Chapter Summaries

The Soul King and Zhenyue Ghost King argued over WeChat about whether Li Cunxiao or Lu Bu was stronger, then arranged to fight in person in Chang'an City. Meanwhile, Zhou You agreed to take a job from the ghost king, but his answer to a screening question suggested he might be the Soul King's opponent.

• The Soul King and the person on the WeChat call traded insults about Li Cunxiao and Lu Bu until the Soul King challenged him to a one-on-one fight in Chang'an City.
• Zhenyue Ghost King, the man on the call, posted a local Cultivation Forum bounty seeking someone to scare a mortal in his place.
• Duan Yuxian told Zhou You she had earned fifty yuan delivering takeout and shared a warmed grilled-meat rice meal with him.
• Zhou You browsed the forum and messaged Ghost King Town about the job, offering to scare the mortal for ten spirit jade.
• Ghost King Town asked Zhou You whether Li Cunxiao or Lu Bu was stronger, and Zhou You answered that he thought Li Cunxiao was.

Zhou You accepted Ghost King Town’s request to scare a man over an argument about Li Cunxiao and Lu Bu, and brought Chu Xiaoyao along. At the meeting, Soul King realized that the visitors were Calamity and Zhou You and desperately tried to appease them.

• Ghost King Town gave Zhou You spirit jade and asked him to scare the person who had challenged him after their online argument.
• Su Tingxue met Zhou You beneath the tree and gave him five Spirit Stones as promised.
• Zhou You refused to let Nuomi come on his outing but agreed to bring Chu Xiaoyao, who pleaded to join him.
• Soul King left Red King and went to the Starbucks where he had arranged to meet Zhenyue Ghost King.
• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao arrived, and Soul King recognized them as Calamity and Zhou You.
• Soul King tried to calm the situation by claiming Li Cunxiao was stronger than Lanzhou Beef Noodles.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao met the Soul King at Starbucks to settle his argument over Li Cunxiao and Lu Bu, but their presence terrified him into agreeing with Zhou You. After Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao left for a nearby mall, the Red King came to check on the shaken Soul King.

• Zhou You brought Chu Xiaoyao to meet the Soul King, who grew increasingly nervous at Chu Xiaoyao’s presence.
• Zhou You crushed walnuts in one hand and gave one to Chu Xiaoyao, alarming the Soul King with how easily he controlled her.
• The Soul King declared Li Cunxiao the greatest warrior of all time before Zhou You could make his argument, then listened as Zhou You urged him to keep such disputes online.
• Chu Xiaoyao’s ominous smile and Zhou You’s warning about a vengeful ghost further frightened the Soul King, who nearly buckled when she thanked him for the drinks.
• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao left Starbucks for a nearby mall, and the Soul King slumped in relief.
• The Red King arrived after confirming that Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao had left, and checked on the Soul King.

After Soul King returned from meeting Calamity, Mighty Warrior interpreted her words and actions as permission for the Seven Kings to pursue the Jade Seal so long as they avoided disrupting her school life and kept the Professor out of it. The Professor confirmed that Zhenyue Ghost King was Li Cunxiao, lending weight to Mighty Warrior's analysis.

• Red King helped Soul King back to the rooftop, where Soul King recounted meeting Calamity at Starbucks.
• Mighty Warrior argued that Calamity had sent Zhou You to signal that the Seven Kings could challenge Zhenyue Ghost King for the Jade Seal away from school, while Calamity watched.
• Mighty Warrior inferred that Calamity's remark about bitter coffee meant she did not want the Professor involved, and Red King called the Professor to report his conclusions.
• The Professor found a Northern Song record identifying Zhenyue Ghost King as Li Cunxiao, the Thirteenth Guardian.
• The Professor told Red King that the confirmation gave Mighty Warrior's analysis merit.

The Professor ordered all Seven Kings to mobilize as the Zhenyue Ghost King decided to steal back the Jade Seal. Nuomi caught him in the act, then asked whether he knew why the Ming Dynasty fell, prompting him to summon knowledgeable people from the Ghost King Group.

• The Professor praised Mighty Warrior’s talent, resolved to groom the Red King as the Seven Kings’ leader, and ordered all Seven Kings to mobilize for a lively confrontation with the Zhenyue Ghost King.
• The Zhenyue Ghost King paid Zhou You for help, felt his luck had improved, and decided to make a move for the Jade Seal.
• Nuomi studied history for the Sect Master’s test while waiting for her phone to charge, and the Zhenyue Ghost King sneaked into the classroom to steal the Jade Seal.
• Nuomi spotted and beat the Zhenyue Ghost King, then let him go after learning he had come to steal something and refusing to give him her Spirit Stones.
• Nuomi asked the Zhenyue Ghost King why the Ming Dynasty fell, and he offered to call people from the Ghost King Group who could answer.

The Mind Master spotted the Zhenyue Ghost King trying to steal the Jade Seal, but Nuomi stopped him and let him leave. Later, Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao went to the mall, where Duan Yuxian saw them together and stopped herself from calling out to Zhou You.

• The Mind Master saw the Zhenyue Ghost King attempt to steal the Jade Seal, and Nuomi knocked him down with a kick.
• The Mind Master woke the Soul King and Red King, who concluded that Calamity wanted the Ghost King spared for a future fight.
• Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao browsed the mall and bought sugar snowballs while joking about Chu Xiaoyao's grades and her supposed Black Dragon seal.
• Duan Yuxian spotted Zhou You walking with Chu Xiaoyao, began to greet him, then lowered her hand as they passed by.

Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao ran into Duan Yuxian while shopping, and Duan Yuxian concealed her identity as his neighbor from Chu Xiaoyao. After returning home, Zhou You shared sugar-coated hawthorns with Duan Yuxian and reported the results of his commission to Ghost King Town.

• Duan Yuxian recognized Zhou You at the mall but pretended not to know him until he greeted her as Su Xian.
• Zhou You introduced Duan Yuxian as his neighbor, and she introduced herself to Chu Xiaoyao while hiding her identity.
• Duan Yuxian left to deliver an order, while Zhou You and Chu Xiaoyao browsed the mall and read at a bookstore before he took her home.
• Zhou You returned home with extra sugar-coated hawthorns, and Duan Yuxian secretly joined him in his bedroom to eat them.
• Zhou You told Ghost King Town that his commission was complete, received a hundred-yuan red packet, and watched Ghost King Town wonder if he could steal back the Jade Seal.

Zhou You browsed the Heavenly Market and decided to try a Mystery Box after Duan Yuxian explained how they worked. At school, he established rules for the Carefree Sect after hearing Nuomi repeat a wildly inaccurate account of the Ming Dynasty’s fall.

• Zhou You found that most Heavenly Market goods cost far more than he could afford, but he spotted a Qi Refining Stage Mystery Box priced at 10 Spirit Jade.
• Duan Yuxian explained the Mystery Box lottery and suggested Zhou You try one, so he placed an order and learned he could request delivery through his sixth-floor window.
• At school, Chu Xiaoyao exaggerated the previous night’s events while Nuomi listened admiringly, prompting Zhou You to establish a rule to seek truth and be practical.
• Zhou You quizzed Nuomi on the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and she claimed Hong Taiji and Zhu Yuanzhang were the same person; Zhou You responded by establishing a second rule to study properly.

Zhou You received a blind box that Duan Yuxian had secretly altered, and it appeared to contain a valuable True Martial Hall cultivation manual. Duan Yuxian offered to teach him, hoping his talent would earn him a place in the hall’s inner sect.

• Zhou You warned Nuomi to study history from reliable sources, and she told him that the ghost Little Li was finding tutors for her.
• Duan Yuxian opened Zhou You’s blind box before he got home, replaced its Spirit Stone Fragment with a book, and resealed the parcel.
• Zhou You invited Duan Yuxian to open the blind box with him, and they found a manual called True Martial Combat Art inside.
• Duan Yuxian claimed the manual was reserved for True Martial Hall disciples and warned Zhou You to keep it secret.
• Zhou You struggled to understand the manual, so Duan Yuxian offered to teach him and hoped his talent would help him enter the hall’s inner sect.

The Curse King arrived in Chang'an City and clashed with the Chongzhen Ghost King, while the Zhenyue Ghost King summoned three ghost kings to meet a powerful female ghost. The newcomers recognized her as White Rainbow, but were instructed to address her as Big Sis Nuomi.

• The Curse King landed in Chang'an City and argued with the Chongzhen Ghost King after mistaking him for a ghostly apparition.
• The Curse King and the Chongzhen Ghost King exchanged curses and threats, but the Chongzhen Ghost King left when he received a call.
• The Chongzhen Ghost King joined the Clash Ghost King and the Loyalty Ghost King at the Old Dormitory Building, where the Zhenyue Ghost King told them to keep their disputes in check and teach someone a lesson.
• The Zhenyue Ghost King led the three ghost kings to Senior Class 3, where they felt a ghost domain suppressing their cultivation.
• The Chongzhen Ghost King recognized the female ghost in the classroom as White Rainbow, and the Zhenyue Ghost King reminded the group to call her Big Sis Nuomi.