and family dynamics: The adults’ teasing and marital bickering provide broad humor alongside the younger characters’ relationships.
• Supernatural power in everyday life: Li Yichen’s white flame is used in an ordinary setting, though its effect on Ouyang Hai is unexpectedly dramatic.

Character interactions

• Tang Ling’er confronts Li Yichen, then reassures him of her feelings; Old Man Tang privately promises to protect her.
• Xuanxuan reunites with Li Yichen in relief, while her mother teases her over their relationship.
• Jiang Peiyan and Ouyang Hai trade insults about their sex life, culminating in Ouyang Hai’s attempt to defend his pride.
• Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai share a humorous exchange: Li offers a restorative massage, but the flame treatment leaves Ouyang Hai overwhelmed by heat.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen completes a painful treatment using white flames to repair Ouyang Hai’s damaged body. Ouyang Hai feels revitalized, and his premature gray hair disappears.
• After lunch, Ouyang Hai takes Li Yichen and Ouyang Xuanxuan to the family’s jewelry counter at Central Mall. He offers the counter—whose annual turnover is about fifty million—as part of Xuanxuan’s dowry when they marry. Li accepts.
• Ouyang Hai introduces Xuanxuan and Li to the staff as the people who will be in charge. Manager Wang is polite but initially cooler toward Li, apparently assuming he depends on Xuanxuan. Li stops Xuanxuan from reprimanding her, reasoning that she has done nothing wrong.
• Xuanxuan shyly calls Li her “husband” and then “honey,” while her parents watch approvingly.
• Li notices a display case of rough stones and asks what they are. Ouyang Hai explains that they are jadeite rough, from which the counter’s jadeite jewelry is made.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Hai’s gratitude and respect for Li deepen after the healing; he treats him as a valued future son-in-law and makes a substantial gift.
• Xuanxuan is affectionate and increasingly comfortable expressing her feelings, though she is easily embarrassed. She also shows fierce loyalty by wanting to defend Li from Manager Wang’s perceived slight.
• Li remains composed and considerate, choosing not to punish the manager for a mistaken impression. He teases Xuanxuan playfully.
• Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan quietly observe the couple and approve of their closeness and Li’s restraint.

Significant themes

• Healing and transformation: Li’s unusual power restores Ouyang Hai’s health and youthful vitality.
• Family ties and generosity: Ouyang Hai’s gift signals acceptance of Li and confidence in the couple’s future.
• Humility and tolerance: Li’s calm response to Manager Wang reflects the patience and perspective Ouyang Hai admires.
• Romance and embarrassment: Xuanxuan’s affectionate exchanges with Li reveal their growing intimacy.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Hai explains jadeite “stone gambling” to Li Yichen: rough stones may contain no jade or vary enormously in quality, and even experienced merchants cannot know for sure until cutting them open.
• Li Yichen listens carefully, while Ouyang Xuanxuan finds the technical details dull. Ouyang Hai offers to take Li to Yunnan, a major center for stone gambling, and says Li will manage the current premises.
• After Ouyang Hai, Xuanxuan, and Jiang Peiyan leave, Li retrieves a transparent bead from his Space Ring. Believed to be a “Heaven-Peering Bead” that sees through clothing, it grants him the very X-ray vision he had just heard them discuss.
• Li tries to bind the bead with his blood. It comes alive as a moving “Ghost Eye,” burrowing beneath his skin and crawling through his body.
• Li pursues it internally with the yin-yang twin flames. Cornered at his forehead, the Ghost Eye resists by embedding itself in his flesh and melting into him. The flames transform it into black and white lines imprinted between his eyebrows.

Character developments

• Li Yichen shows a strong appetite for learning and quickly grasps the basics of stone gambling. His curiosity then shifts to the bead, but his excitement at its illicit power turns to alarm when it becomes uncontrollable.
• Ouyang Hai acts as Li’s mentor, sharing his trade knowledge and entrusting Li with managing the venue.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan remains playful and uninterested in the technical discussion, while Li conceals the bead’s transformation from her.

Significant themes

• Risk and uncertainty: Stone gambling depends on judgment but can bring either great profit or ruin.
• Power and its costs: The bead promises extraordinary vision, yet acquiring it triggers a dangerous, uncontrollable transformation.
• Knowledge versus instinct: Li studies practical expertise, but the chapter’s supernatural crisis cannot be solved by ordinary knowledge.

Character interactions

• Ouyang Hai patiently teaches Li and offers him a future trip to Yunnan; Li responds respectfully and eagerly.
• Xuanxuan jokes about wanting X-ray vision, and Jiang Peiyan teases Ouyang Hai after he expresses the same wish.
• Li hides his actions from Xuanxuan, then battles the Ghost Eye alone, using his spiritual flames to force it toward his forehead.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen struggles to remove two mysterious black-and-white markings from his forehead, then discovers he can make them disappear by willing it.
• Using spiritual energy, he finds he can see through people’s bodies and clothing. After accidentally seeing a woman as a skeleton, he adjusts the power and ogles her—until Ouyang Xuanxuan catches him.
• To cover himself, Li Yichen claims he is inspecting jadeite rough. He discovers he can see inside the stones and correctly distinguishes barren rock from a low-quality jade-bearing stone, though he disguises this as “instinct.”
• A young couple, Wei Feng and his girlfriend Yuanyuan, arrive at the jewelry shop. It is Yuanyuan’s birthday, and Wei Feng has saved 2,300 yuan from exhausting delivery and karaoke jobs to buy her a gift.
• Yuanyuan worries that her illness and expenses are burdening him and initially refuses the present. Wei Feng reassures her that he intends to spend his life with her and persuades her to accept a matching jewelry set. They seal the agreement with a pinky swear.

Character developments

• Li Yichen discovers new uses for his markings and spiritual energy: hiding the marks, seeing through objects, and assessing jade. His curiosity quickly turns into cheeky, opportunistic behavior, though he remains quick to improvise when caught.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is briefly suspicious of Li Yichen’s explanation but accepts his vague claim that he relies on instinct.
• Wei Feng is shown as devoted, hardworking, and determined to make Yuanyuan feel cherished despite their limited means.
• Yuanyuan is loving and considerate, but her illness makes her feel guilty about the sacrifices Wei Feng makes for her. She ultimately accepts his affection.

Significant themes

• New powers and self-discovery: Li Yichen begins testing the unusual abilities connected to his markings.
• Love expressed through sacrifice: Wei Feng’s long hours and modest savings demonstrate his commitment to Yuanyuan.
• Pride, vulnerability, and reassurance: Yuanyuan’s reluctance to accept a gift reflects concern for Wei Feng, while he frames their future together as a reason to let him care for her.
• Honesty and concealment: Li Yichen hides both his extraordinary perception and his motives behind casual excuses.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen’s flirtatious use of his vision is interrupted by Ouyang Xuanxuan, prompting him to pretend he is evaluating jade.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan tests his judgment by handing him another stone, and he responds with a deliberately cautious estimate.
• Wei Feng comforts Yuanyuan, wipes away her tears, and insists on buying her a birthday gift; she tries to protect him from further hardship before agreeing to their pinky swear.

Plot points

• While shopping at the Ouyang family’s counter, Li Yichen examines several rough stones with his spiritual vision. Most are worthless or contain low-grade jadeite, but the cheapest stone—priced at 300—turns out to be packed with a small amount of true ice-grade jadeite, suitable for rings or pendants.
• He notices his dorm boss, Yang Weifeng, shopping with his girlfriend, Liu Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan prefers inexpensive jadeite rings, while Weifeng initially thinks they are too plain and wants to buy her something more substantial.
• Li introduces himself and jokes with the couple. Ouyang Xuanxuan warmly welcomes Yuanyuan, who has difficulty walking, inside to sit down.
• In private, Yang explains that Yuanyuan’s leukemia has affected her legs. She needs ongoing rehabilitation, which is part of why he is short on money.
• Li uses his Heavenly Eye to examine her legs and sees severe damage: atrophied tendons, blocked blood vessels, and dying cells. He warns that she may never walk again and asks whether Yang has considered the demands of staying with her. Yang says he has already decided to care for her for life.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows both sharp supernatural insight—identifying the valuable stone and diagnosing Yuanyuan’s leg condition—and concern for his friend. His teasing manner briefly gives way to a serious question about Yang’s future.
• Yang Weifeng is affectionate and proud, but also financially strained. Despite understanding the difficulty ahead, he firmly commits to Yuanyuan.
• Liu Yuanyuan is modest and considerate: she chooses the inexpensive rings she genuinely likes and says she will value anything Weifeng gives her.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan responds with kindness by offering Yuanyuan a seat and welcoming her into the shop.
• Li and Yang banter like close friends, including a joke about Yang’s embarrassing past confession, before speaking candidly about Yuanyuan’s health.

Significant themes

• Devotion and responsibility: Yang’s commitment is presented as a deliberate choice to support Yuanyuan through hardship.
• Love beyond money or appearance: Yuanyuan values the thought behind a gift, not its price, while Yang wants to give her something better.
• Friendship and concern: Li’s teasing is affectionate, but his questions come from genuine worry.
• Hope amid hardship: Li’s extraordinary vision reveals how serious Yuanyuan’s condition is, leaving open whether his abilities might eventually help her.

Plot points and events

• Yang Weifeng visits the jewelry shop to buy a birthday present for his girlfriend, Liu Yuanyuan, who dislikes spending his money.
• Li Yichen persuades him to gamble 300 yuan on a piece of jadeite rough, claiming there is a good chance it contains valuable jade. Yang agrees, hoping to earn money to help Yuanyuan’s legs.
• Ouyang Hai greets Yang, while Yang mistakes Jiang Peiyan for Ouyang Xuanxuan’s older sister rather than her mother, provoking laughter.
• Since the shop lacks stone-cutting equipment, Li takes the rough aside and uses his spiritual energy to strip away its outer shell, revealing a small, high-quality piece of jadeite.
• Ouyang Hai values it at 60,000 yuan and buys it. At Yang’s request, he also agrees to have earrings made for Yuanyuan as a birthday gift.
• Just as Yang receives the money, Yuanyuan suddenly cries out that she can no longer move her right leg. Yang rushes to her.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows concern for Yang and quietly engineers a windfall for him, disguising his help as a lucky gamble. He also demonstrates his unusual ability to expose jade inside rough stone.
• Yang Weifeng is devoted to Yuanyuan and willing to take a risk for her sake. Once he realizes Li has arranged the opportunity to help him, he thanks him sincerely.
• Ouyang Hai is welcoming toward Yang and generous in buying the jade and gifting the earrings.
• Yang jokes that Jiang looks too young to be Xuanxuan’s mother, briefly mistaking her for her older sister; Jiang happily plays along.
• Yang’s joy at the unexpected money is abruptly replaced by alarm when Yuanyuan’s condition worsens.

Significant themes

• Friendship and generosity: Li supports Yang discreetly, and Ouyang Hai adds his own generosity.
• Love and sacrifice: Yang’s priority is Yuanyuan’s well-being, and he wants her birthday gift to come from his own efforts.
• Luck versus hidden ability: What appears to be a gamble succeeds because Li can reveal the jade through supernatural means.
• Sudden vulnerability: The chapter’s celebratory turn ends with Yuanyuan’s alarming loss of movement, shifting the focus back to her health.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Yuanyuan suddenly loses all feeling in her right leg. A hospital scan reveals severe blood-vessel damage, muscle atrophy, and necrosis; surgery is impossible, and doctors give her less than a 10% chance of walking again.
• Liu Yuanyuan accepts the diagnosis as fate and suggests ending her relationship with Yang Weifeng so he can find someone else. He refuses to abandon her.
• Li Yichen says he has a way to help, but asks to examine Liu privately at Ouyang Hai’s hotel suite. After everyone else leaves, he reveals a white flame in his palm and uses his Heavenly Eye to guide it into the blocked vessel. Liu cries out in surprise as the treatment begins.

Character developments

• Yang Weifeng is frightened and desperate, but remains devoted to Liu even when she tries to break up with him.
• Liu Yuanyuan moves from panic to resignation, then shows trust in Li Yichen and courage as he begins an unusual treatment.
• Li Yichen shifts from reassuring his friends to quietly taking charge, concealing his method and asking Liu to keep it secret.
• Ouyang Hai demonstrates strong faith in Li Yichen, while also helping persuade Yang to give him privacy.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and love: Yang refuses to leave Liu despite her disability and attempts to release him.
• Hope beyond conventional limits: The doctors have no solution, but Li Yichen offers a mysterious alternative.
• Trust and secrecy: Liu agrees to keep Li’s ability confidential, and those around him rely on his judgment.

Character interactions

• Yang comforts Liu and insists they keep searching for treatment; Li privately assures him he has a plan.
• Ouyang helps move the group to the hotel and persuades Yang to wait outside.
• Yang awkwardly suspects Li’s request for privacy, prompting teasing and irritation, but ultimately steps aside.
• Alone with Liu, Li explains the secrecy and warns her that the treatment may be startling; she agrees, though the sight of the flame entering her body surprises her.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen uses a tiny white flame to treat Liu Yuanyuan’s leg. He first breaks through a blood clot, restoring circulation, then stimulates her atrophied muscles and damaged nerves.
• The treatment is painful and unfamiliar, and Yuanyuan’s startled cries make Li Yichen worry that her husband, Yang Weifeng, will misunderstand what is happening.
• Li Yichen ends the session early, explaining that Yuanyuan will need further treatment. She cautiously tests her legs, then stands and walks steadily for the first time in a long while.
• Overcome with relief and joy, Yuanyuan cries and rushes to embrace Weifeng. He initially fears Li Yichen has harmed or upset her, but is delighted to see her walking.
• Li Yichen warns that her recovery is only temporary so far and will require continued treatment. Weifeng jokes with him about his abilities before taking Yuanyuan home.
• Ouyang Hai and Li Yichen prepare to leave for an auction, where Aunt Jiang and Xuanxuan are already headed.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen demonstrates precise, extraordinary healing abilities, while remaining practical and slightly exasperated by Yuanyuan’s involuntary reactions. He reassures her and sets realistic expectations about the treatment.
• Liu Yuanyuan moves from anxious disbelief to trust, then to overwhelming happiness as she regains the ability to stand and walk. Her embrace of Weifeng shows the emotional importance of the recovery.
• Yang Weifeng is protective and suspicious at first, fearing Li Yichen has mistreated his wife. Once he sees her walking, his concern turns to amazement and gratitude, though he covers his feelings with teasing.
• Ouyang Hai is impressed by Li Yichen’s powers but less surprised than before, having witnessed his extraordinary abilities recently.

Significant themes

• Hope and recovery: Yuanyuan’s sudden return to walking overturns her belief that she would remain disabled.
• Trust and care: She follows Li Yichen’s instructions and relies on his skill, while Weifeng’s immediate concern reflects his protectiveness.
• Joy after suffering: Yuanyuan’s tears express the release of long-held fear and anguish, not pain.
• Comic misunderstanding: Her cries during treatment and Weifeng’s reactions create humor around an otherwise deeply emotional medical breakthrough.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Hai drives Li Yichen toward an auction at Hidden Dragon Manor, hosted by the influential Su Family. The Ouyang Family has no invitation, so Hai plans to rely on a Jiang Family connection to get them in.
• Traffic is blocked by a pileup, and the pair expect to miss the auction.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan calls from inside the manor. She and her mother, Aunt Jiang, have already entered, but a man begins harassing her during the call.
• Li Yichen becomes furious and wants to reach Xuanxuan. Hai suggests running, but Li decides to use a “trump card” and asks for something to conceal his face.
• Hai produces a Spider-Man costume, explaining that Aunt Jiang bought it for their private role-play. Li is embarrassed and leaves the car without it.
• At the manor, Young Master Jiang watches Xuanxuan and Aunt Jiang with predatory interest. His bruised associate A-Long offers to seize them, but Jiang says he prefers manipulating women into approaching him willingly.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shifts from relaxed curiosity about the auction to jealous, protective anger when he hears Xuanxuan being harassed. His impatience and determination contrast with his humorous reaction to Hai’s costume.
• Ouyang Hai tries to reassure Li about Xuanxuan, but his own worry grows. His revelation about the Spider-Man costume adds comic embarrassment and hints at a playful private life with Aunt Jiang.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan resists the man’s advances and ends the call, though her interrupted explanation leaves Li uncertain and more alarmed.
• Young Master Jiang is revealed as calculating and predatory, while A-Long is more blunt and impatient. Their exchange shows their contrasting approaches to exploiting the women.

Significant themes

• Social status and power: Wealth alone cannot secure entry into elite circles; family influence and connections matter.
• Protection and jealousy: Li’s concern for Xuanxuan quickly turns into anger, driving his plans to reach her.
• Predatory entitlement: The men at the manor treat the women as targets, exposing the danger they face.
• Comedy amid tension: Hai’s unexpected costume and candid explanation provide comic relief just as the threat to Xuanxuan becomes clear.