Chapter Summaries

Zhou You used his Poverty Ghost ability on Duan Yuxian, accidentally wiping out her semester living allowance and leaving her unable to afford lodging. After she failed to get more money from her master, she demanded that Zhou You find her somewhere free to stay, and he offered her a tent on his roof.

• Duan Yuxian asked Zhou You to demonstrate his Poverty Ghost ability, and he made her book a luxury tour of Mount Wudang that she later canceled.
• Duan Yuxian asked Zhou You to cast the spell again, and he made her buy a business-class train ticket to Mount Wudang, which she canceled at a loss.
• Duan Yuxian challenged Zhou You to use the spell at full power, and he made her buy a million copies of Einstein's Brain for a hundred thousand yuan.
• Duan Yuxian discovered the order had shipped and could not be returned, then failed to get replacement money from her master.
• Duan Yuxian demanded that Zhou You find her somewhere free to stay, and he offered her a tent on his roof with internet access.

Duan Yuxian moved into Zhou You’s rooftop tent, but the summer heat drove her into his air-conditioned bedroom during the night. Zhou You woke to find her there, recognized her as the famous Duan Yuxian, and their eyes met as she awoke.

• Duan Yuxian asked Zhou You to show her where she would stay and insisted on repaying the thousand yuan she owed him.
• Duan Yuxian asked Zhou You to keep her visit secret from Su Tingxue, then climbed a tree to reach his rooftop.
• Zhou You and Duan Yuxian struggled to assemble the tent before Zhou You provided bedding for her.
• Duan Yuxian fell asleep in the tent but later climbed through Zhou You’s window to sleep in his air-conditioned bedroom.
• Zhou You woke beside Duan Yuxian, recognized her from forum photos, and silenced his alarm when she told him to.
• 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 sneaked out when his mother came home. The chapter ended with Zhou You discovering that his bedroom was cool and wondering whether he had left the air conditioner on.

• Duan Yuxian woke in Zhou You's bedroom, claimed she had sleepwalked there, and asked him to keep her situation secret.
• Duan Yuxian left through the window and ran back to the Esports Hotel, then returned to her rooftop tent and used Zhou You's Wi-Fi.
• Duan Yuxian went back into Zhou You's room to cool off, played games, and ate a slice of his bread when she got hungry.
• Duan Yuxian hid in Zhou You's bedroom while his mother was home, then made the bed and climbed back out the window at ten.
• Zhou You returned, noticed his bedroom was cool, and wondered whether he had forgotten to turn off the air conditioner.

Zhou You watched Duan Yuxian practice swordsmanship, then asked whether she or Su Tingxue was stronger and learned that Su Tingxue’s Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye had evolved a second time. After Zhou You arranged to meet one of Duan Yuxian’s fans for a fight, Duan Yuxian offered to teach him a few moves.

• Zhou You found Duan Yuxian practicing the True Martial Sword Art on the roof and invited her into his air-conditioned room.
• Zhou You asked Duan Yuxian whether she or Su Tingxue was stronger, and Duan Yuxian said Su Tingxue’s evolved Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye made the answer uncertain.
• Duan Yuxian asked whether Zhou You had seen Su Tingxue use her evolved eye, and Zhou You said it had seemed average.
• Zhou You arranged to fight Love Yuxian Most on the rooftop of Chang'an City No. 2 Middle School at noon the day after tomorrow.
• Duan Yuxian realized Zhou You’s planned fight might involve one of her fans and offered to teach him a couple of moves.

Zhou You learned basic unarmed force-generating techniques from Duan Yuxian and began practicing them at school and at home. Duan Yuxian invited him to join the True Martial Hall, then discovered that Su Tingxue planned to bring Zhou You to their duel and wondered whether they should pretend not to know each other.

• Duan Yuxian taught Zhou You basic breathing and force-generating techniques, avoiding the True Martial Hall’s inheritance.
• Zhou You showed off his rough punch technique to Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi at school, and Chu Xiaoyao suggested he teach the techniques to his soul.
• Lian Yi secretly observed Zhou You and doubted that he had learned such refined techniques from an online tutorial.
• Duan Yuxian praised Zhou You’s rapid progress and invited him to join the True Martial Hall, but Zhou You refused because he would not abandon the Carefree Sect.
• Su Tingxue messaged Duan Yuxian that she planned to bring Zhou You to their duel, prompting Duan Yuxian to ask whether they could act like strangers.

Sun Cheng, a Giant Qu Gate disciple obsessed with Duan Yuxian, challenged Zhou You after mistaking his denial of knowing her for an insult. The spell duel began on a rooftop, where Zhou You’s casual description of Duan Yuxian enraged Sun Cheng.

• Duan Yuxian agreed to Su Tingxue’s request after Zhou You promised to keep her identity secret.
• Sun Cheng’s admiration for Duan Yuxian had inspired him to overcome a cultivation setback, and he traveled to Chang’an City to confront Zhou You.
• Sun Cheng used the Giant Qu Gate’s Accumulating Momentum technique on a school rooftop before Zhou You arrived with Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi.
• Sun Cheng introduced himself and mocked the Carefree Sect, while Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi defended their sect and dismissed Duan Yuxian.
• Sun Cheng praised Duan Yuxian as a cold, peerless sword cultivator, and Zhou You remarked that she seemed easy to talk to when she was with him.
• Sun Cheng flew into a rage at Zhou You’s comment and threatened him.

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. The fight ended with Su Tingxue inviting Zhou You to meet Duan Yuxian in a couple of days.

• Sun Cheng grew furious when Zhou You claimed to know Duan Yuxian, then attacked him to prove the Giant Qu Gate's superiority.
• Zhou You absorbed Sun Cheng's sword-qi strike with the Ming King Body-Refining Art and drove him back with a series of punches.
• Sun Cheng used a Sight-Obscuring Ghost and a Sword Talisman, but Zhou You avoided the sword qi and realized his attacks needed to be harder to predict.
• Zhou You projected his soul and pummeled the blinded Sun Cheng with invisible punches and kicks, defeating him despite Sun Cheng activating his Sword Talisman and Sword Pellets.
• Su Tingxue arrived on the Rooftop and invited Zhou You to join her and Duan Yuxian when they met in a couple of days.

After Zhou You defeated Sun Cheng, Su Tingxue invited him and his companions to watch her upcoming spell duel with Duan Yuxian and tried to recruit him to Dragon-Tiger Mountain. Zhou You declined, and Wei Hang later saw him leaving the rooftop with Chu Xiaoyao and Su Tingxue and mistakenly concluded he was caught between two girls.

• Sun Cheng fainted from anger after learning Su Tingxue would take Zhou You to meet Duan Yuxian, and Nuomi mistook him for someone asleep.
• Su Tingxue arranged for Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Nuomi to attend her spell duel with Duan Yuxian, then learned Zhou You had reached the middle Qi Refining Stage.
• Su Tingxue invited Zhou You and the other Carefree Sect members to join Dragon-Tiger Mountain, but Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi objected.
• Zhou You tried to stop Su Tingxue and Nuomi from arguing, while Su Tingxue accidentally revealed that she could see Nuomi.
• Wei Hang overheard the group leaving the rooftop and wrongly assumed Zhou You was struggling to manage two girls.

After Zhou You and his companions returned from the roof, Lian Yi misunderstood their visit as an intimate encounter. Duan Yuxian stayed on Zhou You’s roof during a storm, then took shelter in his bedroom and hid in his wardrobe when his mother came to investigate.

• Wei Hang waited by the roof ladder, concluded that Zhou You, Chu Xiaoyao, and Su Tingxue had stayed on the roof, and spread rumors about what they had done.
• Lian Yi heard Wei Hang’s rumors and wrongly decided that Zhou You had taken Chu Xiaoyao and Su Tingxue to the roof for dual cultivation.
• Zhou You returned home, told Duan Yuxian that he had won his fight using the moves she taught him, and learned that she planned to stay on the roof that night.
• Heavy rain flooded Duan Yuxian’s tent, so she jumped into Zhou You’s bedroom with her bedding and collided with him.
• When Zhou You’s mother entered to check the noise, Duan Yuxian hid in the wardrobe while Zhou You claimed he had knocked over a chair.

Duan Yuxian stayed overnight at Zhou You’s home while the professor struggled to uncover the secrets of Humanity’s Supreme Treasure, which appeared to be ordinary Underworld Currency. The professor sent the Soul King to retrieve the supposed real treasure from No. 2 Middle School, but the Soul King froze when warned that Calamity attended the school.

• Zhou You’s mother warned him not to keep pets, and Duan Yuxian emerged from the wardrobe after she left.
• Zhou You insisted that Duan Yuxian sleep in his bed while he slept on the floor, and they said good night.
• The professor’s research group found only ordinary, recently produced Underworld Currency inside Humanity’s Supreme Treasure, leaving him unsure whether it was fake.
• The professor summoned the resentful Soul King and said he suspected the Red King had brought back the wrong treasure.
• The Soul King eagerly volunteered to go to No. 2 Middle School in Chang’an City to retrieve Humanity’s Supreme Treasure.
• The professor warned the Soul King that Calamity attended No. 2 Middle School, and the Soul King dropped his coffee and collapsed in fear.

The professor ordered the Soul King to search for Humanity's Supreme Treasure in Chang'an City, despite his fear of Calamity. After the Soul King had True Lord Wenchang and Dongyunzi beat him so he could avoid the mission, the professor called the Red King to his office with good news.

• The Soul King recalled Calamity's devastating defection and feared meeting her in Chang'an City while searching for Humanity's Supreme Treasure.
• The professor reassured the Soul King that Calamity might not know about the treasure, then ordered him to leave for Chang'an City the next day.
• The Soul King realized he had never agreed to the mission and asked his subordinate to find True Lord Wenchang and Dongyunzi.
• True Lord Wenchang and Dongyunzi told the Soul King about rescuing Lisa, fighting werewolves and vampires, and discovering her parents had become a laboratory monster before she died with them in the burning base.
• The Soul King approached the grieving cultivators and was beaten badly; the professor learned he was avoiding the mission and called the Red King to his office about Humanity's Supreme Treasure.

The Professor sent the Red King back to Chang'an City to investigate the supreme treasure of humanity and the Zhenyue Ghost King, promising to train him if he succeeded. After the Red King agreed and chose the Mind Master and Mighty Warrior as helpers, the Professor visited his laboratory, where he kept his dead daughter in a glass tank.

• The Professor summoned the Red King, praised his work retrieving the supreme treasure of humanity, and asked him to return to No. 2 Middle School in Chang'an City.
• The Red King hesitated because a Catastrophe was at the school, but the Professor promised him greater power, a new pair of glasses, and help dealing with the Soul King.
• After learning the Soul King had been beaten up again by True Lord Wenchang and Dongyunzi, the Red King agreed to go and requested the Mind Master and Mighty Warrior as helpers.
• Once the Red King left, the Professor entered his private laboratory and looked at the tank holding his deceased daughter.

The professor tried to awaken the living White Rainbow Dao Lord, hoping she could resurrect his dead daughter, but his efforts failed. On the way to school, Zhou You discussed the upcoming duel between Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian, while Nuomi revealed she could leave school after all.

• The professor identified the woman in the jade coffin as White Rainbow Dao Lord and concluded that awakening her might save his daughter.
• The professor tried using the Underworld Currency to wake White Rainbow Dao Lord, but she did not stir, and he hoped the Red King would succeed with the Imperial Seal.
• Zhou You blamed his morning sleepiness on fighting Sun Cheng, hiding that he had stayed awake after sharing a room with Duan Yuxian.
• Chu Xiaoyao dropped the Imperial Seal onto the concrete, but it remained undamaged.
• Zhou You told Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi that Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian would duel on the main sports field tomorrow night.
• Nuomi said she could leave school, and Zhou You decided to keep the duel's location unchanged.

The Red King, Mind Master, and Mighty Warrior discovered that Calamity had the real Imperial Seal and began planning to steal it. After Calamity left school without the seal, the Red King chose to wait until the female ghost guarding the classroom left too.

• The Mind Master spotted the Imperial Seal weighing down Chu Xiaoyao's test papers, and he and Mighty Warrior woke the Red King.
• The Red King confirmed that Calamity had the genuine Jade Seal and realized the treasure he had brought back was fake.
• The Red King decided to wait for a chance to steal the Imperial Seal rather than act hastily.
• Calamity left school with Zhou You, leaving the female ghost behind to guard the classroom.
• The Red King refused to attack while the female ghost remained and told the others to wait until she left.

Zhou You brought Duan Yuxian shaved ice, then asked her about the Demon Calamity a thousand years ago and learned how the White Rainbow Dao Lord fought the Demon Venerable of Returning Silence. That night, Duan Yuxian slipped into Zhou You’s room to rehearse how they would meet the next day.

• Zhou You visited Duan Yuxian on the rooftop, gave her shaved ice, and she enjoyed it after he left.
• Zhou You browsed the forum and read about the Demon Calamity a thousand years ago, prompting him to ask Duan Yuxian about it.
• Duan Yuxian explained that the Demon Venerable of Returning Silence massacred cultivators until the White Rainbow Dao Lord fought him, after which both disappeared.
• Zhou You and Duan Yuxian returned to their rooms, and Zhou You began drifting off to sleep.
• Duan Yuxian opened Zhou You’s window and asked whether she should act friendly or cold when they met the next day.

Zhou You and the Carefree Sect went to the Main Sports Field to witness Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian’s spell duel. There, they met Duan Yuxian and introduced her to Nuomi, whose presence left Duan Yuxian eager to enjoy the ghost’s cooling aura.

• Zhou You told Tang Shiyin he would be home late, then led the Carefree Sect members to the Main Sports Field.
• Lian Yi decided to watch the duel between Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian to learn about their sects’ cultivation methods.
• Nuomi provoked Su Tingxue, and Zhou You intervened before the two could fight.
• Su Tingxue introduced Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao to Duan Yuxian, who greeted Zhou You more warmly after learning he had driven out the Poverty Ghost.
• Chu Xiaoyao lent Duan Yuxian the Ghost-Seeing Glasses, allowing her to see Nuomi.
• Duan Yuxian recognized Nuomi as a vengeful ghost and welcomed the chill she brought.

Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian began their long-awaited spell duel, with Su Tingxue hoping a public result would quiet Duan Yuxian’s supporters and protect Zhou You. As the duel drew Nuomi away from the classroom, Red King seized the chance to send his group after the Jade Seal.

• Duan Yuxian told Su Tingxue she had spent the past six months wandering, then asked how Su Tingxue had met Zhou You.
• Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian agreed to make the duel’s result public, and Duan Yuxian added that Su Tingxue would pay her a thousand yuan if she won.
• The Zhenyue Ghost King recovered his lost coin from Great Stone Lake and slipped into the teaching building after spotting Nuomi watching the duel.
• Mind Master and Mighty Warrior saw Nuomi and the others leave the classroom, then alerted Red King at the Site Office.
• Red King identified the duel as a chance to draw Nuomi away and ordered his group to steal the Jade Seal.

Red King and his companions reached the classroom building in search of Humanity's Supreme Treasure, where Zhenyue Ghost King confronted them. Red King fought the ghost king hand-to-hand while both sides avoided making a commotion that might attract Calamity.

• Mind Master noticed that all seven beads on his consecrated bracelet were glowing, warning the group of a powerful ghost nearby.
• Zhenyue Ghost King emerged, recognized the intruders as rivals for Humanity's Supreme Treasure, and demanded Red King's name.
• Red King introduced himself and recalled awakening his power as a child by burning a ghost king and an entire burial ground to ash.
• Zhenyue Ghost King and Red King exchanged taunts, then clashed as Red King used his black flame body and the ghost king struck with immense yin energy.
• The two fought by grappling on the ground while Mind Master and Mighty Warrior watched from behind a tree, wondering why neither fighter used more powerful abilities.

Su Tingxue and Duan Yuxian fought an impressive duel at the Main Sports Field while Chu Xiaoyao exaggerated her past accomplishments to Zhou You and Nuomi. From the classroom roof, Lian Yi watched the prodigies clash and discovered that the Red King and Zhenyue were brawling below like drunken hoodlums.

• Su Tingxue attacked Duan Yuxian with blazing fireballs and a barrage of varied talismans, but Duan Yuxian cut them apart with her sword qi.
• Nuomi suggested that Su Tingxue would suit the Carefree Sect, and Chu Xiaoyao claimed that she had surpassed innate prodigies on her path to emperorhood.
• Zhou You accepted Chu Xiaoyao's explanation of how the Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye could surpass the original Yin-Yang Eyes, while Nuomi asked Chu Xiaoyao to teach her to fight.
• Lian Yi watched Duan Yuxian and Su Tingxue's duel from the classroom roof, then recognized the Red King and Zhenyue as the fire user and ghost who had injured her before.
• Lian Yi saw the Red King and Zhenyue grappling on the ground and wondered which of them was supposed to be a mighty cultivator.

Su Tingxue used her newly awakened Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye and midair talismans to gain the upper hand against Duan Yuxian, but Duan Yuxian began breaking through to Foundation Establishment. Determined to keep Zhou You from facing more private messages if she lost, Su Tingxue began breaking through as well, leaving Zhou You watching both women’s auras surge.

• Duan Yuxian pursued Su Tingxue, but Su Tingxue ambushed her with a Heavenly Thunder Talisman drawn in midair.
• Su Tingxue used hidden talismans and her Yin-Yang Heavenly Eye to predict Duan Yuxian’s movements and put her at a disadvantage.
• Duan Yuxian reached a state of calm, absorbed spiritual energy, and began advancing to Foundation Establishment, cutting through Su Tingxue’s talismans with sword qi.
• Su Tingxue realized she might lose and resolve to protect Zhou You from more private messages, then began her own Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Zhou You freed himself from Chu Xiaoyao and Nuomi’s hands over his eyes and noticed both women’s auras changing.