Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qin Xiaoyu visits Chen Hao and leaves after he agrees they can talk when the opportunity arises. Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing admire her looks and lively manner, but Chen Hao calls her merely “all right.”
• Wu Tian, a young man from the Luocheng Wu Family and friend of the online acquaintance “I Am Ying Zheng,” arrives with premium agarwood from his father. Though visibly awkward, he treats Chen Hao with great respect and offers his help.
• The family realizes that four major families—the Ye, Ying, Qin, and Wu—have visited in one day. Chen Hao explains that the Ying Family’s gift of imperial green jadeite likely prompted the others to show their goodwill. He accepts the gifts without feeling obliged to reciprocate.
• Later, Chen Hao reveals a plain cloth Qiankun Bag with an interior roughly the size of ten soccer fields. He pulls out ancient artifacts and extraordinary treasures, including ten-thousand-year warm jade, a Golden Crow Pearl gifted by the Queen Mother of the West, a powerful sword, and historical relics.
• Chen Hao says he has received treasures since the primordial era and has lost count of what the bag contains. Siyao realizes that the day’s lavish offerings may genuinely seem ordinary to her brother.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains composed and indifferent to both Qin Xiaoyu’s beauty and the families’ expensive gifts, revealing that his long life and immense collection have made such things unremarkable.
• Chen Siyao moves from joking about the stream of visitors to astonishment at the Qiankun Bag and her brother’s history. Her final question suggests she is beginning to understand the scale of his perspective.
• Yang Wanqing joins Siyao in admiring Qin Xiaoyu and helps explain Chen Hao’s understated reactions.
• Wu Tian shifts from a sunny, casual manner to deferential formality around Chen Hao, then offers him loyal assistance.
• Siyao and Wanqing gossip about Qin Xiaoyu; Siyao questions Chen Hao about the visitors and later reacts with growing amazement as he displays his treasures.

Significant themes

• Immortality and perspective: Centuries of experience make modern wealth and rare gifts seem insignificant to Chen Hao.
• Power and social influence: The major families’ visits and competitive generosity show how Chen Hao’s reputation shapes elite behavior.
• The contrast between appearance and reality: The plain, palm-sized bag conceals vast space and priceless objects, while Chen Hao’s calm demeanor masks an almost unimaginable history.
• Family wonder and humor: Siyao’s increasingly incredulous reactions provide a light, affectionate counterpoint to Chen Hao’s extraordinary revelations.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Siyao thanks her brother, Chen Hao, for his gifts, recognizing that his care matters more than their value. Their peaceful family evening ends with the treasures he has collected from the modern era.
• The next morning, Chen Hao practices martial arts while Siyao prepares for Pengcheng University’s sports meet. She and Yang Wanqing hurry to school for their badminton doubles match.
• Their opponents are Lin Yuxin and Zhao Man, the university team’s reigning women’s doubles champions. Lin previously asked Chen Hao for his contact information and was rejected.
• The opponents underestimate Siyao and Wanqing. The match begins with Wanqing returning a difficult shot through her improved speed, followed by Siyao scoring with an exceptionally powerful smash.

Character developments

• Chen Hao remains calm and caring, showing affection through practical attention—preparing Siyao’s favorite breakfast and reminding her not to overexert herself.
• Chen Siyao is back to her cheerful, confident self. She is eager to compete and believes the training and spiritual nourishment she and Wanqing have received have greatly improved their abilities.
• Yang Wanqing is polite and composed, with a quiet sadness she keeps hidden. Despite her cautious temperament, she is willing to compete and shows strikingly improved athletic ability.
• Lin Yuxin appears as a skilled rival, adding a personal connection to the competition through her earlier interest in Chen Hao.

Significant themes

• Affection over material wealth: Siyao values the thought behind Chen Hao’s gifts, not their price.
• Family care and everyday warmth: Breakfast, teasing, and encouragement reinforce the siblings’ close bond.
• Growth and confidence: Spiritual training translates into physical improvement, giving the girls new confidence.
• Underestimating others: The opponents judge Siyao and Wanqing by appearance, only to be surprised by their abilities.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao gently looks after Siyao, while she responds with affection and seeks his encouragement before leaving.
• Siyao energetically rouses the reluctant Wanqing; their contrasting personalities—one exuberant, the other measured—make them a cooperative pair.
• At the court, Wanqing urges a level-headed approach, while Siyao’s confidence motivates them both.
• The girls’ opponents mock their apparent frailty, prompting Siyao to prove them wrong as Wanqing and Siyao combine quick movement with powerful play.

Plot and events

• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing dominate the university badminton tournament, relying on exceptional speed, reflexes, defense, and power. They reach the final against Lin Yuxin and Zhao Man, two-time champions from the university team.
• Lin Yuxin’s personal history with Chen Siyao’s brother makes the match emotionally charged, but the pair’s enhanced abilities prove overwhelming. They win the final 21–3 and are named doubles champions.
• Back home, Chen Hao explains that their strength comes from eating spirit-beast meat, bathing in the Jade Pool, and drinking Spirit Spring Water. He says they can lift roughly a hundred kilos and that Yang Wanqing could handle ten ordinary people.
• Chen Hao promises to teach them Jade Pool cultivation techniques once their bodies have adjusted. Their joking questions about flying, immortality, and beauty lead to playful teasing between the girls.
• That evening, Chen Siyao livestreams. Viewers congratulate her, ask to see Chen Hao, and notice a scrape on Yang Wanqing’s leg from the match.

Character development and interactions

• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing display seamless teamwork and confidence as athletes. Their victory lifts Yang Wanqing’s spirits, while their shared excitement strengthens their bond.
• Chen Hao is proud and affectionate toward them. He explains their abilities and offers to guide them in cultivation, while gently teasing Chen Siyao by calling her pretty.
• Lin Yuxin recognizes Chen Siyao as the sister of the man who rejected her. She competes seriously but leaves quietly after losing; Zhao Man tries to reassure her that their opponents are unusually powerful.
• The girls celebrate together at home, joke about their newfound strength and future cultivation, and playfully tussle. Moontrace briefly wakes at the commotion before going back to sleep.

Significant themes

• Supernatural growth and power: Spiritual nourishment has pushed the girls beyond ordinary human limits.
• Teamwork and earned victory: Their coordinated play, rather than individual talent alone, secures the championship.
• Renewed confidence and healing: Winning gives Yang Wanqing a brief reprieve from her recent sadness.
• Affection and camaraderie: Chen Hao’s care and the girls’ teasing friendship provide a warm counterpoint to the rivalry and competition.

Plot points and events

• Chen Hao heals Yang Wanqing’s scraped leg by chanting and holding his hand above it. In under a minute, the wound disappears completely, leaving no scar.
• He identifies the method as the Zhu You Healing Art, an ancient healing practice said to have been commonplace when spiritual energy was abundant. Its use declined as that energy dwindled.
• Yang Wanqing then reveals that her grandfather has brain cancer. Though doctors saved him from an immediate crisis, they have warned that he may not have long to live.
• Chen Hao cautions that the art may not be able to cure an elderly man with terminal cancer, but agrees to visit and assess him. Wanqing is overwhelmed with gratitude.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao demonstrates a powerful healing ability but remains measured, distinguishing it from “immortal magic” and admitting its limits. His concern for Wanqing leads him to offer help despite uncertainty.
• Yang Wanqing shifts from amazement and delight at her healed leg to fear for her grandfather. She turns to Chen Hao emotionally, pleading for help.
• Chen Siyao watches the healing, proudly praises her brother, and comforts Wanqing while encouraging hope.
• The livestream audience reacts with astonishment to the healing and eagerly anticipates whether Chen Hao can help Wanqing’s grandfather.

Significant themes

• Lost ancient knowledge: The Zhu You Healing Art represents a healing tradition once widely known but lost as the world changed.
• The limits of power: Chen Hao’s ability can heal a minor injury instantly, but he does not claim it can overcome terminal illness.
• Hope and compassion: Wanqing’s desperation and Chen Hao’s willingness to help highlight the human stakes behind his extraordinary abilities.

Key plot points and events

• Yang Wanqing brings Chen Hao and Chen Siyao to Pengcheng First People’s Hospital to visit her dying grandfather, Yang Weiguo, who has advanced brain cancer.
• Doctor Zhao doubts Chen Hao because he is young and not a physician, warning that the cancer is incurable and that the family will be responsible for any harm.
• Yang Weiguo agrees to let Chen Hao try, feeling he has little left to lose.
• Chen Hao performs the Zhu You healing art, chanting over Yang Weiguo for roughly half an hour. The old man’s vital signs stabilize, his complexion improves, and he sits up, alert and stronger.
• Shocked by the apparent recovery, Doctor Zhao orders urgent CT and MRI scans to verify what has happened.

Character developments

• Chen Hao demonstrates the healing art’s power, but the effort visibly strains him. His calm confidence contrasts with the medical staff’s skepticism.
• Yang Wanqing is anxious and emotionally overwhelmed, yet remains steadfast in her faith in Chen Hao.
• Yang Weiguo moves from uncertainty to willingness to trust Chen Hao, then is astonished by his sudden improvement.
• Doctor Zhao shifts from dismissive skepticism to stunned disbelief and urgent curiosity.

Significant themes

• Traditional or supernatural healing versus modern medicine: Chen Hao’s treatment challenges the doctors’ assumptions and medical limits.
• Hope in the face of terminal illness: Yang Weiguo’s willingness to take a chance reflects his desperation, while his improvement offers unexpected hope.
• Faith and evidence: Yang Wanqing’s belief is tested against the doctor’s skepticism; the coming scans may provide medical confirmation.

Character interactions

• Yang Wanqing introduces Chen Hao to her grandfather and urges him to act, while Doctor Zhao challenges Chen Hao’s credentials and warns the family.
• Chen Hao asks Yang Weiguo directly whether he trusts him; Yang Weiguo gives his consent.
• During the treatment, Yang Wanqing and Chen Siyao wait tensely as Doctor Zhao observes. Afterward, the doctor examines Yang Weiguo and calls for scans, while the staff struggle to make sense of what they witnessed.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao performs the Zhu You Healing Art on Yang Weiguo, whose brain cancer is later confirmed gone by CT, MRI, and repeated tests.
• Doctor Zhao is stunned by the results and orders further tests, while Yang Weiguo says he feels better than he has in years.
• Chen Siyao uploads a recording of the healing. It goes viral, with the Zhu You Healing Art and the apparent cancer cure becoming major trending topics.
• Online reactions range from amazement and jokes to serious debate. Medical professionals admit they cannot explain the results.
• Pengcheng First People’s Hospital reviews the evidence. Its director recognizes Chen Hao from earlier extraordinary stories and decides to report the case to the Health Commission, though the news has already spread.
• Chen Hao, Chen Siyao, and Yang Wanqing return home. Yang Wanqing repeatedly thanks Chen Hao, while Siyao says she is exhausted but happy.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains calm and understated despite the extraordinary result; he names the method and leaves rather than seeking attention.
• Yang Weiguo regains his health and expresses gratitude, praising Chen Hao’s ability.
• Yang Wanqing is overwhelmed with relief and gratitude, embracing Chen Hao and staying close to her grandfather.
• Chen Siyao quietly supports her brother, notices the toll the healing took on him, and shares the event online.
• Doctor Zhao shifts from disbelief to awe, pursuing repeated tests because the result challenges his decades of medical experience.
• The hospital director and medical staff struggle to reconcile the evidence with modern medicine and consider how to respond.

Significant themes

• The clash between ancient healing arts and modern medical understanding.
• The limits of established scientific knowledge when faced with unexplained phenomena.
• Compassion and family gratitude, set against the rapid spread of public attention and speculation.

• Yang Weiguo’s recovery and Chen Hao’s limits: Yang Wanqing is delighted that her grandfather is improving and tells Moontrace she hopes to introduce them. When she sees online interest in Chen Hao treating others, he refuses: healing exhausted him, and he believes treatment depends on a destined connection rather than being offered indiscriminately. He sends Yang Weiguo his wishes for a full recovery and promises to visit in a few days.
• Chen Hao explains the Zhu You Healing Art: During Chen Siyao’s livestream, Chen Hao describes how the art uses spoken syllables and focused intent to harness qi and repair the body. He says it faded as spiritual energy diminished, and that it can treat illnesses caused by qi imbalance—including cancer—but severe cases consume so much qi that he needs days to recover. Injuries and fractures still require surgery. Viewers clamor for treatment, lessons, and a hospital, but Chen Hao stays silent; Siyao explains that he is not a doctor and that his intervention for Yang Weiguo came from a special connection.
• Gratitude and warmth: Wanqing tearfully says she will always be grateful to Chen Hao. He gently deflects her emotion, joking that even Moontrace is tired of the formalities. Wanqing laughs and regains her composure, while the chat playfully imagines Moontrace’s thoughts.
• Song Xinxue visits: The next afternoon, property manager Song Xinxue brings Chen Hao a fruit basket. With Siyao at school and Wanqing at the hospital, she finds herself alone with him in a notably peaceful, refreshing-feeling home. She notices a Red Dust Fruit from the livestream, asks to taste it, and is amazed by its delicate flavor. Chen Hao explains that the fruit tastes different to each person, ending the chapter with his question about what she experienced.
  Character developments and themes: Chen Hao’s healing ability draws public attention, but he maintains firm boundaries and treats it as a matter of spiritual principle, not a service. Wanqing’s gratitude deepens her bond with him, while Siyao acts as a practical mediator between him and the public. The chapter emphasizes the limits and responsibilities of extraordinary power, the importance of personal connection, and the mysterious, individualized nature of spiritual phenomena.

Plot points and events

• Song Xinxue reflects on Chen Hao’s mysterious nature and asks what he has been through. He does not answer, and she leaves after delivering fruit.
• Seeing Chen Hao calmly reading in the sunlight stirs strong feelings in her, though she believes he is far beyond her reach.
• In the building lobby, she unexpectedly runs into former college acquaintance Fan Hai. He recognizes her, learns she works as a property concierge, and persuades her to exchange WeChat contacts.
• Fan Hai privately decides to pursue her. After returning to his luxurious apartment, he dismisses the woman waiting there and examines Song Xinxue’s social-media posts, finding no sign of a boyfriend.
• He asks his assistant to investigate her personal background.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Xinxue is increasingly drawn to Chen Hao, but her admiration is mixed with insecurity about their social distance. She is polite to Fan Hai but uncomfortable with his lingering, possessive attention.
• Chen Hao remains quiet and enigmatic; his silence leaves Song Xinxue wondering about his past.
• Fan Hai presents himself as a successful, polished former classmate, but his thoughts reveal entitlement and a calculating interest in Song Xinxue. He treats her job as evidence that she should be within his reach and begins gathering information about her.
• Song and Chen share a brief, intimate conversation about memory and taste; Song and Fan reconnect superficially, while Fan’s private intentions sharply contrast with his friendly manner.

Significant themes

• Mystery and distance: Chen Hao’s unexplained past and apparent indifference to wealth deepen his aura of otherworldliness.
• Longing and insecurity: Song’s attraction to Chen is tempered by her belief that he is unattainable.
• Status and entitlement: Fan measures people by wealth and position, assuming success gives him a claim to pursue Song.
• Appearance versus character: Fan’s polished image masks possessiveness and calculation.

Key plot points and events

• Fan Hai reviews Song Xinxue’s background and appears interested in her, imagining a familiar romance between a hardworking woman and a wealthy bachelor.
• At Veya Group headquarters, CEO Yao Wei announces that the struggling Pengcheng branch needs a new general manager. No one volunteers because the branch’s poor performance makes the role risky and offers no obvious promotion or pay increase.
• Cai Jingwen volunteers. Although she tells Yao Wei she is ready to take on the challenge, her main personal motivation is to return to Pengcheng and see Chen Hao again.
• Yao Wei approves the transfer and promises company support, allowing Cai to bring one or two capable colleagues.
• Cai tells her friend Li Li about the move. Li recognizes that Cai’s feelings for Chen Hao are a major reason, but Cai also says she wants to test her abilities outside headquarters.
• Li decides to accompany Cai, both out of friendship and because she is newly divorced and open to a fresh start.
• A week later, the two arrive at Bao’an Airport and are greeted by Pengcheng’s intense heat.

Character developments

• Cai Jingwen shows resolve and ambition by accepting a difficult assignment. Her decision is also driven by her lingering admiration for Chen Hao, though she frames it as an opportunity to grow professionally.
• Li Li appears healthier and more relaxed after her divorce. She supports Cai wholeheartedly and is optimistic about starting a new chapter herself.
• Yao Wei demonstrates confidence in Cai’s abilities, despite recognizing that the transfer may be a career setback.
• Fan Hai emerges as someone who is assessing Song Xinxue as a potential romantic interest.

Significant themes

• Risk and responsibility: The Pengcheng post is an unwanted challenge that could damage a manager’s career, yet Cai accepts it.
• Ambition and personal desire: Cai’s professional decision is intertwined with her wish to reunite with Chen Hao.
• Friendship and fresh starts: Li’s choice to go with Cai underscores their loyalty and her own readiness to rebuild her life.
• Romantic expectations: Fan Hai’s thoughts about Song Xinxue hint at wealth-and-romance dynamics.

Character interactions

• Yao challenges the executives to take responsibility for Pengcheng’s failing business; their silence contrasts with Cai’s willingness to step forward.
• Yao and Cai share a respectful exchange, with Yao offering support and Cai promising to do her best.
• Li teases Cai about her feelings for Chen Hao, then shifts from joking to genuine concern before deciding to join her.
• The chapter ends with Cai and Li arriving together in Pengcheng, setting up both a business challenge and the possibility of renewed contact with Chen Hao.

Key plot points and events

• Cai Jingwen returns to Pengcheng for a long-term assignment as general manager of her company’s struggling local branch. She and colleague Li Li move into company-provided housing near Treasure Sky City.
• Jingwen is clearly eager to see Chen Hao again, but insists on focusing on work first. Her new branch faces low morale, departing distributors, and aggressive competition.
• Chen Siyao notices Jingwen’s return and suggests inviting her to dinner. Yang Wanqing agrees, and Chen Hao accepts. Jingwen replies immediately to the invitation for the following evening.
• Fan Hai continues pursuing his former classmate Song Xinxue through messages and invitations, despite her brief, polite responses.
• When he approaches her while she is working in the residential garden, Xinxue firmly tells him they were never close and that their relationship should remain professional. Fan’s friendliness turns into resentment, and he contacts his assistant to arrange a dinner with the person in charge of Treasure Sky City’s concierge department.
• Jingwen’s colleague Li Li teases her about dinner at Chen Hao’s home and notices her checking her appearance.

Character developments and interactions

• Cai Jingwen returns with professional responsibilities but remains emotionally drawn to Chen Hao. Her instant acceptance of the dinner invitation hints at how much the reunion matters to her.
• Chen Hao remains reserved about Jingwen’s return, saying little when Siyao raises the subject, but agrees to cook for her.
• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing warmly welcome the idea of seeing Jingwen and take the initiative to arrange dinner.
• Song Xinxue stands her ground against Fan Hai, clearly defining the boundaries between resident and employee and rejecting his assumed intimacy.
• Fan Hai treats Xinxue’s distance as a challenge rather than a refusal. His decision to approach her department’s management suggests he may use his influence to pressure her.
• Li Li serves as Jingwen’s confidante and playful tease, balancing support for her work with awareness of her feelings.

Significant themes

• Professional duty versus personal longing: Jingwen postpones personal matters while settling into a demanding new role, even as her reunion with Chen Hao approaches.
• Boundaries and consent: Xinxue’s explicit refusal contrasts with Fan Hai’s entitlement and persistence.
• Fresh starts under pressure: Jingwen’s return offers the possibility of renewed relationships, but she must first confront the branch’s serious business problems.

Key events

• Cai Jingwen visits Chen Hao with her friend Li Li, after agonizing over what to wear. Li Li teases her about her unrequited feelings, but Jingwen admits she knows Chen may never date anyone and is content simply to be near him.
• At Chen Hao’s home, Jingwen reunites warmly with Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing. Chen Hao cooks for everyone and greets Jingwen casually; his small gestures affect her deeply. The gathering recalls their shared days in the Northern Frontier, reinforcing how little has changed in her feelings.
• After the visit, Jingwen leaves smiling, encouraged by Chen Siyao’s invitation to come back.
• The focus shifts to Treasure Sky City’s Butler Department. Manager He Zhongwei speaks with General Manager Fan Hai, who wants access to Song Xinxue not merely as a butler but as a romantic or sexual target. He agrees to use work assignments to bring her closer to Fan.
• He Zhongwei summons Song and presents extra high-end clients—including Fan—as experience that could help her become deputy manager. Song refuses, explaining that her workload is already full and that she does not want the position. He is visibly taken aback.

Character developments and interactions

• Cai Jingwen remains deeply attached to Chen Hao but accepts the limits of her hopes; being welcomed into his home brings her quiet happiness. Li Li acts as her teasing yet sympathetic confidante.
• Chen Hao remains reserved and quietly observant, while Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing welcome Jingwen affectionately and make the home feel warm and lively.
• Song Xinxue shows calm resolve, resisting both added work and the deputy-manager bait because it could expose her to Fan Hai’s advances. He Zhongwei masks self-interest with friendly managerial language, while Fan Hai is explicit about his possessive intentions.

Significant themes

• Unrequited affection and the comfort of closeness, even without reciprocation.
• The contrast between Chen Hao’s quiet detachment and the warmth of his household.
• Workplace power and manipulation: promotion prospects and assignments are used to pressure an employee and facilitate a superior’s predatory intentions.

Key plot points and events

• Song Xinxue firmly refuses He Zhongwei’s offer to become deputy manager, saying she wants only to do her current job and cannot take on additional residents. He warns her to recognize which way power is shifting, but she leaves without backing down.
• He reports the refusal to Fan Hai. Furious at being rejected, Fan abandons his plan to court Xinxue and decides to force her into his control.
• Fan pressures He to lure Xinxue to his apartment under the pretense of delivering a resident’s gift. He offers He career advancement in exchange for cooperation.
• Fan reveals he intends to use Soul-Confusing Incense, a substance that clouds its victim’s mind and erases their memory of what happened. He schedules the setup for the following evening.
• He gives Xinxue a gift bag supposedly meant for a resident on the twenty-first floor of Building C. She accepts, but recalls Fan lives on the eighteenth floor of Building D and initially feels reassured.
• As she approaches Building C, however, she senses something is off: He’s behaving unusually politely after her refusal. Before she can decide what to do, repairman Liu Yang appears.

Character developments

• Song Xinxue remains composed and resolute, rejecting both the promotion and Fan’s advances. Her careful attention to details makes her question the errand despite the apparently innocent explanation.
• Fan Hai shifts from entitled suitor to calculated aggressor. His wounded pride and possessiveness drive him to plan an assault using a drug-like incense.
• He Zhongwei moves from managerial pressure to active complicity, accepting Fan’s promise of career advancement despite recognizing that the plan is inappropriate.
• Liu Yang is introduced as an honest, shy repairman who appears just as Xinxue is on her way to make the delivery.

Significant themes

• Power and coercion: Fan and He use wealth, status, and workplace authority to undermine Xinxue’s freedom to refuse.
• Consent and entitlement: Fan treats rejection as an insult to overcome rather than a boundary to respect.
• Integrity versus ambition: He’s desire for promotion leads him to cooperate with Fan’s scheme.
• Suspicion and vulnerability: Xinxue’s attention to inconsistencies may help her recognize danger, though the chapter ends before the outcome is clear.

Character interactions

• Xinxue rejects He’s offer directly, while He responds with a warning about aligning herself with those in power.
• Fan berates He for failing to persuade her, then recruits him through threats and promises of promotion.
• He disguises the purpose of the delivery, and Xinxue accepts while privately remaining wary.
• Liu Yang approaches Xinxue outside Building C, interrupting her progress toward the supposed delivery.

Plot points and events

• Song Xinxue asks Liu Yang, a property-management concierge responsible for Buildings C and D, to deliver a gift to a resident on the twenty-first floor. She gives him the bag and leaves.
• The recipient is Fan Hai, who has a young model staying with him and treats her coercively. Before answering the door, he lights a faintly scented incense stick.
• Fan angrily takes the gift from Liu Yang, throws it down, and orders him away. Liu Yang flees, hearing a crash behind him.
• In a rage, Fan smashes expensive furnishings and blames Song for repeatedly evading his advances and schemes.
• Fan turns to occult practices he learned years earlier. Using Song’s birth information—sent to him by Manager He Zhongwei—he performs a ritual before a sinister idol, summoning two ghostly beings and ordering them to bring Song to him.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Xinxue remains resourceful and indirect: she avoids Fan’s unwanted attention by getting Liu Yang to make the delivery instead of going herself.
• Liu Yang is earnest but nervous. He agrees eagerly to help Song, then is intimidated by Fan and runs from the apartment.
• Fan Hai is revealed as wealthy, controlling, and volatile. His rejection of Song’s advances fuels his anger, and he escalates from manipulation to supernatural retaliation.
• The young model is frightened and submissive under Fan’s threats.
• He Zhongwei hesitates when Fan requests Song’s personal information but ultimately sends her registration form, enabling Fan’s ritual.

Significant themes

• Coercion and entitlement: Fan treats women as possessions and interprets Song’s refusal as an affront.
• Abuse of power and privacy: He uses his influence to obtain Song’s personal data and pursue her.
• Escalating revenge: Repeatedly thwarted, Fan turns to increasingly dangerous means.
• Appearance versus reality: Fan’s wealth and polished gifts conceal a cruel nature and his reliance on dark occult practices.

Plot points and events

• After leaving Treasure Sky City, Song Xinxue collects homemade fish balls sent by her grandmother. On her way back, she senses something following her but sees nothing and assumes she is tired and stressed.
• Two Vengeful Ghosts sent to possess and control Xinxue approach her near the building. Chen Hao’s protective talismans and array instantly destroy them before they can touch her.
• Chen Hao senses what happened and realizes someone is targeting Xinxue. He remains outwardly calm, judging the attempt insignificant, though the threat interests him.
• Xinxue arrives at the penthouse with the fish balls, which delight Chen Siyao. She relaxes while holding Moontrace.
• Chen Hao gives Xinxue an imperial-green jade plaque made from the jade the Ying Family previously gave him. Though she initially refuses because of its value, she accepts after he insists. Siyao teases that it is a token of his affection, flustering Xinxue.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Xinxue is visibly strained by Fan Hai’s recent harassment and the ghostly pursuit, but the familiar gift from her grandmother and the warmth of Chen Hao’s household comfort her. Chen Hao’s present makes her feel shy and excited.
• Chen Hao quietly protects those around him, revealing the strength of his preparations without drawing attention to them. His gift to Xinxue suggests personal care, though he does not explain his feelings.
• Chen Siyao enthusiastically welcomes Xinxue, celebrates the fish balls, and playfully encourages the apparent romance between her and Chen Hao.
• Yang Wanqing greets Xinxue warmly and helps create a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Moontrace also comforts Xinxue by settling in her arms.
• Fan Hai does not appear directly, but his recent pursuit of Xinxue contributes to her anxiety; someone has now escalated the threat by sending ghosts after her.

Significant themes

• Protection and hidden power: Chen Hao’s seemingly casual household protections effortlessly defeat a supernatural attack.
• Care and belonging: The grandmother’s food and the household’s welcome offer Xinxue comfort amid fear and stress.
• Affection expressed indirectly: Chen Hao gives Xinxue a valuable keepsake, while Siyao’s teasing brings the romantic tension into the open.
• Threat beneath ordinary life: A peaceful evening at home follows an attempted supernatural attack, hinting that danger remains close.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao gives Song Xinxue a jade pendant carved with a protective array. It is meant to ward off evil and reflect harmful spells back at whoever casts them. He tells her not to remove it.
• Over dinner, Song Xinxue enjoys the warm, lively atmosphere of Chen Hao’s home, which contrasts with her lonely apartment. Chen Hao notices the pendant and is relieved she is wearing it.
• Fan Hai realizes too late that his dark ritual could rebound if its target had a protective artifact. The failed attack sends a painful, icy force through his body, leaving him weak and marked by a red line near his eye. Despite the setback, he vows to make Song Xinxue his.
• On a sunny weekend morning, Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing insist that Chen Hao leave the house and go shopping with them. They tease him about his plain clothes and homebody habits, and he reluctantly agrees.

Character developments

• Chen Hao shows forethought and concern by making Song Xinxue the protective charm, and quiet relief when she wears it. Though he prefers staying home to study, he is affectionate and yielding toward his sister.
• Song Xinxue feels increasingly at ease in Chen Hao’s household, valuing its warmth as much as the food and company. She accepts his protection.
• Fan Hai suffers the consequences of his own spell but remains threatening and fixated on Song Xinxue.
• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing take an energetic, teasing role in drawing Chen Hao into a more social outing.

Significant themes

• Protection and consequences: Chen Hao’s protective craft turns Fan Hai’s malicious magic back on him.
• Belonging and loneliness: The family home offers Song Xinxue companionship and comfort absent from her solitary apartment.
• Everyday affection: Care appears through practical gestures, shared meals, teasing, and family outings.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao protects Song Xinxue with the pendant, while their quiet exchange at dinner conveys mutual trust and concern.
• Fan Hai’s failed attack intensifies his hostility toward Song Xinxue rather than ending the danger.
• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing playfully gang up on Chen Hao, persuading him to shop; their warmth and persistence contrast with his preference for solitude.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao, Chen Siyao, and Yang Wanqing go shopping at the MixC. Siyao and Wanqing enthusiastically make Chen Hao try on more than a dozen outfits before choosing five pieces for him.
• Chen’s looks draw attention from other shoppers. A cashier slips him her phone number, but Siyao finds the note and teases him before he throws it away.
• At the mall’s claw machines, Siyao and Wanqing spend tokens without winning. Chen Hao takes over and wins their chosen toys on his first attempts.
• He keeps playing, winning more than a dozen plushies in a row and attracting a crowd. When other girls ask him to win toys for them or teach them, Siyao claims him as their “exclusive” plushie-winning workhorse, while Wanqing calls him her boyfriend and links arms with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains patient and good-natured as the girls boss him around, shop for him, and recruit him to play. His effortless success at the claw machines reveals another impressive skill and makes him the center of attention.
• Chen Siyao acts like an enthusiastic younger sister: she directs Chen’s makeover, teases him about female attention, and later playfully guards him from girls who approach.
• Yang Wanqing joins Siyao in encouraging Chen and celebrating his wins. She jokingly poses as his girlfriend to fend off another admirer.

Significant themes

• Affectionate teasing and closeness: The shopping trip and games show the trio’s comfortable, playful bond.
• Chen’s quiet appeal and competence: His appearance attracts attention, while his seemingly effortless skill at the machines impresses everyone.
• Playful jealousy and possessiveness: Siyao and Wanqing jokingly stake claims on Chen when other girls show interest.

Key plot points and events

• After Chen Hao’s popularity draws admiring women at the mall, Yang Wanqing and Chen Siyao pretend to be his girlfriends, successfully discouraging them. The trio leaves with bags full of plush toys.
• They choose to wait for a table at a Hunan restaurant because Chen Hao knows the two women want spicy food. A childhood memory about Chen Siyao’s love of spicy snacks prompts friendly teasing between her and Yang Wanqing.
• While they eat, fans repeatedly recognize Chen Hao from his livestreams and ask for photos. Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing help accommodate them as the crowd grows.
• One fan reveals that Chen Hao is now called “High God” in the fan community, prompting Chen Hao’s bemused reaction.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Hao remains modest and reserved despite his growing fame, quietly accepting fans’ thanks and photo requests. His remembered childhood anecdote shows his affection and attentiveness toward Chen Siyao.
• Chen Siyao is playful and proud of her brother, joking about his admirers and helping fans take photos.
• Yang Wanqing joins Chen Siyao in joking and play-acting, while also helping fans. Their easy banter shows their closeness.
• The fans are increasingly devoted and excited, treating Chen Hao as a remarkable figure and elevating him from “Celestial Master” to “High God.”

Significant themes

• Celebrity and public attention: Chen Hao’s online reputation follows him into ordinary public spaces, disrupting a simple meal.
• Affectionate family and friendship: Childhood memories, teasing, and practical support create a warm dynamic among the trio.
• The gap between fame and modesty: Fans idolize Chen Hao, while he responds quietly and with slight embarrassment.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao is recognized by a diner, who takes a photo with him and posts online, calling him the “High God.”
• The post attracts a crowd to the restaurant. Many people join the queue simply to see Chen Hao, overwhelming the staff and filling the restaurant with curious diners.
• Customers search online and discuss Chen Hao’s extraordinary claims and accomplishments, including healing a terminal brain-cancer patient and restoring an ancient silk manuscript. Some remain skeptical, but the evidence and the support of powerful families impress others.
• The manager offers Chen Hao a complimentary fruit platter and meal, crediting him with drawing the crowd. Chen Hao declines the extra attention.
• After eating, Chen Hao and his companions struggle through fans asking for photos, handshakes, autographs, and exam blessings. They finally escape into an elevator.

Character developments

• Chen Hao remains calm and modest despite the sudden commotion. He accepts a fan’s brief handshake but grows uncomfortable as the crowd presses in and hurries to leave.
• Chen Siyao reacts with surprise and amusement at her brother’s fame, then worries about how they will get out and whether he will need a mask in public.
• Yang Wanqing recognizes the scale of Chen Hao’s influence, remarking that even a small request could mobilize the four great families.
• The diners move from curiosity or disbelief toward astonishment as they learn more about Chen Hao’s reputation and supposed deeds.

Significant themes

• Fame and public attention: A casual photo rapidly turns an ordinary meal into a fan gathering.
• Belief versus skepticism: People debate whether Chen Hao’s feats are genuine, but reported evidence makes some question their doubts.
• The power of reputation: Chen Hao’s name draws crowds, special treatment, and deference without him asking for it.
• The cost of celebrity: Popularity brings admiration, but also crowds and loss of privacy.

Character interactions

• Chen Hao politely lets the first admirer call him “High God” and pose for a photo.
• The manager tries to honor him with free food, while Chen Hao refuses the gesture.
• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing whisper about his influence, but fall silent when he notices them.
• Fans crowd around Chen Hao; he briefly shakes one young woman’s hand, prompting even greater excitement. His companions flank him as they make their way out.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Hao, Chen Siyao, and Yang Wanqing leave the mall amid growing public attention around Chen Hao. His livestream audience now numbers in the tens of millions, and fans treat him like a supernatural celebrity.
• At home, Chen Siyao shows off the many plush toys Chen Hao won at the claw machine. The livestream audience jokes with the trio, while Chen Siyao lists her brother’s abilities and Yang Wanqing adds that he also picks up Moontrace’s poop. Chen Siyao ends the stream for the night.
• While studying the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Chen Hao senses a powerful surge of yin energy coming from Building A. He discovers that someone has destroyed the residential complex’s Feng Shui Array, releasing long-suppressed spirits that have gathered on the building’s upper floors and formed a small ghost domain.
• Chen Hao finds a blood-stained Soul-Gathering Banner drawing the spirits inside. Made through the torture and sacrifice of more than ten young girls, it is a particularly evil artifact. He decides to destroy it at noon, when yang energy is strongest, to prevent the spirits from scattering and to protect the unconscious residents.
• The chapter ends when Yang Wanqing sees a news report announcing a fall from Building A and an emergency lockdown of the building.

Character developments

• Chen Hao remains calm and modest despite his fame, but turns resolute when he discovers the banner and its victims. He carefully plans his response rather than acting impulsively.
• Chen Siyao enjoys teasing her brother and engaging with the livestream audience, but also tries to keep fans’ expectations in check.
• Yang Wanqing shares in the lighthearted banter, then becomes alarmed by the news from Building A.

Significant themes

• Fame and public fascination: Chen Hao’s extraordinary reputation attracts an enormous online following, who ask him for help with everything from games to exams.
• The supernatural amid ordinary life: A playful evening of livestreaming gives way to a dangerous occult disturbance in the apartment complex.
• Cruelty and justice: The Soul-Gathering Banner’s creation involved the murder of young girls, prompting Chen Hao’s determination to deal with its maker.
• Prudence and responsibility: Chen Hao weighs timing and potential harm to residents before confronting the threat.

Character interactions

• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing joke with Chen Hao and the viewers about his many talents, while the audience responds affectionately to the family and Moontrace.
• Chen Hao’s gentle interaction with Moontrace contrasts with his cold reaction to the evil artifact.
• Yang Wanqing alerts Chen Siyao to the breaking news, setting up the next chapter’s immediate crisis.

Key plot points and events

• News spreads that a wealthy penthouse owner in Building A jumped from the thirty-first floor and died. Soon afterward, residents report crying, knocking, footsteps, and dark shapes on floors twenty-nine through thirty-one.
• Property management evacuates nearby residents, while police seal off the entire building. Online posts and videos describe a freezing black fog blocking the stairwell and suggest some residents on the upper floors remain trapped.
• Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing see the police vehicles and shadowy movement behind Building A’s dark windows. Chen Hao confirms the haunting is real.
• Chen Hao says he can deal with it, but will wait until noon the next day, when yang energy is strongest. He assures the women that a House-Guarding Talisman protects their building.
• Siyao and Wanqing spend a fearful, sleepless night together. Chen Hao remains calm, studying the Torch Dragon passage in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• The next morning, Chen Hao prepares breakfast while the women report that the haunting has become a major online trend.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Siyao is frightened by the reports and seeks reassurance from her brother, trusting his ability to protect them.
• Yang Wanqing is equally alarmed, asks whether the haunting could reach them, and chooses to share Siyao’s room.
• Chen Hao stays composed and authoritative, confirming the danger while explaining the timing and protection available. His quiet confidence contrasts with the women’s anxiety.
• The women exchange information and worry together; Chen Hao answers their concerns and agrees to keep his bedroom door open for comfort.

Significant themes

• Fear and uncertainty: Conflicting online claims and eerie eyewitness accounts intensify anxiety.
• Protection and responsibility: Chen Hao reassures his family and prepares to confront the threat.
• Patience and timing: He delays action until noon, trusting that conditions will favor him.
• Modern life meeting the supernatural: Social media, police response, and viral rumors frame a paranormal crisis.