Recaps

Xiao Yu made up with Liu Shan and Zhao Yan after his prank during the previous night's game, then chose to watch Tang Xiaoxiao's blind date through the Li Family security cameras. At the date, He Shu introduced himself, and he and Tang Xiaoxiao were immediately drawn to each other.

• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan teased Xiao Yu about the game and eventually forgave him, though they stayed jealous when Li Ningyue arrived.
• Li Ningyue told Xiao Yu that Xiao Xiao was fine and that He Shu and Wei Yi had arrived for Tang Xiaoxiao's blind date.
• Xiao Yu decided to watch the date on camera so the two men would feel less pressured, while Liu Shan and Zhao Yan kept him company.
• Li Ningyue introduced He Shu to Tang Xiaoxiao and asked him to describe his qualifications and strengths.
• He Shu explained his education, work, and future prospects, while he and Tang Xiaoxiao both found each other impressive.

He Shu and Wei Yi competed for Tang Xiaoxiao’s affection, but Li Ningyue suggested they get to know her before either tried to win her over. When Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao arrived to apologize for drugging and assaulting Tang at a ball, the two men offered to take revenge, but Li Ningyue said she had already handled it.

• Wei Yi interrupted He Shu to boast about his wealth and argue that he could give Tang Xiaoxiao a more secure future.
• Tang Xiaoxiao explained that she was an ordinary woman and said she should not be choosing between the two men, while Li Ningyue reaffirmed that Tang was her little sister.
• He Shu and Wei Yi both said they wanted a serious relationship with Tang, and Li Ningyue told them to exchange contact details and compete by getting to know her.
• Housekeeper Li told Li Ningyue that Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao had arrived, and she invited them in.
• Li Ningyue revealed that Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao had drugged and tried to assault Tang at the ball, prompting He Shu and Wei Yi to offer to retaliate.
• Li Ningyue said she had already dealt with Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao, leaving He Shu and Wei Yi disappointed that they could not defend Tang themselves.

Tang Xiaoxiao forgave Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao after they begged for mercy, and Li Ningyue made them promise to protect her. He Shu and Wei Yi took Tang Xiaoxiao shopping, while Xiao Yu agreed to let Li Ningyue accompany him home.

• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao arrived bruised and pleaded with Tang Xiaoxiao to forgive them, showing her videos of their parents punishing them.
• Tang Xiaoxiao forgave the two men as long as they promised not to retaliate or harm other girls, and they offered to protect her.
• Li Ningyue warned Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao to keep their promises, then sent He Shu and Wei Yi to take Tang Xiaoxiao shopping.
• Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao followed along as self-appointed bodyguards and competed over how to treat Tang Xiaoxiao.
• Li Ningyue asked Xiao Yu to stay for dinner, but he declined, so she insisted on accompanying him home.

Tang Xiaoxiao revealed to He Shu, Wei Yi, Zhang Xiao, and Yuan Hao that she was Xiao Yu’s little sister through her connection to Liu Shan. The young men were shocked by Xiao Yu’s fame and influence, and Zhang Xiao and Yuan Hao resolved to stay close to Tang Xiaoxiao in hopes of earning Xiao Yu’s favor.

• Xiao Yu went home to prepare for the Heavenly Mechanism Gate’s disciple recruitment assessment while Tang Xiaoxiao went shopping with Gao Fushuai, Zhang Xiao, Yuan Hao, He Shu, and Wei Yi.
• On the subway, He Shu asked Tang Xiaoxiao how she had become so close to Li Ningyue, and the others wondered why the Li Family had treated her with such deference.
• Tang Xiaoxiao explained that Master Xiao was her benefactor and that Liu Shan, whom she called her older sister, was Master Xiao’s woman.
• He Shu and Wei Yi recognized Master Xiao as the famed fortune-teller Xiao Yu, while Tang Xiaoxiao proudly confirmed that he was her brother.
• Zhang Xiao realized how dangerous it would have been to offend Xiao Yu and felt relieved that his parents had stopped him from harming Tang Xiaoxiao.
• Zhang Xiao, Yuan Hao, He Shu, and Wei Yi resolved to flatter Tang Xiaoxiao and hoped that Xiao Yu might forgive them and tell their fortunes.

Tang Xiaoxiao accepted the attention of wealthy young men who hoped to curry favor with Master Xiao, while Xiao Yu prepared a Heart Demon Illusion Array to test candidates for the Heavenly Mechanism Gate. He invited Liu Shan and Zhao Yan to try the array and use their escape times to set a limit for Li Ningyue; they entered confidently, unaware of what awaited them.

• Tang Xiaoxiao told Wei Yi and He Shu to stop competing for her, then decided to enjoy their attention and rethink her view of herself as Master Xiao’s little sister.
• Xiao Yu learned that the Heavenly Mechanism Gate’s old inheritance method relied on luck, and chose an array-based test to rebuild the sect.
• Xiao Yu bought a 1.2-billion detached villa and spent two days setting up a Heart Demon Illusion Array on its rooftop.
• Xiao Yu explained to Liu Shan and Zhao Yan that he wanted to time their trials to set a limit for Li Ningyue.
• Liu Shan reassured the nervous Zhao Yan, and the two entered the array hand in hand.

Xiao Yu tested Liu Shan and Zhao Yan in an illusion array, then invited Li Ningyue to take the same test as a condition for becoming his disciple. Li Ningyue entered the formation, and Xiao Yu left with the others while she faced its illusions.

• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan experienced illusions shaped by the array, and both eventually emerged after Xiao Yu changed the trials and eased their suffering.
• Xiao Yu decided to give Li Ningyue seven days to leave the formation and texted her an invitation to become his disciple.
• Li Ningyue arrived at Xiao Yu's villa, agreed to follow his instructions, and sat in the array formation.
• Li Ningyue's first illusion made her blush and kneel, prompting Xiao Yu to hurriedly take Liu Shan and Zhao Yan shopping while she remained inside.

Xiao Yu recognized Dong Fei, Xia Mo’s former best friend, at a maid teahouse and took Liu Shan and Zhao Yan inside to livestream what he expected to be an entertaining scene. Dong Fei met the wealthy Yuan Long, and the chapter ended as they exchanged compliments and appeared to take a liking to each other.

• Xiao Yu recognized Dong Fei as Xia Mo’s former college best friend, whose affair with Xia Mo’s boyfriend had ruined her streaming career.
• Xiao Yu said an interesting incident was about to unfold, so Liu Shan started a livestream and the three entered the teahouse wearing masks.
• Xiao Yu ordered three bottles of iced green tea while he and Liu Shan watched Dong Fei from their table.
• Yuan Long arrived, let the maid servers fawn over him, and sat down across from Dong Fei.
• Dong Fei and Yuan Long complimented each other’s looks, education, and wealth as they drank tea.

Xiao Yu livestreamed Dong Fei’s suspicious blind date at a maid teahouse, where viewers speculated that she was involved in a scam. Dong Fei and Yuan Long flirted as Yuan Long pitched her a lucrative import-export investment, and she considered putting in ten thousand.

• Xiao Yu told his viewers that the maid teahouse sold sexual services and questioned why Dong Fei would meet a date there.
• The livestream chat speculated that Dong Fei and the establishment were involved in a scam, while Xiao Yu ignored objections about exposing their privacy.
• Dong Fei asked Yuan Long about his foreign-trade business, and he claimed imported and exported goods could bring large profits.
• Yuan Long offered to let Dong Fei invest ten thousand in his business, and she said she would consider trying it.

Xiao Yu followed Dong Fei and Yuan Long to an apartment and secretly filmed them while invisible as they discussed Yuan Long’s wealth and began talking about marriage. The pair had yet to reveal the twist Xiao Yu had promised his viewers.

• Dong Fei paid for tea to gain Yuan Long’s trust, and he invited her to see his goods before she paid him.
• Xiao Yu told his livestream viewers that they had probably guessed the wrong explanation and followed the pair with Liu Shan and Zhao Yan.
• Xiao Yu reached the apartment ahead of Dong Fei and Yuan Long, entered, and used the Fading-Invisibility Spell to film them unseen.
• Yuan Long brought Dong Fei into the apartment and claimed he had earned over two million yuan a month and bought the place as a warehouse.
• Dong Fei and Yuan Long chatted about the apartment, their work, and marriage before finally turning to business.

Yuan Long convinced Dong Fei that his luxury goods business was genuine, and she quickly sold enough items to earn back her money before proposing they marry and go into business together. Xiao Yu ended the livestream by promising to follow them abroad, while viewers speculated about the coming twist.

• Yuan Long showed Dong Fei his luxury goods, sales records, and store documents to persuade her that his merchandise was genuine.
• Dong Fei sold over thirty thousand yuan in goods through her online friends and asked Yuan Long for more stock.
• Yuan Long quoted franchise fees for several brands and suggested marriage instead, prompting Dong Fei to propose they register immediately.
• Dong Fei and Yuan Long left to register their marriage, while Xiao Yu and his companions returned to the car.
• Xiao Yu told the viewers that a major twist awaited and said he would follow Dong Fei and Yuan Long abroad.

Xiao Yu brought Qi Yunlin to Paris and livestreamed from a hotel room where Yuan Long and Dong Fei were meeting. After the pair were joined by two imposing foreign men, Xiao Yu waited for the real drama to begin.

• Xiao Yu checked on Li Ningyue, who escaped the first heart demon illusion after two and a half days.
• Xiao Yu spent two carefree days with his wives before traveling to Paris with Qi Yunlin.
• Xiao Yu arranged for Liu Shan and Zhao Yan to watch from next door while he livestreamed outside room 520.
• Yuan Long and Dong Fei entered room 520 and embraced, prompting Xiao Yu to turn his camera away.
• After Yuan Long made a call, two muscular foreign men arrived, and Xiao Yu recognized that the main event was about to begin.

Xiao Yu livestreamed Yuan Long exposing his human-trafficking scheme and threatening to sell Dong Fei abroad. After promising viewers he would rescue her, Xiao Yu sent a message that left Yuan Long terrified as the three foreigners collapsed.

• Yuan Long revealed that he had married Dong Fei under a fake identity after recognizing her marriage scam, intending to sell her to a foreign buyer.
• Dong Fei pleaded with Yuan Long to spare her, but he demanded her savings and threatened to make her submit to a life of slavery.
• Xiao Yu's livestream viewers urged him to rescue Dong Fei, and he promised that he would find a way to bring her back.
• Xiao Yu sent Dong Fei a message, which Yuan Long read after unlocking her phone with her fingerprint.
• Three foreigners collapsed in succession, and Yuan Long feared that something paranormal was happening.

Xiao Yu frightened Yuan Long into freeing Dong Fei and arranged for her return to Huaxia, where she had Yuan Long seized and beaten at the Maid Café. The maids, Dong Fei, and Yuan Long were arrested when police stormed the café.

• Xiao Yu used an unseen trick to scare Yuan Long into releasing Dong Fei, then ended his livestream and called Amandina for help.
• Yuan Long took Dong Fei back to Huaxia, and they agreed to act as though they had never met.
• Dong Fei ordered the maids to shut the café doors, seize Yuan Long, and beat him before locking him in the back room.
• The maids reopened the café and found police waiting outside; officers arrested the maids, Dong Fei, and the badly beaten Yuan Long.

Dong Fei and Yuan Long were arrested after Xiao Yu’s livestream exposed their criminal organizations, earning Xiao Yu a major Merit breakthrough. After receiving a threat against Liu Shan, he dismissed it and went to watch Li Ningyue face the Heavenly Mechanism Gate’s final trial, which forced her to choose between saving illusory loved ones and passing the assessment.

• The police arrested Dong Fei and Yuan Long and credited Xiao Yu’s livestream with exposing evidence against both criminal organizations.
• The livestream chat celebrated the arrests as Xiao Yu ended the stream and left without appearing.
• Xiao Yu gained enough Merit from the arrests to raise his Merit Cultivation to fourth-grade Golden Core.
• Xiao Yu received a message threatening Liu Shan, used divination to assess the danger, and deleted it.
• Xiao Yu checked Li Ningyue’s progress and found that she had reached the final family-bonds trial, where she had to choose whether to let her illusory loved ones die.

Xiao Yu ended the Heart Demon Illusion Array and declared Li Ningyue had passed because she refused to sacrifice her parents for cultivation. Li Ningyue celebrated by embracing and kissing Xiao Yu, until Liu Shan reminded her to observe the boundaries of a disciple.

• Xiao Yu questioned the disciple test’s demand that candidates abandon their loved ones and decided to change the rules.
• After seven days passed without Li Ningyue leaving the circle, Xiao Yu ended the illusion and found her grieving over what she believed was a failure.
• Li Ningyue explained that she could not be certain her parents were illusions and could not let them die for her cultivation.
• Xiao Yu congratulated Li Ningyue for holding to her principles, and she joyfully accepted him as her master.
• Li Ningyue threw herself into Xiao Yu’s arms and kissed him before Liu Shan interrupted and reminded her to perform a discipleship ceremony.

Li Ningyue became Xiao Yu’s disciple and accepted his request to deal with the foreign couple who had threatened Liu Shan. As Lanny sought help from General Alec, Beryl’s fears went unheeded, and the chapter left the couple unaware of the danger closing in on them.

• Li Ningyue kowtowed to Xiao Yu, became a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Gate, and agreed to handle the threats against Liu Shan.
• Lanny and Beryl argued over Lanny’s decision to threaten Master Xiao and hire assassins to kill his wife.
• Beryl urged Lanny to investigate Master Xiao’s fortune-telling and flee if the danger proved real, but Lanny remained dismissive.
• Lanny went to his study and called General Alec, but Alec’s deputy Gabi told him the general was unavailable and to call back in an hour.

Lanny paid General Alec to investigate whether Xiao Yu could tell fortunes, and Alec learned that Xiao Yu was respected by the Li Family as Master Xiao. After Master Li ordered Alec to arrest Lanny and Beryl for threatening Xiao Yu’s wife, Alec eagerly mobilized his men to seize them and escort them to Huaxia.

• Lanny paid General Alec fifty million to investigate Xiao Yu’s fortune-telling abilities.
• Alec asked Housekeeper Li about Xiao Yu and learned that Li Ningyue had become Master Xiao’s disciple.
• Alec told Lanny that Master Xiao could tell fortunes, then received Master Li’s order to arrest Lanny and Beryl for threatening Master Xiao’s wife.
• Alec agreed to escort Lanny and Beryl to Huaxia, then ordered Gabi to gather everyone for the arrests.

Lanny and Beryl tried to flee after learning that Xiao could tell fortunes, but their delay packing cosmetics let Alec’s forces complete an armored blockade and arrest them. Back at the Xiao Family villa, Li Ningyue told Xiao that the pair would soon be brought before them.

• Lanny told Beryl to pack so they could escape, but she took time to gather her cosmetics and clothes.
• Lanny and Beryl argued over the delay as he drove them away from the villa.
• Lanny found the road blocked by armored vehicles and troops, with another force closing in behind them.
• Alec and Gabi confronted the couple, and Alec ordered his men to bind and take them to Huaxia for threatening Xiao.
• Li Ningyue told Xiao that Lanny and Beryl were on their way to the Xiao Family villa.

Xiao Yu confronted Lanny and Beryl over their attempt to have his wife killed, then decided to send the human traffickers to the Netherworld Small World as forced labor. After thanking the Li Family and acknowledging General Alec’s help, Xiao Yu left Alec waiting expectantly for a reward.

• Xiao Yu told Lanny and Beryl that the assassins they hired had been arrested and that the assassin organization planned to kill them.
• Lanny and Beryl blamed each other for hiring the assassins until Xiao Yu ordered them to be quiet and asked Li Hengyu how they should be dealt with.
• Li Hengyu advised Xiao Yu not to rely on the police, warning that Lanny and Beryl might evade punishment through their wealth and influence.
• Xiao Yu signaled Liu Shan, but Zhao Yan grabbed Lanny and Beryl and carried them away to be locked up.
• Xiao Yu thanked Li Hengyu for the Li Family’s help, and Li Hengyu pointed out that General Alec had also helped capture the couple.
• General Alec eagerly waited for Xiao Yu’s thanks or reward.

Xiao Yu foretold General Alec’s downfall and reassured Li Hengyu about the Li Family’s future. He then warned Cen Yao that she had less than a month to live, prompting Li Tingzhou and Li Hengyu to beg him to save her.

• Xiao Yu warned General Alec that he would be defeated and executed in two years, but could extend his rule by correcting his behavior.
• Xiao Yu told Li Hengyu that the Li Family would face business setbacks but no threat to its foundations.
• Xiao Yu told Cen Yao that she had less than a month to live.
• Li Tingzhou knelt and kowtowed, pleading with Xiao Yu to save Cen Yao.
• Li Hengyu asked Xiao Yu to help Cen Yao and offered to pay any price, while Cen Yao wept at their devotion.

Xiao Yu gave Cen Yao a Lifespan Pill to buy time to treat her hereditary terminal illness, then welcomed her and Li Tingzhou into the Xiao household. Li Hengyu and General Alec departed pleased with their strengthened ties to Xiao Yu, while the new couple settled into their roles at his villa.

• Xiao Yu explained how the Lifespan Pill would keep Cen Yao healthy for a year and gave it to her while promising to seek a cure.
• Li Hengyu arranged for Cen Yao to bring maids from the Li household to live and work at Xiao Yu’s villa, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• Li Hengyu suggested that Li Tingzhou become Xiao Yu’s housekeeper, and Xiao Yu welcomed him; Cen Yao and Li Tingzhou celebrated their new positions together.
• Li Hengyu teased Li Ningyue about possibly becoming Xiao Yu’s wife, then left with General Alec after advising her to serve Xiao Yu well.
• Xiao Yu assigned Li Tingzhou and Cen Yao the same room, and the couple expressed their gratitude and declared their loyalty to the Xiao household.

After Zhao Yan and Li Tingzhou left to help Tang Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu that a refund to a foreign streamer had sparked a massive online controversy. Xiao Yu learned that Kim Jeong-tae was using the refund to accuse him of fraud, while hiding evidence that he had sent gifts through a minor’s account.

• Xiao Yu sent Zhao Yan and Li Tingzhou to help Tang Xiaoxiao and encouraged them to go on a date afterward.
• Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu that the platform had refunded over ten million yuan in gifts after learning the sender was a minor, and that the dispute had become an online uproar.
• Kim Jeong-tae told his Korean livestream audience that the refund proved Xiao Yu was a fraud and urged them to condemn him.
• When a viewer explained the refund rules for minors, Kim Jeong-tae muted and kicked the viewer out, then removed others who questioned him.
• Kim Jeong-tae claimed that Huaxia trolls and paid haters had entered his stream and said he was blacklisting them.

Kim Jeong-tae recast the refund dispute as an attack by paid Huaxian trolls, silenced dissenters, and profited from the resulting attention. Furious Xiao Yu fan Song Qingrong decided to expose him and began telling her Bilibili audience what had happened.

• Kim Jeong-tae blocked and kicked out viewers who questioned his account, then called them paid trolls from Huaxia.
• Kim Jeong-tae celebrated his trending status and new followers, expecting to earn substantial income from the controversy.
• Song Qingrong watched Kim Jeong-tae’s livestream, was repeatedly blocked, and grew furious at his version of events.
• Song Qingrong decided to use her work as a reporter to expose Kim Jeong-tae and summoned viewers to her Bilibili livestream.
• Song Qingrong told her audience that Kim Jeong-tae had used a minor’s account to send gifts, requested a refund, and then smeared Xiao Yu over it.

Song Qingrong’s video exposing Kim Jeong-tae sparked a fierce online dispute, with trolls redirecting blame toward Xiao Yu and Liu Shan while others rallied against Kim. Song Qingrong prepared to strike back as Xiao Yu’s supporters waited for him to make his stance clear.

• Song Qingrong’s fans tried to confront Kim Jeong-tae’s livestream, but viewers were muted and kicked out, and new accounts were blocked.
• Song Qingrong found that reactions to her video were divided, as Wind Rises, Clouds Surge accused Xiao Yu and Liu Shan of fraud and others joined the attacks.
• Song Qingrong suspected Kim Jeong-tae’s paid trolls were stirring up trouble and decided to make another video and expose Wind Rises, Clouds Surge.
• More supporters from across society condemned Kim Jeong-tae, while Xiao Yu’s powerful fans held back until he responded.
• Song Qingrong’s viewers told her that Master Xiao had been alerted.

Song Qingrong joined Xiao Yu’s livestream to explain how Korean streamer Kim Jeong-tae had mistreated her, as the audience surged to eighty million and the platform promoted Xiao Yu exclusively. The chapter ended with viewers focusing on Kim Jeong-tae while a critic who had accused Xiao Yu of scamming people went silent.

• Song Qingrong’s friends alerted her that Xiao Yu had started a livestream, and she opened Yanjing Platform to watch.
• Xiao Yu’s livestream drew eighty million viewers, and Song Qingrong realized he had disabled tipping.
• Xiao Yu said he was livestreaming to stand up for his fans and invited Song Qingrong to join the video call.
• Song Qingrong recounted what had happened, prompting viewers to watch and share her video until its views passed one hundred million.
• Viewers attacked Wind Rises, Clouds Surge for accusing Xiao Yu of scamming people, but he stayed silent as attention returned to Kim Jeong-tae.