Recaps

Xiao Yu began searching for the people who had seen Li An before his disappearance, while Li Qian and Miao Ming remained trapped with others aboard a strange cruise ship. The ship’s mysterious captor announced a deadly game in which only one person would survive and win a wish.

• Xiao Yu failed to divine Li An’s fate and suspected that someone with an extraordinary treasure had concealed him.
• Xiao Yu froze time and began searching Magic City for people who might have seen Li An, hoping to learn when and where he disappeared.
• Li Qian and Miao Ming waited fearfully aboard a cruise ship cut off from shore, where speaking had led others to be thrown into the sea.
• Two girls from Li Qian’s school fell onto the deck, and Li Qian warned them to stay quiet when the mysterious voice demanded silence.
• The captor announced that the hundred people aboard would play a game, with one wish for the winner and death for everyone else.

Li Qian and the other captives learned they had been forced into a battle royale where only the last survivor could leave after killing at least three people. Li An tried to prevent anyone from fighting, but the mysterious organizer claimed to be Master Xiao’s woman, turning the crowd against Master Xiao and his disciple.

• Li Qian and two young women stayed silent as the mysterious organizer announced that the last survivor had to kill at least three people to escape.
• The organizer declared that the game had begun and threatened to throw someone into the sea every ten minutes if nobody acted.
• Li An identified himself as Master Xiao’s disciple and urged the captives to refuse to kill one another while they waited for help.
• Li Qian and other captives backed Li An, prompting the organizer to threaten him and claim she was Master Xiao’s woman.
• The crowd blamed Master Xiao for the game and called for them to attack Li An and then find a way to kill the organizer.

Li Qian and Miao Ming survived a strange battle royale that abruptly ended, while Li An returned to Xiao Yu and described being abducted into a separate space. Xiao Yu suspected someone had used a divine artifact to hide the incident’s true purpose and feared the deaths and injuries could destroy his livestream reputation.

• Li Qian and Miao Ming hid aboard the ship as people fought, then wondered whether they were trapped in a shared virtual space.
• The space shattered, and Li Qian and Miao Ming reappeared near Master Xiao’s Fortune-Telling Shop before Li Qian ran home.
• Li An told Xiao Yu that he had been abducted to a ship, fought off its ordinary captives without killing anyone, and returned unexpectedly.
• Xiao Yu found that his fortune-telling could not reveal what happened while Li An was missing, and his disciples dismissed the episode as all buildup and no result.
• At the Xiao Family villa, Xiao Yu and Liu Shan discussed possible explanations, while Xiao Yu suspected the culprit had abandoned a plan after learning he was coming.
• Xiao Yu worried that the real-life battle royale and resulting rumors could ruin his livestream channel, though he was willing to lose his online identities.

Xiao Yu faced a massive backlash after former fans accused him of organizing a deadly battle royale, while leaked intimate photos with Liu Shan and Zhao Yan damaged his public image. Unable to prove his innocence or identify the mastermind, he chose to endure the abuse and remain silent.

• Former fans and victims accused Xiao Yu of abducting fans and forcing them into a real-life battle royale, and witnesses reported him to the police.
• Xiao Yu’s livestream filled with accusations and insults from viewers, reporters, and former supporters, but he could not provide evidence to clear his name.
• Leaked photos of Xiao Yu with Liu Shan and Zhao Yan fueled claims that he slept with wealthy female fans and exposed him to accusations of hypocrisy.
• Xiao Yu lost millions of fans within a week, while Liu Shan and Zhao Yan worried that the crisis could get him banned across the internet.
• Xiao Yu accepted that arguing would worsen the backlash and decided to stay silent as he searched for no way to identify the mastermind.

Xiao Yu’s livestream room was banned for at least a year, but he remained focused on finding the person who framed him. After considering the elaborate plot and the leaked photos, he asked Li An for help.

• Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu that his livestream room had been banned for at least a year, though he promised to help lift the ban once Xiao Yu settled the matter.
• Xiao Yu ended the stream, ignored the jeers, and accepted that the victims’ anger was understandable while vowing to target the person who framed him.
• Xiao Yu told Liu Shan and Zhao Yan that the ban was probably only a smokescreen for a deeper plan, and he dismissed the possibility of a mole leaking their photos.
• Xiao Yu sent Liu Shan and Zhao Yan away to think alone, concluded his enemy was likely weak despite their elaborate schemes, and called Li An to ask him something.

Xiao Yu confronted Li An about secretly photographing his villa and posting the images online, and Li An discovered he had no memory of the day it happened. Xiao Yu called him to the villa to search his soul for signs of possession, and Li An screamed in agony as soon as he agreed.

• Xiao Yu asked Li An where he had been on the eleventh of the previous month, and Li An denied visiting the villa.
• Li An checked Fang Pei's diary and learned that he had stood her up that day, while he remembered her standing him up instead.
• Li An called Xiao Yu again, and Xiao Yu confirmed that Li An had visited the villa and secretly installed a camera.
• Xiao Yu explained that his fortune-telling could not reveal Li An's thoughts from a day he could not remember, and Li An realized Xiao Yu had been protecting him from online blame.
• Li An suspected someone had manipulated or possessed him, so Xiao Yu invited him to the villa to search his soul.
• Li An agreed to go, then immediately screamed in agony.

Xiao Yu found Li An possessed by a mysterious spirit that threatened Fang Pei and challenged him to a life-or-death game. Xiao Yu entered a Secret Realm Small World to save his disciple and discover the spirit’s identity.

• Xiao Yu arrived at Li An’s home and found the possessed Li An holding Fang Pei underfoot.
• Xiao Yu deduced that the spirit had tried to possess Li An on the eleventh of the previous month, staged the Real-Life Battle Royale, and later hid inside Li An.
• The spirit challenged Xiao Yu to a game, promising to reveal its identity if it lost and demanding to possess Xiao Yu if it won.
• The spirit opened a black hole to a Secret Realm Small World, and Xiao Yu reassured Fang Pei before entering it.

Xiao Yu searched a trap-filled cruise ship for the person who had taken his disciple, while the captor mocked him and suppressed his abilities. He realized the space was inside a divine artifact, used the Nuwa Stone to counter it, and found his opponent.

• Xiao Yu found himself alone on a cruise ship where his spiritual power and divination were suppressed, and an unseen captor challenged him to find them among the rooms.
• Xiao Yu searched rooms filled with deadly traps, breaking through sealed doors while the captor taunted him and threatened his women and disciples.
• Xiao Yu stopped searching and reasoned that the captor could not bring more hostages into the space, which suggested the space was inside a divine artifact.
• Xiao Yu brought out the Nuwa Stone, weakening the artifact’s effects, restoring his spiritual power, and allowing him to find the captor.

Xiao Yu refused to dismantle the traps after Li An warned him that doing so would break the Divine Artifact’s seal, then learned that the real Li An might still be alive as his enemy’s hostage. He unleashed his full power against the impostor, who panicked and claimed to have once been Xiao Yu’s lover.

• “Li An” demanded that Xiao Yu dismantle every trap room in exchange for the disciple’s release and a chance to possess him.
• The real Li An briefly took control and warned Xiao Yu that dismantling the traps would undo the Divine Artifact’s seal and trap him.
• Li An urged Xiao Yu to act without hesitation, then vanished after saying he was willing to sacrifice himself for his master.
• “Li An” mocked Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu calmly began a ten-second countdown and declared he would kill him without learning his identity.
• Xiao Yu unleashed his full power, and the impostor begged for his life, claiming Li An was still alive and that he had once been Xiao Yu’s lover.

Xiao Yu used the Resurrection Pill to restore Li An’s soul and claimed the Divine Artifact, then discovered that its space could greatly accelerate time. After cultivating there with Liu Shan and Zhao Yan, he reached the Golden Core Stage Fifth Layer and chose to keep using the artifact cautiously despite its unexplained secrets.

• Xiao Yu crushed the Resurrection Pill over Li An, and it began slowly repairing his soul after the Mysterious Person’s death.
• Xiao Yu took the Control Gem, returned Li An to his home, and told Fang Pei that Li An would wake in ten days to half a month.
• Xiao Yu tested the Divine Artifact Space and found that time passed at least ten times faster inside, with mental power allowing him to increase the difference beyond thirty times.
• Xiao Yu invited Liu Shan and Zhao Yan to cultivate with him in the Divine Artifact Space, then reached the Golden Core Stage Fifth Layer after a long seclusion that lasted only five days outside.
• Xiao Yu considered the suspicious circumstances surrounding the madman, the artifact’s traps, and the ship, but decided to use the space only for cultivation and avoid courting danger.

After emerging from half a year of seclusion at the Nascent Soul First Layer, Xiao Yu discovered new powers and reunited with his wives, Liu Shan and Zhao Yan. The three flew to Africa for a wilderness adventure, where a woman recognized Xiao Yu at their hotel.

• Xiao Yu reached the Nascent Soul First Layer, gained the ability to leave his body as a primordial spirit, and acquired the Heavenly Mechanism Canon ability True Illusion.
• Liu Shan and Zhao Yan joined Xiao Yu, and the three decided to travel to Africa for a wilderness survival adventure.
• Xiao Yu flew with his wives to Africa in just over ten minutes, then booked a luxury hotel suite for the night.
• A woman approached Xiao Yu at the hotel and asked whether he was Master Xiao.

Xiao Yu reunited with his devoted fan Shui Rong at a hotel in Africa, where her student Zhu Zhen insulted him and was slapped by her. In Xiao Yu’s suite, Shui Rong asked why he and his wives had disappeared for half a year, and he began explaining that someone had taken people important to him hostage.

• Shui Rong recognized Xiao Yu in the hotel and excitedly told him she had supported his livestreams since he first started streaming.
• Zhu Zhen interrupted them, accused Xiao Yu of exploiting female fans, and was slapped by Shui Rong for insulting him.
• Shui Rong apologized to Xiao Yu and followed him, Liu Shan, and Zhao Yan to the suite while Zhu Zhen secretly photographed them.
• Xiao Yu poured Shui Rong tea and explained that the person who framed him had taken people important to him hostage.
• Shui Rong asked whether Xiao Yu and his wives had been imprisoned as revenge.

Xiao Yu let Shui Rong experience a vivid dream of her future, in which Zhu Zhen ruined her life and eventually killed her. After waking, Shui Rong asked Xiao Yu for protection, and he gave her a protective talisman before leaving her to consider how to deal with Zhu Zhen.

• Xiao Yu offered Shui Rong a dream of her future and had her sleep in his room while he monitored her.
• Shui Rong dreamed that Zhu Zhen slandered her, assaulted her, and ultimately tortured her to death after she sent him to prison.
• Shui Rong woke in terror, and Xiao Yu comforted her while explaining that the dream showed Zhu Zhen's true nature.
• Shui Rong asked Xiao Yu to keep protecting her, but he refused to take her along and gave her a protective talisman instead.
• After Xiao Yu left, Shui Rong stayed awake and regretted forgetting to check the lottery numbers in her dream.

Shui Rong wrestled with whether to trust Zhu Zhen after her terrifying dream, then decided to test him while protecting herself with a recording and a talisman. When she met him outside the hotel, Zhu Zhen accused her of misconduct and threatened the school's reputation, confirming her suspicions as their argument continued.

• Shui Rong found Xiao Yu's note saying he had paid for her room for three days and left a phone number in case she needed help.
• After Zhu Zhen repeatedly called and texted, Shui Rong told him she was Master Xiao's woman and warned him to stop pursuing her.
• Shui Rong agreed to meet Zhu Zhen in person, started a recording, and took comfort in her protective talisman.
• Zhu Zhen confronted Shui Rong outside the hotel, tried to grab her hand, and accused Master Xiao of being a fraud.
• Zhu Zhen claimed Shui Rong had used her position to meet a lover and said he had photographed her, while Shui Rong challenged his accusations and accused him of causing trouble at the hotel.

After Zhu Zhen attacked and threatened Shui Rong, she escaped to the hotel and exposed his behavior with a recording, leaving him facing university discipline. During the rest of the academic exchange, he kept his distance and tried to win her forgiveness, while Shui Rong preserved her reputation and realized whom she could trust.

• Zhu Zhen slapped Shui Rong and threatened to assault her, but an unseen force stopped him from grabbing her as she fled into the hotel.
• Zhu Zhen posted slanderous claims about Shui Rong on the university forum, and the university president called to confront him after Shui Rong shared a recording of his threats.
• Zhu Zhen realized his impulsive actions had jeopardized his future, while Shui Rong avoided the public abuse she had faced in the original events.
• Zhu Zhen behaved politely in public and kept away from Shui Rong in private, hoping to salvage his future and secure the university's forgiveness.
• Shui Rong felt grateful for Xiao Yu's help and gained a clearer sense of which people she could trust.

During a jungle outing, Xiao Yu and his wives heard gunshots and went to investigate, where they found the wounded assassin Jiang Meng fleeing her pursuers. Xiao Yu gave her something that restored her strength, leaving her able to move again as the danger remained unexplained.

• After three days of comfortable sightseeing and swimming, Xiao Yu, Liu Shan, and Zhao Yan heard gunfire in the jungle.
• Xiao Yu agreed to investigate the shooting with the two women.
• Wounded and nearly out of ammunition, Jiang Meng tried to escape through the jungle while wondering why her pursuers were so determined to kill her.
• Zhao Yan called out to Jiang Meng, and Xiao Yu and the women caught up with her.
• Xiao Yu forced Jiang Meng to swallow something, and her strength returned enough for her to break free.

Jiang Meng followed Xiao Yu and his companions after they rescued her, then treated her gunshot wounds at their bizarre jungle camp. She learned Xiao Yu’s name and heard about the powerful medicine that saved her, but she remained fixated on how he had brought a bathtub into the wilderness.

• Jiang Meng returned to the scene and confirmed that Xiao Yu and his companions had taken down her pursuers, then collected their weapons and ammunition.
• Jiang Meng followed the group to their camp and was astonished by its plentiful supplies, large tent, bed, and bathtub.
• Jiang Meng removed the bullets from her wounds herself, then washed, disinfected, and bandaged the injuries before changing into new clothes.
• Jiang Meng introduced herself and learned that her rescuers were Xiao Yu and his two wives; Xiao Yu told her his medicine could extend a person's life by a year.
• Jiang Meng pressed Xiao Yu to explain the bathtub, and he claimed he had made it there like an item in a game.

Xiao Yu revealed that he had recognized Jiang Meng as the assassin Eleven, whose real name was known only to her, and admitted that he had saved her because he sensed she still had humanity. Jiang Meng asked him to help find her family, and Xiao Yu asked what price she would pay.

• Xiao Yu teased Jiang Meng about the bathtub and explained that he had come to the jungle for a vacation.
• Jiang Meng questioned how Xiao Yu knew her name and favorite drink, then realized he was Master Xiao, the fortune-telling streamer.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng he had saved her because she was a Huaxia woman in distress and still had a good nature.
• Jiang Meng asked Xiao Yu to help her discover her origins and find her family.
• Xiao Yu asked Jiang Meng what price she would pay for his help finding her parents and family.

Xiao Yu asked Jiang Meng to help him control her assassin organization and use its members to protect him online, in exchange for helping her find her family. After she agreed, he resolved to use overwhelming power against anyone who attacked or slandered him online.

• Xiao Yu rejected Jiang Meng’s offer of money and asked her to work for him by taking control of her organization and turning its members into online defenders.
• Jiang Meng questioned why he wanted assassins as keyboard warriors, then agreed to the deal because she wanted to find her family and leave her life as an assassin.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng that he could use his fortune-telling to locate and defeat anyone who opposed her rise to leadership.
• Xiao Yu reflected that online fans were not enough without hackers and keyboard warriors to protect him, and decided he would no longer tolerate attacks against him.

Xiao Yu brought Jiang Meng back to Huaxia in minutes, and she gathered her courage to visit her family after eighteen years apart. At apartment 502, Jiang Meng identified herself to her parents, leaving them facing the reunion they had long hoped for.

• Jiang Meng swore to keep Xiao Yu's secrets, then rode his flying sword from Africa to Huaxia and realized how powerful he was.
• Jiang Meng calmed herself at a milk tea shop before asking Xiao Yu to accompany her to her family's home.
• Xiao Yu told Jiang Meng that her family was alive and that she had gained a younger brother.
• At apartment 502, Jiang Meng's mother recognized her resemblance, and her father joined them at the door.
• Jiang Meng told her parents that she was their missing daughter and described how she had been abducted and eventually returned to Huaxia.

Jiang Meng reunited with Jiang Fu and Jiang Mu, but Jiang Zheng convinced them she was a fraud. When she tried to prove herself by invoking Xiao Yu’s reputation, the family rejected him as a scammer and shut the door on her.

• Jiang Mu embraced Jiang Meng and recognized her as the daughter who had gone missing eighteen years earlier, while Jiang Fu shared her joy.
• Jiang Zheng accused Jiang Meng of impersonation and warned his parents that she planned to swindle them.
• Jiang Fu and Jiang Mu began doubting Jiang Meng, and Jiang Mu asked whether she was really their daughter or a scammer.
• Jiang Meng explained that Xiao Yu had helped free her and find her family, then appealed to his fortune-telling reputation as proof.
• Jiang Zheng called Xiao Yu a disgraced scammer, slammed the door, and left Jiang Meng devastated outside.

Jiang Meng gave up on reuniting with her family after they refused to verify her identity, and Xiao Yu learned that the Jiang family rejected her because they saw her as a burden. She returned to the milk tea shop in tears, while her family unknowingly forfeited the chance to benefit from her wealth.

• Xiao Yu and Jiang Meng waited outside apartment 502, but the Jiang family never opened the door.
• Jiang Meng decided to stop pursuing the reunion, and Xiao Yu left with her.
• Inside the apartment, Fang Tong argued with Jiang Yue and Jiang Zheng about refusing to meet Jiang Meng.
• Jiang Yue explained that acknowledging Jiang Meng would bring financial strain and shame, so the family chose to prioritize Jiang Zheng.
• Xiao Yu brought Jiang Meng back to the milk tea shop, where she cried as Liu Shan and Zhao Yan learned that her family had rejected her.

After Jiang Meng’s family rejected her, Xiao Yu helped her seize control of the Assassin Organization, which she repurposed to protect him online. With his livestream room unbanned, Xiao Yu agreed to make his comeback that evening and face streamers competing for his audience.

• Jiang Meng cut ties with her family and offered Xiao Yu her savings as a show of loyalty.
• Xiao Yu subdued the Assassin Organization, and Jiang Meng became its leader.
• Jiang Meng recruited hackers who removed online attacks against Xiao Yu and helped shift public opinion in his favor.
• Wei Zhuo told Xiao Yu his livestream room had been unbanned and proposed a comeback stream with PK matches against major streamers.
• Xiao Yu agreed to stream at six, while Wei Zhuo warned him to treat streamers who stayed online as opponents and crush them in PK.

Xiao Yu’s comeback stirred excitement among his supporters and anxiety among streamers who feared losing viewers or facing retaliation. Male God Sigma, pressured by his fans and confident he could profit from attacking Xiao Yu, prepared to confront him by riling up his fan group.

• Xiao Yu’s supporters celebrated his return and anticipated PK battles, while streamers learned of the comeback and worried about its consequences.
• Male God Sigma saw Xiao Yu’s return as a chance to gain attention, having built his career by attacking Xiao Yu and other public figures.
• Sigma felt uneasy about facing Xiao Yu but decided he had to challenge him because his girlfriend and fans expected it.
• Sigma opened his fan group, where members urged him to keep attacking Xiao Yu over events from six months earlier and spread abuse about him.
• Sigma read the group’s insults and encouraged the hostility through an alternate account, intending to profit from his fans’ appetite for online drama.

Male God Sigma rallied more than a dozen streamers and built up his confidence before facing Xiao Yu in a livestream PK. Xiao Yu calmly accepted Sigma’s challenge to a fortune-telling contest and a penalty of one hundred push-ups, leaving the match poised to begin.

• Male God Sigma contacted other streamers, secured support from more than a dozen of them, and scheduled his stream an hour before Xiao Yu’s.
• At 18:00, the platform’s homepage promoted only Master Xiao’s fortune-telling stream, while Sigma’s stream drew over a million viewers and Xiao Yu’s drew over two million.
• Male God Sigma watched Xiao Yu’s stream, grew jealous of its gifts and popularity, and became nervous when the PK began.
• Xiao Yu viewed Sigma as a tool being used by the company and platform, and planned to use the broadcast to recover fans and clear his name.
• Xiao Yu introduced the PK as his comeback and proposed starting with fortune-telling, while Yuan Jialong mocked him and challenged the loser to do one hundred push-ups.
• Xiao Yu smiled and accepted Yuan Jialong’s challenge.