Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• During a basketball game between the medical and electronics classes, the medical team struggles against the electronics team, led by campus heartthrob Wei Caijun. Zhang Zhengxiao keeps them competitive with strong play, while Jun Wangchen appears mostly ineffective.
• As Zhang’s scoring threatens to catch up with Wei, a tall electronics player deliberately throws the ball at Zhang’s face, bloodying his nose. Jun recognizes the attacker’s apology as insincere and suspects Wei arranged the foul.
• Jun calms Zhang’s bleeding but promises to retaliate without directly starting a fight. Wei then taunts Jun and insults Zhang; Zhang restrains Jun, warning that Wei has influence and that a public confrontation could cause trouble.
• When the tall player faces Jun for the next jump ball, Jun leaps far higher than expected and smashes the ball into his opponent’s face, knocking him down and breaking two teeth. Jun calmly repeats the attacker’s earlier excuse before returning to his team.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen: Reveals extraordinary physical ability and a fierce loyalty to his friends. He initially controls his anger, but chooses a calculated, retaliatory response when the opportunity arises.
• Zhang Zhengxiao: Shows determination, playing hard partly to impress the crowd. After being injured, he tries to keep playing and later restrains Jun, showing concern for the consequences of retaliation.
• Wei Caijun: Is portrayed as arrogant and vindictive; his mocking behavior and apparent role in targeting Zhang worsen Zi Hanyan’s already poor opinion of him.
• The tall electronics player: Pretends his attack on Zhang was accidental, but Jun sees through him; he becomes the target of Jun’s reprisal.
• Zi Hanyan: Is angered by the assault but holds back from intervening, fearing Wei would take his hostility out on Jun.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and brotherhood: Jun’s response is driven by the belief that an attack on Zhang is an attack on his friends.
• Bullying and abuse of power: Wei’s influence and the electronics team’s conduct let them intimidate their opponents.
• Restraint versus revenge: Jun tries to avoid a direct brawl, yet ultimately answers deliberate violence with calculated retaliation.
• Appearance versus reality: The attacker’s polite apology hides his lack of remorse, while Jun’s seemingly poor play conceals his real abilities.

Character interactions

• Jun tends to Zhang’s injury and reassures his teammates that he will handle the matter; Wang Nuli and Ke JiusI warn him against acting rashly.
• Wei provokes Jun by insulting both him and Zhang, while Zhang physically holds Jun back to prevent an immediate confrontation.
• Zi Hanyan silently disapproves of Wei, whose behavior further damages their standing with her.
• In the final exchange, Jun mirrors the attacker’s false apology, making his retaliation a pointed response as well as a physical one.

Key plot points and events

• During the opening jump ball, Jun Wangchen deliberately strikes an opposing player who had injured his friend Zhang Zhengxiao. The referee calls a foul, but Jun shows no regret; his teammates and Zhang approve of his retaliation.
• Wei Caijun assigns a burly teammate to guard Jun. Jun evades him and scores his first basket, then shares an affectionate look with Zi Hanyan.
• Furious at being outplayed—and jealous of Jun and Zi’s closeness—Wei slaps the burly player and vows to deal with Jun. He then dominates the game, and the medical class falls behind 40–20 with ten minutes left.
• Rather than accept defeat, Jun asks whether a shot from his own end would count. Zhang confirms it would be worth three points. Jun uses his “Divine Calculations” to judge the conditions, then launches an extremely long-range shot.
• Though the crowd, players, and referee expect him to fail, the ball arcs into the opposing basket. The chapter ends with the spectators stunned.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen reveals fierce loyalty to his friends and confidence under pressure. After retaliating for Zhang, he surprises everyone with a basket and an audacious long-range attempt.
• Zhang Zhengxiao realizes Jun’s foul was an act of friendship. Though skeptical about the shot, he supports Jun by passing him the ball.
• Wei Caijun shifts from confidence to anger and jealousy after Jun scores, then responds by playing aggressively and mistreating his teammate.
• Zi Hanyan openly encourages Jun and trusts his judgment, admiring his courage and loyalty.
• Wang Nuli and Ke JiusI celebrate Jun’s retaliation and first score, backing their teammate throughout.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and retribution: Jun is willing to risk a foul to defend a friend.
• Confidence against expectations: Jun’s improbable shot challenges the crowd’s assumptions about what he can do.
• Jealousy and poor sportsmanship: Wei’s resentment fuels his aggression and harsh treatment of his teammate.
• Faith and trust: Zi and Zhang support Jun even when his plan seems impossible.

Character interactions

• Jun’s deliberate foul answers the injury to Zhang, earning approval from Zhang and their teammates.
• Jun and Zi exchange warm, encouraging looks, provoking Wei’s jealousy.
• Wei humiliates the burly teammate after Jun gets past him, then later dominates play.
• Zhang questions Jun’s plan but ultimately gives him the ball; Jun’s successful shot vindicates his confidence and leaves the crowd speechless.

Plot points and events

• During a basketball game between the medical class and the electronic science class, Jun Wangchen shocks everyone by repeatedly scoring from his own free-throw line into the opposing basket.
• His extraordinary accuracy turns the game around. With one minute remaining, the medical class trails 44–45 and needs one more basket to win.
• As Jun prepares to shoot, Wei Caijun deliberately crashes into him, knocking him down and badly scraping his left arm. The referee calls only a foul, allowing Wei to remain in the game.
• Wei gives a feigned apology, while Jun recognizes that the foul was intentional. Zi Hanyan brings tissues, and Jun’s roommates angrily protest the unfair play.
• Jun suppresses his rage and takes the free throw. Despite his injured arm, he launches himself from the line and dunks the ball one-handed, leaving the court stunned.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen shifts from quiet newcomer to the game’s undeniable star, revealing extraordinary athletic ability. After Wei’s attack, he shows both intense anger and formidable self-control, answering the foul with a spectacular display rather than direct retaliation.
• Wei Caijun, initially confident and celebrated, becomes increasingly rattled by Jun’s success. His desperation exposes his willingness to use dirty tactics to protect his reputation and secure a win.
• Zi Hanyan moves from confident support to visible concern for Jun, showing personal care as she tends to his injury.
• Zhang Zhengxiao and Jun’s other supporters become increasingly invested in the team’s victory and openly furious at Wei’s foul.

Significant themes

• Talent versus reputation: Jun’s performance eclipses Wei’s fame and challenges assumptions about who deserves to be called a genius.
• Fair play and corruption: Wei’s deliberate foul and the referee’s lenient response contrast with the ideals of sportsmanship.
• Restraint in the face of provocation: Jun struggles to contain his anger, choosing a controlled but dramatic response.
• Spectacle and public judgment: The crowd’s shock, sympathy, indifference, and admiration frame the game as a public test of character as well as skill.

Character interactions

• Jun’s extraordinary shots provoke disbelief from Wei, Zhang, the referee, and the spectators; Zhang’s amazement soon turns into belief in a possible victory.
• Wei targets Jun when the game is close, while Zhang confronts the referee and helps Jun after he falls.
• Zi Hanyan offers Jun tissues and silently shares his distress, while Jun thanks her before returning to the line.
• Jun’s final one-armed dunk directly answers Wei’s attempt to stop him, turning their rivalry into the chapter’s climactic moment.

Key events

• Jun Wangchen completes an astonishing one-arm dunk from the free-throw line, sealing a 46–45 win for the Medical Class over the Electronic Science Class.
• The crowd celebrates Jun as the game’s unlikely hero. His extraordinary shots are especially shocking because this is supposedly his first time playing basketball.
• Wei Caijun, who expected to win and hoped to impress Zi Hanyan, leaves furious and vows not to accept defeat.
• Zi invites Jun to the library to continue telling him about Duoduo. He agrees, and they leave together.
• Jun’s roommates trade jokes about his success with Zi, then chase one another after Zhang Zhengxiao complains about being single.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is revealed as an apparently phenomenal basketball player. After the game, he acts modest—but immediately launches into extravagant, literary flattery of Zi.
• Zi Hanyan is openly impressed by Jun and blushes at his praise, confirming her growing affection for him. She seeks time alone with him at the library.
• Wei Caijun turns his disappointment into resentment toward Jun, feeling he has lost both the game and Zi’s affection.
• The Medical Class players celebrate Jun enthusiastically, while the Electronic Science team is left stunned.
• Zhang Zhengxiao, Wang Nuli, and Ke JiusI provide comic relief: the latter two tease Zhang about being single, prompting a mock-angry chase.

Significant themes

• Unexpected talent and reversal: Jun’s seemingly impossible performance overturns everyone’s expectations and decides the game.
• Jealousy and rivalry: Wei’s defeat is made personal by Zi’s admiration for Jun, setting up future conflict.
• Romance through praise: Jun’s shamelessly elaborate compliments deepen Zi’s bashful attraction.
• Comedy and exaggeration: The chapter balances dramatic sports heroics with absurd online-style jokes and playful roommate banter.

Key plot points and events

• In Jinling University’s medical reading room, Jun Wangchen guides Zi Hanyan in selecting foundational traditional Chinese medical texts.
• Zi Hanyan had planned to ask him about Mo Duoduo’s fire-devouring poison, but Mo asked for time to think, so Zi instead uses studying medicine as an excuse to spend time with Jun.
• Jun claims he can memorize the entire Tangtou Song—more than three hundred prescriptions—in under two minutes. Zi doubts him, and they wager that the loser will grant the winner one request.
• Jun rapidly flips through the book, then accurately recites several prescriptions’ verses, ingredients, usage, and effects. He also recalls their page numbers and neighboring entries, convincing Zi that he truly memorized the contents.
• When Zi still resists conceding, Jun demonstrates his extraordinary observation by recounting her movements and actions in precise detail, leaving her stunned.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen displays remarkable confidence, medical knowledge, and supernatural memory. He explains that his cultivation has strengthened his soul power, allowing him to retain what he reads permanently.
• Zi Hanyan begins curious and skeptical, treating the wager as a joke. Her disbelief gradually turns to amazement, though she tries to avoid admitting defeat.

Significant themes

• Cultivation and extraordinary ability: Jun’s enhanced soul power gives him capabilities far beyond ordinary human limits.
• Knowledge and mastery: The scene emphasizes the value of medical classics and learning, while showing how Jun’s abilities accelerate that process.
• Skepticism tested by evidence: Zi’s disbelief is challenged repeatedly until Jun’s precise recall makes denial increasingly difficult.
• Playful persuasion: Jun uses a wager—and a little strategic charm—to turn a study session into a personal contest.

Character interactions

• Jun patiently recommends books and explains their importance to Zi, while she follows his guidance and selects them.
• Their playful wager gives Jun an opportunity to prove his claim and win a request from Zi.
• Zi tests Jun with increasingly difficult questions; Jun answers flawlessly, while her expressions shift from amusement to shock.
• Jun’s final account of Zi’s small gestures makes their exchange more personal and leaves her speechless.

Plot points and events

• Zi Hanyan is astonished by Jun Wangchen’s near-perfect memory. Jun explains that he wants her to keep talking with him “forever,” intending only to ask for her WeChat contact.
• Zi mistakes his request for a romantic confession and, flustered, asks for time to consider it. Jun misunderstands her hesitation as a response to his request and agrees, leaving both awkward and disappointed.
• Zi asks how Jun became such a gifted doctor. He says his abilities exceed modern medical science and claims he can diagnose illness at a glance, though he keeps his teacher’s identity secret.
• A skeptical student challenges Jun to diagnose him. Jun accurately identifies the student’s kidney trouble and then says his girlfriend has been unfaithful, based on a scent he detects.
• When the student calls his girlfriend, her phone rings nearby; he sees her being intimate with another man and rushes over in anger.
• Shocked and impressed by Jun’s abilities, Zi leaves the library with him to get milk tea, while chaos breaks out in the reading room.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen displays exceptional memory and medical skill, while his boastful inner monologue contrasts with his calm, modest-seeming behavior. He cares about preserving his connection with Zi but does not realize she interprets his words romantically.
• Zi Hanyan is attracted to Jun and increasingly admires him, but worries about moving too quickly into a relationship. His diagnosis heightens her sense that he is far more capable and mysterious than she knew.
• The long-haired student changes from a scoffing skeptic to a stunned believer, then reacts furiously when Jun’s claim about his girlfriend is confirmed.
• The central interaction between Jun and Zi is shaped by mutual misunderstanding: both think they are discussing a different kind of commitment.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and romantic ambiguity: Jun’s request for WeChat contact sounds like a lifelong promise to Zi, creating awkwardness and unspoken expectations.
• Trust and caution in romance: Zi wants time to know Jun better, fearing that a relationship entered too quickly may not be valued.
• Hidden ability and mystery: Jun’s extraordinary memory, diagnosis, and sense of smell suggest powers beyond ordinary explanation.
• The dangers of certainty and jealousy: Jun’s deduction exposes an affair, triggering a volatile confrontation.

Key events

• After leaving Zi Hanyan, Jun Wangchen stops at a pharmacy to buy liniment for his injured roommate, Zhang Zhengxiao.
• An elderly, poorly dressed man enters with a root he claims is wild ginseng. The clerk dismisses him as a fraud, mistaking the root for a mud-covered white radish.
• Jun uses his soul power to recognize the root as a thousand-year-old wild ginseng, rich in spiritual energy. He buys it for 50,000 yuan—ten times the old man’s asking price—partly to help him and partly because the ginseng could aid Jun’s alchemy.
• After Jun washes away the root’s disguising membrane, the pharmacy owner and his companions identify it as exceptionally valuable. The clerk realizes his mistake and faints with regret.
• Jun leaves with the ginseng, aware that its true age and worth exceed what anyone else in the shop suspects.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shows discernment, self-control, and generosity: he conceals his excitement, treats the old man respectfully, and pays far more than requested.
• The old man moves from anger and doubt to relief and gratitude, accepting Jun’s cash payment and hurrying away with it.
• The clerk remains arrogant and prejudiced, judging the old man by his appearance and dismissing both his claim and Jun’s judgment. His confidence collapses when the ginseng is revealed.
• The exchange contrasts Jun’s calm, informed treatment of the old man with the clerk’s contemptuous behavior.

Significant themes

• Appearances can deceive: The ginseng disguises itself as a radish, while the clerk’s assumptions prevent him from recognizing its value.
• Knowledge and perception: Jun’s spiritual abilities let him see what ordinary observers cannot.
• Kindness and opportunity: Jun’s purchase benefits the old man, while the clerk’s dismissiveness costs him a chance at a fortune.
• Greed and regret: The ginseng’s extraordinary value highlights how people respond to wealth—and how quickly certainty can turn into remorse.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen returns to his dorm with millennium wild ginseng and liniment. His roommates are busy livestreaming, joking, and reciting crude poetry; their banter establishes the dorm’s comic, irreverent atmosphere.
• In the Pill Refining Space, Jun uses the Soul-Seizing Art to absorb the ginseng’s soul. His soul storage expands, his soul power becomes much denser, and his perception range doubles from five to ten meters. The ginseng is left lifeless.
• He begins refining a Foundation Establishment Pill with Furnace Model Seven. He extracts essences from the ingredients, but struggles repeatedly with the delicate, fire-sensitive ice spirit flower.
• The final ingredient, mysterious soul wood, resists the furnace’s heat with intense cold. After five minutes of feeding spiritual power into the flames, Jun breaks its resistance and extracts its essence.
• He combines the essences, successfully fuses them, and produces a round blue-green Foundation Establishment Pill.

Character development

• Jun’s improved soul power marks a significant advance in his alchemy and self-defense. He is more capable and confident, but still has to rely on patience and careful control.
• His repeated failures with the ice spirit flower and struggle against the mysterious soul wood show that his progress does not make alchemy effortless. He perseveres until he succeeds.
• The roommates’ antics reveal their unserious, eccentric personalities and provide comic contrast to Jun’s focused work.

Significant themes

• Growth through effort: Jun’s new abilities help, but success still requires concentration, practice, and persistence.
• Power and its cost: The Soul-Seizing Art greatly strengthens Jun while completely draining the ginseng’s life.
• Self-reliance and protection: Expanded perception gives Jun a better chance to detect danger and defend himself.
• Comedy alongside cultivation: Dorm-room humor contrasts with the intense, methodical atmosphere of alchemy.

Character interactions

• Jun trades teasing remarks with Wang Nuli, Zhang Zhengxiao, and Ke JiusI, responding to their jokes with dry sarcasm before returning to his work.
• The roommates’ teasing suggests familiarity and camaraderie, though Jun largely keeps his attention on his cultivation and pill refining.

Plot points and events

• After repeated failures, Jun Wangchen successfully refines his first Foundation Establishment Pill, using ten batches of ingredients. He stores it and returns from his cultivation space to the dorm.
• His roommate Wang Nuli asks for help finding trustworthy jewelry for his grandmother’s milestone birthday. Jun calls Xu Yirou, a jewelry-store owner who owes him a favor, and arranges for them to visit a Thousand Gold Jewelry branch.
• At the store, Wang Nuli is alarmed by the high prices. Jun encourages him to choose the best gift and offers to help pay, explaining that he still has millions available.
• A saleswoman begins showing them the shop’s most expensive jade bangle. Manager Niu intervenes, assumes the two students cannot afford it, and insults them.
• A wealthy customer, Young Master Qiang, demands the bangle. Though the store’s rules require serving customers in order, Niu ignores them to curry favor with him and orders the saleswoman to prepare it.
• Jun insists that he and Wang Nuli will buy the bangle, but Niu refuses and orders security to throw them out. Just as the guards approach, an authoritative voice at the entrance challenges Niu’s right to do so.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen celebrates his breakthrough in alchemy, then shows generosity and loyalty by helping Wang Nuli find a meaningful gift. At the store, his patience gives way to cold resolve when he and his friend are demeaned.
• Wang Nuli is devoted to his grandmother and grateful for Jun’s help, but feels uneasy about the expense and the debt he already owes Jun. He is intimidated by the confrontation and initially wants to leave.
• Xu Yirou readily agrees to help, reflecting her gratitude toward Jun, though she has not yet arrived when the dispute begins.
• Manager Niu reveals himself as arrogant and discriminatory, judging customers by appearance and bending store policy to protect his position and please Young Master Qiang.
• The saleswoman tries to follow store procedure but is too intimidated by her manager to stand firmly against him.
• Young Master Qiang, the general manager’s nephew, uses his connections and money to demand preferential treatment and openly mocks Jun and Wang Nuli.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Niu and Qiang assume the plainly dressed students are poor and powerless, despite Jun’s ability to afford the purchase and his connection to Xu Yirou.
• Loyalty and generosity: Jun supports Wang Nuli’s effort to honor his grandmother, while Wang Nuli’s concern about repayment shows his sense of responsibility.
• Abuse of authority and favoritism: Niu ignores the shop’s first-come, first-served policy to appease Qiang.
• Humility versus status: The chapter contrasts Wang Nuli’s sincere motives with the store’s fixation on wealth, rank, and outward display.

Plot and events

Xu Yirou, the powerful heiress and executive of Thousand Gold Jewelry Group, arrives at the branch just as the curly-haired nephew of general manager Fan Tong is harassing Jun Wangchen and Wang Nuli. She orders the guards to remove him, but he insults her and threatens store manager Niu Langsan, assuming she is merely an employee or companion.
The curly-haired man calls his uncle, who arrives carrying documents for a marketing plan intended to win him a promotion to headquarters. Fan Tong boasts about his prospects and threatens to fire Niu Langsan, unaware that the woman he and his nephew are insulting is Xu Yirou herself. As Fan Tong demands that she turn around, she finally faces him and asks, “Enjoying the insults?”

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Yirou moves from controlled anger to open confrontation. She wants to repay Jun Wangchen for previously selling her valuable jadeite, and is enraged that her own branch has mistreated him. Her authority is apparent even before her identity is revealed.
• Jun Wangchen remains silent and refuses Wang Nuli’s repeated attempts to persuade him to leave, apparently letting the offenders expose themselves.
• Wang Nuli is anxious and urges Jun to avoid trouble.
• Niu Langsan is terrified as the insults escalate. Though the nephew threatens his job, Niu is more afraid of the consequences of offending Xu Yirou.
• The curly-haired nephew grows increasingly abusive and self-assured, relying on his family connection to intimidate the staff. He briefly loses his nerve when he hears about Xu Yirou’s powerful admirers, but resumes bullying once Fan Tong arrives.
• Fan Tong assumes his nephew’s account is true and uses his expected promotion to assert control. He joins the harassment without realizing Xu Yirou’s identity.

Significant themes

The chapter contrasts real authority with borrowed status: the nephew and Fan Tong mistake family connections and career prospects for power, while Xu Yirou’s actual influence goes unrecognized. It also emphasizes arrogance and misjudgment, as the men’s insults and assumptions set up an impending reversal, and highlights loyalty and gratitude through Xu Yirou’s desire to repay Jun Wangchen.

Key plot points and events

• Fan Tong and the Curly-Haired Man realize that the woman they insulted is Xu Yirou, the influential heiress who owns the jewelry group. Both panic.
• Xu orders her guards to break the two men’s legs and throw them out. Fan Tong tries to shift the blame to his nephew and begs for mercy, but Xu refuses to relent. Niu Langsan, another employee involved in the mistreatment, leaves rather than risk the same punishment.
• Xu apologizes to Jun Wangchen for her staff’s conduct and promises to review employee standards. Jun accepts her apology and says the offenders have already been punished.
• Xu gives Wang Nuli a valuable jade bangle as an apology. Jun reassures his friend that their changed fortunes do not affect their brotherhood.
• Before leaving, Jun quietly recommends the saleswoman Liu Ying. Xu promotes her to general manager of the store, crediting Jun for the opportunity.

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Yirou shows her authority and fierce protectiveness toward Jun, while also taking responsibility for the conduct of her employees.
• Jun Wangchen remains calm and gracious despite the insult. He uses his influence not only to preserve his friendship with Wang Nuli but also to help Liu Ying advance.
• Wang Nuli is struck by the growing gap between his and Jun’s status, but Jun’s reassurance renews his confidence in their friendship.
• Liu Ying is rewarded for her good service and receives the promotion she had long hoped for.
• Fan Tong and the Curly-Haired Man face the consequences of their arrogance; Niu Langsan avoids punishment by promptly withdrawing.

Significant themes

• Status and power: The men’s abuse of Xu and Jun ends abruptly once they recognize their identities and influence.
• Loyalty and friendship: Jun emphasizes that social standing cannot undo his bond with Wang Nuli.
• Accountability and reward: Xu punishes misconduct and vows to improve workplace standards, while Jun’s recommendation rewards Liu Ying’s helpfulness.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen and Wang Nuli return to their dorm after dinner, where Zhang Zhengxiao and Ke JiusI are dressed up for Feng Fu’s long-awaited campus concert.
• Zhang and Ke praise Feng Fu’s singing with increasingly absurd stories. Wang Nuli joins in teasing them, but the pair bribe him with porn links to make him come along. They eventually badger Jun into attending too.
• The four head to the packed Yifu Building. While the others play a mobile game before the concert, Jun checks a supernatural group chat and claims a red envelope from Fairy Chang’e.
• The envelope gives him 100 merit points. He discovers a mall offering powerful immortal goods, but most are far beyond his budget. He spends his points on a discounted three-day trial of Gao Jianli’s secret technique, “Lingering Melodies,” and activates it.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains practical and self-assured: he initially refuses the concert because he has little interest in music and needs to focus on strengthening himself. He is easily worn down by his roommates’ antics, however, and his curiosity about the supernatural mall leads him to try a musical technique.
• Zhang Zhengxiao and Ke JiusI reveal their intense admiration for Feng Fu, mixing genuine appreciation of her talent with shameless exaggeration.
• Wang Nuli plays the comic skeptic, mocking the others before readily changing his mind when offered a crude incentive.

Significant themes

• Comedy and exaggeration: The roommates’ wild claims and Jun’s self-congratulatory inner monologue set a playful, irreverent tone.
• Art’s emotional power: Feng Fu’s singing is portrayed as deeply affecting, inspiring listeners and giving the concert an almost transformative reputation.
• Supernatural opportunity and progression: Jun’s access to the merit-point system introduces a new avenue for gaining abilities, though his limited resources force him to choose carefully.

Character interactions

• Zhang and Ke bond over their devotion to Feng Fu and jointly pressure Wang Nuli and Jun to attend.
• Wang Nuli counters their musical enthusiasm with mockery, while the pair use a porn-link bribe to recruit him.
• At the venue, Jun remains apart from the others’ gaming and instead pursues the red-envelope opportunity, ending the chapter by activating the trial technique just before the concert.

Plot and key events

• Jun Wangchen accepts the trial ability Lingering Melodies, gaining the power to perceive and manipulate sound: he can alter its speed and force, block it from reaching listeners, or direct it into a person’s body as a weapon. He regrets that the skill is only temporarily available.
• At Feng Fu’s concert, she gives a striking performance. When the host invites a student to accompany her on piano, nobody volunteers.
• Jun’s roommates toss his phone behind him as a prank. He stands to retrieve it, is caught in the spotlight, and is mistaken for a volunteer. Though reluctant and unfamiliar with Feng Fu’s songs, he accepts her proposal to play a piece of his choice while she improvises lyrics.
• Jun sits at the piano and begins with a few seemingly random notes. He then launches into a powerful performance that transports the audience into a vision of Tang Xuanzang leaving the Daughter Kingdom, where a queen asks him to marry her in another life and receives his silent, delayed “Yes.”
• The music evokes a tragic love spanning many reincarnations. The audience is deeply moved, while Feng Fu recognizes Jun’s extraordinary musical skill.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shifts from an amused observer to an unwilling performer, then reveals unexpected mastery and emotional depth through his playing.
• Feng Fu is confident enough to invite improvisation despite the risks to her reputation. Jun’s opening notes surprise her, and his performance commands her respect.
• Jun’s roommates, Zhang Zhengxiao and Ke JiusI, tease him into an embarrassing situation, then worry that their prank may cause him to fail publicly.
• The audience and host move from excitement and skepticism to awe and silence as Jun’s music takes hold.

Significant themes

• Music as power: Lingering Melodies can manipulate sound physically, while Jun’s piano playing transforms listeners emotionally and imaginatively.
• Love across time and reincarnation: The imagined story centers on devotion that survives separation, death, and repeated lives.
• Fate and unintended consequences: A prank and a misplaced moment of standing put Jun onstage, where he unexpectedly reveals his talent.
• The limits of duty and belief: The vision contrasts sacred vows and spiritual destiny with the enduring pull of human love.

Key plot points and events

• As Jun Wangchen plays the piano, the audience sees a vivid life story about a son and his father: their childhood games and conflicts, the father’s quiet care, the son’s struggles as an adult, and their reconciliation in the face of the father’s illness and death.
• The piece ends with the son writing “I Love My Nemesis” after his father’s funeral, wishing he could have another chance to make things right. The audience is deeply moved.
• Jun Wangchen finishes and apologizes modestly, saying his performance may not have been good enough.
• Feng Fu admits she cannot write lyrics worthy of the melody, believing words would weaken its emotional power. The audience is stunned by her response.
• When asked whether he learned piano as a child, Jun Wangchen embarrassingly reveals that this was his first time playing.

Character developments

• The son in the piano narrative moves from rebellious resentment toward regret and grief, realizing too late how deeply his father loved him.
• The father is shown as stern but affectionate, expressing care through small gestures—especially sharing crab-shell pastries and supporting his son from afar.
• Jun Wangchen reveals remarkable musical ability and emotional insight, astonishing both his friends and the university community despite his modesty.
• Feng Fu recognizes the depth of Jun Wangchen’s performance and candidly acknowledges that her own experience and skill cannot match its emotional range.

Significant themes

• The story emphasizes how people often recognize the value of love, health, or security only when they are about to lose them.
• Family affection may be obscured by conflict, but it can endure more steadfastly than romantic love.
• Regret and the desire for a second chance are central: people may realize what mattered only when there is no time left to repair it.
• Art can communicate feelings that ordinary language cannot.

Character interactions

• The father and son’s relationship shifts between discipline, defiance, quiet support, and love, with the son’s eventual remorse framed by memories of their life together.
• Jun Wangchen’s roommates respond to his performance with awe and recognize the growing gap between his talent and theirs.
• Feng Fu and Jun Wangchen share a moment of mutual acknowledgment: she concedes the melody is beyond her ability to lyricize, while he remains humble about his performance.
• The host helps ease Feng Fu’s embarrassment by turning the audience’s attention back to Jun Wangchen’s piano skills.

Key plot points

• Jun Wangchen shocks the audience by performing an extraordinary piano piece despite claiming he has never learned to play. The host and spectators doubt him, though his three roommates know he truly had no training.
• Jun explains that musical mastery comes from sensing the world with the heart. When a skeptical young man challenges him, Jun predicts a breeze beneath his feet—and one appears.
• The young man escalates the challenge, demanding that Jun make it rain indoors. Jun obliges: a small cloud forms above the man and soaks him, frightening him into fainting.
• Jun then transforms the room through further declarations: light fills the building, the heat gives way to cool air, and the audience sees a dazzling starry sky. The effects vanish, but Jun leaves the crowd with a message about living by one’s own heart rather than others’ approval.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm under disbelief and ridicule. His mysterious abilities—apparently guided by sound and intention—move him from extraordinary pianist to an almost supernatural figure.
• The skeptical young man shifts from mockery to fear, though he initially tries to dismiss the breeze as a setup.
• The audience and host move from skepticism to stunned awe. Jun’s roommates are bewildered and comically test whether they are dreaming by slapping one another.
• Feng Fu, familiar with people possessing extraordinary abilities, recognizes Jun as one of them. She is especially intrigued by his musical insight and the depth of feeling it suggests.

Significant themes

• The heart as a source of perception and creation: Jun suggests that attention and feeling reveal what ordinary senses overlook—and, in this scene, seem to shape reality.
• Inner conviction versus outside judgment: His closing lesson urges people not to live for praise or be undone by criticism.
• The fleeting nature of worldly beauty: The light, coolness, and stars disappear in an instant, echoing Jun’s reflection that all splendor passes and life is temporary.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen’s performance at the campus concert eclipses Feng Fu’s, leaving the audience captivated and largely uninterested in the rest of the show. Feng Fu quietly orders his hidden operative, Shadow, to investigate Jun.
• Back in Dormitory Room 520, Jun’s roommates praise his performance and report that his tune has gone viral. Posts about him flood Jinling University’s Tieba forum, and the song spreads to other schools. Jun is surprised by the scale of the attention and amused by the exaggerated praise and jokes online.
• Jun asks about the roommates’ milk-tea shop. Hearing that it is ready, he suggests opening it the next day to take advantage of his sudden fame. He cautions them that publicity will not matter if the drinks are not good; the roommates begin planning the launch.
• Jun senses a disturbance near the balcony but finds nothing. After he goes to bed, a concealed figure reveals they had planned to capture him, but Jun’s sharp perception makes them postpone the attempt and report back to their boss.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains confident and playful, joking about his looks and fame, but also shows practical judgment by focusing his friends on product quality rather than relying on publicity alone. His unusual perception becomes a source of tension.
• The roommates shift from admiring Jun’s performance to treating his popularity as a business opportunity. Zhang Zhengxiao is especially awed, while Wang Nuli and Ke JiusI tease him; all three help plan the shop opening.
• Feng Fu appears unsettled by losing the audience’s attention and responds by ordering an investigation into Jun.
• Shadow and the hidden operative establish that Jun is being watched and may face a threat; the operative’s failed capture plan suggests Jun is more formidable than expected.

Significant themes

• Fame and its uses: Jun’s viral success brings admiration and offers a chance to promote the shop, but he recognizes that popularity alone cannot sustain a business.
• Ordinary happiness versus distinction: The opening reflections contrast the desire to stand out with the contentment that special people may envy.
• Fate and uncertainty: The chapter’s reflections on unseen, unpredictable fate echo the concealed surveillance and looming danger.
• Music as emotional connection: Jun’s tune moves listeners deeply and spreads rapidly, creating a bond between strangers through shared feeling.

Plot

Jun Wangchen accepts class president An Xiaoxiao’s invitation to a high school reunion at an upscale Mo Family restaurant. Their former classmate Yang Wei is paying for the meal and arrives dressed to impress, boasting about his income, home, and Bronze VIP Card. He belittles Jun for his plain clothes and assumes he is poor, but Jun calmly refuses to take the bait.
Yang Wei tries to reserve a Bronze Private Room, only to learn that all are occupied. After the group waits an hour, he prepares to take everyone elsewhere. When he sees Jun at the reception desk, Yang accuses him of trying to freeload. Jun instead presents a gleaming gold card and asks to book a Supreme Private Room, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite Yang’s public insults. He quietly signals An Xiaoxiao not to intervene, then reveals a card that suggests he may have far greater status or resources than his classmates assume.
• An Xiaoxiao is warm and welcoming toward Jun, compliments his growth, and recognizes Yang’s deliberate attempt to humiliate him. She is ready to defend Jun, but he stops her.
• Yang Wei enjoys the classmates’ admiration and uses his wealth and Bronze card to establish status. His old resentment toward Jun—who used to report his truancy—drives his mocking treatment of him. His failed reservation punctures his confidence.
• The other classmates initially show little interest in Jun and flatter Yang once they learn about his earnings and VIP access. Their reactions reveal how much they judge people by appearance and perceived success.

Themes

The chapter contrasts appearance with reality, as Jun’s plain clothes lead others to underestimate him. It also explores status, wealth, and social judgment: Yang’s VIP card earns him admiration, while his classmates’ attitudes shift with perceived material success. Jun’s restraint stands against Yang’s need to boast, setting up a reversal of their power dynamic.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen presents a supreme VIP card at a restaurant, stunning the lobby. The receptionist confirms it is genuine and grants the group access to the luxurious top-floor private room, where the meal is free.
• Jun says the card belongs to a friend, leading some classmates to assume he borrowed or found it. Others immediately see him as a possible connection to the card’s owner.
• The receptionist privately knows the card was issued to Jun himself within the past few days, after he helped Mo Xinao’s family. Jun signals her not to correct the group.
• While Jun and An Xiaoxiao are away, Yang Wei invites Liu Kai to the room and falsely implies that his girlfriend’s friend secured it.
• Liu Kai explains that only a handful of supreme cards exist. One was recently given to “Mr. Jun,” a young Jinling University student who saved the Mo family’s eldest son, treated Master Zi’s wife, and is connected to prominent figures.
• Yang Wei wonders briefly if Jun Wangchen could be Mr. Jun, but dismisses the possibility. Liu Kai then recognizes the returning Jun and freezes in shock.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains composed and generous, letting the group enjoy his privilege while concealing his true standing.
• An Xiaoxiao is impressed by Jun and increasingly suspects he is hiding something. She also feels disappointed by her classmates’ envy and suspicion.
• Yang Wei moves from mocking Jun to feeling embarrassed, then tries to gain status by taking credit for the private room. He admires Mr. Jun without realizing he is speaking about the man he belittled.
• The receptionist knows Jun’s importance and is angered by the classmates’ insults, but respects his wish not to reveal the truth.
• Liu Kai speaks with reverence about Mr. Jun, unaware that Jun is present.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Jun’s plain clothes lead others to underestimate him despite his extraordinary influence.
• Envy and opportunism: The classmates respond to Jun’s generosity with suspicion or self-interest rather than gratitude.
• Humility and restraint: Jun chooses not to expose or punish those who insult him.
• Reputation and power: The VIP card represents a network of influence that the group barely understands.

Character interactions

• The receptionist publicly defends Jun against Yang Wei’s accusation that the card is fake; Jun quietly stops her from revealing more.
• An Xiaoxiao shares her frustration with Jun’s classmates’ behavior and later asks him to accompany her to the restroom.
• Yang Wei flatters Liu Kai and misrepresents how the room was obtained, hoping to improve his standing.
• Liu Kai’s account of Mr. Jun’s deeds unintentionally builds suspense around Jun’s identity, culminating in his stunned recognition.

Plot points and events

• At a reunion dinner in a luxury suite, Liu Kai realizes that Jun Wangchen is the powerful “Mr. Jun” whose status everyone has been praising. Yang Wei, unaware of Jun’s identity, continues boasting about Liu Kai and belittles Jun in comparison with the celebrated Mr. Jun.
• When Yang Wei insults Jun, Liu Kai slaps him and urgently asks him to apologize. Jun lets the offense pass, then leaves the suite. Liu Kai follows and privately apologizes, promising to keep Jun’s identity secret.
• Jun tells Liu Kai not to return to the dinner and uses his divination to identify the cause of Liu Kai’s migraines and chills: a blocked feng shui point in the room where he and his wife have sex. He advises them to use another room, warning that the problem could shorten their lives. Liu Kai accepts the explanation and rushes home.
• Yang Wei, who has followed them and overheard the exchange, apologizes after realizing Jun is the very man he had mocked. Jun reveals that Yang Wei repeatedly insulted Jun’s parents in high school and still behaves maliciously. He uses a supernatural technique to extract and destroy the “black energy” representing Yang Wei’s malice.
• Yang Wei initially dismisses the display as a bluff, but a sudden, severe pain in his heart overwhelms him. By the end, his skepticism has given way to terror.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains discreet about his identity and shows control and confidence. He is willing to overlook an insult born of ignorance, but responds decisively to Yang Wei’s long-standing cruelty.
• Liu Kai shifts from awe and anxiety to deferential obedience. He protects Jun’s secret, accepts his supernatural diagnosis, and cuts off the dinner rather than risk drawing attention.
• Yang Wei moves from smug contempt to confusion, shock, and fear when he discovers Jun’s status and experiences the consequences of Jun’s punishment.
• An Xiaoxiao expresses admiration for Mr. Jun, while also reacting with displeasure when Yang Wei dismisses her. Jun’s compliment briefly embarrasses her.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: The guests discuss and idealize Mr. Jun while he sits among them, unaware they are speaking to him.
• Pride and misjudgment: Yang Wei’s arrogance blinds him to Jun’s identity and repeats an old pattern of disrespect.
• Power and restraint: Jun hides his influence, forgives an uninformed slight, and uses his power selectively.
• The supernatural shaping ordinary life: Jun’s divination and soul-related technique affect both Liu Kai’s health and Yang Wei’s behavior.

Character interactions

• Jun’s quiet presence contrasts with the group’s praise of the absent “Mr. Jun,” creating dramatic irony.
• Liu Kai’s fear of offending Jun leads him to interrupt Yang Wei’s insults and apologize privately on his behalf.
• Jun speaks kindly to An Xiaoxiao, but Yang Wei dismisses her as unworthy of Mr. Jun’s attention.
• In private, Jun reassures Liu Kai, warns him to protect the secret, and offers practical guidance; later, he confronts Yang Wei over his past and present malice.

Plot points and events

• After the class reunion, Yang Wei leaves in a hurry, cowed by Jun Wangchen. Jun returns to his dorm, where his roommates are swapping nightmare stories.
• Jun decides to open his milk-tea shop that evening. He assigns his roommates to promote the opening on the university forum, ensure the drinks are good, and arrange dancers and servers. He plans to perform using his temporary Lingering Melodies ability to attract a crowd.
• Worried that the shop’s popularity will fade once his musical trial ends, Jun decides to become an internet celebrity and use his fame to build a milk-tea chain. Since enemies could target him, he plans to livestream under a disguised identity.
• Jun reasons that a Disguise Pill can solve the identity problem, then considers becoming famous through a spectacular eating stunt—the quickest of the online-celebrity routes he identifies.
• He messages Zhu Bajie seeking an appetite-enhancing treasure. After an accidentally explicit voice message, the Jade Rabbit explains that Zhu Bajie has no such item but offers a Swallowing Heaven Ring, which lets its wearer consume food endlessly by storing it in the ring.
• With no merit points to pay, Jun tricks the Jade Rabbit into accepting a carrot instead, falsely claiming it is more delicious than a Peach of Immortality. He then buys herbs, refines a half-hour Disguise Pill, changes his appearance, and heads toward a steamed-bun shop to begin his plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shifts from planning a one-night shop opening to pursuing a longer-term business strategy. He is ambitious and self-reliant, but also opportunistic: he uses his roommates’ help, intends to exploit online attention, and feels only briefly guilty after deceiving the Jade Rabbit.
• Yang Wei appears thoroughly intimidated by Jun after their earlier encounter.
• Zhang Zhengxiao, Wang Nuli, and Ke JiusI support Jun’s shop launch, dividing up promotion and entertainment arrangements while teasing one another.
• The Jade Rabbit is naïve about ordinary human food and grateful for Jun’s “gift”; Jun trades a carrot for the valuable ring through deception.
• Jun’s exchange with Zhu Bajie provides comic shock when he mistakenly hears a private encounter with Chang’e, before the Jade Rabbit takes over the conversation.

Significant themes

• Entrepreneurship and self-promotion: Jun treats online fame as a tool for sustaining sales and expanding his business.
• Ambition versus risk: He wants public visibility but must conceal his identity because of dangerous enemies.
• Resourcefulness and opportunism: Jun combines alchemy, supernatural contacts, and spectacle to advance his goals.
• Comedy and irreverence: The chapter mixes business planning with crude jokes, misunderstandings, and Jun’s shameless bargain with the Jade Rabbit.