Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qiqi’s father grieves beside his unconscious wife and newborn daughter. When Qiqi innocently asks whether the baby is her little sister, he breaks down in tears.
• Li Yichen offers the father a choice: Qiqi can enter her sister’s body and remain with the family, or be reincarnated into a good home. The father gratefully accepts the first option.
• Li restores Qiqi’s memories with the Soul-Awakening Finger, explaining that she needs them to merge with the baby’s body. Qiqi understands and agrees.
• Li uses a white flame to prepare the newborn’s body, whose skin changes from purplish-black to fair. Qiqi then enters her sister’s body, returning to life.
• Meanwhile, nurses gossip in the duty room about Dr. Wang and dismiss one nurse’s claim that Li was talking to an invisible person. Their ghost-story joke is interrupted by a baby crying from the delivery room, sending them into a panic.

Character developments and interactions

• Qiqi is trusting and devoted to her parents. Though remembering what happened to her is painful, she accepts Li’s explanation and willingly chooses to stay with her family.
• Qiqi’s father moves from grief and disbelief to overwhelming gratitude and hope. His repeated thanks show how deeply he trusts Li.
• Li Yichen acts compassionately, giving the family a way to stay together while carefully explaining the emotional cost to Qiqi.
• The nurses’ teasing, romantic gossip, and skepticism provide comic relief and contrast with the supernatural event they unknowingly witness.

Significant themes

• Family bonds and belonging: Qiqi’s choice to remain with her parents drives the chapter’s emotional core.
• Compassion amid suffering: Li offers the bereaved family help and reassurance without asking for repayment.
• Life, death, and renewal: Qiqi’s return in her sister’s body blurs the boundary between death and life.
• Faith versus skepticism: The father’s belief in Li contrasts with the nurses’ disbelief, which collapses when the baby cries.

Key plot points and events

• After a long night, Li Yichen decides to make Mo Yurou a Space Ring and send her home.
• At a late-night Su Family council, Su Shengnan reports that the Jiang, Shen, and Qin families—as well as the Jinling Three Elders—attended the Su Family’s auction.
• The auction’s extraordinary offerings included a Youth-Restoring Pearl and the Underworld’s Waters of the River of Forgetfulness. Su Shengnan identifies Li Yichen, a poor university student from a rural background, as their source.
• Some Su elders propose bringing Li to the estate under the pretext of protecting him, but the patriarch rebukes them, warning that someone able to produce such treasures may have powerful backing.
• Shengnan adds that Li defeated Jiang Tianhao and is on good terms with Elder Mo and others. She urges the Su Family to win Li’s favor and cultivate ties with his connections.
• The patriarch approves of her judgment. Shengnan then raises the Jiang Family’s proposal to share the treasure from a map to the Heavenly Treasury, asking the elders for their views.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Shengnan demonstrates investigative skill, sound judgment, and political ambition. She sees through the elders’ self-serving “protection” proposal and hopes to restore the Su Family’s former standing. Her grandfather’s approval gives her quiet satisfaction.
• The Su patriarch shows firm authority and strategic caution, shutting down the elders’ reckless plans and relying on Shengnan’s insight. Though he values her, he privately doubts she can inherit leadership because she is female.
• The elders and retainers reveal greed, poor judgment, and resentment toward Shengnan, dismissing her partly because they expect her to marry into another family.
• Li Yichen remains offstage in this section, but his rare treasures, strength, and apparent connections make him a major concern—and potential ally—for the Su Family.

Significant themes

• Power and caution: Extraordinary resources invite exploitation, but acting without understanding an opponent can endanger an entire family.
• Gender and succession: Shengnan’s competence earns praise, yet traditional expectations undermine her prospects of leadership.
• Ambition and family decline: The Su Family hopes to regain its former prominence, while internal greed and prejudice threaten that goal.

Key events

• Su Shengnan reveals that the Jiang Family has invited the four major families—and several other powerful figures—to explore a genuine treasure map leading to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s Sacred Treasury.
• Most Su Family members see the expedition as a chance to gain wealth and outmaneuver rival families. Su Shengnan suspects the invitation conceals a trap and urges the family to stay away.
• She warns that the Jiang Family may intend to eliminate the other families’ experts and absorb their territories. Though she has no evidence, she asks her grandfather to trust her judgment.
• Old Master Su puts the decision to a vote. More than eighty percent favor joining, so he commits the family fully and appoints A Liang to lead the effort, sidelining Su Shengnan.
• The Qin and Shen Families also agree to participate, keeping Qin Wenhan and Shen Beichen as their representatives.
• At a separate Jiang Family meeting, Jiang Tianhao presents the Waters of the River of Forgetfulness, apologizing for paying an extra three hundred million at auction. Old Master Jiang says the expense is worthwhile if it helps defeat the other families. He reprimands Tianhao for being outmaneuvered by an unknown young man, then tells him to redeem himself.
• Old Master Jiang instructs his family to focus on the three rival families and avoid distractions until their plan is complete.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Shengnan emerges as the sole voice of caution. Her strategic instincts and suspicion of the Jiang Family set her apart from the Su Family’s overconfident members, but her unsupported warning fails to persuade them.
• Old Master Su briefly invites Shengnan’s counsel but ultimately follows the vote. His disappointment and choice of A Liang suggest that her influence in the family is waning.
• The Su Family members mock Shengnan and eagerly imagine exploiting the other families, revealing their arrogance and poor judgment.
• Jiang Tianhao is humiliated, kneeling and striking himself after his grandfather’s rebuke. His cousins watch with open satisfaction, highlighting rivalry within the Jiang Family.
• Old Master Jiang remains calculating and disciplined: he prioritizes the campaign against the rival families above personal grievances or other matters.

Significant themes

• Overconfidence versus foresight: The Su Family’s excitement contrasts with Shengnan’s suspicion, foreshadowing possible disaster.
• Family power and internal politics: Decisions are shaped by voting, favoritism, and status; Shengnan’s exclusion signals her reduced standing.
• Deception and strategic alliances: The treasure expedition may be a cover for the Jiang Family’s larger plan.
• Humiliation and competition: Tianhao’s public self-punishment and his cousins’ gloating expose the harsh rivalries within powerful families.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Tianhao, still furious after being humiliated, plots quiet retaliation against Li Yichen by targeting the Ouyang Family, one of Li’s allies.
• He plans to have the family arrange a large Hetian-jade jewelry order with a rushed deadline and severe penalties, then use Jiang influence to cut off the Ouyangs’ suppliers so they cannot fulfill it.
• To ensure the scheme succeeds, Tianhao tells Steward Zhao to involve hypnotist Master Lu and have Ouyang Hai hypnotized while signing the contract.
• The next morning, Ouyang Hai receives an unexpected call from Boss Zhou, a powerful Jinling trader, offering a major deal. Excited, Hai heads to Zhou’s office without his daughter Jiang Peiyan.
• In the office, Steward Zhao and Zhou discuss the scheme. Zhou questions the need for Master Lu, but the hypnotist abruptly takes control of him and orders him to jump out of the building.

Character developments

• Jiang Tianhao shifts from anger to calculated, indirect revenge, using business pressure rather than openly deploying the Jiang family’s fighters.
• Steward Zhao is loyal and cautious, but agrees to help Tianhao despite the family head’s warning against trouble.
• Ouyang Hai is eager to secure a valuable business relationship and appears unaware that the opportunity is a trap.
• Jiang Peiyan is affectionate toward Hai but feels uneasy as he leaves.
• Boss Zhou is confident and dismissive of hypnosis until Master Lu demonstrates its power over him.

Significant themes

• Revenge through business and influence: Commercial contracts and supply networks become weapons.
• Power and manipulation: Tianhao exploits family connections, while Master Lu uses hypnosis to control others.
• Ambition clouding judgment: Hai’s excitement over a major deal makes him vulnerable to danger.

Character interactions

• Tianhao persuades Steward Zhao to carry out his scheme and enlist Master Lu.
• Hai and Peiyan exchange teasing, affectionate banter before Hai leaves for the meeting.
• Zhao and Zhou coordinate the plot, but Zhou’s skepticism ends when Master Lu hypnotizes him.

Plot points and events

• Butler Zhao brings Master Lu to meet Boss Zhou. Master Lu’s unseen power compels Zhou to approach an open window and nearly jump, but a quiet command stops him. Shaken, Zhou kneels and apologizes.
• Zhao reassures Zhou that Master Lu will not harm him, then leaves after reminding Zhou not to disappoint Young Master Jiang. Zhou gives Zhao a discreet gift card in return for his help.
• Ouyang Hai arrives for a meeting. Zhou welcomes him warmly and introduces Master Lu as “Lawyer Lu” from the company’s legal department.
• Zhou and Ouyang exchange tea and polite conversation while each waits for the other to raise the business proposal. Zhou eventually explains that he is seeking a supplier of nephrite jewelry for overseas demand.
• Zhou says he chose the Ouyang Family over the better-resourced Su Family because its reputation and delivery speed are strong, while its prices are ten percent lower. He presents market research to support his claims. Ouyang, reassured of Zhou’s sincerity, asks to discuss the actual deal.

Character developments and interactions

• Boss Zhou shifts from terror before Master Lu to smooth, calculating business behavior with Ouyang. He flatters Ouyang and carefully controls the meeting, while discreetly cultivating Butler Zhao’s favor.
• Master Lu demonstrates formidable influence through a brief command that interrupts Zhou’s apparent compulsion. He remains silent and aloof afterward.
• Butler Zhao acts as an intermediary between Master Lu, Zhou, and the Jiang Family, reassuring Zhou and accepting his gift.
• Ouyang Hai is cautious but composed. He recognizes the businessmen’s patience game, hides his impatience, and becomes more confident when Zhou presents evidence of his research.
• Zhou and Ouyang maintain friendly, courteous manners while privately testing each other’s intentions and negotiating leverage.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: Master Lu’s supernatural authority overwhelms Zhou, who quickly becomes deferential.
• Business as strategic performance: Tea, flattery, small talk, and controlled patience are used to manage the negotiation.
• Self-interest and calculation: Zhou chooses the supplier he believes offers the greatest advantage, weighing price, reputation, and speed.
• Loyalty and patronage: Zhou’s relationship with Zhao reflects the favors and influence surrounding the Jiang Family’s business network.

Key plot points and events

• Boss Zhou offers Ouyang Hai a nephrite-jewelry order worth US$200 million, with a 20% deposit and a strict 15-day delivery deadline.
• Tempted by the potential profit—about 300 million yuan—and the prospect of beating the Su Family, Ouyang agrees despite having little stock and limited time to source the goods.
• Master Lu’s eyes glow as Ouyang reads the contract. Ouyang believes the penalty for late delivery is 30%, but it has secretly been changed to 300%. He signs without noticing.
• Boss Zhou sends Ouyang away cheerfully, then reveals his contempt and confidence that Ouyang will soon suffer.
• Boss Zhou invites Master Lu to lunch. Master Lu refuses, leaps from the building, and floats safely to the ground, revealing extraordinary abilities.
• Delighted with the deal, Ouyang returns to his hotel and tells Jiang Peiyan they should celebrate. Her suggestive response makes him abruptly claim he has somewhere else to be.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Hai shows business experience and initial caution, but greed, ambition, and rivalry with the Su Family override his concerns. He trusts the contract and fails to notice the altered penalty.
• Boss Zhou manipulates Ouyang with a seemingly lucrative offer and disguises his malicious intentions behind friendly business manners.
• Master Lu appears detached and powerful. His supernatural intervention in the contract and effortless leap suggest he is part of the scheme, though his motives remain unclear.
• Jiang Peiyan responds to Ouyang’s proposed celebration with flirtatious enthusiasm; his sudden retreat creates a comic ending.

Significant themes

• Greed and overconfidence: The huge profit blinds Ouyang to the risks and encourages him to take on an impossible deadline.
• Deception and hidden danger: A favorable-looking deal conceals a catastrophic penalty.
• Appearance versus reality: Boss Zhou’s warmth masks hostility, while Master Lu’s ordinary lawyer role contrasts with his supernatural abilities.
• Irony and dark humor: Ouyang celebrates what he believes is a major success just as he has signed a contract that could destroy his family.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Peiyan discovers that Ouyang Hai’s newly signed jade-supply contract carries a penalty far higher than the 30% he thought he agreed to. The couple suspects Zhou has deliberately trapped them.
• Ouyang Hai tries to secure jade from other dealers, but learns that their supplies have already been reserved. With the deadline looming and the potential penalty threatening the Ouyang family’s business, he loses his temper.
• Jiang Peiyan steadies him and reminds him of their old belief that a crisis may conceal an opportunity. She suggests seeking help from Li Yichen, whose unusual possessions and achievements might offer a solution.
• Ouyang Hai cannot reach Li. Jiang Peiyan calls Ouyang Xuanxuan, who reveals that Li has been missing since the previous morning. She fears he is angry because the group kicked him out the night before.
• The women prepare to search for Li. Mo Yurou accepts responsibility for sending him away, Jiang Ruolin offers to enlist Elder Wang, and Xuanxuan plans to check Li’s usual haunts.
• Just as they are about to leave, Li walks into the hotel. He appears unaware of their concern and asks what they are doing, adding, “Count me in.”

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Hai shifts from confidence about his deal to panic and anger when he sees the penalty clause and cannot find alternative stock. He eventually takes heart from Jiang Peiyan’s advice and is ready to approach Li.
• Jiang Peiyan acts as the calm, practical voice in the crisis. She prevents Ouyang Hai from acting violently, recalls their shared entrepreneurial resolve, and reassures Xuanxuan when she blames herself.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is distressed and regretful, believing Li’s absence may be punishment for the group’s treatment of him.
• Mo Yurou openly owns her part in kicking Li out and offers to mobilize her grandfather’s people to find him.
• Jiang Ruolin and Xuanxuan also volunteer to search, showing the group’s growing alarm and concern for Li.
• Li’s sudden return interrupts their plans, leaving the immediate question of where he has been—and whether he can help with the Ouyang family’s crisis—unanswered.

Significant themes

• Crisis and opportunity: Jiang Peiyan urges Ouyang Hai to see a possible opening within disaster.
• Trust and dependence: The family looks to Li because he has repeatedly surprised them and may possess resources or connections that can solve their problem.
• Responsibility and regret: Mo Yurou accepts blame, while Xuanxuan worries that her actions helped drive Li away.
• Composure under pressure: Jiang Peiyan’s restraint contrasts with Ouyang Hai’s anger and helps keep the family focused on finding a solution.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuanxuan greets Li Yichen tearfully after he returns, while Mo Yurou angrily drags him into their hotel room for staying out all night.
• Mo Yurou, Xuanxuan, and Jiang Ruolin interrogate Li about where he went and whether he was with another woman. Mo Yurou relies on her grandmother’s cynical sayings about men to fuel her suspicions.
• Their questioning turns into a chaotic “search” for evidence: the three women pin Li down and inspect him for signs of another woman, while he protests and turns the situation into a playful scuffle.
• Mo Yurou demands to know about a supposed bald woman. When she remains on top of him, Li briefly pins her beneath him, prompting the others to assume he is about to force himself on her.
• Instead, Li reveals a black-and-white ring. Mo Yurou’s anger vanishes at once, and she eagerly asks him to give it to her.
• Outside the room, Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan hear the commotion and jokingly speculate about what the group is doing.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is initially bewildered and then cowed by the women’s confrontation, but becomes teasing and assertive during the scuffle. He redirects Mo Yurou’s attention with the ring.
• Mo Yurou shifts rapidly from jealous suspicion and mock aggression to nervous anticipation when Li pins her, then to delighted fascination with the ring.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan is relieved to see Li again and defends her belief that he would not betray her, though she joins the search.
• Jiang Ruolin initially hesitates but joins the others; she and Xuanxuan react with alarm when Li pins Mo Yurou.
• Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan provide comic commentary from outside, teasing one another while interpreting the noises.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and trust: Li’s overnight absence sparks suspicion, despite Xuanxuan’s confidence in him.
• Romantic comedy and role reversal: The women conduct an over-the-top interrogation, while Li becomes the target of their rough, playful “investigation.”
• Misunderstanding and teasing: The characters repeatedly misread one another’s actions, creating comic tension.
• Objects as emotional leverage: The ring instantly shifts Mo Yurou’s mood and ends the confrontation.

Character interactions

• Mo Yurou leads the confrontation, with Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruolin backing her up.
• Li trades insults and playful resistance with Mo Yurou, then uses the ring to capture her attention.
• Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruolin show concern when the scuffle appears to turn serious.
• Outside, Ouyang Hai and Jiang Peiyan exchange teasing, suggestive guesses about the sounds from the room.

Plot points

• Li Yichen gives Mo Yurou a Space Ring. She is thrilled and learns to bind it with a drop of blood.
• Jiang Ruoyi feels quietly left out, but Li Yichen reveals he had already prepared an identical ring for her. He privately tells her that hers holds much more than Mo Yurou’s.
• Mo Yurou jokes that every woman around Li Yichen seems to have a ring, leading to playful teasing about whether she counts as one of his women.
• Asked where he went the previous night, Li Yichen says he met Qiqi and explains that the young girl has been waiting alone for two years. The women are moved to tears and cry over him.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan’s mother calls, mistakenly assuming the group has been sexually active and warning them not to exhaust Li Yichen. Xuanxuan fails to convince her otherwise.
• Li Yichen proposes that they make the misunderstanding true; the women kick him off the bed.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows attentiveness to Jiang Ruoyi by noticing her disappointment and reassuring her with a gift. His teasing, flirtatious nature also remains on display.
• Jiang Ruoyi admits—though indirectly—that she feels left out, then relaxes once Li Yichen explains the gift. She and Li Yichen share lighthearted banter with Mo Yurou.
• Mo Yurou’s excitement over the ring quickly turns into embarrassment when her careless wording makes her sound like one of Li Yichen’s partners.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi initially suspect Li Yichen of a romantic encounter with Qiqi, then respond emotionally to his story. Xuanxuan is especially mortified by her mother’s public misunderstanding.
• Jiang Peiyan’s blunt, overly familiar advice embarrasses Xuanxuan and the others, while Ouyang Hai silently shares the awkwardness.

Significant themes

• Belonging and reassurance: Jiang Ruoyi’s envy reflects her uncertainty about her place in the group, which Li Yichen addresses through both his gift and personal attention.
• Generosity and unequal gifts: The rings symbolize Li Yichen’s care, while the difference in their capacity creates a playful secret between him and Jiang Ruoyi.
• Compassion: Qiqi’s long, lonely wait moves the women deeply.
• Romantic comedy and embarrassment: Misunderstandings, teasing, and Li Yichen’s shameless proposal turn the chapter’s tender moments into farce.

Key plot points and events

• Over lunch, Ouyang Hai tells Li Yichen that a supplier’s betrayal has left the Ouyang Family unable to fulfill a major nephrite contract. Missing the deadline could bankrupt the family.
• Li offers to kill the supplier, Zhou, but Ouyang Hai rejects the idea: it would draw suspicion, and the family would still be bound by the contract.
• Mo Yurou suggests buying seed jade directly in Hotan and hiring enough diggers to gather the required amount. Though Ouyang Hai doubts the scale is practical, Li sees a way to make her idea work and promises to solve the problem.
• Reassured, Ouyang Hai plans a trip to Hotan with Li. The women ask to come along, but Li refuses, prompting Mo Yurou to challenge him.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen moves quickly from uncertainty to confidence once he spots potential in Mo Yurou’s suggestion. His willingness to help Ouyang Hai strengthens their trust, and he jokes flirtatiously with Ouyang Xuanxuan afterward.
• Ouyang Hai is initially anxious but becomes optimistic and deferential to Li, relying on him to help save the family business.
• Mo Yurou contributes an idea that sparks Li’s plan, despite his teasing her as foolish. She pushes back with the phrase “true wisdom hides behind foolishness” and insists on joining the trip.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan openly pleads for Li’s help and thanks him affectionately; their playful, flirtatious exchange shows their closeness.
• Jiang Ruoyi cautions that Mo Yurou’s plan seems impractical and becomes embarrassed when she nearly addresses Li as “hubby.” She and Xuanxuan both hope to accompany him.

Significant themes

• Ingenuity over force: Li’s first instinct is violence, but solving the supply problem requires a practical strategy instead.
• Unexpected wisdom: Mo Yurou’s seemingly casual suggestion becomes the key to a possible solution.
• Trust and dependence: Ouyang Hai’s confidence in Li grows, while the women’s concern and attachment are shown through their requests to help or accompany him.
• Humor and flirtation: Teasing and romantic banter lighten the tension of the family’s business crisis.

Plot points and events

• Mo Yurou tries to attack Li Yichen for excluding her from the trip, but Jiang Ruoyi restrains her. Jiang Peiyan backs Li’s decision: the group is heading into a dangerous desert on business, and bringing the women would distract them.
• The women decide to stay behind for their own reasons: Mo Yurou plans to attend her grandfather’s birthday, Ouyang Xuanxuan asks her father to protect Li, and Jiang Ruoyi goes home with Jiang Peiyan.
• Before leaving, Li gives Mo Yurou two Teleportation Tokens for her grandparents to use if they face danger while searching for the Heavenly Treasury. He gives a third to Jiang Peiyan for Elder Wang.
• Ouyang Hai and Li set out for the airport. When Ouyang Hai becomes exhausted, Li takes the wheel—despite admitting that he has no driver’s license.
• Unbeknownst to Li and Ouyang Hai, Mo Yurou secretly follows them using her ability to vanish and reappear. The chapter ends with Li speeding off while Ouyang Hai panics in the passenger seat.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is practical and protective, preparing safeguards for people who will remain behind. He is also casual about the danger of driving without a license.
• Mo Yurou shifts from angry and teasing to briefly hopeful when Li calls her over, then feels disappointed when he gives her only a practical task. She secretly decides to follow him anyway.
• Jiang Peiyan acts as a calm mediator, persuading the women to stay behind and taking responsibility for passing on a token.
• Ouyang Xuanxuan openly shows her affection for Li by asking her father to look after him, while Ouyang Hai responds with rueful humor.
• Li and Ouyang Hai share easy, familiar banter, but their dynamic turns comic when Li reveals he cannot legally drive and immediately accelerates.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Li prepares a means of escape for those who may face danger in his absence.
• Affection and independence: Jiang Peiyan argues that time apart can strengthen relationships, while the women’s concern shows their attachment to Li.
• Comic contrast between confidence and competence: Li’s boldness behind the wheel clashes with his lack of driving experience, leaving Ouyang Hai terrified.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen rushes Ouyang Hai to the airport after a reckless drive. Ouyang is badly travel-sick, and Li supports him through the terminal.
• Li briefly notices a young couple traveling with their exhausted little girl, Bayan. For a moment, he sees an eerie, sinister expression beneath her hair, but it vanishes.
• On the flight to Urumqi, Ouyang quickly falls asleep. Li, bored and alert, notices the family seated a few rows behind him.
• Bayan has a frightening nightmare, crying that someone is following her and telling them to get out of her body. Her parents explain that this happens whenever she sleeps and that hospitals have been unable to identify the cause.
• Passengers become annoyed, and a doctor offers only a preliminary assessment. As he argues with a passenger over his inability to treat her without further tests, someone volunteers: “Let me try.”

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is attentive and capable, first helping Ouyang and later noticing something unusual about Bayan. His offer to help suggests he may have recognized a problem others have missed.
• Ouyang Hai is reduced to an unsteady, embarrassed passenger, relying on Li’s care before falling asleep.
• Bayan’s parents are distressed and apologetic, having sought medical help without success. Her mother tries to soothe her while her father eagerly welcomes the doctor’s attention.
• The passengers shift from irritation to impatience with both the crying and the doctor’s cautious response. The doctor, in turn, becomes defensive when challenged.

Significant themes

• Compassion versus inconvenience: The family’s crisis clashes with other passengers’ desire for quiet and rest.
• Limits of conventional medicine: The doctor can offer only a general explanation without proper tests, leaving the family without immediate help.
• The uncanny and unexplained: Li’s glimpse of a sinister face and Bayan’s disturbing words hint that her condition may be more than an ordinary nightmare.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen offers to examine a sick little girl, Bayan, after a doctor fails to help. The doctor tries to stop him and boasts about treating wealthy, influential patients.
• His arrogance enrages the passengers. A bearded man strikes him, and several people join in, dragging him away as a flight attendant calls for the air marshal.
• Li Yichen then examines Bayan. Looking into her eyes, he sees a boy tormenting her and claiming to be her dead twin brother, Balu.
• Li Yichen asks Bayan’s parents about Balu and her worsening nightmares. Their shocked reactions confirm his suspicions. The father explains that Balu was born frail, spent six months in intensive care, and died.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen is confident and blunt, dismissing the doctor’s authority and focusing on Bayan. His examination reveals an extraordinary ability to perceive what is troubling her.
• The doctor shifts from smug self-importance to panic when the passengers turn against him.
• Bayan’s parents move from uncertainty to hope and fear as Li Yichen reveals private family details. Her mother begs him to save their daughter.
• The passengers collectively punish the doctor’s contemptuous behavior, while the flight attendant is shocked and calls for help.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts genuine care and ability with status, arrogance, and empty credentials.
• It highlights communal anger at class-based contempt—and the danger of a crowd’s impulsive violence.
• The supernatural vision introduces unresolved grief: Balu’s death appears connected to Bayan’s recurring nightmares and current illness.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen reveals that Bayan’s sleeplessness and distress come from her dead brother, Balu, whose soul has remained inside her. Blaming Bayan for his early death, Balu has tormented her and intends to take over her body; Li Yichen warns that their souls may eventually become inseparable.
• Li Yichen confronts Balu. Speaking through Bayan, Balu asks whether his parents love him and whether he can stay with them. They affirm their love but insist that he must leave, because Bayan also needs them and Balu is dead.
• Feeling rejected, Balu accuses his parents of favoring Bayan and causing his death, then refuses to leave willingly.
• Li Yichen reaches into Bayan’s body and pulls Balu’s soul out. He reassures the parents that he will send Balu to the Underworld, where drinking Meng Po Soup will erase his obsessions and memories so he can reincarnate.
• The parents thank Li Yichen, and he tells them Bayan is safe and should be allowed to rest. A flight attendant and two air marshals have witnessed the supernatural events, so Li Yichen uses a technique to immobilize them and summons Xia, who takes Balu to the Spirit Stillness Space.

Character developments

• Li Yichen acts decisively and compassionately, balancing firmness toward Balu with reassurance for the grieving parents. His intervention frees Bayan, though he realizes too late that he has been seen.
• Balu shifts from longing for his parents’ affection to anger and accusation when they refuse to let him remain. His attachment and resentment have become destructive.
• Bayan’s parents are devastated to encounter their dead son, but they ultimately choose their living daughter’s safety over keeping Balu near them.
• Xia appears briefly as Li Yichen’s aide; her Ghost King aura immediately frightens Balu into silence.

Significant themes

• Grief and letting go: The parents love Balu but must accept his death and allow him to move on.
• Family love and painful choices: Their care for Balu does not erase their responsibility to protect Bayan.
• Resentment and distorted blame: Balu interprets his death and his parents’ love for Bayan as betrayal, turning sorrow into hostility.
• Life, death, and release: Li Yichen presents the Underworld and reincarnation as a path for Balu to escape his fixation.

Character interactions

• Li Yichen explains Balu’s possession to the parents and gains their trust before acting.
• Balu seeks reassurance from his parents, then lashes out when they insist he cannot stay.
• The father initially stops Li Yichen from reaching into Bayan, but releases him after affirming his trust.
• Li Yichen extracts Balu despite the parents’ fear, then promises not to destroy him and explains his plan to send him onward.
• Li Yichen neutralizes the flight attendant and air marshals after they witness the incident, then delegates Balu’s custody to Xia.

Plot points and events

• Li Yichen uses a hypnotic suggestion to make the flight attendant and air marshals turn away briefly, allowing Bayan’s parents and other passengers to present the battered doctor as the instigator of the onboard fight. The air marshals treat it as a mutual brawl and offer either a private settlement or a trip to the airport police station. The passengers demand an apology; Li Yichen laughs and returns to his seat.
• The rest of the flight passes peacefully. Bayan sleeps, and her parents remain grateful to Li Yichen for saving her.
• After landing in Urumqi, Bayan’s parents catch up with Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai and insist on treating them to a meal. Li Yichen agrees, and Bayan’s father, Alimu, takes them to a local restaurant.
• Over a feast of regional dishes and fermented mare’s milk, Li Yichen says they are heading to Hotan to search for jade. Alimu offers to guide them to a promising but remote jade-digging site the next morning.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains calm, resourceful, and modest about his role in saving Bayan. He uses his unusual powers discreetly and accepts the couple’s hospitality only after they insist.
• Ouyang Hai, who slept through the incident, is astonished by Li Yichen’s account—especially the revelation that he captured a little ghost—and is repeatedly impressed by how much Li Yichen can do.
• Bayan’s parents express deep gratitude and treat Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai warmly. Alimu moves from thanking Li Yichen to offering practical help with their journey.
• The doctor, despite his injuries, tries to blame the others but is undermined when the passengers unanimously accuse him of starting the fight.

Significant themes

• Gratitude and reciprocity: Bayan’s parents feel morally obliged to repay the person who saved their daughter.
• Resourcefulness and concealed ability: Li Yichen’s powers help him manage the plane incident, while he stays cautious about revealing his plans to a new acquaintance.
• Hospitality and local knowledge: Alimu welcomes the travelers and offers his expertise, potentially shaping their next stage of the journey.

Key plot points and events

• After leaving the restaurant, Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai check into a hotel before their flight. Ouyang says he trusts Alimu because he trusts Li Yichen to keep everyone safe.
• That night, Li Yichen senses powerful energy in the Heavenly Mountain range and flies out to investigate.
• He finds Bai Binger, a woman in white, battling a huge Ice Giant. The Giant uses a magic array to launch ice projectiles; Bai counters with a sword technique that fills the sky with blade images.
• Li watches invisibly, distracted by fantasies about rescuing Bai and winning her affection. His presence seems to unsettle her, and her concentration falters.
• As Bai and the Giant exhaust their attacks, the Giant prepares a deadly “Ice Explosion.” Li warns her and rushes to help, while Bai crushes a jade talisman.
• The explosion devastates the area. A sphere of white light escapes, and Li pursues it, but loses track of Bai. He returns to the hotel frustrated.

Character developments

• Li Yichen is confident in his abilities and eager to play the hero, but his leering thoughts and distraction show his immaturity. Despite his joking attitude, he reacts quickly when Bai is in danger.
• Bai Binger is skilled and determined, holding her ground against a powerful opponent. However, the battle leaves her weakened, and she is forced to use a valuable talisman to survive.
• Ouyang Hai expresses strong faith in Li’s ability to protect him and the group.
• The Ice Giant remains hostile and vows that his conflict with the humans is not over.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a formidable fighter like Bai can be pushed to her limits.
• Responsibility versus self-interest: Li’s impulse to help is mixed with vanity and romantic fantasy.
• Uncertainty and pursuit: Bai’s escape leaves her fate unclear and sets up a possible future encounter.

Character interactions

• Ouyang reassures Li that his confidence in Alimu is really confidence in Li.
• Li secretly observes Bai’s fight, and his presence appears to disturb her focus.
• Li warns Bai and rushes toward her during the explosion, but she escapes before he can reach her.
• The Ice Giant’s angry parting threat leaves the conflict unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen and Ouyang Hai leave early for the airport. Li is surprised by the darkness and learns that the country’s size means their destination is about two time zones behind home.
• Atamu reports that Bayan slept peacefully and woke full of energy after Li’s help. He offers Li a fine piece of Seed Jade in gratitude.
• Li senses spiritual energy in the jade. Ouyang Hai identifies it as a rare spirit stone, potentially worth around a million to someone who recognizes it.
• Li returns the gift to Atamu and says he is giving it to Bayan to wear for her health. Atamu accepts, moved by the concern for his daughter.
• On the flight, Li quietly hopes a beautiful woman will sit beside him. A striking young woman does—and responds coolly when he tries to start a conversation.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen shows generosity and consideration by refusing to profit from Atamu’s gratitude and redirecting the valuable jade to Bayan. He is also playful and vain, privately praying for a beautiful seatmate and feeling slighted when she ignores him.
• Atamu is deeply grateful for Li’s help but hesitates when he learns how valuable the jade is. His affection for Bayan ultimately makes him accept Li’s gesture.
• Ouyang Hai recognizes the jade’s significance and becomes increasingly impressed by Li, seeing him as an admirable future son-in-law.
• The young woman makes a brisk, sarcastic first impression, puncturing Li’s confidence during their initial exchange.

Significant themes

• Generosity and gratitude: Li turns a valuable thank-you gift into something intended for Bayan’s well-being.
• Hidden value: The jade appears to be a beautiful stone but contains rare spiritual energy.
• Humor and romantic hope: Li’s earnest prayers for a beautiful seatmate are answered, though the encounter is less flattering than he imagined.

• Li Yichen meets the woman beside him: On a flight with Ouyang Hai, Li Yichen tries to chat with a beautiful passenger, but she brushes him off by lowering her hat and pretending to sleep. Ouyang Hai quietly disapproves of Li’s flirtatious habits.
• The woman falls dangerously ill: Li later notices that she is trembling, pale, and exhaling visible vapor. Despite her apparent unconsciousness, he takes her hand and uses his spiritual perception to discover that most of her meridians are frozen and the cold energy is threatening her life.
• Li recognizes her and intervenes: Lifting her hat, he realizes she is Bai Binger—the woman who fought the Ice Giant the previous night. When she murmurs for warmth, he pulls her into his arms and sends a white, otherworldly flame through her body. It burns away the invading cold and restores her warmth. Li’s concern is mixed with opportunistic flirting; he nearly kisses her before she wakes.
• Bai Binger’s recovery and breakthrough: Bai wakes to find Li holding her and questions his behavior. He claims he was checking on her, then lets go. She privately discovers that the cold energy is gone, her vitality has improved, and her long-stagnant cultivation has advanced. Using two spirit stones, she absorbs their energy and reaches the Heart Stirring Stage, rising from the Fusion Stage.
• A new danger appears: Just as Bai finishes cultivating, the plane jolts violently and an icy aura spreads through the cabin, suggesting another threat connected to the cold energy.
  Character developments and interactions: Li shows genuine ability and a willingness to help, but his rescue is colored by his womanizing impulses. Bai remains controlled and guarded even after waking, while privately recognizing the remarkable effects of her recovery. Their uneasy, flirtatious encounter gives way to a shared crisis.
  Themes: The chapter blends cultivation and supernatural danger with comic romantic tension. It also emphasizes how adversity can become a catalyst for growth, as Bai’s near-fatal ordeal leads to a major breakthrough.

Plot and events

A plane carrying Ouyang Hai and Li Yichen is caught in a violent storm of hail and extreme cold. The aircraft drops, shakes, and groans under the strain, leaving passengers convinced they may crash. Li Yichen reassures Ouyang Hai that he can keep him safe.
Bai Binger abruptly uses the Five Elements Escape Technique to leave the cabin. Li Yichen follows, appearing outside the plane with his Heavenly Eye, which lets him see through a sphere of mist surrounding the aircraft. He discovers Bai Binger confronting the Ice Giant, who claims she stole his Heavenly Earth Spirit Fruit and destroyed its tree. Their argument turns into a fight.
Bai Binger and the giant trade powerful attacks: her sword strikes barely damage his massive icy body, while he assails her with freezing breath and volleys of ice spikes. She counters with a sword shield and unleashes the Kunlun Secret Sword technique, summoning nine enormous blades. The giant recognizes the danger and launches both arms at her, then turns around to evade the swords. The chapter ends on a crude comic cliffhanger as the blades head between his buttocks.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Yichen remains calm amid the crisis, reassuring Ouyang Hai and demonstrating increased cultivation knowledge and confidence. He leaves the plane to investigate.
• Ouyang Hai is frightened by the turbulence and especially unsettled when Bai Binger and Li Yichen disappear.
• Bai Binger acts decisively, escaping the cabin and confronting the Ice Giant. Though initially forced back by his strength, she reveals formidable sword skills and a powerful technique.
• The Ice Giant is furious over the loss of his spirit fruit tree and sees humans as thieves. Despite his immense size and strength, Bai Binger’s attack makes him wary.

Significant themes

The chapter contrasts ordinary passengers’ helpless fear with cultivators’ supernatural abilities. It also introduces a conflict over ownership and justice: Bai Binger argues the spirit fruit was rightfully hers to claim, while the giant regards her actions as theft. The dramatic battle is undercut by slapstick humor in its final moment.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yichen rushes to Bai Binger after explosions send her flying. He catches her as she spits blood and ice; she realizes her recent level-up may have saved her life.
• A tiny ice spirit restrains both of them in an ice dragon and threatens to make it explode. Bai Binger identifies the creature as the Heavenly Mountain Ice Spirit, explaining that the giant they fought was only its avatar.
• Bai Binger offers to take responsibility for stealing the spirit’s fruit and uprooting its tree, asking it to spare Li Yichen. He refuses to leave her, using an elaborate “past-life lovers” story to justify staying.
• Li Yichen flatters the spirit into revealing its name: Lord Little Blue. He invents a tale that people praise the spirit as beautiful, kind, and harmless. Bai Binger questions the story, nearly exposing his lie, but Li Yichen swears an oath; a message from White Impermanence accidentally lends the oath credibility.
• Seeing that Little Blue is childlike and easily charmed, Li Yichen tries to persuade it to release Bai Binger and punish him instead. The spirit refuses, insisting Bai Binger compensate it for the stolen fruit and damaged tree. Li Yichen wonders whether the tree is a legendary Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Character developments

• Li Yichen shows quick thinking and comic shamelessness: despite being in danger, he welcomes the close restraint, talks his way around Little Blue, and sees an opportunity to win the spirit over.
• Bai Binger is vulnerable after the attack but takes responsibility for her actions and tries to protect Li Yichen. His insistence on staying unexpectedly touches her, though she remains embarrassed and suspicious of his flirtation.
• Little Blue is powerful but behaves like a proud, easily flattered child, shifting quickly from threats to delight.

Character interactions

• The physical closeness forced by the ice dragon embarrasses Bai Binger and excites Li Yichen, who pretends he cannot help it.
• Bai Binger’s self-sacrifice contrasts with Li Yichen’s insistence that they remain together; his romantic-sounding excuse leaves her uncertain whether he is sincere or merely taking advantage.
• Li Yichen manipulates Little Blue with praise and an oath, while Bai Binger’s questions complicate his act. The spirit ultimately keeps them captive over the stolen fruit and tree.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and responsibility: Bai Binger accepts blame, while Li Yichen refuses to abandon her.
• Deception and persuasion: Li Yichen uses flattery, humor, and improvised stories to manage a dangerous situation.
• Power and childishness: Little Blue’s immense strength is paired with a naïve, prideful temperament, making charm nearly as important as combat.