Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• At Jinling University, Jun Wangchen defeats the Taekwondo captain in an exhibition match, using Tai Chi Fist to absorb and redirect the captain’s force. The Taekwondo students suspect a trick, but the instructor, Liu Sanquan, recognizes Jun’s genuine skill.
• Jun invites another challenger. The vice-captain, dismissing the captain’s warning, attacks. Jun’s flowing defensive movements make the blows ineffective, then a single palm strike sends the vice-captain off the platform.
• With both leaders beaten, the Taekwondo team falls silent. Liu concedes the match, then urges his students to treat defeat as motivation to improve.
• The Tai Chi Fist students celebrate Jun’s victory by hoisting him into the air. Their teacher, Huang Shihu, promises to buy lunch—though the celebration ends with Jun still airborne after everyone lets go.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen reveals himself as a highly skilled Tai Chi practitioner, demonstrating both defensive force-neutralizing techniques and powerful counterattacks. His calm confidence contrasts with his challengers’ aggression.
• The Taekwondo captain moves from confidence to respect and apprehension after recognizing Jun as a true expert. The vice-captain, by contrast, ignores the captain’s warning and is quickly defeated.
• Liu Sanquan shows good judgment by recognizing Jun’s ability and accepting the loss with dignity, while rallying his discouraged students.
• The Tai Chi Fist students, including Zhang Zhengxiao and Chen Fan, gain new respect for Jun; Chen in particular realizes that appearances had misled him.
• Huang Shihu takes pride in Jun’s mastery and celebrates the team’s success.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Jun looks slight and unremarkable, yet possesses extraordinary skill.
• Respect earned through ability: Jun’s victories silence the Taekwondo camp’s doubts and hostility.
• Humility and sportsmanship: Liu accepts defeat without making excuses and discourages resentment.
• Growth through adversity: Liu reframes the loss as a reason to train harder and return stronger.

Character interactions

• Jun’s composed challenge provokes the Taekwondo students, while the captain’s warning to the vice-captain goes unheeded.
• Liu’s intervention prevents the defeated captain from escalating matters and later helps restore the team’s morale.
• The Tai Chi Fist students’ exuberant celebration contrasts with the Taekwondo team’s disappointment, ending the chapter on a comic note.

Key plot points

• After a boozy lunch with his Tai Chi Fist classmates, Jun Wangchen returns to his dorm with his roommate Zhang Zhengxiao, who promptly passes out.
• Zhuge Liang contacts Jun to ask about the sale of his Divine Calculations. Rather than complain, he proposes trading for two medical texts Jun acquired from Zhang Zhongjing.
• Jun agrees to exchange the Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases and Hundred-Year Acupuncture for Fiery Golden Eyes, a gift Zhuge Liang received from Sun Wukong.
• Jun learns the manual and tests his new power. His golden eyes can see through objects and reveal hidden details, but even a brief use leaves him mentally and physically drained.
• Reflecting on his growing supernatural abilities, Jun recognizes the risks of arrogance, exposure, and dependence on the Groundhog Phone. He resolves to keep his powers secret and build a secure place for himself in the world.
• Before he can plan further, his roommate Number Two calls: he has entered Jun in a student-council dice-guessing contest offering money and a Maldives trip. Number Two blackmails him into attending by threatening to reveal Jun accidentally deleted Number One’s porn collection. Jun grudgingly heads to the event.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is excited by the childhood-dream fulfillment of gaining Fiery Golden Eyes, but quickly tempers that excitement with caution and long-term planning. He trades confidently with Zhuge Liang and, despite resenting Number Two’s coercion, agrees to go.
• Zhuge Liang shows no hard feelings about Jun selling his manual; he pragmatically seeks a new trade and offers a prized gift from Sun Wukong.
• Zhang Zhengxiao is introduced in a drunken, comic state and falls asleep almost immediately.
• Number Two comes across as scheming and mischievous, signing Jun up without permission and using blackmail to make him participate.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Jun understands that extraordinary abilities can invite danger and must be used carefully.
• Secrecy and vulnerability: His powers could attract powerful people or institutions, so he decides to hide them—even from those close to him.
• Building lasting security: Jun sees the Groundhog Phone and its supernatural gifts as potentially temporary, motivating him to establish himself independently.
• Humor amid fantasy: The chapter contrasts awe-inspiring magic with dorm-room antics, crude jokes, and petty roommate blackmail.

Key plot points and events

• Jinling University hosts a “Guess the Dice” contest sponsored by clothing chain Qingyu. Four group winners will receive cash and Maldives travel vouchers.
• Wang Nuli has enlisted his roommate Jun Wangchen to compete. Jun grumbles that Wang keeps signing him up for things, while Wang jokes and flirts with one of the organizers.
• At the first table, Jun is confronted by Qin Shou and Qiu Ya, his ex-girlfriend. They mock his poverty and his mother’s work as a street cleaner. Jun responds with a chilling threat, then silently vows to repay their insults once he has power.
• Jun activates his Fiery Golden Eyes, sees that the dice show two fives, and selects “doubles.” Almost everyone else chooses “big” or “small,” and Qin Shou persuades Qiu Ya to choose “big” based on his supposed dice-listening skills.
• The dealer reveals the two fives. Both “big” and “doubles” are correct, eliminating many contestants—but Jun is the only person who chose doubles. The crowd, including Qiu Ya, Qin Shou, and Wang Nuli’s companion, is stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is irritated by Wang’s matchmaking and event schemes, but uses his supernatural sight strategically. His humiliation by Qin Shou and Qiu Ya fuels his resentment and desire for future revenge.
• Wang Nuli is playful and mischievous, recruiting Jun while avoiding the contest himself. He defends Jun’s odd-looking choice as inexperience, though he also expects Jun may be eliminated.
• Qin Shou and Qiu Ya act as a united, contemptuous pair, belittling Jun’s background. Qin boasts of his limited dice-reading ability, but Jun’s accurate guess undercuts their confidence.
• The organizer’s companion initially dismisses Jun as foolish for picking the unlikely “doubles,” then is shocked when the result proves him right.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and mistaken judgment: Jun appears to make a reckless guess, but his supernatural ability gives him certainty.
• Humiliation and revenge: Qin and Qiu Ya’s class-based insults deepen Jun’s anger and establish a future conflict.
• Luck versus skill: The contest seems to depend on chance, while Jun wins through an extraordinary advantage rather than ordinary gambling skill.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen advances from the first round by correctly betting on doubles, an outcome the crowd considers extremely unlikely.
• Qiu Ya, frustrated that her attempt to see him fail has backfired, dismisses his win as luck. Qin Shou comforts her and predicts Jun will lose in the next round.
• For the second round, contestants choose among outcomes such as high, low, or tie. Qin Shou recommends “low,” and Qiu Ya follows him.
• Jun confidently bets on “tie,” despite warnings that the result is unlikely. When the dice show two and four, only the tie bettors advance—making Jun right again.
• Qiu Ya accuses him of cheating, and other spectators begin to suspect he bribed the dealer. Wang Nuli rejects the accusation but cannot explain Jun’s accuracy.
• Wang Nuli and a student-council member head to the table to investigate. She remains open to the possibility of wrongdoing and says she will act if Jun cheated.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm and self-assured, treating his improbable wins as straightforward guesses. His confidence contrasts with the crowd’s growing suspicion.
• Qiu Ya grows increasingly resentful. After mocking Jun’s first win, she eagerly anticipates his downfall, then turns to accusations when he succeeds again.
• Qin Shou supports Qiu Ya and shares her contempt for Jun, interpreting his unusual bet as reckless gambling.
• Wang Nuli defends Jun as honest and modest, though Jun’s repeated success leaves him puzzled. He and the student-council member move to check what happened.
• The student-council member initially views Jun’s refusal to heed advice as arrogance, then becomes concerned about fairness and the possibility of cheating.

Significant themes

• Luck versus skill or hidden advantage: Jun’s consecutive unlikely guesses make it difficult for others to distinguish extraordinary luck from possible cheating.
• Confidence and perception: Jun’s calm certainty is read by some as arrogance, while Wang Nuli sees it as genuine confidence.
• Jealousy and suspicion: Qiu Ya’s hostility shapes how she interprets Jun’s success, helping turn surprise into public accusations.
• The stakes of advancement: Once contestants have a chance to win, they become more cautious and anxious than those already eliminated.

Plot points and events

• At a campus dice game, Jun Wangchen wins two rounds by guessing the dice correctly. Qiu Ya accuses him and dealer Xiao Mei of secretly colluding to take the prizes, though she has no evidence.
• Qiu Ya insults both Xiao Mei and Jun. Jun’s roommate Wang Nuli intervenes with a string of cutting insults, but Qiu Ya’s boyfriend Qin Shou turns the crowd against Jun and Xiao Mei by publicly claiming they cheated.
• Rumors spread, and most spectators condemn the pair without hearing their side. Student Union president Yang Qiang arrives and asks for evidence.
• Jun explains that he can identify the dice numbers by listening and invites the others to test him. In truth, he can see through the dice cup, but keeps that ability secret.
• Qin Shou volunteers to run the test. Drawing on gambling skills learned from his casino-owning cousin, he shakes the dice with exceptional speed and noise, then challenges Jun to name the result. The chapter ends before Jun answers.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains calm under public pressure but is increasingly angered by Qiu Ya’s repeated attacks. He gives a plausible cover story rather than revealing his unusual ability.
• Xiao Mei is hurt and nearly cries at the accusation, but explains the facts when Yang Qiang gives her the chance.
• Wang Nuli proves unexpectedly sharp and fiercely loyal to Jun, using humor and insults to push back against Qiu Ya.
• Qiu Ya escalates from personal mockery to a public cheating accusation, showing her hostility and readiness to treat suspicion as proof.
• Qin Shou exploits the crowd’s bias to strengthen the accusation, then takes control of the proposed test—apparently confident his dice-shaking will undermine Jun.
• Yang Qiang approaches the dispute as an authority figure and asks for evidence rather than immediately accepting the crowd’s claims.

Significant themes

• Rumor and mob judgment: The crowd adopts accusations quickly, and popularity appears to outweigh evidence.
• False accusation and fairness: Xiao Mei and Jun are pressured to defend themselves against claims unsupported by proof.
• Restraint and hidden ability: Jun conceals what he can really do, balancing the need to clear his name against the risk of exposing himself.
• Loyalty and public courage: Wang Nuli stands by Jun even as others begin to doubt him.

Character interactions

• Qiu Ya repeatedly provokes Jun and demeans Xiao Mei; Qin Shou backs her up and rallies the crowd.
• Wang Nuli counters Qiu Ya’s attacks, giving Jun support and a moment of relief.
• Xiao Mei tells Yang Qiang what happened, and he questions the accusers about their evidence.
• Jun agrees to Qin Shou’s test, setting up a direct contest between Jun’s claimed ability and Qin Shou’s practiced technique.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen offers to prove he can identify dice by sound, then raises the stakes: a wager of 200,000 yuan against Qin Shou.
• Qiu Ya mocks Jun’s poor background and his mother’s work, while the crowd worries that the wager is reckless. Jun insists he has the money and challenges Qin to accept.
• Qin, confident in his gambling skills, agrees. He has Qiu Ya place a bank card containing 200,000 yuan on the table.
• Jun listens to the dice and correctly calls the result: two sixes. Qin appears untroubled because he intends to secretly change the dice when lifting the cup.
• Qin uses sleight of hand—but when the cup is lifted, the dice still show two sixes. The chapter ends with Qin stunned and his confidence shaken.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm under pressure and turns the test into a high-stakes wager, suggesting he trusts his ability completely. His confidence makes both allies and observers uneasy.
• Qin Shou begins certain that his experience and cheating technique will secure victory. Jun’s accurate call surprises him, and his attempted switch fails.
• Wang Nuli worries about Jun’s risk-taking, despite knowing he has the money.
• Qiu Ya ridicules Jun’s poverty and family circumstances, but her confidence in Qin also sets up her expectation of an easy win.
• Yang Qiang recognizes the unfairness of the situation and the university’s rules against gambling, but chooses not to intervene.
• Xiao Mei hopes the test will clear her name but fears Jun may fail.

Significant themes

• Confidence versus arrogance: Jun’s certainty appears reckless to others, but the result supports his confidence.
• Skill, deception, and fairness: The test is presented as a way to establish the truth, while Qin secretly plans to manipulate the outcome.
• Class and prejudice: Qiu Ya uses Jun’s poverty and his mother’s labor to belittle him, revealing the social contempt he faces.
• Risk and reputation: The wager raises the stakes beyond proving Jun’s innocence, making the outcome a public test of his abilities.

Plot points and events

• At Jinling University, Qin Shou accuses Jun Wangchen of cheating after losing a 200,000-yuan dice wager. Jun calmly points out that he never touched the cup, leaving Qin unable to support the accusation.
• Jun accepts Qin’s challenge to double the stakes to 400,000 yuan. Qin secretly changes the dice, but Jun uses his abilities to control the outcomes: first two sixes, then a three and a four. Jun wins both wagers, taking 600,000 yuan altogether.
• Jun taunts Qin by thanking him for his “generosity” and giving him 100 yuan for food, while privately revealing that he knew Qin was manipulating the dice.
• Yang Qiang stops Qin and his girlfriend, Qiu Ya, for falsely accusing Student Union staff and stirring up the crowd. Faced with the Student Union members closing in, they apologize and leave.
• Yang publicly reaffirms the Student Union’s fairness. Jun’s event results are approved, and he collects a 3,000-yuan prize and two Maldives travel vouchers before leaving with Wang Nuli.
• Yang watches Jun go and concludes that the new student will make university life interesting.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen displays confidence, caution, and a mischievous streak. He wins through his Fiery Golden Eyes, Divine Calculations, and Tai Chi’s “Receiving Force,” then uses humor and small gestures to humiliate Qin.
• Qin Shou shifts from disbelief to greed and anger. Though he suspects Jun’s success is more than luck, he wagers again to recover his loss and ultimately loses his monthly allowance.
• Qiu Ya backs Qin and accuses Jun, but offers little support once the wagers turn against them. She eventually apologizes under pressure.
• Wang Nuli is relieved when Jun wins, having feared both financial loss and damage to his credibility.
• Yang Qiang is impressed by Jun’s composure and apparent ability, and takes charge when Qin and Qiu Ya attack the Student Union’s reputation.

Significant themes

• Skill and hidden power: Jun’s apparent luck conceals deliberate supernatural intervention.
• Pride and consequences: Qin’s refusal to accept defeat leads him to risk—and lose—even more.
• Public reputation and accountability: False accusations embarrass Qin and Qiu Ya, while the Student Union seeks to restore confidence in its fairness.
• Humiliation as retaliation: Jun turns victory into a pointed public lesson for the couple.

Key plot points and events

• After Jun Wangchen wins ¥600,000 from Qin Shou by identifying dice results, his roommate Wang Nuli begs him to teach the trick. Jun jokes that Wang would abuse it, but promises to teach him sometime.
• On campus, the two hear students discussing Wei Caijun, a wealthy, handsome student whose family heavily funds Jinling University. Jun recognizes Wei as unusually imposing but feels no envy.
• Their walk is interrupted by the arrival of Zi Hanyan, one of the university’s four beauties. Students assume she has come to see Wei, especially since he is playing basketball nearby.
• Wei, who has pursued Zi for three years with daily roses and other romantic gestures, mistakes her appearance for a sign that she has finally accepted his invitation. Encouraged by his friends, he prepares to impress her.
• Zi walks straight past Wei and approaches Jun, shyly asking whether he has time.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen: Remains self-assured and playful, treating his new wealth and abilities as reasons not to envy others. He initially assumes Zi is there for Wei.
• Wang Nuli: Is openly impressed by Jun’s gambling skill and eager to learn it; his suspicions about Zi’s true purpose grow as she approaches.
• Wei Caijun: His confidence and romantic hopes build on a mistaken interpretation of Zi’s arrival. Her ignoring him leaves him publicly embarrassed.
• Zi Hanyan: Appears to have sought Jun out personally, suggesting gratitude or a closer interest, though her reason is not yet revealed.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: The crowd—and Wei in particular—assumes Zi’s visit is about the rich campus heartthrob, but she chooses Jun instead.
• Wealth, status, and self-confidence: Wei’s privilege draws admiration, yet Jun’s confidence is independent of social rank.
• Unrequited affection and misreading signals: Wei’s years of persistence do not mean Zi reciprocates; he interprets what he wants to believe as evidence of affection.

Character interactions

• Jun and Wang trade teasing banter about teaching gambling skills and joke about Jun’s looks.
• Wang explains Wei’s reputation to Jun, while students around the court gossip about the two campus celebrities.
• Wei’s friends flatter and tease him, reinforcing his belief that Zi has come for him.
• Zi’s brief, shy approach to Jun overturns everyone’s assumptions and leaves Wei watching in disbelief.

Key plot points and events

• Zi Hanyan unexpectedly approaches Jun Wangchen and invites him out, leaving Wei Caijun and the watching students stunned. Wang Nuli urges Jun to skip English class and go with her.
• As Zi and Jun head for the gate, one of Wei’s friends deliberately throws a basketball at Jun. Zi steps in front of him, but Jun pulls her safely into his arms and takes the impact on his back.
• Zi recognizes the throw as intentional, confronts the student, and takes Jun to the infirmary. Wang Nuli condemns Wei’s side for using underhanded tactics.
• Wei punches the student who threw the ball, then learns Jun’s name, residence, and reputation as a skilled Tai Chi practitioner. He orders someone to investigate Jun and vows not to let him take the woman he wants.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is surprised by Zi’s attention but quickly accepts her invitation. His reflexive protection of her reinforces his courage and concern for her.
• Zi Hanyan openly seeks Jun’s company and shows growing affection and trust, especially when she shields him and blushes in his arms. She also demonstrates perceptiveness and authority by calling out the deliberate attack.
• Wei Caijun shifts from disbelief and jealousy to anger and possessiveness. His willingness to investigate Jun signals that he may become a serious antagonist.
• Wang Nuli acts as Jun’s blunt, comic-minded friend: he pushes Jun toward the opportunity and later openly mocks Wei’s behavior.
• Wei’s associate tries to help Wei by attacking Jun but is punished by Wei, who resents the unauthorized move.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and possessiveness: Wei treats Zi’s choice as a challenge to his claim over her.
• Protection and reciprocity: Zi steps in for Jun because he protected her previously; Jun then shields her from the ball.
• Appearance versus worth: The onlookers underestimate Jun because he seems ordinary, despite his courage and martial skill.
• Public image and hidden motives: The supposed accidental throw is exposed as a jealous act, while bystanders’ reactions reveal envy and opportunism.

Character interactions

• Jun and Zi’s growing closeness is the chapter’s emotional center, marked by mutual protection, hand-holding, and Zi’s embarrassment.
• Wang Nuli teases and advises Jun, then criticizes Wei from a distance.
• Wei’s friends act on his jealousy, but Wei turns on the thrower and then redirects his hostility toward Jun.

Key events

• Zi Hanyan takes Jun Wangchen to Jinling University’s infirmary after he is struck in the back by a basketball, though he insists he is unharmed.
• While they wait, Zi Hanyan thanks him for curing her mother, who had awakened from a six-month vegetative state earlier that day.
• Jun tells her that her father—not just Jun—deserves her gratitude. He explains that her father had spent the past six months searching for treatments, and his apparent preoccupation with work may have been a way of coping with his wife’s condition.
• Zi realizes she had misjudged her father and feels guilty for blaming him, especially since he had even missed her birthday while seeking medical help for her mother.
• Jun comforts her with a story about how his own behavior toward his mother changed as he grew older. He argues that mistakes can help people mature—and that recognizing them gives them a chance to make amends. Zi accepts this insight and brightens.

Character developments and interactions

• Zi Hanyan opens up about the pain of missing her mother and the joy of her recovery. Her grief and anger toward her father give way to understanding, gratitude, and renewed hope.
• Jun Wangchen is modest about his role in her mother’s recovery and offers thoughtful emotional support. His account of his own changing relationship with his mother reveals tenderness beneath his playful manner.
• Their quiet, trusting conversation brings them closer: Zi expresses heartfelt thanks, and Jun helps her see her father’s actions with compassion rather than resentment.

Significant themes

• Mistakes and growth: Past errors can teach people and leave room for reconciliation.
• Misjudgment and empathy: A person’s apparent distance may conceal grief, devotion, or sacrifice.
• Family love and second chances: Zi still has the opportunity to repair her relationship with her father now that her mother has awakened.
• Kindness beneath appearances: Genuine character is shown through care and action, not outward image.

Plot points and events

• After confirming his basketball injury was minor, Jun Wangchen accompanies Zi Hanyan on a three-hour shopping trip. She buys a large assortment of goods, leaving him exhausted and laden with bags.
• Zi Hanyan notices his fatigue and apologizes. Before they leave, she insists on treating him to dinner at Misty Rain Disperses, a lavish restaurant her father gave her when she was seven.
• During dinner, Zi Hanyan strains her lower back while reaching to serve Jun. Jun catches her, examines the injury, and recognizes that repeated dance-related strains have damaged nerves in her lower spine.
• He offers to treat her, and she agrees. Using the One-Finger Zen Pushing Technique, he channels his elixir qi through his thumb to massage and repair the affected nerves. Her pain gradually disappears.
• Jun hides how much energy the treatment cost him and resumes dinner, pleased by Zi Hanyan’s smile.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is less preoccupied with spending time near the campus beauty than before; he is focused on becoming strong enough to thrive in a world where power matters. Still, he shows compassion and skill by treating Zi Hanyan despite the heavy physical cost.
• Zi Hanyan begins the outing as an exuberant shopper, then recognizes Jun’s exhaustion and feels guilty for taking him for granted. Her embarrassment at being examined gives way to trust, and his decisive concern makes her feel unusually safe and close to him.

Character interactions

• Zi Hanyan thanks Jun by shopping with him and taking him to dinner, while Jun humorously endures the shopping and is awed by her wealth.
• When she is hurt, Jun takes charge and insists she stay still. Though initially embarrassed by his touch, Zi Hanyan trusts him and lets him treat her.
• Afterward, she is shy but grateful and serves him food; Jun jokes about being handsome, easing the tension between them.

Significant themes

• Strength and responsibility: Jun believes power is essential for a fulfilling life, yet uses his growing abilities to help someone else.
• Trust and intimacy: Zi Hanyan’s willingness to accept Jun’s treatment marks a new level of closeness and security between them.
• Class inequality: The contrast between Jun’s modest background and Zi Hanyan’s childhood ownership of a luxury restaurant highlights their vastly different circumstances.
• Selfless care: Jun conceals his exhaustion rather than diminish Zi Hanyan’s happiness.

Chapter summary

• Back in the dorm: Jun Wangchen returns to Room 520 after dinner with Zi Hanyan. His three roommates are absorbed in King of Glory, joking and complaining about their match. They greet him but don’t pry into his dealings with Zi Hanyan, showing their trust and respect for his privacy.
• A trade with Li Bai: Jun opens the Strongest Chat Group in History and notices that Li Bai, the Green Lotus Sword Immortal, wants a snack to pair with his rare Celestial Vault Wine. Jun sends him a packet of Spicy Strips and exaggerates their scarcity to make them seem priceless. Li Bai loves them and agrees to let Jun choose an unusual item from his storage in exchange for helping him obtain more.
• Choosing a cultivation manual: Jun browses Li Bai’s collection but rejects powerful techniques that require Immortal status or have drawbacks he dislikes. He realizes that cultivation would give him lasting strength and help protect the Immortal Phone. He selects the Mortal’s Cultivation Art, a rare manual that can be practiced only by mortals in a place without immortal energy. Li Bai explains that it can make practitioners exceptionally powerful at their level, though its strict requirements have limited its use.
• The next step: Jun promises to contact Li Bai in three days about the Spicy Strips auction. Then he opens the manual and chooses to learn it.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen displays opportunism and quick thinking in negotiating with Li Bai, but also begins to focus seriously on building strength independently of the Immortal Phone.
• Li Bai is courteous, eager for the Spicy Strips, and disciplined despite his fame as a Sword Immortal. He trusts Jun enough to open his storage and let him choose an item.
• Jun’s roommates reinforce their close friendship by welcoming him without demanding details about his private affairs.

Significant themes

• Strength and security: Jun sees cultivation as a way to protect both himself and the Immortal Phone, and to retain power even if the phone’s benefits disappear.
• Rarity and value: Jun manipulates the idea of scarcity to make ordinary Spicy Strips seem valuable, while Li Bai’s rare manual proves genuinely valuable because of its unusual requirements.
• Trust and discretion: Jun’s roommates’ restraint contrasts with their curiosity, while Li Bai’s openness enables the exchange.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen studies the Mortal’s Cultivation Art and learns the stages of cultivation, from Qi Condensation through Tribulation Transcendence. He discovers that the art describes immortality as immense power and lasting transcendence.
• Cultivation gives Jun a clear purpose: to explore a greater world and gain the strength to protect his family and friends.
• Seeking a quiet place away from his noisy roommates, he meditates on the dormitory rooftop. After only five minutes, he senses spiritual energy and reaches early-stage Qi Condensation.
• He continues meditating and draws in spiritual energy. A whirlwind forms around him, and he absorbs a white mist that circulates through his body.
• The energy cleanses him, expelling foul-smelling impurities. Spiritual energy becomes liquid and flows through channels in his dantian, advancing him to middle-stage Qi Condensation in roughly three hours.
• His senses, reflexes, and physical strength improve dramatically. He tests his strength by punching a stone step, leaving a deep mark and spreading cracks through it.
• He stabilizes his new realm, returns to his dorm after his roommates have left for food, scrubs himself clean, and falls asleep.

Character development

• Jun shifts from curiosity about cultivation to wholehearted commitment, motivated not just by longevity but by ambition and the desire to protect others.
• His unusually rapid progress—from mortal to middle-stage Qi Condensation in one night—establishes him as a remarkable cultivation talent.
• He responds to his newfound strength with excitement and wonder, while still taking time to stabilize his progress.

Character interactions

• Jun avoids disturbing his three roommates, who are loudly gaming, by moving his meditation to the rooftop.
• His impurity-cleansing stench causes an uproar among residents of the Tree-Back Dormitory, who blame the odor on everything from old socks to an exploded cesspit. Jun is unaware of their complaints.

Significant themes

• Ambition and protection: Cultivation represents both the pursuit of a wider world and the means to safeguard loved ones.
• Transformation through discipline: Calm breathing and focused meditation turn Jun from an ordinary student into a cultivator.
• The wonder and danger of power: Jun’s rapid advancement is thrilling, but his test on the stone hints at how frightening his strength—and future realms—could become.

Plot and events

• Newly transformed by his first night of cultivation, Jun Wangchen goes to Jinling University’s track grounds at dawn to cultivate, since Earth’s spiritual energy is scarce and early morning offers the cleanest conditions.
• He discovers Mo Duoduo, the university’s celebrated top student, secretly practicing martial arts on a wooden dummy. Her training is far more capable than rumors about her poor fitness suggest.
• Jun critiques her technique, noting that she directs her qi too low, uses excessive explosive force, and lacks fluidity. Mo takes offense and challenges him to demonstrate his expertise.
• When Jun tries to leave, Mo threatens to publicly accuse him of humiliating her. He agrees to strike the dummy.
• Drawing on Zhang Sanfeng’s Tai Chi manual and his newfound sensitivity to qi, Jun performs a controlled, powerful routine. His movements combine softness, speed, and immense force, leaving Mo astonished.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is increasingly confident in his cultivation and martial insight, but initially prefers to avoid conflict. Under pressure, he demonstrates remarkable skill and composure.
• Mo Duoduo is revealed to be a long-time martial arts practitioner, contradicting campus rumors. Her pride makes her dismiss Jun’s criticism, but his demonstration challenges her assumptions and earns her awe.
• Their interaction shifts from unsolicited critique and mutual irritation to a striking imbalance: Mo begins skeptical and confrontational, while Jun’s performance commands her attention.

Significant themes

• Hidden ability versus public reputation: Mo’s private martial training contradicts what others believe about her; Jun’s talent is likewise underestimated.
• Cultivation in the modern world: Pollution and limited spiritual energy make traditional cultivation difficult, forcing Jun to seek the best conditions available.
• Skill, perception, and humility: Jun’s expertise is genuine, but his blunt comments provoke Mo; the demonstration speaks more convincingly than argument.
• Power through balance: Jun’s Tai Chi embodies the contrast between apparent softness and concealed strength, with calmness persisting even at great speed.

Key plot points and events

• Mo Duoduo watches Jun Wangchen perform Tai Chi on a wooden dummy and realizes his skill is far beyond what she expected—apparently grandmaster-level despite his youth.
• She apologizes for having judged him too harshly. Jun’s awkward attempt to compliment her makes her laugh, briefly softening their tense dynamic.
• Mo doubts his claim that he only recently learned Tai Chi, but Jun declines to explain further and tries to leave.
• When Mo insists on sparring, Jun eventually accepts, partly to test his newly improved cultivation.
• Mo attacks with powerful Eight Extremes Fist. Jun counters with Tai Chi, redirecting and gathering the force of her strikes before sending it back at her.
• Mo refuses to dodge the resulting energy burst and is thrown into a sand pile. She declares defeat for now but vows to beat him someday.
• Jun assumes she is unharmed and returns to cultivating. The chapter reveals that Mo is secretly injured, coughing blood as she struggles away.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen proves to be an exceptionally gifted martial artist, combining graceful Tai Chi with substantial internal power. He remains composed in the fight, but is also socially clumsy and increasingly curious about Mo’s resilience.
• Mo Duoduo shifts from skeptical critic to impressed opponent. Her pride, stubbornness, and competitive drive lead her to challenge Jun and meet his attack head-on, even when retreat would be safer.

Character interactions

• Their exchange moves from Mo’s apology to teasing and laughter, then back to irritation when Jun tries to leave.
• Mo interprets Jun’s reluctance to spar as fear of losing and goads him into fighting.
• During the match, their contrasting styles—Mo’s explosive Eight Extremes and Jun’s yielding, force-redirection Tai Chi—create the central conflict.
• Afterward, Jun shows concern, but Mo rebuffs him and hides the true extent of her injury.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Jun’s apparent inexperience masks extraordinary ability; Mo’s seemingly delicate condition hides her toughness.
• Skill and cultivation: The chapter contrasts years of conventional training with Jun’s remarkable talent and recent advancement.
• Pride and rivalry: Mo’s competitiveness drives her to challenge Jun and accept defeat only as temporary.
• Softness and strength: Tai Chi’s yielding movements overcome the direct force of Eight Extremes, suggesting that adaptability can defeat aggression.

Key plot points and events

• After cultivating until sunrise, Jun Wangchen sees modest progress in his dantian’s lotus and spiritual power. He expects to consolidate his Mid-Stage Qi Condensation soon, though Earth’s scarce spiritual energy will make further advancement slow.
• At breakfast, he misses a red packet from Taishang Laojun because other group members claim it first. The chat and Moments show the immortals behaving like ordinary, often ridiculous people.
• Jun discovers Laojun’s post offering a Qi Condensation Pill to anyone who comments—and nominal discipleship to the first commenter. He leaves an extravagantly flattering comment, receives the pill, and messages Laojun about the discipleship. Laojun does not respond, apparently being occupied with pill refining.
• Nearby students discuss a trending forum post about Zi Hanyan approaching an unknown student instead of campus heartthrob Wei Caijun. Jun checks the post, pays to view his photos, and finds that all show him from behind or the side.
• Recognizing the poster’s username as one used by “Number Two,” Jun suspects his dormmate may have written the post. He leaves for the dorm, intent on confronting the situation.

Character developments

• Jun remains disciplined about cultivation but is also practical: he recognizes how valuable the pill is given Earth’s weak spiritual energy.
• His disappointment at missing the red packet quickly gives way to excitement over the pill and the chance to become Laojun’s nominal disciple.
• His amusement turns to suspicion and anger when he connects the embarrassing forum post to Number Two.

Significant themes

• Cultivation amid scarcity: Jun’s progress depends on patient daily practice, while scarce spiritual energy makes outside resources especially valuable.
• Humor and contrast: The mighty immortals bicker, advertise, and joke like ordinary people; what they consider trivial is precious to a mortal.
• Opportunity and ambition: Jun turns a missed prize into another chance to gain resources and mentorship.
• Privacy and campus gossip: The forum’s sensational coverage of Jun and Zi Hanyan highlights how quickly a private encounter becomes public spectacle.

Character interactions

• Jun observes the immortals’ playful group-chat exchanges, including their teasing of Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong and Tang Xuanzang’s absurd response.
• He attempts to contact Taishang Laojun privately, asking whether the first comment makes him a nominal disciple, but receives no answer.
• Two students, Ju Huacan and Shi Zhenxiang, discuss Zi Hanyan’s encounter with Jun; Ju Huacan reacts jealously and melodramatically.
• Jun links the forum post to Number Two through the poster’s username, setting up a likely confrontation.

Chapter summary

• In Jinling University’s Tree-Back Dormitory, Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao celebrate a paid forum post featuring Jun Wangchen. Their post has earned money quickly, but Jun confronts Wang Nuli for exploiting his image without asking. Wang Nuli deletes it and apologizes; the two later joke around, showing their familiar, teasing relationship.
• The roommates explain that they want to buy a nearby milk tea shop for 500,000 yuan. They have carefully researched the business and filled a notebook with questions and plans, but have no money to fund the purchase.
• Impressed by their preparation—and understanding their worries about graduating without a clear career—Jun gives them access to 600,000 yuan, instructing them to use 500,000 for the shop and the rest for setup and promotion. He joins the venture as a shareholder. Wang and Zhang are deeply grateful, though their joking remarks about Jun “departing in peace” quickly irritate him.
• The shop’s owner, Boss Jia, arrives to discuss the sale. The three students ride with him and ask detailed questions about the business. Jia is impressed by Wang and Zhang’s thoroughness and answers them before presenting the contract.
• A strange paper talisman falls from the contract. Jun identifies it as Bagua Paper, explains its fortune-telling symbolism and says its spiritual energy has faded. Boss Jia reacts with sudden, intense interest and asks who Jun is.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is protective of his privacy and expects honesty between friends, but he is also generous and supportive. His ability to recognize and explain the talisman suggests unusual knowledge or powers.
• Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao are ambitious but financially struggling. Their detailed business preparation earns Jun’s respect, while their playful jokes show their close, brotherly bond with him.
• Boss Jia shifts from a friendly seller answering business questions to a guarded, intrigued figure after hearing Jun identify the talisman.
• Jun and his roommates move from conflict over the unauthorized post to cooperation on the shop purchase; Jun also takes a more active role by accompanying them to inspect the deal.

Significant themes

• Trust and respect among friends: Jun objects not to earning money, but to being used without consultation.
• Ambition and practical preparation: Wang and Zhang’s dreams are supported by careful planning, not merely enthusiasm.
• Generosity and shared responsibility: Jun invests in his friends while joining the venture as a shareholder.
• A supernatural mystery: The Bagua Paper introduces fortune-telling and spiritual energy, ending the chapter on a reveal that may connect Jun to a wider hidden world.

Key events

• Boss Jia learns that Jun Wangchen funded his roommates’ plan to buy the milk tea shop and is surprised that the plainly dressed student could provide such a large sum.
• Jia explains that his family has long practiced fortune-telling and that he inherited an old Bagua Paper, though he believed it had lost its power.
• Jun describes fortune-telling as a complex tradition that is often misrepresented by frauds. His roommates, Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao, remain skeptical and tease him, hoping to protect him—and their business deal—from making an embarrassing prediction.
• When Jia asks for a reading, Jun agrees. He apparently divines Jia’s past and correctly identifies his fragile childhood, business success, and his wife’s health problems as the reason he is selling the shop.
• Jun warns that Jia will have a minor driving accident. At exactly ten o’clock, a dog darts into the road; Jia swerves and hits a utility pole. The occupants are unharmed, but the prediction leaves everyone stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen presents himself modestly but reveals seemingly genuine and powerful divination abilities. His confidence contrasts with his roommates’ doubts.
• Boss Jia moves from curiosity about Jun’s knowledge to sincere belief after Jun’s accurate reading and prediction.
• Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao joke about Jun’s supposed bluffing while trying to give him an escape from Jia’s request. Their skepticism gives way to shock after the accident.
• The roommates’ easy teasing shows their close friendship; Jia enjoys their banter before becoming alarmed by Jun’s apparent accuracy.

Significant themes

• Tradition versus skepticism: The roommates trust scientific explanations, while Jia’s family history and Jun’s demonstration suggest that old divinatory practices may hold real power.
• Appearance versus ability: Jun’s modest clothing and student identity conceal talents that others underestimate.
• The uncertain line between fraud and genuine knowledge: Jun distinguishes complex, learned practice from the tricks used by con artists, and the events appear to support his claim.
• Fate and foreknowledge: Jun’s warning raises the question of whether fate can be read—and whether knowing what is coming can prevent it.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen’s roommates, Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao, and the driver, Boss Jia, are astonished when Jun accurately predicts an accident through finger calculations.
• Asked who taught him, Jun refuses to reveal his secret and invents a story: his art requires ten years of secluded study, is exceptionally difficult to master, and brings bad luck as a backlash. The others accept the explanation.
• Boss Jia asks whether Jun can tell if he will have children. Jun claims Boss Jia’s signs indicate a late but prosperous family and predicts that his wife is already pregnant, possibly with twins.
• The group reaches Boss Jia’s milk tea shop, which Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao are acquiring. Jun praises its layout and auspicious feng shui, encouraging their confidence in the business.
• Jun privately notices that the nearby Blue Night Charm Bar holds the street’s dominant “dragon” fortune, which drains luck from surrounding businesses. He plans to bring his friend “Third,” who has spent time at the bar, to help redirect some of that fortune.
• Boss Jia returns home and discovers his wife is pregnant with twins, apparently confirming Jun’s prediction. He keeps Jun’s involvement private, telling his family he learned the news in a dream.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen protects the secret of his Immortal Phone by fabricating a plausible account of his abilities. He is observant and strategic, using his apparent talent to reassure others while concealing his true source of knowledge.
• Boss Jia shifts from awe to gratitude and excitement. He trusts Jun’s prediction and rushes home to confirm it; the family’s reaction leaves him stunned.
• Wang Nuli and Zhang Zhengxiao are impressed by Jun and become absorbed in planning the shop’s future, while Jun quietly assesses its prospects.
• Jun’s interactions are marked by concealment and reassurance: he sidesteps questions about his teacher, gives Boss Jia hopeful news, and encourages his roommates about the shop.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and self-protection: Jun hides the Immortal Phone behind an invented mystical explanation.
• Faith and credibility: Jun’s earlier accurate prediction makes the others believe his further claims.
• Fortune and prosperity: Predictions, feng shui, and symbolic “dragon” and “Pixiu” fortunes shape how the characters understand risk and business success.
• Hope and family: Boss Jia’s long wait for a child turns Jun’s prediction into a deeply meaningful promise.

Key plot points and events

• After discussing the milk-tea shop with his roommates, Jun Wangchen returns to his dorm and swallows a Qi Condensation Pill.
• The pill’s spiritual energy fills and expands the grooves in his dantian, causing intense pain. He endures the process, increasing their capacity by fifty percent.
• He then uses the energy to temper his blood. The painful process expels large amounts of impurities, leaving his blood greatly strengthened. Jun concludes that he has reached the late stage of Qi Condensation.
• Taishang Laojun replies to Jun’s earlier message, accepting him as a nominal disciple and offering a task: find an ingredient for a pill demanded by Sun Wukong.
• Jun sends him a packet of QQ gummies, which Laojun finds delicious. In return, Laojun rewards Jun with five Qi Condensation Pills and promises future rewards for useful ingredients.
• Jun receives a call from Zi Hanyan, who asks him to accompany her to a martial arts academy’s anniversary celebration. He agrees, chiefly after confirming there will be plenty of food.

Character developments

• Jun shows determination by enduring the painful cultivation process, motivated by the strength he has gained and the possibility of facing other cultivators.
• His confidence and appetite for advancement grow after reaching late-stage Qi Condensation; he hopes the new pills will take him to the peak.
• He also displays quick thinking and playful dishonesty, presenting ordinary candy as a rare delicacy to secure a reward.
• Laojun is easily impressed by the gummies and proves generous with rewards, while Zi Hanyan’s request hints at her trust in Jun.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through hardship: Advancement requires pain, endurance, and sacrifice.
• Power and insecurity: Jun’s recent fight with Mo Duoduo makes him aware that other cultivators may pose a threat.
• Comic cross-world exchange: Everyday modern sweets seem wondrous in the divine realm, creating an amusing imbalance in value.
• Food and self-interest: Jun’s love of good food shapes both his jokes and his willingness to attend the celebration.

Character interactions

• Jun’s exchange with Taishang Laojun turns a simple packet of gummies into five pills and a promise of future favors.
• Laojun’s predicament is tied to Sun Wukong, whose threat to smash the pill furnace forces him to seek a tasty ingredient.
• Zi Hanyan invites Jun to represent her busy father at the Yang Family Martial Arts Academy’s anniversary; Jun accepts after learning food will be served.