Recaps

Zhou You browsed the Cultivation Forum, then dreamed that the Jade Seal offered him power but could not meet his grand ambitions. He woke with only a hazy memory of the dream.

• Lian Yi gave up trying to charm Zhou You and began filling her new textbooks with notes to support her diligent-student persona.
• Zhou You browsed forum discussions about cultivation techniques, Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian, and a proposed café run by tiger and lion demons.
• Zhou You fell asleep and found himself in a vast white space, where the Jade Seal told him he was dreaming.
• The Jade Seal offered Zhou You power in exchange for sacrifices, but could not promise him Immortal Emperor status or perfect body refinement.
• Zhou You dismissed the Jade Seal and returned to sleep, then woke the next morning with a faint memory that it could do nothing for him.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao searched the Vicious Ghost Compendium for Nuomi’s kind of ghost, but none of its entries matched her. Their failure left Nuomi dejected and feeling an unfamiliar ache as she wondered where she came from.

• Tang Shiyin asked Zhou You to walk to school with her, and he hurried ahead after classmates’ gossip made her draw attention.
• Zhou You traded books with Chu Xiaoyao, then told her he could not identify Nuomi’s kind of ghost from the Vicious Ghost Compendium.
• Nuomi tried to prove she was a hanged ghost by suspending herself from the classroom ceiling fan, making the room grow cold before Zhou You told her to come down.
• Zhou You ruled out several kinds of ghosts, and Nuomi felt dejected because none of them explained her identity.
• Nuomi recalled sitting alone at night wondering where she came from, then asked Zhou You whether the ache in her heart meant she was sick.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao took Nuomi back to the Old Dormitory Building to look for clues to her lost memories, but found nothing. After they left, Lian Yi entered with a clone and was overwhelmed by a terrifying presence, leaving her badly injured.

• Zhou You comforted Nuomi after she broke down over her lost memories, and Chu Xiaoyao suggested revisiting the Old Dormitory Building.
• Nuomi showed Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao around the building and recalled meeting Ghost King Zhenyue and reading horror novels there, but they found no clues.
• Ghost King Zhenyue hid from the trio, fearing Nuomi had returned to confront him over his plan to steal back the Jade Seal.
• Lian Yi followed the trio to the building and entered after they left, hoping to learn more about Nuomi's identity.
• A terrifying being attacked Lian Yi's clone in the corridor and destroyed it, severely injuring Lian Yi and leaving her shaken.

Lian Yi investigated the Carefree Sect while Zhou You faced backlash on the Cultivation Forum and learned about two legends tied to Chang'an City. After spotting Zhou You’s provocative post, Su Tingxue contacted Duan Yuxian to challenge her to a fight.

• Lian Yi recovered from her injuries, suspected the Carefree Sect had deep ties to Chang'an City, and posted a bounty seeking reports of major events there.
• Zhou You found a flood of hostile private messages from Duan Yuxian’s supporters after posting that he had never heard of her.
• Zhou You forwarded Lian Yi’s bounty thread to Su Tingxue, who shared information about a legendary Demonic Calamity and a golden core tiger demon planning a wildlife park.
• Su Tingxue gave Zhou You half the Spirit Jade she earned answering the bounty and agreed to bring him a spirit stone the next day.
• Su Tingxue saw Zhou You’s post backing her in a comparison thread, realized he had not told her about the resulting harassment, and messaged Duan Yuxian to challenge her to a fight.

Duan Yuxian accepted Su Tingxue’s challenge to fight in Chang'an City and tricked the Hall Master into letting her leave True Martial Hall early. She set off for the city, while tourists mistook her sudden disappearance for proof that immortals lived in the mountain hall.

• Duan Yuxian agreed to fight Su Tingxue in Chang'an City and persuaded her to claim the match would happen in three days.
• Duan Yuxian showed the Hall Master their edited chat history and got permission to leave True Martial Hall.
• Duan Yuxian packed her suitcase, hid her sword in a guitar case, and prepared to catch her train.
• Duan Yuxian pushed open the outer gate early despite Daoist Qianyuan's protests and vanished into the mist, leaving the waiting tourists amazed.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao helped Nuomi learn to use an old phone during morning reading, then Zhou You tickled Chu Xiaoyao with his Netherworld Ripple Art. Su Tingxue delivered Zhou You a spirit stone, which he brought back to his seat to use for a cultivation breakthrough.

• Chu Xiaoyao gave Nuomi her father's old phone and secretly showed her how to use it in class.
• The English teacher ordered a vocabulary dictation, and Chu Xiaoyao struggled to complete it despite her grand claims and identities.
• Zhou You practiced Soul Projection, then used it to tickle Chu Xiaoyao after she mocked his progress.
• Nuomi blew cold air down Zhao Zhuo and Ma Changcheng's necks when they insulted the Sect.
• Su Tingxue sent Zhou You a paper airplane, met him in the corridor, and handed him a spirit stone wrapped in toilet paper.
• Zhou You returned to class and showed the spirit stone to Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi, hoping to break through qi refining early-stage great perfection.

Zhou You absorbed a spirit stone and broke through to Middle Qi Refining, discovering that his strength, soul power, and Soul Projection range had greatly improved. After he mentioned Nuomi’s hidden stash in Big Stone Lake, Lian Yi decided to claim it for herself.

• Zhou You explained that Su Tingxue had given him a spirit stone as his share for passing along intelligence, and Chu Xiaoyao offered to share what she knew about Chang'an City.
• Zhou You cultivated throughout the school day with the spirit stone, absorbing nearly half its spiritual energy by dinner.
• Zhou You broke through to Middle Qi Refining and showed off his improved speed by picking a single grain of rice from Chu Xiaoyao’s plate.
• Zhou You tested his increased strength and Soul Projection, finding that his soul could travel twelve and a half steps from his body.
• Zhou You mentioned Nuomi’s secret stash in Big Stone Lake, and Lian Yi decided she would take it for herself.

Lian Yi searched Big Stone Lake for the treasure Nuomi had hidden but found only rubbish, which she collected and took away. Meanwhile, Duan Yuxian learned that Su Tingxue had teamed up with Zhou You to deal with a poverty ghost, then Zhou You accepted an online challenge from one of Yuxian’s fans.

• Lian Yi searched Big Stone Lake with her divine sense, found no treasure, and collected every piece of rubbish from the lakebed.
• Ghost King Zhenyue watched Lian Yi leave and wondered why she had taken the rubbish.
• Duan Yuxian browsed the Cultivation Forum and found a post saying the Carefree Sect and Dragon Tiger Mountain had dealt with a poverty ghost.
• Duan Yuxian called Su Tingxue, who described the case and hinted that Zhou You had devised a bizarre spell before stopping herself from revealing his secret.
• Zhou You read a flood of insulting private messages and challenged the persistent sender Love Yuxian Most to a fight.
• Love Yuxian Most accepted Zhou You’s challenge and said he would come fight him in the next few days.

Ghost King Zhenyue tried to steal the Imperial Heirloom Seal from the classroom, but Nuomi mistook him for an imagined figure and beat him until he escaped. Meanwhile, Lian Yi spent the night testing stolen objects, and Nuomi told Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao about her victory.

• Ghost King Zhenyue flipped a coin twice, got heads both times, and sneaked into the classroom to steal the Imperial Heirloom Seal while Nuomi practiced imagining him.
• Nuomi opened her eyes, mistook Ghost King Zhenyue for the result of her cultivation, and pummeled him until he dispersed into mist and escaped.
• Lian Yi tested the objects she had stolen from Big Stone Lake through the night, found only an ordinary flashlight, and depleted most of her spiritual power.
• Lian Yi waited for Zhou You so they could walk to school together, and Zhou You offered to help after seeing the garbage in her apartment.
• Nuomi told Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao that she had imagined Ghost King Zhenyue and beaten him, and Chu Xiaoyao encouraged her to keep cultivating.

Chu Xiaoyao and Zhou You spent the school day dealing with homework and classmates before Duan Yuxian tracked Zhou You down after school. She claimed to be Su Tingxue’s friend and offered him a thousand yuan to show her a bizarre spell.

• Chu Xiaoyao borrowed Zhou You’s English homework, while Ma Changcheng asked to copy Zhou You’s math homework and was told to leave his empty bottle on Tang Shiyin’s desk.
• Duan Yuxian waited outside the school, hid from Su Tingxue, and identified Zhou You as a Cultivator when he left with Chu Xiaoyao.
• Duan Yuxian followed Zhou You after he parted ways with Chu Xiaoyao, then blocked his path and called him a fellow Daoist from the Carefree Sect.
• Duan Yuxian claimed she was Su Tingxue’s friend and revealed personal details to convince Zhou You, who cautiously lowered his guard.
• Duan Yuxian asked Zhou You to demonstrate a bizarre spell and offered him a thousand yuan, and Zhou You agreed.

Zhou You tested the Poverty Ghost Ability on Duan Yuxian, accidentally wiping out her semester living allowance with an enormous Taobao purchase. Unable to get money from her master, Duan Yuxian demanded a free place to stay, and Zhou You offered her a tent on his roof.

• Duan Yuxian canceled a Wudang Mountain tour booking and a high-speed rail ticket that Zhou You's Poverty Ghost Ability had made through her phone.
• Duan Yuxian challenged Zhou You to use the ability at full strength, and he made her buy one million copies of Albert Einstein's Brain for one hundred thousand yuan.
• Duan Yuxian discovered the order had shipped and been automatically received, leaving her unable to get a refund.
• Duan Yuxian asked her master for more money but could not explain what she had bought, so she gave up on asking him for help.
• Duan Yuxian told Zhou You to find her somewhere free to stay, and he offered her a tent on his roof with Wi-Fi.

Zhou You helped Duan Yuxian set up a tent on his rooftop, where she planned to live for a month. Overheated during the night, Duan Yuxian sneaked into Zhou You’s air-conditioned bedroom, and the chapter ended when they woke and met each other’s eyes.

• Duan Yuxian insisted on repaying Zhou You and asked him to keep her visit from Su Tingxue a secret.
• Duan Yuxian climbed a tree to reach Zhou You’s rooftop, and Zhou You brought her a tent.
• Zhou You and Duan Yuxian struggled to assemble the tent before furnishing it with bedding.
• Duan Yuxian fell asleep in the tent but later crawled into Zhou You’s bedroom to escape the heat.
• Zhou You woke to find Duan Yuxian sleeping on his floor, recognized her from forum photos, and switched off his alarm when she asked.
• Duan Yuxian opened her eyes, and she and Zhou You met each other’s gaze.

Duan Yuxian secretly used Zhou You’s air-conditioned bedroom after spending the night there, then returned again that afternoon and narrowly avoided being caught by his mother. The chapter ended with Zhou You returning home and wondering why his bedroom was cool.

• Duan Yuxian woke in Zhou You’s bedroom, claimed she had sleepwalked there, and asked him to keep her presence secret.
• Duan Yuxian escaped through the window as Zhou You’s mother called for him, then ran back to the Gaming Hotel and checked out later that day.
• Duan Yuxian returned to her tent, used Zhou You’s Wi-Fi, and decided to sneak into his bedroom again for the air conditioning.
• Duan Yuxian ate bread from Zhou You’s fridge and hid in his room while his mother moved around the house.
• Duan Yuxian restored Zhou You’s bed and slipped back to the rooftop when she heard him return; Zhou You entered his cool room and wondered why the air conditioning was on.

Zhou You watched Duan Yuxian practice the True Martial Sword Technique, then asked her to compare her strength with Su Tingxue's. After arranging a fight with one of Duan Yuxian's fans, he admitted he was not skilled at fighting, and Duan Yuxian offered to teach him a few moves.

• Zhou You climbed onto the roof and watched Duan Yuxian practice the True Martial Sword Technique before inviting her into his air-conditioned room.
• Duan Yuxian joined Zhou You in his room and continued gaming while he checked the Cultivation Forum and saw hostile messages from her fans.
• Zhou You asked Duan Yuxian whether she or Su Tingxue was stronger, and Duan Yuxian explained that Su Tingxue's evolved Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye made the answer uncertain.
• Zhou You arranged to fight Love Yuxian Most on the rooftop of Chang'an No. 2 High School at noon the day after tomorrow.
• Duan Yuxian noticed Zhou You's chat, learned he was not good at fighting, and offered to teach him a few moves.

Zhou You learned force-generation techniques from Duan Yuxian and began practicing them, while Chu Xiaoyao suggested applying them to his soul. After Zhou You refused Duan Yuxian’s invitation to join the True Martial Hall, she learned that Su Tingxue planned to bring him to their upcoming Spell Duel.

• Duan Yuxian taught Zhou You basic breathing and force-generation techniques, avoiding the True Martial Hall’s inheritance.
• Zhou You showed his new punch to Chu Xiaoyao, Nuomi, and Zhao Zhuo, and Chu Xiaoyao suggested using the techniques with his soul.
• Lian Yi watched Zhou You practice and wondered how he had learned such sophisticated techniques.
• Duan Yuxian continued training Zhou You, praised his quick progress, and invited him to join the True Martial Hall, but Zhou You refused because he would not leave the Carefree Sect.
• Su Tingxue messaged Duan Yuxian that she would bring Zhou You to witness their Spell Duel, leaving Duan Yuxian wondering whether she and Zhou You could pretend not to know each other.

Sun Cheng, a Giant Qu Door disciple devoted to Duan Yuxian, challenged Zhou You after believing Zhou had insulted her. Their spell duel began on the rooftop of Chang'an No. 2 High School, where Zhou You’s friends gathered to watch, and Sun Cheng erupted when Zhou You said Duan Yuxian acted differently around him.

• Duan Yuxian agreed to Su Tingxue’s invitation after Zhou You promised to keep their acquaintance private.
• Sun Cheng recalled how watching Duan Yuxian win a sword tournament restored his confidence and made him fall in love with her.
• Sun Cheng went to Chang'an City and spent the morning building momentum on the school rooftop before Zhou You arrived with Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi.
• Sun Cheng and Zhou You introduced themselves, and Sun Cheng mocked the Carefree Sect and demanded Zhou admit he had been wrong about Duan Yuxian.
• Sun Cheng praised Duan Yuxian’s cold, distant nature, but Zhou You said she did not seem that way with him, enraging Sun Cheng.

Zhou You fought Sun Cheng after Sun Cheng insulted the Carefree Sect, using the Ming King Body-Refining Art and Soul Projection to defeat him. Su Tingxue arrived and invited Zhou You to meet Duan Yuxian with her in a couple of days.

• Sun Cheng grew furious when Zhou You claimed he had been lying about knowing Duan Yuxian and challenged Zhou You with the Giant Qu Door's Sword Qi.
• Zhou You withstood Sun Cheng's attack using the Ming King Body-Refining Art, then drove him back with a series of punches.
• Sun Cheng recognized a resemblance between Zhou You's fighting style and Duan Yuxian's, while Zhou You denied that she had taught him.
• Zhou You projected his soul and invisibly battered Sun Cheng, whose Sword Talisman and Sword Pellets failed to hit a target.
• Su Tingxue found the group on the rooftop and invited Zhou You to join her upcoming meeting with Duan Yuxian.

After Zhou You defeated Sun Cheng, Su Tingxue invited him, Chu Xiaoyao, and Nuomi to watch her upcoming spell duel with Duan Yuxian and tried to recruit them to Dragon Tiger Mountain. The group left Sun Cheng to recover, while Wei Hang saw Zhou You come down from the rooftop with Chu Xiaoyao and Su Tingxue and mistakenly concluded he was caught between rival relationships.

• Sun Cheng fainted from anger after Zhou You defeated him, and Nuomi pretended to slap him for insulting the Carefree Sect.
• Su Tingxue scolded Zhou You for provoking trouble on the forum, then invited him to meet Duan Yuxian at their planned spell duel; Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi joined the outing.
• Su Tingxue discovered Zhou You had reached middle Qi Refining and invited him and the others to join Dragon Tiger Mountain, but Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi objected.
• Su Tingxue examined Sun Cheng and said he would wake on his own, while Zhou You asked everyone to stop arguing because he was exhausted from the fight.
• Wei Hang overheard Zhou You asking the two women to stop arguing and rest, then saw them leave the rooftop and mistakenly assumed Zhou You was juggling relationships.

Wei Hang and Lian Yi misinterpreted Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Su Tingxue’s trip to the rooftop, while Zhou You returned home and found Duan Yuxian sheltering from a storm. After she collided with him and hid from his mother, Duan Yuxian remained concealed in his wardrobe.

• Wei Hang waited by the rooftop ladder and concluded that Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Su Tingxue had been alone there, while Lian Yi heard his rumors and suspected they had gone there for dual cultivation.
• Zhou You returned home, praised Duan Yuxian’s sword instruction, and learned that she planned to stay on the roof for the day.
• Duan Yuxian enjoyed the cool weather in her tent but had no money and worried about repaying Zhou You.
• A violent storm flooded Duan Yuxian’s tent, so she carried her bedding into Zhou You’s bedroom and collided with him as he reached for the window.
• Zhou You’s mother entered after hearing the noise, and Zhou You claimed he had knocked over a chair while Duan Yuxian hid in the wardrobe with her quilt.

Zhou You let Duan Yuxian stay overnight during a storm while the professor struggled to understand why the supposed Human Dao Supreme Treasure appeared to be ordinary Hell Money. The professor sent the Soul King to investigate the treasure at Chang'an No. 2 High School, but the Soul King collapsed when he learned Heavenly Calamity attended there.

• Zhou You's mother checked his room and left, allowing Duan Yuxian to come out of the wardrobe and stay the night; Zhou You gave her the bed and slept on the floor.
• Duan Yuxian and the professor lay awake, with Duan Yuxian wondering whether Hell Money was the Human Dao Supreme Treasure and the professor debating whether to seek help on the Cultivation Forum.
• The professor's research group found only ordinary, recently produced Hell Money inside the sealed box, so he suspected the Red King had brought back the wrong item.
• The professor summoned the resentful Soul King and asked him to retrieve the real Human Dao Supreme Treasure from Chang'an No. 2 High School.
• The Soul King eagerly accepted the mission, then dropped his coffee and collapsed when the professor warned him that Heavenly Calamity attended the school.

The professor ordered the Soul King to search Chang'an City for clues to the Human Dao Supreme Treasure, despite his terror of Heavenly Calamity. After True Lord Wenchang and Master Eastern Clouds beat him again, the professor called the Red King to his office about the treasure.

• The Soul King recalled Heavenly Calamity's devastating defection and feared encountering her while searching for the Human Dao Supreme Treasure.
• The professor reassured the Soul King that Heavenly Calamity might not know about the treasure and ordered him to leave for Chang'an City the next day.
• The Soul King realized he had never agreed to the mission and learned that True Lord Wenchang and Master Eastern Clouds were in America.
• True Lord Wenchang and Master Eastern Clouds rescued Lisa, fought the werewolves and vampires pursuing her, and discovered her parents had been transformed into an experimental monster.
• The Soul King found the two cultivators and provoked them, so they beat him badly again.
• The professor learned the Soul King had changed his mind and called the Red King to his office about the Human Dao Supreme Treasure.

The professor sent the Red King back to Chang'an City to investigate the Human Dao Supreme Treasure, promising him a chance to become leader of the Seven Kings. After the Red King agreed and chose two helpers, the professor visited his hidden laboratory and revealed his true reason for seeking the treasure: reviving his dead daughter.

• The professor summoned the Red King, praised his service, and asked him to return to Chang'an City to investigate the Human Dao Supreme Treasure and Ghost King Zhenyue.
• The Red King feared the professor planned to silence him, but accepted the mission after the professor promised rewards and said the Soul King was unavailable because True Lord Wenchang and Master Eastern Clouds had beaten him up again.
• The Red King requested Mind Master and Force Wielder as helpers, and the professor approved.
• After the Red King left, the professor entered his private laboratory and tenderly touched the glass tank holding his dead daughter.

The professor hoped to awaken White Rainbow Dao Lord, whose knowledge of life and death might help revive his daughter, but his experiments with the Jade Seal failed. Meanwhile, Zhou You learned Nuomi could leave school, and Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian's Spell Duel remained scheduled for the Main Sports Field.

• The professor recalled finding White Rainbow Dao Lord alive in a jade coffin and identified her as the ancient Cultivation World's foremost figure.
• The professor tried using Hell Money and the Jade Seal to awaken White Rainbow Dao Lord, but she showed no sign of waking.
• Zhou You blamed his tiredness on his fight with Sun Cheng while keeping quiet about his restless night sharing a room with Duan Yuxian.
• Chu Xiaoyao dropped the Imperial Heirloom Seal, and Zhou You picked it up unharmed as Lian Yi wondered whether it was real.
• Zhou You told Chu Xiaoyao that Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian would hold their Spell Duel on the Main Sports Field tomorrow night, and Nuomi said she could leave school.

The Red King, Mind Master, and Force Wielder discovered that Heavenly Calamity had the genuine Imperial Heirloom Seal, which she used casually as a paperweight. They waited for a chance to steal it, but the Red King refused to approach while a female ghost remained on guard.

• The Red King returned to the rooftop apartment with the Mind Master and Force Wielder and sent them to keep watch while he rested.
• The Mind Master spotted a Jade Seal weighing down Chu Xiaoyao’s test papers and realized it matched the Imperial Heirloom Seal.
• The Red King confirmed that Heavenly Calamity had the genuine seal and concluded that the treasure he had brought back was fake.
• The Red King ordered the others to wait for an opportunity to steal the seal rather than act rashly.
• After school, Heavenly Calamity left with Zhou You without taking the seal, but the Red King chose to wait until the female ghost left the classroom too.

Zhou You brought Duan Yuxian shaved ice, then asked her about the Demonic Calamity a thousand years ago, which she explained had ended with White Rainbow Dao Lord and Demon Venerable Guiji vanishing after their battle. That night, Duan Yuxian slipped into Zhou You’s room again to rehearse how she would meet Su Tingxue the next day.

• Zhou You brought Duan Yuxian shaved ice while she practiced swordplay, and she enjoyed it after he left.
• Zhou You read forum posts about a cat café and a supposedly genuine copy of Master Xuanzang’s “Consciousness-Only Sutra,” then asked Duan Yuxian about the Demonic Calamity.
• Duan Yuxian explained that Demon Venerable Guiji had slaughtered cultivators before White Rainbow Dao Lord fought him, and both vanished after their battle.
• Zhou You said good night to Duan Yuxian, returned to his room, and went to sleep alone.
• Duan Yuxian opened Zhou You’s window and asked whether she should act friendly or cold when she met Su Tingxue the next day.