Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen returns to his dorm and finds a mission red packet from the Matchmaker God. The task is to separate, within two hours, a couple who should not be together and retrieve their Marriage Lines. The reward is a pair of Mother-and-Child Heartbond Jades, which can alert one wearer when the other is in danger.
• Worried that Tian Ba may target Zi Hanyan, Jun decides the jade could help protect her. He searches for an unsuitable couple at Weiming Lake and elsewhere, but finds none.
• With time running short, he borrows a street fortune-teller’s robe and props, dresses as a diviner, and tries to attract people at a busy bridge.
• After no couples stop, Jun approaches a lonely, drinking man who says he loves a woman his friend also likes. Jun tries repeatedly to persuade him to stop pursuing her, but the man misunderstands every hint as advice to improve himself, study, or practice being caring with other women.
• The man thanks Jun, gives him fifty yuan, and rushes off, leaving Jun frustrated and still without a mission target.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen shows resourcefulness and persistence, driven by concern for Zi Hanyan’s safety. His patience wears thin as his attempts to give advice are repeatedly misinterpreted.
• The lonely man appears heartbroken and insecure about his looks, but proves stubbornly optimistic and remarkably prone to reframing rejection as motivation to win the woman over.

Significant themes

• Misguided love and unrequited affection: The mission’s purpose is to intervene in a relationship that should not happen, while the man’s refusal to accept that the woman may not reciprocate illustrates how love can become delusion.
• Communication and misunderstanding: Jun’s advice becomes increasingly explicit, yet the man twists every version into a plan for self-improvement.
• Love as responsibility: Jun’s pursuit of the reward is motivated less by personal gain than by his wish to safeguard Zi Hanyan.

Character interactions

• Jun privately contacts the Matchmaker God to learn how to retrieve Marriage Lines.
• He negotiates with a street Taoist for the man’s fortune-telling outfit and equipment, briefly misunderstanding the Taoist’s crude jokes.
• Jun attempts to advise the heartbroken man, but their conversation becomes a comic cycle of failed persuasion: the man interprets each suggestion as a new strategy for eventually pursuing the same woman.

Plot

• Jun Wangchen is running out of time to complete a mission from the Matchmaker God: find a couple who should not be together. While waiting at a bridge, he watches an unscrupulous Daoist fleece young men with crude, pseudo-mystical advice.
• The Daoist offers to teach Jun his “Great Art of Bamboozling.” Jun mocks him, then watches him successfully flatter and swindle a smitten couple.
• When that couple asks Jun to read their marriage, he uses his genuine Divine Calculations. He accurately describes the man’s finances and plans to get engaged to his fiancée, Lai Yuejing.
• Jun realizes the pair match the mission’s criteria. He hints that Lai is unfaithful, ending with a taunting poem about the man needing a “cuckold’s green hat.”

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen moves from frustration over his seemingly impossible mission to confidence once he discovers a qualifying couple. He uses his supernatural ability deliberately and seems ready to expose the truth.
• The old Daoist is revealed as a practiced, shameless con artist who relies on flattery and crude jokes rather than real insight.
• A-Wu is trusting and impressed by Jun’s accurate reading, overlooking Lai Yuejing’s unease.
• Lai Yuejing grows increasingly nervous as Jun’s statements approach the secret she fears he will reveal.

Character interactions

• Jun and the Daoist trade insults and comic boasts; the Daoist tries to recruit him into fortune-telling fraud.
• The Daoist charms A-Wu and Lai Yuejing into paying for a reading, then Jun’s genuine calculations win A-Wu’s admiration.
• Lai tries to hurry A-Wu away, but he reassures her and asks Jun to assess their marriage—giving Jun the opening to hint at her betrayal.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus truth: the Daoist’s persuasive performance contrasts with Jun’s real divination.
• Deception and trust: A-Wu believes Lai and the fortune-tellers, while Lai’s anxiety suggests their relationship is built on hidden wrongdoing.
• Fate and unsuitable romance: Jun’s mission turns the apparent engagement into a test of whether the couple truly belongs together.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen publicly hints that Lai Yuejing is unfaithful. When A-Wu asks whether he can trust him, Jun whispers something to him.
• A-Wu demands Lai’s phone. She confidently hands over a decoy, believing her affair is hidden on another device. A-Wu bluffs that he found evidence; Lai blurts out that she used a second phone to contact her ex and admits she slept with him.
• Lai tries to explain and then kneels, cries, and slaps herself to win A-Wu back. Jun warns A-Wu that her greed and behavior threaten his future, and A-Wu recalls that she had recently wanted the house and car put in her name.
• A-Wu ends the relationship, citing Lai’s history of exchanging intimacy for gifts while expecting him to provide for her long-term. He thanks Jun and the old Taoist, offers them money, and leaves. Jun declines his share, saying he wants to help people escape harmful relationships.
• Jun reveals that A-Wu and Lai’s marriage thread has snapped. Lai follows A-Wu, but Jun and the old Taoist believe the relationship cannot be restored.
• Before leaving, Jun tells the old Taoist that the person he has waited ten years for will return in ten seconds. After the countdown seems to pass without anyone appearing, the Taoist gives up hope—then the woman arrives and calls him an “idiot Taoist.” He recognizes her, and their reunion ends the chapter on a joyful note.

Character developments

• A-Wu moves from uncertainty to painful clarity. His love for Lai makes him hesitate, but her confession and his recollection of her financial demands convince him to end the relationship and choose self-respect.
• Lai Yuejing is exposed as unfaithful and calculating. Her tears and remorse are revealed as a strategy to preserve access to A-Wu’s wealth, and she leaves furious at Jun.
• Jun Wangchen acts as a matchmaker and guide, using a bluff and divination to expose the truth. He refuses payment and remains focused on helping others.
• The old Taoist is revealed to have spent ten years waiting for someone deeply important to him. His despair turns to overwhelming happiness when she returns.

Significant themes

• Truth and deception: Lai’s own panic gives away the affair, while A-Wu’s bluff reveals what her honesty would not.
• Self-respect and harmful love: A-Wu must accept that devotion cannot repair betrayal or erase exploitation.
• Fate, timing, and separation: Jun’s severed red thread symbolizes the end of A-Wu and Lai’s bond, while the Taoist’s reunion suggests that some connections endure despite long delays.
• Love, memory, and loss: Jun reflects that past heartbreak can teach people to cherish genuine love, while the chapter’s final reunion offers hope after years of waiting.

Character interactions

• Jun and the old Taoist work together to prompt A-Wu to question Lai, though Jun delivers the decisive private warning.
• Lai repeatedly tries to control A-Wu’s choices—first pulling him away from Jun, then attempting to win him back through emotional displays.
• A-Wu rejects Lai after confronting her betrayal, thanks Jun and the Taoist, and leaves without looking back.
• Jun offers the old Taoist a prediction; the Taoist’s reunion with the returning woman fulfills it and reveals the depth of their bond.

Key plot points and events

• After witnessing the old Taoist reunite with the woman he had waited ten years for, Jun Wangchen collects his completed mission reward: a pair of Mother-and-Child Heartbond Jade pendants.
• He remembers that Mo Duoduo is waiting for him to continue treating her and heads toward her hotel.
• Police captain Mo Li stops him, citing a report that he has disrupted order and spoiled the bridge’s appearance. Jun claims he is scouting for an actress for a film, then makes increasingly lewd jokes at her expense.
• Mo Li threatens to arrest him, but Jun argues that she has no grounds to detain him immediately and turns the exchange into a verbal contest. He also makes an intrusive joke about her health, further enraging her.
• Mo Li attacks. Jun easily catches her first punch and dodges her next move; her momentum carries her off the bridge and into the river.
• Seeing bystanders suspect he pushed her, Jun invents a melodramatic story that Mo Li is his wife and has jumped into the river over infidelity. The crowd urges her to reconcile with him.
• Mo Li swims toward the bank, furious. Jun claims he is going to fetch a towel and runs away before she can catch him.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains confident, quick-witted, shameless, and mischievous. He is physically far stronger than Mo Li, but uses deception and theatrical improvisation to escape trouble rather than face her anger.
• Mo Li is introduced as a capable police captain and fighter. Her professionalism is tested by Jun’s provocations; when she loses her temper and attacks, she becomes vulnerable to his superior strength and her own momentum.

Significant themes

• Love and reunion: The old Taoist’s long-awaited reunion offers a sincere, tender contrast to the chapter’s farcical encounters.
• Appearance versus reality: Jun’s invented film-director story and fake marital drama show how easily appearances can mislead bystanders.
• Power and restraint: Mo Li has legal authority and combat skill, but Jun counters her with verbal agility and greater supernatural strength.
• Comedy through provocation: The conflict relies on escalating misunderstandings, crude humor, and Jun’s ability to turn even a dangerous situation into a performance.

Character interactions

• Jun’s brief reflection on the old Taoist’s reunion prompts him to consider the meaning of true love.
• His encounter with Mo Li shifts from a police stop to a battle of insults, then a physical scuffle and public farce.
• The bystanders become unwitting participants, accepting Jun’s fabricated story and urging the supposed couple to make peace.
• Mo Li ends the encounter vowing revenge, while Jun escapes and remains due to meet Mo Duoduo for treatment.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen enters Mo Duoduo’s hotel room without knocking after noticing the door is ajar. He tries to justify himself by scolding her for leaving it unlocked, but she sees through the excuse.
• Before their planned treatment, Mo Duoduo hurts her foot when she tries to stand. Jun diagnoses an injury caused by wearing high heels and uses his internal force to restore circulation, quickly relieving the pain.
• Jun explains that internal force can heal as well as fight, and advises Mo to massage her soles to help with her poor sleep. He conceals his true strength and falsely claims to be at peak Human tier after one year of training.
• Jun completes the treatment for Mo’s fire-devouring poison. He tells her the poison is gone but that she should rest while her damaged tissue recovers.
• Mo invites Jun to a high-society gathering at Jinling Manor, where Zi Hanyan will also be present. She overcomes his reluctance by offering food, help with his homework, and a new outfit. Jun agrees, partly because he needs to give Zi Hanyan the Mother-and-Child Heartbond Jade.
• Mo asks Jun to bring her car around, though she can’t remember which luxury vehicle she drove. Before leaving, he teases her about her see-through underwear, prompting her to call him a pervert.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shows quick medical skill and growing confidence, but also remains deceptive about his cultivation and is deliberately flirtatious and mischievous. He treats Mo’s injuries sincerely, then uses humor to escape the awkwardness of his earlier intrusion.
• Mo Duoduo is initially wary and embarrassed, but trusts Jun’s expertise and is grateful after he heals both her foot and her poison. She becomes assertive in persuading him to attend the gathering and shows concern for his comfort and social standing.
• Their relationship shifts toward greater familiarity: Mo accepts his intimate medical treatment without anger, while Jun teases her and she responds with mock outrage. Their banter mixes genuine gratitude and trust with flirtation.

Significant themes

• Healing beyond combat: Internal force is presented as a tool for restoring health, not merely fighting.
• Concealment and appearances: Jun hides his real power, while the chapter’s comic misunderstandings and luxury-car discussion highlight the contrast between his modest self-presentation and Mo’s wealth.
• Trust and intimacy: Medical care brings the characters closer, while teasing and awkwardness make their growing ease with one another clear.

Key plot points and events

• In a hotel parking lot, Jun Wangchen finds a sleazy-looking man posing beside a Pagani supercar and charging women 100 yuan to take photos with it.
• The man dresses up his hustle as a noble service, claiming he wants women to enjoy their sports-car dreams and stand up to social-media show-offs. The women pay, take elaborate photos, and fawn over him; he secretly gropes them.
• Jun confronts him, suspecting the car belongs to someone else. The man insists it is his and uses a key ring as supposed proof.
• Jun pretends to be a struggling man whose hope for life depends on sitting in the car. Though his tale moves the women—and even briefly touches the impostor—the man refuses, fearing exposure.
• Jun directly accuses him of fraud and demands that he open the car. Unable to do so, the man invents an urgent business call and tries to leave.
• Jun stops him and reveals that the car is actually his by producing its keys. The car’s lights flash and its security system confirms the keys, proving the impostor’s lie. Jun opens the door and invites the women to sit inside.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen begins as an indignant observer, angered by the man’s fraud and molestation. He uses his own shameless talent for persuasion—first with a sentimental story, then with direct confrontation—to expose the impostor. His playful, self-assured side emerges when he proves the car is his.
• The sleazy fat man is revealed to be a locksmith who opportunistically poses as the car’s owner for money and attention. He hides behind elaborate moral speeches, but becomes evasive and defensive when challenged.
• The women move from excitement and admiration to suspicion and contempt as Jun questions the man’s claims. Their trust shifts again when the car confirms Jun’s ownership.

Significant themes

• Deception dressed up as virtue: The impostor presents a money-making scheme as generosity and moral uplift.
• Appearance versus reality: His luxury-car persona and grand speeches conceal both fraud and predatory behavior.
• Rhetoric as a weapon: Jun counters the man’s persuasive performance with a deliberately manipulative sob story and, ultimately, undeniable proof.
• Shamelessness and rivalry: Jun condemns the impostor’s conduct partly because the man is outdoing him at the very art of brazen scamming.

Character interactions

• Jun and the impostor trade accusations and competing performances, each trying to control how the women interpret the situation.
• The women initially admire the impostor, then turn against Jun when he cannot immediately prove his claim; their reactions change once Jun’s keys activate the car.
• The impostor’s sentimental background briefly creates sympathy between the two men, but his self-interest keeps him from yielding.

Key plot points and events

• Gao Dongqi falsely claims that Jun Wangchen’s expensive Son of the Phantom is his, apparently trying to scam the women gathered around it. Jun exposes the lie and threatens to give surveillance footage to the police.
• Gao begs for another chance, explaining that he needs money for an engagement ring. Jun accepts his story and offers him a way to make amends: help the women take photos inside the car.
• The women eagerly pose with Jun, while Gao takes the pictures and grows increasingly jealous. Jun also warns him to take the photos properly, using the threat of police and public exposure to keep him in line.
• After the women leave, Jun lets Gao go and learns his name. He cautions Gao against repairing another car, but refuses to explain why.
• Jun’s Divine Calculations reveal that Gao’s girlfriend has likely been cheating on him—and is sitting in the car Gao is about to repair. Jun fears the revelation could push the already troubled Gao toward violence.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen comes across as wealthy, confident, and mischievously self-serving. He turns Gao’s attempted scam into a photo opportunity, indulges the women’s attention, and presents himself as magnanimous. Beneath the comedy, however, he shows concern for Gao’s dangerous fate.
• Gao Dongqi shifts from a brazen liar to a frightened, apologetic man who claims he acted out of desperation. He cooperates with Jun, though he privately resents watching the women flock to Jun. His hardship and troubled relationship suggest he may be near a breaking point.
• The women quickly abandon their suspicions once the car’s ownership is clear. They compete for a chance to pose with Jun, drawn by the car, the photos, and his appearance.
• Jun and Gao’s relationship is a comic power struggle: Jun controls the situation through threats and teasing, while Gao obeys despite his jealousy. Their parting exchange is cordial, but Jun keeps Gao’s girlfriend’s suspected betrayal secret.

Significant themes

• Appearances and deception: Gao’s false claim is exposed by the car, while Jun’s humorous vanity contrasts with his genuine ability to foresee danger.
• Desperation and moral risk: Financial hardship helps explain Gao’s scam, but Jun’s prediction suggests that deeper suffering could lead him to extreme actions.
• Comedy beside impending tragedy: The flirtatious photo session is played for laughs, yet the chapter ends on a dark warning about betrayal, emotional shock, and violence.

Plot points and events

• Mo Duoduo takes Jun Wangchen to Molin Fashion to buy him clothes before they go to Jinling Manor, worried his shabby outfit will attract contempt.
• Jun Wangchen’s joking, self-important banter confuses a salesman, who mistakes his request for attentive service as something improper. Jun tries on several expensive outfits but refuses to buy them himself because of their staggering prices.
• Gao Jian, the salesman assisting him, is mocked by star salesperson Mai Ying for wasting time on a customer she assumes is too poor to buy anything. Mai also reveals that Gao is at risk of being fired for having the store’s lowest sales.
• Gao defends the principle that every customer deserves respectful service, despite Mai’s pressure to prioritize profit. Jun backs him up, insults Mai’s attitude, and says Mo Duoduo is buying his clothes.
• Mai and even Gao doubt Jun’s claim when they see Mo’s conspicuously expensive accessories and clothes. Their assumptions are overturned when Mo returns and announces she has picked out clothes for Jun to try on.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is flamboyant, narcissistic, and fond of teasing people, but he also objects to customers being judged by their appearance. He shows empathy for Gao and supports him against Mai, while remaining reluctant to spend money he considers excessive.
• Gao Jian is conscientious and respectful, even when doing so hurts his sales prospects. His frustration with Mai reveals how difficult it is to uphold his values in a competitive workplace.
• Mai Ying is portrayed as arrogant and manipulative. She uses her success and influence to belittle Gao and dismiss Jun, assuming a person’s worth from his clothes.
• Mo Duoduo is practical and generous: she takes charge of Jun’s shopping and selects clothes for him, though she remains occupied with choosing them for much of the chapter.

Significant themes

• Judging by appearances: Mai assumes Jun is poor and Mo could have no connection to him; her certainty is immediately disproved.
• Integrity versus ambition: Gao’s commitment to fair service clashes with Mai’s focus on sales and status.
• Respect and dignity: Jun and Gao insist that even customers who may not buy deserve courteous treatment.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: Jun’s suggestive-sounding phrasing, exaggerated vanity, and playful insults drive much of the humor.

Character interactions

• Jun’s banter repeatedly unsettles the sales staff, while Gao tries to serve him professionally.
• Mai attacks Gao’s sales performance and insults Jun; Gao defends both proper customer service and Jun’s right to be treated respectfully.
• Jun allies himself with Gao, using teasing insults to challenge Mai’s contempt.
• Mo’s final announcement confirms Jun’s claim and leaves both Gao and Mai stunned.

Plot points and events

• At Molin Fashion, Jun Wangchen accepts clothes Mo Duoduo picked out for him and rebukes sales assistant Mai Ying for her rude, prejudiced behavior.
• Mai Ying responds by insulting Jun and making crude, sexist remarks about Mo. Mo slaps her twice, then calls someone and waits calmly.
• Manager Tie arrives, hears Mai Ying’s distorted account, and tries to fire Gao Jian for not backing her. He then orders security to seize Mo, while Jun steps between her and the guards.
• Molin Fashion’s owner rushes in and reveals Mo is the Mo Family heiress who founded the store. He punishes Manager Tie and Mai Ying on Mo’s orders: Tie is beaten and Mai is slapped repeatedly.
• Mo apologizes to Jun for the incident. After they leave, the owner promotes Gao Jian to top-floor manager, explaining that Jun’s quiet intervention earned him the job.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite repeated insults, protects Mo when security approaches, and uses his influence discreetly to help Gao Jian.
• Mo Duoduo reveals her authority and forceful nature, defending Jun and enforcing consequences for the staff’s abuse. Her personal apology shows how much she values him.
• Gao Jian shows integrity by opposing Manager Tie and refusing to join Mai’s harassment. He is rewarded with the manager position he has long hoped for.
• Mai Ying lets jealousy and anger drive her into increasingly abusive behavior, then faces severe consequences.
• Manager Tie uses his position to protect his lover and intimidate customers, only to be exposed and punished once Mo’s identity is revealed.

Themes

• Appearances can deceive: Jun’s plain clothing conceals his connections and importance, while Mo’s power is underestimated until the owner recognizes her.
• Respect and professional conduct: The chapter condemns staff who mistreat customers and abuse workplace authority.
• Actions have consequences: Mai and Tie’s arrogance leads to their downfall; Gao Jian’s fairness earns him advancement.
• Power and loyalty: Mo’s influence is overwhelming, but Jun uses his quietly, valuing restraint over public display.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen arrives at the lavish Jinling Manor reception ahead of Mo Duoduo, who stays outside to call her father. Hungry, he heads straight for the dessert table and casually eats while the wealthy guests mingle.
• He overhears three young heirs inventing a ridiculous story about a wealthy woman trapping a man with gifts and marriage. Their hypocrisy and eagerness to pursue her amuse him.
• Jun reunites with Zi Hanyan, who is delighted to see him. He blurts out that she is beautiful, making her blush.
• Sun Zi, the East District chief’s daughter and Hanyan’s friend, criticizes Jun’s informal eating and appearance, calling him vulgar and a likely freeloader. Hanyan defends him and sends Sun Zi away.
• Hanyan invites Jun to try the manor’s specialties. Sun Zi, still convinced Jun is unworthy of Hanyan, recruits her friends to help expose him and texts Wei Caijun, a powerful young heir who is interested in Hanyan.
• Wei Caijun rushes down from the second floor with several heirs, setting up a confrontation.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains relaxed, appetite-driven, and unimpressed by elite etiquette. He responds calmly to Sun Zi’s insults, though they clearly irritate him.
• Zi Hanyan shows warmth and affection toward Jun, choosing his company over the photo session and defending him when Sun Zi belittles him.
• Sun Zi is status-conscious and controlling. She sees Jun as a threat to Hanyan’s reputation and escalates from insulting him to arranging trouble through Wei Caijun.
• Wei Caijun is introduced as Hanyan’s admirer; his arrival foreshadows conflict.
• Hanyan and Jun share an easy, friendly connection, while Sun Zi’s contempt and her friends’ gossip contrast with their comfortable interaction.

Significant themes

• Class and social status: Sun Zi judges people by pedigree, manners, and visible luxury, while Jun refuses to treat these standards as important.
• Authenticity versus pretense: Jun’s casual behavior contrasts with the reception’s showy wealth and rigid etiquette.
• Affection and loyalty: Hanyan’s defense of Jun demonstrates that she values their connection more than social approval.
• Jealousy and manipulation: Sun Zi’s attempt to turn Wei Caijun against Jun shows how insecurity can drive social scheming.

Key plot points and events

• At a social gathering in Jinling Manor, Wei Caijun arrives and confronts Jun Wangchen, who is eating and joking with Zi Hanyan.
• Jun and Wei trade insults. Wei’s friends repeatedly call Zi Hanyan their “future sister-in-law,” angering her. She refuses Wei’s invitation upstairs, choosing to stay with Jun.
• Wei draws Jun aside, boasts of his family’s influence, demands that Jun stop seeing Zi Hanyan, and offers him five million. Jun snaps the bank card and refuses.
• Wei threatens Jun’s family. Jun responds by grabbing Wei by the throat and lifting him off the floor, warning that he would kill him if Wei were not protected by his family name.
• Wei’s friends move to attack, but Jun’s chilling stare stops them. Zi Hanyan intervenes, and Jun releases Wei.
• Wei is shaken by the encounter and realizes Jun’s threat was genuine. Steward Luo, Jinling Manor’s powerful manager, then arrives with security guards, leaving the crowd to anticipate what will happen next.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains sarcastic and composed under insult, but his calm gives way to fierce violence when Wei threatens his family. He shows both confidence in facing the powerful and a clear limit: harm to his loved ones.
• Wei Caijun begins as an arrogant, entitled rival who expects status and money to control others. Jun’s attack leaves him frightened and wary for the first time.
• Zi Hanyan openly rejects Wei’s advances and chooses Jun’s company. She also steps in when Jun’s confrontation becomes dangerous.
• Wei’s friends initially act boldly on his behalf but lose their nerve when confronted by Jun.

Significant themes

• Status versus personal strength: Wei relies on family rank and influence, while Jun refuses to be intimidated by them.
• Loyalty and protection: Jun’s strongest reaction comes when Wei threatens his family.
• Control and coercion: Wei tries to claim Zi Hanyan through social pressure and bribery, but she makes her own choice.
• Consequences of arrogance: Wei’s confidence in his power falters when he encounters someone genuinely willing to challenge him.

Character interactions

• Jun and Wei’s exchange is a sustained contest of insults, threats, and competing claims over Zi Hanyan.
• Zi Hanyan rejects Wei’s invitation and later acts to stop Jun from escalating the physical confrontation.
• Wei’s companions reinforce his entitlement by teasingly calling Zi Hanyan their future sister-in-law, then retreat when Jun intimidates them.
• The guests watch the clash as Steward Luo arrives, setting up a possible confrontation between Jun and the manor’s authority.

Plot points and events

• At Jinling Manor’s reception, Steward Luo arrives after Jun Wangchen’s confrontation with Wei Caijun. Wei stops the guards from seizing Jun, claiming he will spare him for Xiao Yan’s sake, but then accuses him of entering without an invitation.
• Jun admits he has no invitation, prompting the guests and guards to treat him as a trespasser. Zi Hanyan defends him, while Wei and his allies use the admission to discredit and isolate him.
• Jun explains that Mo Duoduo personally invited him. The crowd laughs at the claim, and Zi Hanyan tries unsuccessfully to call Mo for confirmation.
• Qin Shou appears and disparages Jun’s working-class background, insisting the invitation is impossible. Wei urges Steward Luo to punish Jun; Luo orders the guards to beat him to death.
• As the guards raise their batons, an unseen speaker at the entrance demands to know who dares touch Jun.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed and largely silent under pressure. He recognizes Wei’s apparent mercy as a calculated retreat, then calmly names Mo Duoduo as his inviter without trying to persuade the hostile crowd.
• Wei Caijun shifts from threatening Jun to presenting himself as magnanimous, then exploits the invitation dispute to turn the room against him.
• Zi Hanyan repeatedly stands up for Jun, despite mounting doubt when he admits he lacks an invitation and stays silent. Her loyalty conflicts with the crowd’s accusations.
• Steward Luo moves from responding to a disturbance to ordering lethal punishment, acting on Wei’s framing of the incident.
• Qin Shou joins Wei’s side, using Jun’s family circumstances and social status to undermine his claim.
• Sun Zi and the other guests mock Jun and pressure Zi Hanyan to abandon him.

Significant themes

• Class prejudice: Jun is judged by his mother’s work and his own modest background rather than by evidence.
• Power and social status: Wei and the wealthy guests shape the narrative, while Jun faces immediate violence without a chance to prove his claim.
• Loyalty and appearances: Zi Hanyan’s willingness to defend Jun contrasts with the crowd’s eagerness to believe the worst.
• Suspense and reversal: The chapter ends at the moment of imminent violence, with the arrival of a possible protector left unrevealed.

Key plot points and events

• At a reception hosted by the Mo family, Mo Duoduo arrives and discovers that steward Luo has threatened to have her invited friend, Jun Wangchen, beaten because he lacks an invitation.
• Mo Duoduo slaps Luo, rejects his excuses, and orders him to leave the manor or Jinling City. When Wei Caijun tries to intervene, she silences him and warns that she knows of his family’s attempts to challenge the Mo family.
• She publicly declares Jun her friend and warns Wei, Qin Shou, Sun Zi, and the others not to humiliate him again. Jun remains calm and brushes off the incident.
• Mo Duoduo and Zi Hanyan tease each other, then head upstairs to see the mysterious items being displayed by a feng shui master. Jun follows. Wei and Qin also go upstairs, while the guests below are left anxious about possible consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Duoduo reveals her authority and fierce loyalty to Jun. Though powerful enough to frighten the guests and dismiss Luo, she is also warm and playful with Jun and Zi Hanyan.
• Jun Wangchen stays composed despite being insulted and threatened, responding with dry humor rather than anger.
• Steward Luo goes from confident authority figure to terrified supplicant, recognizing that he has jeopardized his position.
• Wei Caijun loses face and discovers that Jun is far more connected than he assumed. He suppresses his anger in front of Duoduo but follows the group upstairs, unwilling to let the matter go.
• Qin Shou and Sun Zi, along with the other guests, retreat from their earlier mockery and fear Jun’s influence. Sun Zi tries to blame Jun for not revealing his connection sooner, but her friends remain uneasy.
• Zi Hanyan and Mo Duoduo share a light, familiar exchange that contrasts with the tense confrontation.

Significant themes

• Power and status: The Mo family’s influence is immense, and Duoduo’s authority instantly reverses the room’s hierarchy.
• Loyalty and protection: Duoduo acts decisively because Jun is her friend, regardless of the social cost.
• Arrogance and misjudgment: The guests underestimate Jun based on appearances and face consequences when his connections are revealed.
• Public humiliation and fear: The confrontation leaves Wei disgraced, Luo’s future uncertain, and the remaining guests anxious about retaliation.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen attends a high-society unveiling at Jinling Manor with Mo Duoduo and Zi Hanyan. Wei Caijun glares at him, but Jun ignores him while warning himself not to tolerate any reckless move.
• Black and White Impermanence contact Jun through WeChat: an evil ghost they were escorting escaped into the mortal world and is somewhere in his area. They send him a Ghostcatching Manual—after a comically slow transfer caused by the Underworld’s limited mobile data.
• Jun learns the manual and uses its Mind-Sensing Ability. He sees sinister yin-energy threads draining the yang energy of everyone in the hall, including himself and the two women, but cannot locate the ghost responsible. He hides his concern and stays alert to protect them.
• The unveiling begins. Host Gao Huan introduces the mysterious object, excavated from a Jinling burial ground and purchased by Mo Duoduo’s brother, who is recovering from a car accident. The invited expert, Qi Shi, arrives to explain it.
• Zi Hanyan identifies Qi as Jinling’s most prominent feng shui master. Jun privately judges him to have only a third-level feng shui mark, then claims—truthfully, though the women doubt him—that he has the highest, seventh-level mastery.
• As Gao Huan steps aside, Jun notices something disturbing: beneath the host’s raised sole is another foot.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen gains a new ghost-catching skill and shifts from casual boredom to vigilance when he senses a supernatural threat. He conceals the danger from Mo Duoduo and Zi Hanyan, intent on keeping them safe. His confidence in his own expertise contrasts with his playful, self-mocking inner monologue.
• Mo Duoduo and Zi Hanyan show concern when Jun appears troubled, then accept his reassurance. They admire Qi Shi and dismiss Jun’s claim of superior feng shui skill as joking or boasting.
• Black and White Impermanence rely on Jun as their “Special Envoy,” but their help is hampered by poor Underworld connectivity and a depleted data allowance.
• Wei Caijun remains hostile in the background, though no confrontation occurs.
• Qi Shi is introduced as a respected, influential expert whose reputation commands the audience’s attention.
• Gao Huan appears charming and seductive to the crowd, but Jun notices an abnormality in his body that suggests something is wrong.

Significant themes

• Hidden supernatural danger: Sinister forces are present even when their source cannot be seen.
• Appearance versus reality: The glamorous host conceals a physically impossible feature, while Jun’s real expertise is dismissed as bragging.
• Duty and protection: Jun accepts responsibility for dealing with the escaped ghost and safeguarding his companions.
• Humor amid suspense: The Underworld’s mobile-data problems and Jun’s comic vanity provide levity before the chapter ends on an ominous discovery.

Plot points and events

• Elder Qi unveils the ancient Heaven-Predicting Compass, whose residual mental power briefly mesmerizes most of the audience. Jun Wangchen remains unaffected and notices the artifact is nearly spent and carries sinister energy.
• Qi activates the compass. Its needle points northeast, and the hall’s climate abruptly shifts from summer heat to autumn coolness. He claims it can locate a Geomantic Eye, alter the environment, and nourish people’s bodies, exciting the wealthy guests.
• Gao Huan secretly injects sinister energy into Qi, apparently influencing him. Qi then tells the audience to close their eyes, press their palms together, and repeat a phrase as a supposed cleansing ritual. The crowd complies.
• Jun Wangchen warns that the ritual is actually a ghost technique called Soul Sacrifice: sinister threads and planted yin-energy seeds let the caster drain victims’ souls when they recite the trigger phrase. He says the words Qi gave them sound exactly like the incantation. The crowd is alarmed, and Gao Huan’s expression darkens.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen demonstrates sharp perception and confidence, recognizing both the compass’s failing condition and the hidden danger behind the ritual. He publicly challenges the deception despite the crowd’s trust in Qi.
• Qi Shi initially presents himself as an authoritative feng shui master, but after Gao Huan’s covert influence, he unknowingly leads the guests into danger.
• Gao Huan reveals sinister intent by secretly manipulating Qi and encouraging the ritual.
• Mo Duoduo hopes the compass might improve her ailing grandfather’s health and protect her family’s position. Jun’s warning forces her and Zi Hanyan to reconsider that hope.
• The guests’ admiration for Young Master Mo and eagerness for health benefits make them especially susceptible to the apparent cleansing ritual.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: A revered artifact and a benevolent-sounding ritual conceal danger.
• Greed, fear, and vulnerability: Wealthy guests’ desire for health and protection leaves them open to manipulation.
• Perception and skepticism: Jun’s careful observation enables him to see through the spectacle when others are entranced or impressed.
• Power used for deception: Feng shui abilities and supernatural knowledge become tools for exploitation.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen accuses host Gao Huan of controlling feng shui master Qi Shi and warns that the Heaven-Predicting Compass is not changing the weather: it is releasing yin energy that drains people’s life force.
• The crowd dismisses him as delusional, while Gao Huan and Qi Shi challenge him to provide proof. Zi Hanyan worries for Jun, but Mo Duoduo trusts that he has a reason for speaking.
• Jun activates his Heavenly Eye, allowing everyone to see black threads attached to them and drawing energy away. They also see a needle-like thread controlling Qi Shi.
• Gao Huan reveals himself as the evil ghost behind the scheme. He transforms into black mist, gathers the compass’s yin energy, and attacks Jun with a dagger of mist.
• Jun counters with the Heavenly Faith Seal, then traps the ghost with Heavenly God Seizes Ghosts. After rejecting her attempt to beguile him, he destroys her with the Thunder Faith Seal.
• Qi Shi collapses once the ghost’s control ends. Jun turns to the terrified crowd and asks whether they now believe ghosts exist.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains calm despite public ridicule, then demonstrates his supernatural abilities and decisiveness. His warnings prove accurate.
• Mo Duoduo maintains faith in Jun even when his claims briefly unsettle her.
• Zi Hanyan initially tries to defuse the confrontation and protect Jun, but holds back after Mo Duoduo signals that he should be allowed to proceed.
• Gao Huan is exposed as a calculating evil ghost who has been manipulating Qi Shi and the gathering.
• Qi Shi is revealed to be under the ghost’s control rather than acting freely.
• Wei Caijun and Qin Shou, who had hoped the crowd would turn against Jun, are frightened into staying put.

Significant themes

• Truth versus disbelief: Jun is mocked until direct supernatural evidence forces the crowd to confront what they rejected.
• Righteousness overcoming evil: Jun’s yang-based seals defeat the ghost’s yin power.
• Appearance and deception: Gao Huan’s respectable role and Qi Shi’s authority conceal the dangerous plot.
• Courage and loyalty: Mo Duoduo trusts Jun, while Wei and Qin remain only out of fear of the consequences of abandoning each other.

Character interactions

• Jun publicly challenges Gao Huan and Qi Shi, while Gao manipulates Qi Shi to discredit him.
• Zi Hanyan tries to calm Qi Shi and later considers taking Jun away; Mo Duoduo persuades her to wait and trust him.
• The crowd shifts from accusing Jun of nonsense to panicking when the Heavenly Eye reveals the draining threads.
• The ghost threatens Jun, then pleads and tries to seduce him; Jun rejects her and destroys her.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After Jun Wangchen kills the evil ghost, the audience is left stunned. He explains that the ghost had used the Heaven-Predicting Compass to drain their yang energy and manipulate them into sacrificing their souls. The black threads on them will vanish now that she is dead.
• Jun reassures the crowd that most dead people pass on normally, and evil ghosts are rare. Qi Shi is still human: he is merely unconscious because his soul was displaced and will recover.
• When the guests hope Jun can use the tainted compass to improve the hall’s climate, he explains that a true feng shui master can create favorable conditions rather than merely locate them. He first predicts a breeze, then uses feng shui power to summon wind throughout the hall.
• To demonstrate the art’s greater potential, Jun takes an osmanthus seed and draws purple qi from the site’s Geomantic Eye. The seed rapidly grows into a flowering tree, defying normal requirements and seasons.
• The guests abandon their interest in the compass and Qi Shi, instead focusing on Jun. One young man asks to become his disciple; Jun politely defers the request.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm and lightly teasing amid the crowd’s fear. He explains the ghost’s scheme, comforts the guests, and demonstrates his command of feng shui. Though others regard him as a near-divine master, his narration reveals that his techniques come from Zhuge Liang, and that his knowledge may not be easy to pass on.
• The guests, including Wei Caijun and Qin Shou, shift from terror and disbelief to awe and reverence. A fashionably dressed young man who had previously spoken disrespectfully to Jun becomes an admiring would-be disciple.
• Mo Duoduo and Zi Hanyan feel relieved that Jun protected them and grow more admiring as he performs his feng shui feats.
• Wei Caijun is astonished but also frustrated by how completely Jun outshines him.
• Qi Shi remains unconscious, with Jun assuring the crowd that he will regain himself.

Significant themes

• The miraculous within the mundane: Jun’s transformation of a seed into a flowering tree illustrates the chapter’s central idea that true mastery can turn ordinary things into wonders.
• Knowledge versus mastery: The chapter contrasts merely predicting or locating favorable conditions with the ability to create them.
• Fear, reassurance, and belief: The guests’ terror gives way to relief and reverence as Jun explains the supernatural events and demonstrates powers beyond their expectations.
• Recognition and humility: Jun earns public admiration and a potential disciple, yet declines immediate fame as a teacher, aware that his abilities are not easily reproduced.

Key plot points and events

• After the social reception, Jun Wangchen worries that Wei Caijun and Tian Ba may retaliate against his family. He resolves to strengthen himself, gain real combat experience, and obtain protective items for his relatives. He looks up the Jinling City Martial Artists’ Association.
• A taxi stops at a serious bus crash. Jun sees many badly injured victims and decides to help before ambulances arrive.
• Doctors Bai Ren and his granddaughter Bai Ziyi reach the scene. Bai Ziyi treats the less seriously injured while Bai Ren attempts to save a little girl, Mengmeng, whose chest and internal organs have been badly crushed.
• Bai Ren’s acupuncture temporarily stabilizes Mengmeng, but it drains his energy and cannot repair her injuries. He tells her mother that the child has only about three minutes left.
• Mengmeng wakes briefly. Her mother tries to hide her grief by pretending the crowd has gathered for Mengmeng’s birthday. The child gently reveals that she understands she may be dying and describes how hard her mother works and how deeply they love each other.
• As Mengmeng asks her mother to promise to care for herself after her death, an unseen speaker interrupts, claiming she can still be saved.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shows growing responsibility: beyond pursuing strength, he is concerned for his family’s safety and responds instinctively to people in danger. His understanding of medicine and spiritual energy lets him recognize that Bai Ren’s treatment is only temporary.
• Bai Ren demonstrates skill and compassion, but his limits become clear when his energy cannot sustain Mengmeng.
• Bai Ziyi works efficiently beside her grandfather and is visibly moved by Mengmeng’s plight.
• Mengmeng and her mother share the chapter’s emotional center. The mother tries to conceal her despair; Mengmeng, despite her age and injuries, recognizes her mother’s sacrifices and comforts her. Their exchange shows their mutual devotion.

Significant themes

• Compassion and duty: Jun feels compelled to help, while the crowd and the Bai doctors cooperate at the scene.
• Love expressed through sacrifice: Mengmeng’s account reveals her mother’s exhausting efforts to provide for her, and Mengmeng’s final concern is for her mother’s well-being.
• Hope against helplessness: The crowd’s brief hope fades as Bai Ren’s treatment fails, setting up the final promise of a possible rescue.
• Life’s fragility: The birthday song and the mother–daughter farewell make the urgency and preciousness of Mengmeng’s remaining moments painfully clear.

Key plot points and events

• At the crash scene, Jun Wangchen arrives and says he can save Mengmeng, a little girl critically injured after being crushed beneath a bus. Onlookers doubt him because of his age, despite Bai Ren and Bai Ziyi’s confidence in his abilities.
• Bai Ren asks for thirteen short silver needles, expecting Jun to use the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles. Jun says they are unsuitable and announces he will use the legendary Thunderfire Divine Needles instead.
• Jun reassures Mengmeng, who agrees to stay brave because she wants to remain with her mother. He uses spiritual energy and a flame to prepare a silver needle, then inserts it into her navel’s Shenque Acupoint.
• Mengmeng’s injuries rapidly reverse: her abdomen returns to normal, her strength comes back, and within a minute she stands, apparently fully healed. Her mother embraces her, and the two weep with relief as the crowd marvels.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm and compassionate under pressure. He comforts Mengmeng before treating her and demonstrates extraordinary medical and supernatural abilities.
• Bai Ren shifts from medical authority to an admiring witness, recognizing the rare Thunderfire technique and trusting Jun completely.
• Bai Ziyi confirms her faith in Jun based on what she has seen before, then prioritizes treating other seriously injured people rather than watching his procedure.
• Mengmeng and her mother show deep affection: Mengmeng worries that her mother will neglect breakfast if she dies, while her mother’s fear turns to overwhelming relief.
• The crowd moves from skepticism to astonishment and praise after witnessing the recovery.

Significant themes

• Hope against impossible odds: Jun’s arrival gives Mengmeng’s mother hope when survival seems nearly impossible.
• Compassion and courage: Jun’s gentle reassurance helps Mengmeng face treatment without fear.
• The extraordinary power of traditional medicine: The legendary Thunderfire Divine Needles are presented as a miraculous art capable of reversing even catastrophic injury.
• Humility and service: Jun does not seek attention, while Bai Ziyi turns away from the spectacle to care for other victims.

Key plot points and events

• As the accident response improves, Jun Wangchen, Bai Ren, Bai Ziyi, and nearby bystanders continue helping the injured. Ambulances from Jinling Central Hospital arrive.
• Nurses bring in a man with catastrophic injuries, but Jun orders them to let him treat the patient. Bai Ren backs Jun’s authority, and witnesses who have seen Jun’s skill pressure the nurses to cooperate.
• The dying man’s first concern is his wife, whom he believes is still trapped in the car. She appears injured but alive, and the couple share an emotional farewell as his condition worsens.
• Just as the man seems to die before he can finish telling his wife he loves her, Jun intervenes with the second technique of the Thunderfire Divine Needles: the Square-Circle Thunder Needle. Its lightning-like energy repairs the man’s damaged meridians.
• The man revives, briefly believing that he and his wife have both died. Jun explains that he is alive; the couple reunite in relief and gratitude.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen acts decisively under pressure and demonstrates remarkable medical ability, earning the trust of Bai Ren and the surrounding witnesses.
• Bai Ren publicly endorses Jun, showing confidence in his judgment and skill.
• The injured husband reveals his loving, selfless nature through his concern for his wife, children, and even the people he has helped. After revival, his fear turns to exuberant joy.
• The wife remains devoted to her husband, refusing to accept his apparent death and breaking down in grief before their reunion.

Significant themes

• Compassion amid crisis: Ordinary bystanders step in to help, challenging the idea that society is uncaring.
• Love, sacrifice, and ordinary devotion: The couple’s memories of meals, family, and shared life make their bond central to the scene.
• Hope and life’s fragility: The husband seems lost, yet Jun’s intervention restores him, turning despair into joy.
• Balance and harmony: The Square-Circle Thunder Needle is described through the complementary forces of Yin and Yang, strength and gentleness, and heaven and earth.

Character interactions

• Jun takes command while Bai Ren supports him, prompting the nurses and bystanders to accept his treatment.
• The husband and wife exchange a heartfelt farewell, revealing their affection through familiar complaints and everyday memories.
• After Jun revives him, the husband embraces his wife, apologizes for misunderstanding her presence, and celebrates the chance to continue their life together.